Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)
ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index was 0.75 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116), 1983–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) is 0.75 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 42 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) peaked at 0.75 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.48 GPIA, in 1983.
That places ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 183rd out of 203 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 0.48 GPIA | — |
| 1984 | 0.48 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.49 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 0.5 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 0.51 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 0.51 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.51 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.52 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 0.53 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 0.54 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 0.54 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.55 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.57 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 0.58 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 0.6 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 0.6 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.6 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.61 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.62 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 0.58 GPIA | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 0.59 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.58 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 0.58 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.58 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.59 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.6 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.6 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.63 GPIA | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 0.64 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 0.65 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.66 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 0.66 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.68 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 0.69 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.7 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.71 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.72 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.73 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.73 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.74 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.74 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.75 GPIA | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4971 GPIA | 0.48 GPIA | 0.51 GPIA | 7 |
| 1990s | 0.563 GPIA | 0.52 GPIA | 0.6 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.593 GPIA | 0.58 GPIA | 0.62 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.674 GPIA | 0.63 GPIA | 0.72 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.738 GPIA | 0.73 GPIA | 0.75 GPIA | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.18 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 661,057 (2016)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 723,016 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 642,447 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.25 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.79 million (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.82 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.13 million (2016)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.13 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) was 0.75 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.75 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.48 GPIA in 1983.
- How does ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) ranks 183rd out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 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