Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
96
Highest
1.18 GPIA
Comoros
Lowest
0.5367 GPIA
Afghanistan
Median
1 GPIA
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
9,722

What the numbers show

Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 96 countries. The highest value is 1.18 GPIA in Comoros; the lowest is 0.5367 GPIA in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9643 GPIA.

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%).

Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Comoros 1.18 GPIA 2022 up 27.6% rising
2 Lesotho 1.05 GPIA 2024 down 4.1% falling
2 Rwanda 1.05 GPIA 2022 up 1.9% rising
4 Montenegro 1.03 GPIA 2018 up 3.0% flat
4 Namibia 1.03 GPIA 2023 down 1.1% flat
6 Nicaragua 1.03 GPIA 2014 down 1.4% flat
7 Bangladesh 1.02 GPIA 2022 down 1.9% rising
7 Honduras 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
7 Uganda 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 5.2% rising
7 South Africa 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 2.0% flat
11 Indonesia 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 1.9% rising
12 Cambodia 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 2.4% rising
13 Colombia 1.01 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
13 Dominican Republic 1.01 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
13 El Salvador 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
13 Suriname 1.01 GPIA 2018 up 1.0% flat
13 Samoa 1.01 GPIA 2019 up 1.0% flat
18 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.01 GPIA 2017 down 0.1% flat
19 Chile 1 GPIA 2022 up 0.4% flat
20 Burundi 1 GPIA 2020 up 24.7% rising
21 Mauritius 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.8% flat
22 Myanmar 1 GPIA 2020 up 1.2% rising
23 Albania 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
23 United Arab Emirates 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.0% rising
23 Armenia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
23 Azerbaijan 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
23 Bahrain 1 GPIA 2024 rising
23 Belarus 1 GPIA 2019 unchanged flat
23 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% rising
23 Brazil 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.0% flat
23 China 1 GPIA 2020 unchanged rising
23 Cape Verde 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.0% flat
23 Ecuador 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
23 Spain 1 GPIA 2021 unchanged flat
23 Georgia 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
23 Jordan 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged rising
23 Kuwait 1 GPIA 2020 unchanged rising
23 Sri Lanka 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.8% flat
23 Macau, China 1 GPIA 2016 unchanged flat
23 Republic of Moldova 1 GPIA 2014 down 0.1% flat
23 Maldives 1 GPIA 2019 unchanged flat
23 Mexico 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
23 Nigeria 1 GPIA 2024 up 21.8% rising
23 Oman 1 GPIA 2022 down 1.0% falling
23 Peru 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged rising
23 Paraguay 1 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
23 Qatar 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.0% flat
23 Saudi Arabia 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged rising
23 Singapore 1 GPIA 2021 unchanged flat
23 Serbia 1 GPIA 2022 unchanged flat
23 Eswatini 1 GPIA 2022 flat
23 Thailand 1 GPIA 2022 down 1.0% flat
23 Tonga 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
23 Tunisia 1 GPIA 2023 up 2.0% rising
23 Uruguay 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.0% flat
23 Uzbekistan 1 GPIA 2022 unchanged flat
23 Viet Nam 1 GPIA 2022 up 1.0% flat
58 Panama 0.998 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% flat
59 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9976 GPIA 2023 up 0.8% rising
60 Philippines 0.9961 GPIA 2022 down 1.4% flat
61 Egypt 0.9928 GPIA 2022 up 6.8% rising
62 Palestine, State of 0.9925 GPIA 2024 down 0.7% flat
63 Türkiye 0.9924 GPIA 2022 up 0.2% rising
64 Guatemala 0.99 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% rising
64 Mongolia 0.99 GPIA 2024 down 2.0% flat
64 Malawi 0.99 GPIA 2020 rising
64 Malaysia 0.99 GPIA 2022 down 1.0% flat
64 Sao Tome and Principe 0.99 GPIA 2019 unchanged rising
64 Timor-Leste 0.99 GPIA 2022 up 1.0% flat
70 India 0.9862 GPIA 2024 up 7.0% rising
71 Tajikistan 0.9774 GPIA 2017 down 1.2% flat
72 Iraq 0.9689 GPIA 2021 up 6.5% rising
73 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.96 GPIA 2023 unchanged rising
73 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.96 GPIA 2022 down 1.0% rising
73 Zambia 0.96 GPIA 2024 up 1.1% flat
76 Nepal 0.95 GPIA 2019 up 14.0% rising
76 Senegal 0.95 GPIA 2023 up 17.3% rising
78 Togo 0.94 GPIA 2022 up 11.9% rising
79 Burkina Faso 0.93 GPIA 2022 up 60.6% rising
80 Ghana 0.9218 GPIA 2022 down 1.9% rising
81 Ethiopia 0.92 GPIA 2022 up 37.2% rising
81 Morocco 0.92 GPIA 2014 up 22.7% rising
83 Benin 0.91 GPIA 2022 up 21.3% rising
84 Cameroon 0.87 GPIA 2018 unchanged rising
84 Gambia 0.87 GPIA 2021 up 3.6% rising
84 Sierra Leone 0.87 GPIA 2019 up 55.0% rising
87 Pakistan 0.84 GPIA 2021 up 3.7% rising
88 Mozambique 0.8348 GPIA 2022 up 17.6% rising
89 Liberia 0.8332 GPIA 2019 down 1.4% rising
90 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.78 GPIA 2023 down 5.7% rising
91 Côte d'Ivoire 0.77 GPIA 2021 down 3.8% rising
92 Mali 0.75 GPIA 2024 up 15.4% rising
93 Niger 0.7 GPIA 2022 up 7.7% rising
94 Guinea 0.62 GPIA 2018 up 6.9% rising
95 Chad 0.59 GPIA 2019 up 3.5% rising
96 Afghanistan 0.5367 GPIA 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.

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About this data

Indicator
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
300 places, 9,722 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release