Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
57
Highest
1.11 GPIA
Thailand
Lowest
0.18 GPIA
Nepal
Median
0.86 GPIA
Years covered
49
1976–2024
Data points
666

What the numbers show

Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 57 countries. The highest value is 1.11 GPIA in Thailand; the lowest is 0.18 GPIA in Nepal.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.86 GPIA, and the mean is 0.7595 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 167.9%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 37.9%).

Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, urban, adjusted gender: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 1.11 GPIA 2022 up 30.6% rising
2 Honduras 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 8.6% rising
3 Argentina 1 GPIA 2023 up 1.2% flat
4 Armenia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged rising
4 Azerbaijan 1 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% rising
4 Uzbekistan 1 GPIA 2022 unchanged flat
4 Uruguay 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.0% flat
4 Philippines 1 GPIA 2020 up 1.0% rising
4 Georgia 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
10 Panama 0.9916 GPIA 2023 up 1.3% flat
11 Mongolia 0.99 GPIA 2024 up 2.1% rising
11 Serbia 0.99 GPIA 2022 up 4.2% rising
13 Chile 0.9851 GPIA 2022 up 1.6% flat
14 Dominican Republic 0.98 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% rising
14 Brazil 0.98 GPIA 2024 up 2.1% rising
16 Spain 0.97 GPIA 2020 up 3.2% flat
16 Colombia 0.97 GPIA 2024 unchanged rising
16 Tonga 0.97 GPIA 2023 down 3.0% flat
19 Ecuador 0.96 GPIA 2024 up 5.5% rising
20 Sri Lanka 0.95 GPIA 2024 up 4.4% rising
21 Mexico 0.9441 GPIA 2022 up 3.7% rising
22 Paraguay 0.94 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% rising
22 South Africa 0.94 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% flat
24 United Arab Emirates 0.87 GPIA 2024 up 4.8% rising
24 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.87 GPIA 2024 up 16.9% rising
24 Malaysia 0.87 GPIA 2022 up 38.1% rising
27 El Salvador 0.86 GPIA 2024 down 0.5% rising
27 Singapore 0.86 GPIA 2020 up 22.9% rising
27 Indonesia 0.86 GPIA 2020 up 10.3% rising
30 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.85 GPIA 2022 up 41.7% rising
31 Peru 0.8473 GPIA 2023 up 7.3% rising
32 Guatemala 0.79 GPIA 2024 up 16.2% rising
33 Türkiye 0.75 GPIA 2015 up 36.4% rising
33 Egypt 0.75 GPIA 2013 up 167.9% rising
33 Qatar 0.75 GPIA 2017 down 2.6% rising
36 Palestine, State of 0.74 GPIA 2022 up 72.1% rising
36 India 0.74 GPIA 2023 up 15.6% rising
38 Oman 0.71 GPIA 2022 up 115.2% rising
38 Jordan 0.71 GPIA 2024 down 15.5% rising
40 Rwanda 0.69 GPIA 2022 up 16.9% rising
41 Kuwait 0.66 GPIA 2020 up 50.0% rising
42 Tunisia 0.58 GPIA 2023 up 18.4% rising
43 Togo 0.54 GPIA 2022 up 45.9% rising
43 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.54 GPIA 2016 up 17.4% rising
43 Bangladesh 0.54 GPIA 2022 up 25.6% rising
46 Mali 0.5 GPIA 2024 up 138.1% rising
47 Uganda 0.48 GPIA 2023 up 6.7% rising
48 Benin 0.45 GPIA 2022 up 28.6% rising
49 Pakistan 0.42 GPIA 2019 down 4.5% rising
50 Mozambique 0.35 GPIA 2020 up 25.0% rising
50 Ethiopia 0.35 GPIA 2022 up 59.1% flat
52 Cambodia 0.31 GPIA 2021 down 34.0% rising
52 Morocco 0.31 GPIA 2014 up 93.8% rising
54 Burkina Faso 0.3 GPIA 2022 up 66.7% rising
55 Niger 0.29 GPIA 2022 down 21.6% rising
55 Senegal 0.29 GPIA 2023 up 20.8% rising
57 Nepal 0.18 GPIA 2019 down 37.9% falling

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About this data

Indicator
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
57 places, 666 data points, 1976–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release