Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124): Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity was 0.84 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), 1985–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) recorded 0.84 GPIA for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in 2023. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) peaked at 0.84 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.68 GPIA, in 1985.
That places ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 202nd out of 204 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 0.68 GPIA | — |
| 1986 | 0.68 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.69 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 0.7 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 0.72 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.73 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 0.74 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 0.75 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 0.77 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 0.78 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 0.79 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.8 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.81 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.82 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.83 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 0.72 GPIA | -13.3% |
| 2001 | 0.73 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.75 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 0.76 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.76 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.76 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.77 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.75 GPIA | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 0.76 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.76 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.78 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 0.79 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.79 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.79 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.79 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.81 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.81 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.83 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 0.83 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.83 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.84 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.84 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.84 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.694 GPIA | 0.68 GPIA | 0.72 GPIA | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.782 GPIA | 0.73 GPIA | 0.83 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.752 GPIA | 0.72 GPIA | 0.77 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.802 GPIA | 0.78 GPIA | 0.83 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8375 GPIA | 0.83 GPIA | 0.84 GPIA | 4 |
More education data for ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 11.94 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.3305 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 24.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7207 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.8641 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 56.72 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) was 0.84 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.84 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.68 GPIA in 1985.
- How does ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity?
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 202nd out of 204 groups with data for 2023.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release