Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Palestine, State of
Palestine, State of: Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index was 0.99 LPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Palestine, State of, 1997–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Palestine, State of recorded 0.99 LPIA for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Palestine, State of peaked at 1 LPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.94 LPIA, in 1997.
That places Palestine, State of 10th out of 53 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Palestine, State of, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.94 LPIA | — |
| 2004 | 0.96 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 0.97 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.97 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.98 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.98 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.99 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.99 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.99 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.99 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.98 LPIA | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.98 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.99 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.99 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.99 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.99 LPIA | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.94 LPIA | 0.94 LPIA | 0.94 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.972 LPIA | 0.96 LPIA | 0.98 LPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.989 LPIA | 0.98 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.995 LPIA | 0.99 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 2 |
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More education data for Palestine, State of
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 50,739 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 306 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 86,251 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 83,420 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 868,232 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 514,700 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.15 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0996 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Palestine, State of?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Palestine, State of was 0.99 LPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The highest recorded value was 1 LPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.94 LPIA in 1997.
- How does Palestine, State of rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index?
- Palestine, State of ranks 10th out of 53 countries with data for 2022.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine, State of data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release