Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025): 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
0.84 GPIA
in 1974
Years of data
51
1974–2024
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), 1974–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) recorded 1 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.
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 WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 1 GPIA in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.84 GPIA, in 1974.
That places WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 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 51 years of available data.
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 0.84 GPIA | — |
| 1975 | 0.84 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.84 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.85 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 0.86 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 0.87 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.88 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.89 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.9 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.91 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.92 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 0.93 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.93 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.94 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 0.95 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 0.96 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.96 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.96 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.97 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 0.97 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.97 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.97 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.98 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.99 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 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 | 0.85 GPIA | 0.84 GPIA | 0.87 GPIA | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.921 GPIA | 0.88 GPIA | 0.96 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.975 GPIA | 0.96 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 WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 123.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 112.37 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.9825 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.41 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 233.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.3514 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5256 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 38.36 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 35.41 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 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 WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- 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 WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.84 GPIA in 1974.
- How does WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity?
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 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 WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 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