Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506)
ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506): Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity was 0.9 GPIA in 2019. ▲ Rising
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506), 1990–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) is 0.9 GPIA, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) peaked at 0.9 GPIA in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.76 GPIA, in 1990.
That places ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) 190th out of 204 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.76 GPIA | — |
| 1991 | 0.77 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 0.77 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.78 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 0.78 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.79 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.79 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.8 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.81 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.82 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 0.83 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.84 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.84 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.85 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.86 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.86 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.86 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.86 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.86 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.87 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.87 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.87 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.87 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.87 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.87 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.88 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.88 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.89 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.787 GPIA | 0.76 GPIA | 0.82 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.853 GPIA | 0.83 GPIA | 0.87 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.88 GPIA | 0.87 GPIA | 0.9 GPIA | 10 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 9.63 million (2020)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.82 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.78 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 826,402 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 858,973 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1.69 million (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 583,636 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 348,275 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.69 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.55 % change on previous year (2020)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506)?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) was 0.9 GPIA in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9 GPIA in 2018.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.76 GPIA in 1990.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) ranks 190th out of 204 groups with data for 2019.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) 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