Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity was 0.51 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.51 GPIA
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
164th
of 200 groups
All-time high
0.51 GPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.21 GPIA
in 1979
Years of data
46
1979–2024
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 1979–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) recorded 0.51 GPIA for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
The figure is up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 0.51 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.21 GPIA, in 1979.
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 164th of 200 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 0.21 GPIA | — |
| 1980 | 0.21 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.21 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.21 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.26 GPIA | +23.8% |
| 1984 | 0.26 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.26 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.26 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.26 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.25 GPIA | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 0.25 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.25 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.25 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.25 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.23 GPIA | -8.0% |
| 1994 | 0.23 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.24 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 0.24 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.25 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 0.26 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 0.26 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.27 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 0.27 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.27 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.31 GPIA | +14.8% |
| 2004 | 0.31 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.3 GPIA | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 0.3 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.31 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 0.33 GPIA | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 0.38 GPIA | +15.2% |
| 2010 | 0.38 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.38 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.46 GPIA | +21.1% |
| 2013 | 0.43 GPIA | -6.5% |
| 2014 | 0.44 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.45 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.45 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.46 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 0.47 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 0.48 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 0.48 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.49 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 0.5 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 0.51 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 0.51 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.21 GPIA | 0.21 GPIA | 0.21 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.243 GPIA | 0.21 GPIA | 0.26 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.246 GPIA | 0.23 GPIA | 0.26 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.305 GPIA | 0.27 GPIA | 0.38 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.44 GPIA | 0.38 GPIA | 0.48 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.498 GPIA | 0.48 GPIA | 0.51 GPIA | 5 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 14.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 7.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 7.42 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 840,626 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.6536 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 21.05 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 0.51 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.51 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.21 GPIA in 1979.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 164th out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 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