Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
53
Highest
1.07 GPIA
Brazil
Lowest
0.36 GPIA
Niger
Median
0.96 GPIA
Years covered
49
1976–2024
Data points
612

What the numbers show

Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 1.07 GPIA in Brazil; the lowest is 0.36 GPIA in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.96 GPIA, and the mean is 0.8393 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 95.8%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 18.2%).

Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, rural, adjusted gender parity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 1.07 GPIA 2024 unchanged rising
2 Colombia 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
2 Dominican Republic 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 1.0% flat
4 Chile 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 2.2% flat
5 South Africa 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 4.1% rising
5 Thailand 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 4.1% flat
5 Honduras 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 2.0% flat
8 Uruguay 1.01 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
8 Tonga 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% flat
8 Mongolia 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
11 Azerbaijan 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
11 Uzbekistan 1 GPIA 2022 unchanged flat
11 Serbia 1 GPIA 2022 up 1.0% flat
11 Philippines 1 GPIA 2020 down 1.0% flat
11 Sri Lanka 1 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% rising
11 Georgia 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
11 Armenia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
11 Spain 1 GPIA 2020 unchanged flat
19 Paraguay 0.99 GPIA 2024 up 2.1% flat
19 Kuwait 0.99 GPIA 2018 up 1.0% flat
21 Palestine 0.98 GPIA 2022 up 3.2% rising
21 Malaysia 0.98 GPIA 2022 up 5.4% rising
23 Mexico 0.9794 GPIA 2022 up 3.1% rising
24 Indonesia 0.97 GPIA 2020 up 4.3% rising
24 El Salvador 0.97 GPIA 2024 up 5.0% rising
26 Panama 0.9653 GPIA 2023 up 2.2% flat
27 Bolivia 0.96 GPIA 2024 up 15.3% rising
27 Jordan 0.96 GPIA 2024 down 3.0% rising
27 Oman 0.96 GPIA 2022 up 21.5% falling
30 Ecuador 0.95 GPIA 2024 down 2.1% rising
31 Rwanda 0.93 GPIA 2022 up 10.7% rising
31 Turkey 0.93 GPIA 2015 up 19.2% rising
33 Bangladesh 0.91 GPIA 2022 up 15.2% rising
34 Peru 0.859 GPIA 2023 up 10.7% rising
35 Guatemala 0.83 GPIA 2024 up 12.2% rising
36 Tanzania 0.8 GPIA 2022 down 1.2% rising
36 Iran 0.8 GPIA 2016 up 14.3% rising
38 Uganda 0.79 GPIA 2023 up 25.4% rising
39 India 0.78 GPIA 2023 up 27.9% rising
40 Tunisia 0.77 GPIA 2023 up 14.9% rising
41 Cambodia 0.73 GPIA 2021 down 5.2% rising
42 Nepal 0.57 GPIA 2019 up 9.6% rising
42 Togo 0.57 GPIA 2022 up 32.6% rising
44 Egypt 0.52 GPIA 2013 down 8.8% rising
45 Ethiopia 0.47 GPIA 2022 up 95.8% rising
45 Mali 0.47 GPIA 2024 up 67.9% rising
45 Pakistan 0.47 GPIA 2019 up 46.9% rising
48 Benin 0.43 GPIA 2022 up 10.3% rising
49 Mozambique 0.42 GPIA 2020 up 40.0% rising
50 Senegal 0.41 GPIA 2023 up 13.9% rising
51 Burkina Faso 0.4 GPIA 2022 up 17.6% rising
52 Morocco 0.37 GPIA 2014 up 60.9% rising
53 Niger 0.36 GPIA 2022 down 18.2% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
53 places, 612 data points, 1976–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release