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Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
88
Highest
1.14 GPIA
Lesotho
Lowest
0.42 GPIA
Chad
Median
0.9625 GPIA
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
9,496

What the numbers show

Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 88 countries. The highest value is 1.14 GPIA in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.42 GPIA in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9625 GPIA, and the mean is 0.891 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 54.5%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 26.6%).

Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 1.14 GPIA 2024 up 10.7% falling
2 Brazil 1.01 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
2 Colombia 1.01 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
2 Dominican Republic 1.01 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
2 Honduras 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
2 Mongolia 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
2 Thailand 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 4.1% rising
2 Uruguay 1.01 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
9 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1 GPIA 2017 up 0.0% flat
10 Armenia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
10 Azerbaijan 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
10 Chile 1 GPIA 2017 unchanged flat
10 Spain 1 GPIA 2021 up 1.0% flat
10 Georgia 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
10 Maldives 1 GPIA 2019 unchanged flat
10 Philippines 1 GPIA 2020 unchanged flat
10 Qatar 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged rising
10 Tonga 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged rising
10 Uzbekistan 1 GPIA 2022 unchanged flat
20 Tajikistan 0.9955 GPIA 2009 down 0.4% flat
21 Albania 0.99 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% flat
21 United Arab Emirates 0.99 GPIA 2024 unchanged rising
21 Montenegro 0.99 GPIA 2018 up 1.0% rising
21 Namibia 0.99 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
21 Paraguay 0.99 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% rising
21 Serbia 0.99 GPIA 2022 up 2.1% flat
21 Samoa 0.99 GPIA 2019 down 1.0% flat
21 South Africa 0.99 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
29 Panama 0.9872 GPIA 2024 down 0.3% flat
30 Bahrain 0.98 GPIA 2024 — rising
30 Ecuador 0.98 GPIA 2024 unchanged rising
30 Kuwait 0.98 GPIA 2020 up 1.0% rising
30 Sri Lanka 0.98 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% rising
30 Mexico 0.98 GPIA 2024 unchanged rising
30 Malaysia 0.98 GPIA 2022 up 3.2% rising
30 Saudi Arabia 0.98 GPIA 2024 up 3.2% rising
30 Viet Nam 0.98 GPIA 2022 up 3.2% rising
38 Myanmar 0.9793 GPIA 2020 up 4.2% rising
39 Palestine, State of 0.9739 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% rising
40 China 0.97 GPIA 2020 up 2.1% rising
40 Indonesia 0.97 GPIA 2020 up 2.1% rising
40 Macau, China 0.97 GPIA 2016 up 3.2% flat
40 Singapore 0.97 GPIA 2021 up 1.0% rising
44 Mauritius 0.9651 GPIA 2023 up 1.6% rising
45 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.96 GPIA 2024 up 4.3% rising
45 Oman 0.96 GPIA 2022 up 5.5% falling
45 El Salvador 0.96 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% rising
45 Türkiye 0.96 GPIA 2021 up 4.3% rising
49 Jordan 0.95 GPIA 2024 down 4.0% rising
49 Rwanda 0.95 GPIA 2022 up 6.7% rising
51 Bangladesh 0.94 GPIA 2022 up 6.8% rising
52 Peru 0.93 GPIA 2024 unchanged rising
53 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9174 GPIA 2023 up 3.1% rising
54 Cape Verde 0.91 GPIA 2024 up 2.2% rising
55 Guatemala 0.9 GPIA 2024 up 2.3% rising
55 Timor-Leste 0.9 GPIA 2022 up 8.4% rising
55 Uganda 0.9 GPIA 2024 up 9.8% rising
58 Ghana 0.89 GPIA 2021 up 7.2% rising
58 Sao Tome and Principe 0.89 GPIA 2019 down 1.1% rising
60 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.87 GPIA 2022 down 1.1% rising
61 Iraq 0.861 GPIA 2021 up 7.6% rising
62 Tunisia 0.86 GPIA 2023 up 4.9% rising
63 Egypt 0.8594 GPIA 2022 up 6.1% rising
64 Burundi 0.8487 GPIA 2020 up 4.8% rising
65 Cameroon 0.83 GPIA 2018 up 3.8% rising
66 India 0.8255 GPIA 2024 up 9.4% rising
67 Malawi 0.8 GPIA 2020 — rising
67 Nigeria 0.8 GPIA 2024 up 11.1% rising
67 Zambia 0.8 GPIA 2024 down 9.1% rising
70 Cambodia 0.78 GPIA 2021 down 4.9% rising
70 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.78 GPIA 2023 down 11.4% rising
72 Togo 0.77 GPIA 2022 up 18.5% rising
73 Nepal 0.75 GPIA 2019 up 22.3% rising
74 Burkina Faso 0.7339 GPIA 2023 up 24.4% rising
75 Morocco 0.71 GPIA 2014 up 18.3% rising
76 Ethiopia 0.7 GPIA 2022 up 15.6% rising
76 Pakistan 0.7 GPIA 2021 up 11.1% rising
78 Mozambique 0.6872 GPIA 2022 up 27.3% rising
79 Senegal 0.68 GPIA 2023 up 7.9% rising
80 Côte d'Ivoire 0.67 GPIA 2021 down 8.2% rising
81 Benin 0.66 GPIA 2022 down 26.6% rising
82 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.63 GPIA 2023 down 12.5% flat
83 Sierra Leone 0.62 GPIA 2019 up 19.2% rising
84 Mali 0.61 GPIA 2024 up 24.5% rising
85 Niger 0.54 GPIA 2022 down 6.9% rising
86 Guinea 0.51 GPIA 2018 up 54.5% rising
87 Afghanistan 0.43 GPIA 2021 up 16.2% rising
88 Chad 0.42 GPIA 2019 down 8.7% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
291 places, 9,496 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release