Literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt
Egypt: Literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9928 index in 2022. ▲ Rising
Literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt, 1976–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 0.9928 index for literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index in 2022. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt peaked at 0.9928 index in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.6 index, in 1976.
Egypt ranks 61st of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 0.6 index | — |
| 1986 | 0.76 index | +26.7% |
| 1996 | 0.85 index | +11.8% |
| 2005 | 0.87 index | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.93 index | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 0.93 index | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.93 index | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.96 index | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 0.97 index | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9867 index | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 0.9928 index | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6 index | 0.6 index | 0.6 index | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.76 index | 0.76 index | 0.76 index | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.85 index | 0.85 index | 0.85 index | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9 index | 0.87 index | 0.93 index | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.9475 index | 0.93 index | 0.97 index | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.9897 index | 0.9867 index | 0.9928 index | 2 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 58 Panama 0.998 index compare
- 59 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9976 index compare
- 60 Philippines 0.9961 index compare
- 62 Palestine, State of 0.9925 index compare
- 63 Türkiye 0.9924 index compare
- 64 Timor-Leste 0.99 index compare
- 64 Guatemala 0.99 index compare
- 64 Malawi 0.99 index compare
- 64 Malaysia 0.99 index compare
- 64 Mongolia 0.99 index compare
- 64 Sao Tome and Principe 0.99 index compare
More education data for Egypt
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 507,445 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 95,355 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 759,210 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 718,435 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 11.56 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 15.40 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1322 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt?
- Literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt was 0.9928 index in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9928 index in 2022.
- What is the lowest literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6 index in 1976.
- How does Egypt rank for literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index?
- Egypt ranks 61st out of 96 countries with data for 2022.
- Is literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal basic literacy rates among young men and women aged 15–24. Values below 1 favor young men, and above 1 favor young women.