Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Gulf Area
UNICEF: Gulf Area: Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity was 1 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Gulf Area, 1986–2024
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 UNICEF: Gulf Area is 1 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Gulf Area peaked at 1 GPIA in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.84 GPIA, in 1986.
That places UNICEF: Gulf Area 17th out of 204 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
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 UNICEF: Gulf Area, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 0.84 GPIA | — |
| 1987 | 0.84 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.85 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 0.85 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.86 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.86 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.87 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.88 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.88 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.89 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 0.89 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.9 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.95 GPIA | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 0.96 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.96 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.97 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.98 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.98 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.98 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.98 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.98 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.98 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.98 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.98 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.98 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.845 GPIA | 0.84 GPIA | 0.85 GPIA | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.894 GPIA | 0.86 GPIA | 0.96 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.977 GPIA | 0.96 GPIA | 0.98 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.998 GPIA | 0.98 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Gulf Area
More education data for UNICEF: Gulf Area
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 22.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.41 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.0178 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7367 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 796,027 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -7.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 18.72 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Gulf Area?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Gulf Area 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 UNICEF: Gulf Area?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2011.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity recorded in UNICEF: Gulf Area?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.84 GPIA in 1986.
- How does UNICEF: Gulf Area rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity?
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 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 UNICEF: Gulf Area?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Gulf Area 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