Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity was 0.44 GPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1989–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2022, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) stood at 0.44 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 0.44 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.16 GPIA, in 1989.
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 188th of 200 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 0.16 GPIA | — |
| 1990 | 0.16 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.16 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.17 GPIA | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 0.18 GPIA | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 0.19 GPIA | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 0.2 GPIA | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 0.21 GPIA | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 0.22 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 0.24 GPIA | +9.1% |
| 1999 | 0.25 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 0.25 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.25 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.26 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 0.26 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.26 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.27 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 0.3 GPIA | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 0.3 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.31 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 0.31 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.31 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.32 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 0.32 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.33 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 0.34 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 0.38 GPIA | +11.8% |
| 2016 | 0.42 GPIA | +10.5% |
| 2017 | 0.42 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.43 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 0.43 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.43 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.43 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.44 GPIA | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.16 GPIA | 0.16 GPIA | 0.16 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.198 GPIA | 0.16 GPIA | 0.25 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.277 GPIA | 0.25 GPIA | 0.31 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.37 GPIA | 0.31 GPIA | 0.43 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4333 GPIA | 0.43 GPIA | 0.44 GPIA | 3 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 661,389 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 685,428 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 441,485 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265,472 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
All data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 0.44 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.44 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.16 GPIA in 1989.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 188th out of 200 groups with data for 2022.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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