Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427)
ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity was 0.81 GPIA in 2021. ▼ Falling
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427), 1994–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) recorded 0.81 GPIA for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) peaked at 0.89 GPIA in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.81 GPIA, in 2017.
That places ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) 87th out of 200 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.89 GPIA | — |
| 1995 | 0.89 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.88 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 0.87 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.87 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.86 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.86 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.85 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.85 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.85 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.85 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.85 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.85 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.84 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.84 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.84 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.83 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.83 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.83 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.84 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.81 GPIA | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 0.81 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.81 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.81 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.81 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8767 GPIA | 0.86 GPIA | 0.89 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.848 GPIA | 0.84 GPIA | 0.86 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8229 GPIA | 0.81 GPIA | 0.84 GPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.81 GPIA | 0.81 GPIA | 0.81 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427)
- 84 Sierra Leone 0.07 GPIA compare
More education data for ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.81 % change on previous year (2000)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.8 % change on previous year (2019)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 429,558 (2019)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.71 % change on previous year (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 503,737 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.26 % change on previous year (2019)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 26,778 (2000)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 14,944 (2000)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.59 % change on previous year (2000)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 11,834 (2000)
All data for ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) was 0.81 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.89 GPIA in 1994.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.81 GPIA in 2017.
- How does ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity?
- ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) ranks 87th out of 200 groups with data for 2021.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) 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