What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index recorded in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?

The highest recorded value was 0.99 GPIA in 2023.

What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index recorded in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?

The lowest recorded value was 0.7 GPIA in 1975.

How does WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index?

WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 41st out of 203 groups with data for 2024.

Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?

Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)

Name: Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
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WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index was 0.99 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

0.99 GPIA

Change on year

unchanged

Rank

41st

of 203 groups

All-time high

0.99 GPIA

in 2023

All-time low

0.7 GPIA

in 1975

Years of data

1974–2024

Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), 1974–2024

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

In 2024, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) stood at 0.99 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.

The figure is up 2.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 0.99 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7 GPIA, in 1975.

WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 41st of 203 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.

Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), year by year

Annual values for Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), 1974 to 2024.
Year	GPIA	Change
1974	0.71 GPIA	—
1975	0.7 GPIA	-1.4%
1976	0.7 GPIA	+0.0%
1977	0.71 GPIA	+1.4%
1978	0.71 GPIA	+0.0%
1979	0.71 GPIA	+0.0%
1980	0.72 GPIA	+1.4%
1981	0.72 GPIA	+0.0%
1982	0.73 GPIA	+1.4%
1983	0.74 GPIA	+1.4%
1984	0.75 GPIA	+1.4%
1985	0.75 GPIA	+0.0%
1986	0.76 GPIA	+1.3%
1987	0.76 GPIA	+0.0%
1988	0.81 GPIA	+6.6%
1989	0.81 GPIA	+0.0%
1990	0.82 GPIA	+1.2%
1991	0.83 GPIA	+1.2%
1992	0.84 GPIA	+1.2%
1993	0.84 GPIA	+0.0%
1994	0.85 GPIA	+1.2%
1995	0.86 GPIA	+1.2%
1996	0.87 GPIA	+1.2%
1997	0.92 GPIA	+5.7%
1998	0.92 GPIA	+0.0%
1999	0.93 GPIA	+1.1%
2000	0.93 GPIA	+0.0%
2001	0.93 GPIA	+0.0%
2002	0.94 GPIA	+1.1%
2003	0.94 GPIA	+0.0%
2004	0.95 GPIA	+1.1%
2005	0.95 GPIA	+0.0%
2006	0.95 GPIA	+0.0%
2007	0.96 GPIA	+1.1%
2008	0.96 GPIA	+0.0%
2009	0.97 GPIA	+1.0%
2010	0.97 GPIA	+0.0%
2011	0.97 GPIA	+0.0%
2012	0.97 GPIA	+0.0%
2013	0.97 GPIA	+0.0%
2014	0.97 GPIA	+0.0%
2015	0.98 GPIA	+1.0%
2016	0.98 GPIA	+0.0%
2017	0.98 GPIA	+0.0%
2018	0.98 GPIA	+0.0%
2019	0.98 GPIA	+0.0%
2020	0.98 GPIA	+0.0%
2021	0.98 GPIA	+0.0%
2022	0.98 GPIA	+0.0%
2023	0.99 GPIA	+1.0%
2024	0.99 GPIA	+0.0%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	0.7067 GPIA	0.7 GPIA	0.71 GPIA	6
1980s	0.755 GPIA	0.72 GPIA	0.81 GPIA	10
1990s	0.868 GPIA	0.82 GPIA	0.93 GPIA	10
2000s	0.948 GPIA	0.93 GPIA	0.97 GPIA	10
2010s	0.975 GPIA	0.97 GPIA	0.98 GPIA	10
2020s	0.984 GPIA	0.98 GPIA	0.99 GPIA	5

Countries ranked near WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)

40 Palestine, State of 0.9886 GPIA compare
41 Panama 0.9869 GPIA compare
42 Myanmar 0.9818 GPIA compare
43 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.98 GPIA compare
43 Indonesia 0.98 GPIA compare
43 Macau, China 0.98 GPIA compare
43 Saudi Arabia 0.98 GPIA compare
43 Türkiye 0.98 GPIA compare

See the full ranking of 290 places →

More education data for WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)

Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 123.94 million (2024)
Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 112.37 million (2024)
Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.9825 % change on previous year (2024)
Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.41 million (2024)
Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 233.28 million (2024)
Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.3514 % change on previous year (2024)
Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5256 % change on previous year (2024)
Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 38.36 million (2024)
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 35.41 million (2024)

All data for WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) →

Frequently asked questions

What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?: Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) was 0.99 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 WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?: The highest recorded value was 0.99 GPIA in 2023.
What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index recorded in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?: The lowest recorded value was 0.7 GPIA in 1975.
How does WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index?: WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 41st out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?: Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 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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Indicator: Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit: GPIA
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage: 290 places, 9,561 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed: 06 September 2026

February 2026 Data Release