Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Eastern Asia
SDG: Eastern Asia: Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity was 1 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1 GPIA
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
17th
of 204 groups
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2004
All-time low
0.79 GPIA
in 1976
Years of data
49
1976–2024
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Eastern Asia, 1976–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
SDG: Eastern Asia recorded 1 GPIA for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Eastern Asia peaked at 1 GPIA in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.79 GPIA, in 1976.
SDG: Eastern Asia ranks 17th of 204 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 0.79 GPIA | — |
| 1977 | 0.79 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.8 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.82 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 0.84 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 0.86 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 0.88 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 0.89 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.9 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 0.91 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.91 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.92 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 0.94 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 0.94 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.95 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 0.95 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.95 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.96 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.96 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.96 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.96 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.99 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 0.99 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.99 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.99 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.99 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.99 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.99 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8 GPIA | 0.79 GPIA | 0.82 GPIA | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.899 GPIA | 0.84 GPIA | 0.94 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.966 GPIA | 0.95 GPIA | 0.99 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.996 GPIA | 0.99 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Eastern Asia
More education data for SDG: Eastern Asia
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 63.20 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 33.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 34.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4947 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 119.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7719 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Eastern Asia was 1 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 SDG: Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2004.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity recorded in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.79 GPIA in 1976.
- How does SDG: Eastern Asia rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity?
- SDG: Eastern Asia ranks 17th out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Eastern Asia 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