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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
53
Highest
1.05 GPIA
Brazil
Lowest
0.46 GPIA
Niger
Median
0.95 GPIA
Years covered
49
1976–2024
Data points
504

What the numbers show

Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 1.05 GPIA in Brazil; the lowest is 0.46 GPIA in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.95 GPIA, and the mean is 0.8674 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 48.7%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 8.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% rising
2 Colombia 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
3 Uruguay 1.02 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
3 Dominican Republic 1.02 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
5 Tonga 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% flat
5 Chile 1.01 GPIA 2017 up 1.0% flat
5 Mongolia 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
5 Honduras 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 2.0% flat
9 Azerbaijan 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
9 Armenia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
9 Uzbekistan 1 GPIA 2022 unchanged flat
9 Philippines 1 GPIA 2020 down 1.0% flat
9 Georgia 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
14 Kuwait 0.99 GPIA 2018 up 1.0% flat
14 Spain 0.99 GPIA 2020 up 1.0% flat
14 Serbia 0.99 GPIA 2022 up 4.2% rising
14 Thailand 0.99 GPIA 2022 up 3.1% flat
18 Paraguay 0.98 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
18 Panama 0.98 GPIA 2019 up 3.2% flat
18 Sri Lanka 0.98 GPIA 2024 unchanged rising
18 South Africa 0.98 GPIA 2024 up 3.2% flat
22 Palestine, State of 0.97 GPIA 2022 up 4.3% rising
23 El Salvador 0.96 GPIA 2024 up 3.2% rising
23 Mexico 0.96 GPIA 2020 up 2.1% rising
23 Indonesia 0.96 GPIA 2020 up 3.2% rising
23 Malaysia 0.96 GPIA 2022 up 3.2% rising
27 Oman 0.95 GPIA 2022 up 9.2% falling
28 Ecuador 0.94 GPIA 2024 down 2.1% rising
28 Bangladesh 0.94 GPIA 2022 up 9.3% rising
28 Rwanda 0.94 GPIA 2022 up 6.8% rising
31 Jordan 0.92 GPIA 2024 down 7.1% rising
32 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9 GPIA 2024 up 11.1% rising
33 Türkiye 0.89 GPIA 2015 up 14.1% rising
34 Guatemala 0.88 GPIA 2024 up 6.0% rising
35 Peru 0.85 GPIA 2020 up 4.9% rising
36 Uganda 0.84 GPIA 2023 up 15.1% rising
37 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.82 GPIA 2022 down 2.4% rising
37 India 0.82 GPIA 2023 up 20.6% rising
37 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.82 GPIA 2016 up 1.2% rising
40 Tunisia 0.77 GPIA 2023 up 5.5% rising
41 Cambodia 0.74 GPIA 2021 down 7.5% rising
42 Nepal 0.68 GPIA 2019 up 4.6% rising
43 Egypt 0.66 GPIA 2013 up 4.8% rising
43 Togo 0.66 GPIA 2022 up 22.2% rising
45 Ethiopia 0.65 GPIA 2022 up 44.4% rising
46 Burkina Faso 0.62 GPIA 2022 up 26.5% rising
47 Senegal 0.59 GPIA 2023 up 18.0% rising
48 Mali 0.58 GPIA 2024 up 48.7% rising
48 Benin 0.58 GPIA 2022 up 11.5% rising
50 Pakistan 0.55 GPIA 2019 up 19.6% rising
51 Mozambique 0.54 GPIA 2020 up 35.0% rising
52 Morocco 0.53 GPIA 2014 up 43.2% rising
53 Niger 0.46 GPIA 2022 down 8.0% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
53 places, 504 data points, 1976–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release