Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)

ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508): Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity was 0.99 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.99 GPIA
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
91st
of 204 groups
All-time high
0.99 GPIA
in 2022
All-time low
0.65 GPIA
in 1974
Years of data
51
1974–2024

Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), 1974–2024

00.20.40.60.81197419992024

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) recorded 0.99 GPIA for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.

That represents a change of up 3.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) peaked at 0.99 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.65 GPIA, in 1974.

ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) ranks 91st of 204 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.

Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), year by year

Annual values for Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), 1974 to 2024.
Year GPIA Change
1974 0.65 GPIA
1975 0.66 GPIA +1.5%
1976 0.67 GPIA +1.5%
1977 0.68 GPIA +1.5%
1978 0.68 GPIA +0.0%
1979 0.69 GPIA +1.5%
1980 0.7 GPIA +1.4%
1981 0.71 GPIA +1.4%
1982 0.72 GPIA +1.4%
1983 0.72 GPIA +0.0%
1984 0.74 GPIA +2.8%
1985 0.75 GPIA +1.4%
1986 0.76 GPIA +1.3%
1987 0.78 GPIA +2.6%
1988 0.79 GPIA +1.3%
1989 0.8 GPIA +1.3%
1990 0.81 GPIA +1.3%
1991 0.82 GPIA +1.2%
1992 0.83 GPIA +1.2%
1993 0.81 GPIA -2.4%
1994 0.82 GPIA +1.2%
1995 0.83 GPIA +1.2%
1996 0.84 GPIA +1.2%
1997 0.86 GPIA +2.4%
1998 0.86 GPIA +0.0%
1999 0.87 GPIA +1.2%
2000 0.88 GPIA +1.1%
2001 0.89 GPIA +1.1%
2002 0.9 GPIA +1.1%
2003 0.87 GPIA -3.3%
2004 0.89 GPIA +2.3%
2005 0.89 GPIA +0.0%
2006 0.92 GPIA +3.4%
2007 0.92 GPIA +0.0%
2008 0.93 GPIA +1.1%
2009 0.93 GPIA +0.0%
2010 0.93 GPIA +0.0%
2011 0.93 GPIA +0.0%
2012 0.94 GPIA +1.1%
2013 0.96 GPIA +2.1%
2014 0.96 GPIA +0.0%
2015 0.97 GPIA +1.0%
2016 0.96 GPIA -1.0%
2017 0.97 GPIA +1.0%
2018 0.98 GPIA +1.0%
2019 0.98 GPIA +0.0%
2020 0.98 GPIA +0.0%
2021 0.98 GPIA +0.0%
2022 0.99 GPIA +1.0%
2023 0.99 GPIA +0.0%
2024 0.99 GPIA +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.6717 GPIA 0.65 GPIA 0.69 GPIA 6
1980s 0.747 GPIA 0.7 GPIA 0.8 GPIA 10
1990s 0.835 GPIA 0.81 GPIA 0.87 GPIA 10
2000s 0.902 GPIA 0.87 GPIA 0.93 GPIA 10
2010s 0.958 GPIA 0.93 GPIA 0.98 GPIA 10
2020s 0.986 GPIA 0.98 GPIA 0.99 GPIA 5

Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)

  1. 88 Mozambique 0.8348 GPIA compare
  2. 89 Liberia 0.8332 GPIA compare
  3. 90 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.78 GPIA compare
  4. 91 Côte d'Ivoire 0.77 GPIA compare
  5. 92 Mali 0.75 GPIA compare
  6. 93 Niger 0.7 GPIA compare
  7. 94 Guinea 0.62 GPIA compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) was 0.99 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
The highest recorded value was 0.99 GPIA in 2022.
What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.65 GPIA in 1974.
How does ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity?
ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) ranks 91st out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 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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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