Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)
ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114): Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity was 0.89 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114), 1989–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) is 0.89 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) peaked at 0.89 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.66 GPIA, in 1989.
That places ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) 103rd out of 203 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 0.66 GPIA | — |
| 1990 | 0.67 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 0.68 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.68 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.69 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 0.7 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 0.7 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.71 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 0.72 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 0.72 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.72 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.73 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.74 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.75 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.76 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.77 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.77 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.74 GPIA | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 0.75 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.75 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.75 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.76 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 0.79 GPIA | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 0.8 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.81 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.82 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.82 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.83 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.83 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.84 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 0.85 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.86 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.87 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.87 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.88 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 0.89 GPIA | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.66 GPIA | 0.66 GPIA | 0.66 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.699 GPIA | 0.67 GPIA | 0.72 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.751 GPIA | 0.73 GPIA | 0.77 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.815 GPIA | 0.76 GPIA | 0.85 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.874 GPIA | 0.86 GPIA | 0.89 GPIA | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.42 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.07 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.24 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 750,402 (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 846,646 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 596,698 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.75 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4813 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.5387 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) was 0.89 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.89 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.66 GPIA in 1989.
- How does ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) rank for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity?
- ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) ranks 103rd out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release