Proportion of youth and adults that sought health related information (on injury, disease, nutrition, etc.), 15-24 years old, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
53
Highest
1.57 GPIA
Qatar
Lowest
0.7284 GPIA
Croatia
Median
1.19 GPIA
Years covered
23
2002–2024
Data points
645

What the numbers show

Proportion of youth and adults that sought health related information (on injury, disease, nutrition, etc.), 15-24 years old, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 1.57 GPIA in Qatar; the lowest is 0.7284 GPIA in Croatia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.19 GPIA, and the mean is 1.2 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 72.6%), and the largest decrease in Croatia (down 44.6%).

Proportion of youth and adults that sought health related information: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 1.57 GPIA 2019 up 37.7% falling
2 Ukraine 1.56 GPIA 2021 up 10.2% rising
3 Czechia 1.51 GPIA 2023 up 4.3% falling
4 Poland 1.44 GPIA 2023 up 8.3% flat
5 Russian Federation 1.43 GPIA 2023 up 0.1% rising
6 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.41 GPIA 2020 up 42.9% rising
7 Germany 1.38 GPIA 2024 up 7.9% falling
8 Montenegro 1.38 GPIA 2022 up 72.6% rising
9 Georgia 1.37 GPIA 2023 down 1.9% falling
10 Latvia 1.37 GPIA 2023 down 11.3% falling
11 Lithuania 1.34 GPIA 2023 down 3.7% falling
12 Luxembourg 1.34 GPIA 2024 up 44.6% falling
13 Thailand 1.33 GPIA 2020 down 2.6% flat
14 Netherlands 1.33 GPIA 2016 up 2.6% flat
15 France 1.32 GPIA 2023 up 11.2% falling
16 Paraguay 1.32 GPIA 2023 up 0.2% flat
17 Ireland 1.3 GPIA 2015 down 5.8% rising
18 Greece 1.29 GPIA 2016 down 15.3% falling
19 Bulgaria 1.28 GPIA 2023 down 8.8% rising
20 Romania 1.28 GPIA 2023 down 4.3% rising
21 Slovakia 1.26 GPIA 2024 down 9.4% rising
22 Belgium 1.23 GPIA 2023 down 6.0% falling
23 Portugal 1.22 GPIA 2023 up 16.4% falling
24 Norway 1.21 GPIA 2021 down 2.7% flat
25 Albania 1.21 GPIA 2023 flat
26 Kazakhstan 1.2 GPIA 2023 down 14.4% falling
27 Mexico 1.19 GPIA 2023 up 14.0% flat
28 Sweden 1.19 GPIA 2024 up 4.1% falling
29 Slovenia 1.19 GPIA 2023 down 9.5% flat
30 Palestine, State of 1.18 GPIA 2019 up 15.0% flat
31 Denmark 1.17 GPIA 2024 down 5.2% flat
32 Finland 1.16 GPIA 2023 down 14.4% falling
33 Hungary 1.16 GPIA 2024 down 14.1% falling
34 Switzerland 1.14 GPIA 2023 down 8.0% flat
35 Italy 1.13 GPIA 2023 down 12.3% flat
36 Türkiye 1.13 GPIA 2024 up 4.3% rising
37 Iceland 1.1 GPIA 2013 down 20.5% falling
38 Austria 1.1 GPIA 2024 down 21.9% falling
39 Malta 1.09 GPIA 2023 down 8.3% flat
40 Serbia 1.09 GPIA 2022 up 31.0% rising
41 Azerbaijan 1.08 GPIA 2023 down 6.6% rising
42 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 59.4% rising
43 Spain 1.06 GPIA 2023 down 13.9% falling
44 Singapore 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 42.6% falling
45 Cyprus 1.03 GPIA 2023 down 22.4% falling
46 Brazil 1.03 GPIA 2023 down 18.0% rising
47 Korea 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 2.4% falling
48 Colombia 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 0.6% flat
49 Egypt 0.9932 GPIA 2022 down 19.2% falling
50 Estonia 0.966 GPIA 2017 down 41.0% falling
51 Bahrain 0.9514 GPIA 2023 down 40.7% falling
52 North Macedonia 0.9423 GPIA 2017 up 6.8% flat
53 Croatia 0.7284 GPIA 2023 down 44.6% falling

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About this data

Indicator
Proportion of youth and adults that sought health related information (on injury, disease, nutrition, etc.), 15-24 years old, 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, 645 data points, 2002–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release