Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity was 0.41 GPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), 1985–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) recorded 0.41 GPIA for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in 2021. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
The figure is up 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) peaked at 0.41 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.23 GPIA, in 2000.
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 195th of 200 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 0.35 GPIA | — |
| 1986 | 0.35 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.34 GPIA | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 0.34 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.33 GPIA | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.32 GPIA | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 0.32 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.32 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.31 GPIA | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 0.31 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.31 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.31 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.31 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.3 GPIA | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 0.3 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.23 GPIA | -23.3% |
| 2001 | 0.23 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.23 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.24 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 0.24 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.24 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.24 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.31 GPIA | +29.2% |
| 2008 | 0.31 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.32 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 0.34 GPIA | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 0.34 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.35 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 0.36 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 0.35 GPIA | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 0.36 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 0.37 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 0.38 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 0.39 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 0.4 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 0.41 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 0.41 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.342 GPIA | 0.33 GPIA | 0.35 GPIA | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.311 GPIA | 0.3 GPIA | 0.32 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.259 GPIA | 0.23 GPIA | 0.32 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.364 GPIA | 0.34 GPIA | 0.4 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.41 GPIA | 0.41 GPIA | 0.41 GPIA | 2 |
More education data for ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 24.26 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 11.94 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 4.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 12.32 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 4.23 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.56 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 12.86 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 26.16 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 13.30 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) was 0.41 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.41 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.23 GPIA in 2000.
- How does ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity?
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 195th out of 200 groups with data for 2021.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.6%. 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 Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release