Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI) by country
Gender parity index for youth literacy rate is the ratio of females to males ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
Countries reporting
96
Highest
1.18 GPI
Comoros
Lowest
0.5367 GPI
Afghanistan
Median
1 GPI
Years covered
51
1974–2024
Data points
2,766
What the numbers show
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI) is currently reported for 96 countries. The highest value is 1.18 GPI in Comoros; the lowest is 0.5367 GPI in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 1 GPI, and the mean is 0.9644 GPI.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 60.6%), and the largest decrease in Congo, Democratic Republic of the (down 5.7%).
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comoros | 1.18 GPI | 2022 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 2 | Lesotho | 1.05 GPI | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 2 | Rwanda | 1.05 GPI | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 4 | Montenegro | 1.03 GPI | 2018 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 4 | Namibia | 1.03 GPI | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 6 | Nicaragua | 1.03 GPI | 2014 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 1.02 GPI | 2022 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 7 | Honduras | 1.02 GPI | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 7 | Uganda | 1.02 GPI | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 7 | South Africa | 1.02 GPI | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 11 | Indonesia | 1.02 GPI | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 12 | Cambodia | 1.01 GPI | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 13 | Colombia | 1.01 GPI | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 1.01 GPI | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Qatar | 1.01 GPI | 2014 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 13 | El Salvador | 1.01 GPI | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 13 | Suriname | 1.01 GPI | 2018 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 13 | Samoa | 1.01 GPI | 2019 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 19 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1.01 GPI | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 20 | Chile | 1 GPI | 2022 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 21 | Burundi | 1 GPI | 2020 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 22 | Mauritius | 1 GPI | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 23 | Myanmar | 1 GPI | 2020 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 24 | Albania | 1 GPI | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 1 GPI | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 24 | Armenia | 1 GPI | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Azerbaijan | 1 GPI | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Bahrain | 1 GPI | 2024 | — | rising |
| 24 | Belarus | 1 GPI | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1 GPI | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 24 | Brazil | 1 GPI | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 24 | China | 1 GPI | 2020 | unchanged | rising |
| 24 | Cape Verde | 1 GPI | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 24 | Ecuador | 1 GPI | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Spain | 1 GPI | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Georgia | 1 GPI | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Jordan | 1 GPI | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 24 | Kuwait | 1 GPI | 2020 | unchanged | rising |
| 24 | Sri Lanka | 1 GPI | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 24 | Macao | 1 GPI | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Republic of Moldova | 1 GPI | 2014 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 24 | Maldives | 1 GPI | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Mexico | 1 GPI | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Nigeria | 1 GPI | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 24 | Oman | 1 GPI | 2022 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 24 | Peru | 1 GPI | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 24 | Paraguay | 1 GPI | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 1 GPI | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 24 | Singapore | 1 GPI | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Serbia | 1 GPI | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Eswatini | 1 GPI | 2022 | — | flat |
| 24 | Thailand | 1 GPI | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 24 | Tonga | 1 GPI | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Tunisia | 1 GPI | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 24 | Uruguay | 1 GPI | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 1 GPI | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Viet Nam | 1 GPI | 2022 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 58 | Panama | 0.998 GPI | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 59 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.9976 GPI | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 60 | Philippines | 0.9961 GPI | 2022 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 61 | Egypt | 0.9928 GPI | 2022 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 62 | Palestine, State of | 0.9925 GPI | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 63 | Türkiye | 0.9924 GPI | 2022 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 64 | Guatemala | 0.99 GPI | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 64 | Mongolia | 0.99 GPI | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 64 | Malawi | 0.99 GPI | 2020 | — | rising |
| 64 | Malaysia | 0.99 GPI | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 64 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.99 GPI | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | Timor-Leste | 0.99 GPI | 2022 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 70 | India | 0.9862 GPI | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 71 | Tajikistan | 0.9774 GPI | 2017 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 72 | Iraq | 0.9689 GPI | 2021 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 73 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.96 GPI | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 73 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.96 GPI | 2022 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 73 | Zambia | 0.96 GPI | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 76 | Nepal | 0.95 GPI | 2019 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 76 | Senegal | 0.95 GPI | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 78 | Togo | 0.94 GPI | 2022 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 79 | Burkina Faso | 0.93 GPI | 2022 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 80 | Ghana | 0.9218 GPI | 2022 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 81 | Ethiopia | 0.92 GPI | 2022 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 81 | Morocco | 0.92 GPI | 2014 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 83 | Benin | 0.91 GPI | 2022 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 84 | Cameroon | 0.87 GPI | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 84 | Gambia | 0.87 GPI | 2021 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 84 | Sierra Leone | 0.87 GPI | 2019 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 87 | Pakistan | 0.84 GPI | 2021 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 88 | Mozambique | 0.8348 GPI | 2022 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 89 | Liberia | 0.8332 GPI | 2019 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 90 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.78 GPI | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 91 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.77 GPI | 2021 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 92 | Mali | 0.75 GPI | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 93 | Niger | 0.7 GPI | 2022 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 94 | Guinea | 0.62 GPI | 2018 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 95 | Chad | 0.59 GPI | 2019 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 96 | Afghanistan | 0.5367 GPI | 2022 | up 3.2% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Caribbean Small States 1.03 GPI
- Other small states 1.02 GPI
- Small states 1.02 GPI
- Africa Eastern and Southern 1 GPI
- Central Europe and the Baltics 1 GPI
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 1 GPI
- East Asia & Pacific 1 GPI
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 1 GPI
- Europe & Central Asia 1 GPI
- IBRD only 1 GPI
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 1 GPI
- Latin America & Caribbean 1 GPI
- Late-demographic dividend 1 GPI
- North America 1 GPI
- OECD members 1 GPI
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 1 GPI
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 1 GPI
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 1 GPI
- Upper middle income 1 GPI
- South Asia 0.99 GPI
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0.99 GPI
- Early-demographic dividend 0.98 GPI
- Middle income 0.98 GPI
- World 0.98 GPI
- IDA & IBRD total 0.97 GPI
- Lower middle income 0.97 GPI
- Low & middle income 0.97 GPI
- Arab World 0.96 GPI
- Least developed countries 0.96 GPI
- IDA only 0.95 GPI
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.94 GPI
- IDA total 0.94 GPI
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.94 GPI
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.94 GPI
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.94 GPI
- Low income 0.93 GPI
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.92 GPI
- Pre-demographic dividend 0.92 GPI
- IDA blend 0.89 GPI
- Africa Western and Central 0.85 GPI
About this data
Gender parity index for youth literacy rate is the ratio of females to males ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.