Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity was 0.74 GPIA in 2019. ▲ Rising
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1989–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 0.74 GPIA for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity in 2019. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 0.74 GPIA in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.54 GPIA, in 1989.
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 200th of 203 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 0.54 GPIA | — |
| 1990 | 0.55 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 0.56 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 0.56 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.57 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 0.58 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 0.58 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.6 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 0.61 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 0.62 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 0.64 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 0.65 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.66 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.67 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 0.68 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.69 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 0.69 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.69 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.7 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.71 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.71 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.71 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.72 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.72 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.72 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.71 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.72 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.73 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.73 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.74 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.74 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.54 GPIA | 0.54 GPIA | 0.54 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.587 GPIA | 0.55 GPIA | 0.64 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.685 GPIA | 0.65 GPIA | 0.71 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.724 GPIA | 0.71 GPIA | 0.74 GPIA | 10 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 661,389 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 685,428 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 441,485 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265,472 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
All data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 0.74 GPIA in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.74 GPIA in 2018.
- What is the lowest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.54 GPIA in 1989.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 200th out of 203 groups with data for 2019.
- Is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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