Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: North America
UNICEF: North America: Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index was 1 GPIA in 2022. ▬ Flat
Latest (2022)
1 GPIA
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
3rd
of 203 groups
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2003
All-time low
1 GPIA
in 2003
Years of data
12
2003–2022
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: North America, 2003–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
UNICEF: North America recorded 1 GPIA for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in 2022. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: North America peaked at 1 GPIA in 2003 and was at its lowest, 1 GPIA, in 2003.
That places UNICEF: North America 3rd out of 203 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: North America, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1 GPIA | — |
| 2004 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 3 |
| 2020s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: North America
- 1 Lesotho 1.15 GPIA compare
- 2 Brazil 1.02 GPIA compare
- 2 Dominican Republic 1.02 GPIA compare
- 2 Honduras 1.02 GPIA compare
- 5 Nicaragua 1.02 GPIA compare
- 6 Colombia 1.01 GPIA compare
- 6 Mongolia 1.01 GPIA compare
- 6 Namibia 1.01 GPIA compare
- 6 Qatar 1.01 GPIA compare
- 6 Thailand 1.01 GPIA compare
- 6 Tonga 1.01 GPIA compare
- 6 Uruguay 1.01 GPIA compare
- 6 South Africa 1.01 GPIA compare
More education data for UNICEF: North America
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 19.12 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.2592 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.3043 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.3047 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -2.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -3.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -3.89 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: North America?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: North America was 1 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: North America?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2003.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: North America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2003.
- How does UNICEF: North America rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index?
- UNICEF: North America ranks 3rd out of 203 groups with data for 2022.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in UNICEF: North America?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this UNICEF: North America 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