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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) 1.08 GPIA
- MDG: Oceania 1.08 GPIA
- SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 1.08 GPIA
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 1.05 GPIA
- WB: Caribbean Small States 1.03 GPIA
- ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) 1.02 GPIA
- WB: Other Small States 1.02 GPIA
- WB: Small States 1.02 GPIA
- Cecc-sica 1.01 GPIA
- ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) 1.01 GPIA
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 1.01 GPIA
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 1.01 GPIA
- GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.01 GPIA
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.01 GPIA
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 1.01 GPIA
- UNESCO: Sids 1.01 GPIA
- AIMS: Central Asia 1 GPIA
- AIMS: East Asia 1 GPIA
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 1 GPIA
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 1 GPIA
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) 1 GPIA
- ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) 1 GPIA
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 1 GPIA
- ECE: Cis (cwg) (unsdcode:98201) 1 GPIA
- ECE: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (cis) (unsdcode:98202) 1 GPIA
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 1 GPIA
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 1 GPIA
- ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) 1 GPIA
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: Asean (asean) (unsdcode:98406) 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: South-east Asia (sea) (unsdcode:98419) 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 1 GPIA
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 1 GPIA
- GPE: East Asia & Pacific Wb Fy24, December 2024 1 GPIA
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 1 GPIA
About this data
February 2026 Data Release