Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries
SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries: Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index was 0.82 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries, 1983–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries recorded 0.82 GPIA for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 42 years on record.
The figure is up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries peaked at 0.82 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.75 GPIA, in 2004.
SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries ranks 123rd of 203 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 0.76 GPIA | — |
| 1984 | 0.76 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.76 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.76 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.77 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 0.76 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 0.76 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.76 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.76 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.76 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.76 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.76 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.76 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.76 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.76 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.77 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.76 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.77 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.77 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.76 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.76 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.75 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.75 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.75 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.76 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.76 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.76 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.78 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 0.78 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.78 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.79 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.79 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.81 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.81 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.82 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.82 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.82 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.82 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.82 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.82 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.7614 GPIA | 0.76 GPIA | 0.77 GPIA | 7 |
| 1990s | 0.761 GPIA | 0.76 GPIA | 0.77 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.759 GPIA | 0.75 GPIA | 0.77 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.796 GPIA | 0.78 GPIA | 0.82 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.82 GPIA | 0.82 GPIA | 0.82 GPIA | 5 |
More education data for SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.3% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 19.77 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 22.06 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 15.66 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 42.33 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 16.23 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 15.84 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries was 0.82 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 SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 0.82 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index recorded in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.75 GPIA in 2004.
- How does SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index?
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries ranks 123rd out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 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