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Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
87
Highest
1.15 GPIA
Lesotho
Lowest
0.27 GPIA
Afghanistan
Median
0.98 GPIA
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
9,561

What the numbers show

Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 87 countries. The highest value is 1.15 GPIA in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.27 GPIA in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.98 GPIA, and the mean is 0.8725 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 75.0%), and the largest decrease in Congo, Democratic Republic of the (down 16.2%).

Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 1.15 GPIA 2024 up 11.7% falling
2 Brazil 1.02 GPIA 2024 unchanged rising
2 Dominican Republic 1.02 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
2 Honduras 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 2.0% flat
5 Nicaragua 1.02 GPIA 2014 up 3.8% flat
6 Colombia 1.01 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
6 Mongolia 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
6 Namibia 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 2.0% rising
6 Qatar 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 3.1% rising
6 Thailand 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 3.1% rising
6 Tonga 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% rising
6 Uruguay 1.01 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
6 South Africa 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 2.0% rising
14 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.01 GPIA 2017 up 0.7% rising
15 Chile 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 0.5% flat
16 Albania 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
16 United Arab Emirates 1 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% rising
16 Armenia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
16 Azerbaijan 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
16 Spain 1 GPIA 2021 unchanged flat
16 Georgia 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
16 Sri Lanka 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% rising
16 Maldives 1 GPIA 2019 unchanged flat
16 Philippines 1 GPIA 2020 unchanged flat
16 Paraguay 1 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% rising
16 Singapore 1 GPIA 2020 up 1.0% rising
16 Serbia 1 GPIA 2022 unchanged flat
16 Tajikistan 1 GPIA 2009 down 0.0% flat
16 Uzbekistan 1 GPIA 2022 unchanged flat
30 Mauritius 0.9988 GPIA 2023 up 4.0% rising
31 Bahrain 0.99 GPIA 2024 — rising
31 China 0.99 GPIA 2020 up 2.1% rising
31 Ecuador 0.99 GPIA 2024 unchanged rising
31 Kuwait 0.99 GPIA 2020 up 2.1% rising
31 Mexico 0.99 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% rising
31 Montenegro 0.99 GPIA 2018 unchanged rising
31 Malaysia 0.99 GPIA 2022 up 2.1% rising
31 Viet Nam 0.99 GPIA 2022 up 2.1% rising
31 Samoa 0.99 GPIA 2019 down 1.0% flat
40 Palestine, State of 0.9886 GPIA 2024 up 0.9% rising
41 Panama 0.9869 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
42 Myanmar 0.9818 GPIA 2020 up 4.5% rising
43 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.98 GPIA 2024 up 4.9% rising
43 Indonesia 0.98 GPIA 2020 up 2.1% rising
43 Macau, China 0.98 GPIA 2016 up 1.0% rising
43 Saudi Arabia 0.98 GPIA 2024 up 3.2% rising
43 Türkiye 0.98 GPIA 2021 up 4.3% rising
48 Jordan 0.97 GPIA 2024 down 2.0% rising
48 Oman 0.97 GPIA 2022 up 11.5% falling
48 El Salvador 0.97 GPIA 2024 up 1.9% rising
51 Cape Verde 0.95 GPIA 2024 up 4.4% rising
51 Peru 0.95 GPIA 2024 up 1.1% rising
53 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9353 GPIA 2023 up 6.3% rising
54 Rwanda 0.93 GPIA 2022 up 8.1% rising
55 Bangladesh 0.91 GPIA 2022 up 11.0% rising
56 Guatemala 0.88 GPIA 2024 up 3.5% rising
56 Tunisia 0.88 GPIA 2023 up 11.4% rising
58 Sao Tome and Principe 0.87 GPIA 2019 down 3.3% rising
58 Uganda 0.87 GPIA 2024 up 19.2% rising
60 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.86 GPIA 2022 up 1.2% rising
61 Cameroon 0.83 GPIA 2018 up 6.4% rising
62 Egypt 0.8272 GPIA 2022 up 13.3% rising
63 India 0.8002 GPIA 2024 up 13.0% rising
64 Ghana 0.79 GPIA 2021 down 2.5% flat
65 Cambodia 0.78 GPIA 2021 down 2.5% rising
66 Burundi 0.7705 GPIA 2020 up 1.4% rising
67 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.77 GPIA 2023 down 11.5% rising
68 Malawi 0.76 GPIA 2020 — rising
69 Zambia 0.75 GPIA 2024 down 12.8% rising
70 Nigeria 0.74 GPIA 2024 up 12.1% rising
71 Togo 0.7 GPIA 2022 up 25.0% rising
72 Nepal 0.67 GPIA 2019 up 44.2% rising
73 Morocco 0.64 GPIA 2014 up 18.5% rising
73 Pakistan 0.64 GPIA 2021 up 28.0% rising
75 Mozambique 0.6252 GPIA 2022 up 38.9% rising
76 Côte d'Ivoire 0.59 GPIA 2021 down 14.5% rising
77 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.57 GPIA 2023 down 16.2% flat
77 Ethiopia 0.57 GPIA 2022 up 33.5% rising
79 Burkina Faso 0.5607 GPIA 2023 up 19.3% rising
80 Senegal 0.55 GPIA 2023 up 3.8% rising
81 Benin 0.54 GPIA 2022 up 1.9% rising
82 Mali 0.51 GPIA 2024 up 34.2% rising
83 Niger 0.45 GPIA 2022 down 13.5% rising
83 Sierra Leone 0.45 GPIA 2019 unchanged rising
85 Guinea 0.42 GPIA 2018 up 75.0% rising
86 Chad 0.3 GPIA 2019 down 11.8% rising
87 Afghanistan 0.27 GPIA 2021 up 22.7% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
290 places, 9,561 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release