Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.1%
Rank
95th
of 203 groups
All-time high
0.9 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.74 GPIA
in 1975
Years of data
50
1975–2024
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) recorded 0.9 GPIA for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 0.9 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.74 GPIA, in 1975.
That places ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 95th out of 203 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.74 GPIA | — |
| 1976 | 0.74 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.74 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.74 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.74 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.74 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.74 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.74 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.74 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.75 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 0.75 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.75 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.76 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 0.77 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 0.77 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.77 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.76 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 0.77 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 0.77 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.77 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.79 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 0.79 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.8 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.81 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.81 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.81 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.82 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.82 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.82 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.82 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.83 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.83 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.83 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.83 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.84 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.84 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.84 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.84 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.85 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.86 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.86 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.87 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.87 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.88 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.89 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.88 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.89 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 0.89 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.89 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.9 GPIA | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.74 GPIA | 0.74 GPIA | 0.74 GPIA | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.751 GPIA | 0.74 GPIA | 0.77 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.784 GPIA | 0.76 GPIA | 0.81 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.825 GPIA | 0.81 GPIA | 0.84 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.86 GPIA | 0.84 GPIA | 0.89 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.89 GPIA | 0.88 GPIA | 0.9 GPIA | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 17.47 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.02 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8034 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 875,127 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6859 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2.68 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 0.9 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: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.74 GPIA in 1975.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 95th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 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