Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124): Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity was 0.72 GPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), 1985–2021
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: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) is 0.72 GPIA, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) peaked at 0.72 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.53 GPIA, in 1985.
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 201st of 203 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 0.53 GPIA | — |
| 1986 | 0.54 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 0.54 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.55 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.56 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 0.57 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 0.58 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 0.59 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 0.6 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.61 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 0.62 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.64 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 0.65 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.65 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.66 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 0.59 GPIA | -10.6% |
| 2001 | 0.6 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.61 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 0.62 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.62 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.63 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 0.64 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 0.64 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.64 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.65 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.66 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.67 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.68 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.68 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.68 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.69 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.7 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.7 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.71 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.72 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.72 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.72 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.544 GPIA | 0.53 GPIA | 0.56 GPIA | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.617 GPIA | 0.57 GPIA | 0.66 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.624 GPIA | 0.59 GPIA | 0.65 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.689 GPIA | 0.66 GPIA | 0.72 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.72 GPIA | 0.72 GPIA | 0.72 GPIA | 2 |
More education data for ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.58 million (2016)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.3305 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 24.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7207 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 56.72 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) was 0.72 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.72 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.53 GPIA in 1985.
- How does ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) rank for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity?
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 201st out of 203 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 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