Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
84
Highest
1.43 GPIA
Lesotho
Lowest
0.07 GPIA
Sierra Leone
Median
0.79 GPIA
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
9,465

What the numbers show

Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 84 countries. The highest value is 1.43 GPIA in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.07 GPIA in Sierra Leone.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.79 GPIA, and the mean is 0.7034 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20.

Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 260.3%), and the largest decrease in Sierra Leone (down 70.8%).

Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 1.43 GPIA 2024 up 41.6% rising
2 Thailand 1.04 GPIA 2022 up 19.5% rising
3 Colombia 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 2.0% rising
3 Uruguay 1.01 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
5 Armenia 1 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% rising
5 Philippines 1 GPIA 2020 up 1.0% rising
5 Uzbekistan 1 GPIA 2022 unchanged rising
8 Azerbaijan 0.99 GPIA 2023 unchanged rising
8 Brazil 0.99 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% rising
8 Dominican Republic 0.99 GPIA 2024 up 2.1% rising
8 Spain 0.99 GPIA 2021 up 4.2% rising
8 Georgia 0.99 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
8 Honduras 0.99 GPIA 2024 up 7.6% rising
8 Mongolia 0.99 GPIA 2024 up 4.2% rising
8 Tonga 0.99 GPIA 2023 down 1.0% rising
16 Chile 0.9881 GPIA 2022 up 0.8% flat
17 Panama 0.9825 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
18 Serbia 0.98 GPIA 2022 up 8.9% rising
19 Maldives 0.97 GPIA 2019 down 2.0% flat
19 Montenegro 0.97 GPIA 2018 up 6.6% rising
19 Samoa 0.97 GPIA 2019 down 3.0% flat
22 Nicaragua 0.966 GPIA 2014 down 0.4% rising
23 Albania 0.96 GPIA 2023 up 5.5% rising
24 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.9501 GPIA 2017 up 3.3% rising
25 Mexico 0.93 GPIA 2024 up 2.2% rising
26 Sri Lanka 0.92 GPIA 2024 up 5.3% rising
26 Paraguay 0.92 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% rising
28 Ecuador 0.91 GPIA 2024 up 3.4% rising
28 Qatar 0.91 GPIA 2024 up 35.8% rising
28 Viet Nam 0.91 GPIA 2022 up 23.0% rising
31 Saudi Arabia 0.88 GPIA 2024 up 57.1% volatile
32 United Arab Emirates 0.87 GPIA 2024 up 4.8% rising
32 China 0.87 GPIA 2020 up 19.2% volatile
34 Singapore 0.86 GPIA 2020 up 22.9% rising
34 El Salvador 0.86 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% rising
34 South Africa 0.86 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% falling
37 Malaysia 0.85 GPIA 2022 up 44.1% rising
38 Namibia 0.84 GPIA 2023 down 10.6% rising
39 Indonesia 0.82 GPIA 2020 up 15.5% rising
39 Türkiye 0.82 GPIA 2021 up 22.4% rising
41 Mauritius 0.819 GPIA 2023 up 17.0% rising
42 Bahrain 0.79 GPIA 2024 rising
42 Macau, China 0.79 GPIA 2016 up 43.6% rising
44 Peru 0.77 GPIA 2024 up 8.5% rising
45 Myanmar 0.75 GPIA 2019 down 3.8% rising
46 Cameroon 0.74 GPIA 2018 up 236.4% volatile
47 Palestine, State of 0.7399 GPIA 2024 up 60.8% rising
48 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.73 GPIA 2024 up 24.4% rising
48 Guatemala 0.73 GPIA 2024 up 9.0% rising
50 Oman 0.71 GPIA 2022 up 136.7% flat
51 Jordan 0.69 GPIA 2024 down 17.9% rising
52 Kuwait 0.66 GPIA 2020 up 29.4% rising
53 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.5788 GPIA 2023 up 20.6% rising
54 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.57 GPIA 2022 up 11.8% rising
55 Bangladesh 0.54 GPIA 2022 up 50.0% rising
55 Rwanda 0.54 GPIA 2022 up 68.8% volatile
57 Uganda 0.53 GPIA 2024 up 51.4% rising
58 Côte d'Ivoire 0.52 GPIA 2021 up 26.8% rising
59 India 0.5119 GPIA 2024 up 23.0% rising
60 Burkina Faso 0.5044 GPIA 2023 up 260.3% rising
61 Sao Tome and Principe 0.5 GPIA 2019 up 22.0% rising
62 Nigeria 0.49 GPIA 2024 up 14.0% rising
62 Tunisia 0.49 GPIA 2023 up 81.5% rising
64 Cape Verde 0.47 GPIA 2024 up 20.5% rising
65 Burundi 0.4668 GPIA 2020 down 6.6% rising
66 Egypt 0.4547 GPIA 2022 down 34.1% rising
67 Togo 0.42 GPIA 2022 up 35.5% rising
68 Benin 0.38 GPIA 2022 up 18.8% rising
68 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.38 GPIA 2023 up 35.7% rising
70 Zambia 0.36 GPIA 2024 down 43.8% rising
71 Pakistan 0.32 GPIA 2021 up 10.3% rising
72 Ethiopia 0.3 GPIA 2022 up 63.9% flat
72 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.3 GPIA 2023 down 50.0% rising
74 Mali 0.29 GPIA 2024 up 123.1% rising
75 Guinea 0.28 GPIA 2018 up 86.7% rising
76 Mozambique 0.274 GPIA 2022 up 61.2% rising
77 Morocco 0.26 GPIA 2014 up 85.7% rising
78 Cambodia 0.25 GPIA 2021 down 32.4% rising
78 Senegal 0.25 GPIA 2023 up 31.6% rising
80 Malawi 0.24 GPIA 2020 rising
81 Niger 0.2 GPIA 2022 down 50.0% volatile
82 Nepal 0.16 GPIA 2019 up 80.2% falling
83 Afghanistan 0.09 GPIA 2021 down 10.0% rising
84 Sierra Leone 0.07 GPIA 2019 down 70.8% volatile

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
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ 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
284 places, 9,465 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release