Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in Palestine, State of
Palestine, State of: Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity was 0.7399 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in Palestine, State of, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Palestine, State of recorded 0.7399 GPIA for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 60.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in Palestine, State of peaked at 0.7399 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.21 GPIA, in 1997.
That places Palestine, State of 47th out of 84 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in Palestine, State of, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.21 GPIA | — |
| 2004 | 0.27 GPIA | +28.6% |
| 2006 | 0.33 GPIA | +22.2% |
| 2007 | 0.31 GPIA | -6.1% |
| 2008 | 0.31 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.37 GPIA | +19.4% |
| 2010 | 0.34 GPIA | -8.1% |
| 2011 | 0.35 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 0.4 GPIA | +14.3% |
| 2013 | 0.44 GPIA | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 0.46 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 0.5 GPIA | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 0.54 GPIA | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 0.58 GPIA | +7.4% |
| 2018 | 0.61 GPIA | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 0.62 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.65 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 0.6873 GPIA | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 0.72 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 0.7399 GPIA | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.21 GPIA | 0.21 GPIA | 0.21 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.318 GPIA | 0.27 GPIA | 0.37 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.484 GPIA | 0.34 GPIA | 0.62 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6993 GPIA | 0.65 GPIA | 0.7399 GPIA | 4 |
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More education data for Palestine, State of
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 50,739 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 306 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 86,251 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 83,420 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 868,232 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 514,700 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.15 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0996 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in Palestine, State of?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity in Palestine, State of was 0.7399 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7399 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.21 GPIA in 1997.
- How does Palestine, State of rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity?
- Palestine, State of ranks 47th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine, State of 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