Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)
ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index was 0.75 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109), 1989–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) stood at 0.75 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) peaked at 0.75 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.52 GPIA, in 1989.
ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) ranks 183rd of 203 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 0.52 GPIA | — |
| 1990 | 0.53 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 0.53 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.54 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 0.54 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.55 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.55 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.56 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 0.58 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 0.59 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.6 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 0.61 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.63 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 0.59 GPIA | -6.3% |
| 2003 | 0.6 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.61 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 0.59 GPIA | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 0.59 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.63 GPIA | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 0.63 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.64 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.64 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.65 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 0.66 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.67 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 0.68 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 0.69 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.71 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 0.72 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.73 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.73 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.74 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.74 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.74 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.75 GPIA | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.52 GPIA | 0.52 GPIA | 0.52 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.557 GPIA | 0.53 GPIA | 0.6 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.612 GPIA | 0.59 GPIA | 0.64 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.688 GPIA | 0.64 GPIA | 0.73 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7425 GPIA | 0.74 GPIA | 0.75 GPIA | 4 |
More education data for ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.5% (2023)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.4% (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 7.80 million (2021)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.4% (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 8.72 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 9.47 million (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.14 million (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 21.91 million (2023)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 9.96 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 9.83 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) was 0.75 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.75 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.52 GPIA in 1989.
- How does ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) ranks 183rd out of 203 groups with data for 2023.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release