Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index was 0.85 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407), 1971–2024
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 ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) is 0.85 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) peaked at 0.85 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.68 GPIA, in 1979.
That places ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 108th 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 54 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.69 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.69 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.69 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.69 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.69 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.69 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.69 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.69 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.68 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 0.68 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.68 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.69 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 0.69 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.73 GPIA | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 0.73 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.73 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.73 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.74 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 0.74 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.75 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 0.75 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.74 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 0.74 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.74 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.74 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.74 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.75 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 0.75 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.75 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.75 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.75 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.76 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.74 GPIA | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 0.75 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 0.76 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.76 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.76 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.78 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.78 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.79 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 0.8 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.79 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.79 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.8 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.81 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.81 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.81 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.83 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 0.84 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.84 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.84 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.85 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.85 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.85 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6889 GPIA | 0.68 GPIA | 0.69 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.714 GPIA | 0.68 GPIA | 0.74 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.745 GPIA | 0.74 GPIA | 0.75 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.759 GPIA | 0.74 GPIA | 0.78 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.807 GPIA | 0.79 GPIA | 0.84 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.846 GPIA | 0.84 GPIA | 0.85 GPIA | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.2% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 24.66 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 27.97 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 16.80 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 28.88 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 19.24 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 18.26 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) was 0.85 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 ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.85 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.68 GPIA in 1979.
- How does ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index?
- ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) ranks 108th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 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