Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
68
Highest
1.01 LPIA
Albania
Lowest
0.48 LPIA
Guinea
Median
0.98 LPIA
Years covered
49
1976–2024
Data points
745
What the numbers show
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA) is currently reported for 68 countries. The highest value is 1.01 LPIA in Albania; the lowest is 0.48 LPIA in Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.98 LPIA, and the mean is 0.9149 LPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 138.1%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 8.4%).
Youth literacy rate, population … literacy location LPIA adjusted: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albania | 1.01 LPIA | 2017 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 1 | Thailand | 1.01 LPIA | 2022 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 1 | Maldives | 1.01 LPIA | 2017 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 4 | Palestine | 1 LPIA | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 1 LPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Armenia | 1 LPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 1 LPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Mongolia | 1 LPIA | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 4 | Malaysia | 1 LPIA | 2022 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 4 | Oman | 1 LPIA | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 4 | Georgia | 1 LPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Spain | 1 LPIA | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Ecuador | 1 LPIA | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 4 | Serbia | 1 LPIA | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Colombia | 1 LPIA | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 4 | Tonga | 1 LPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 1 LPIA | 2022 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 4 | Uruguay | 1 LPIA | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 1 LPIA | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Philippines | 0.9978 LPIA | 2022 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 21 | Peru | 0.996 LPIA | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 22 | Chile | 0.995 LPIA | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 23 | Turkey | 0.9947 LPIA | 2018 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 24 | Paraguay | 0.99 LPIA | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 24 | Brazil | 0.99 LPIA | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 24 | Bolivia | 0.99 LPIA | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 24 | India | 0.99 LPIA | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 24 | Jordan | 0.99 LPIA | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 24 | South Africa | 0.99 LPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Mexico | 0.9899 LPIA | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 31 | Kuwait | 0.98 LPIA | 2018 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 31 | El Salvador | 0.98 LPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 31 | Tunisia | 0.98 LPIA | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 31 | Iran | 0.98 LPIA | 2016 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 31 | Vietnam | 0.98 LPIA | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Panama | 0.9759 LPIA | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 37 | Egypt | 0.9759 LPIA | 2022 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 38 | Lesotho | 0.97 LPIA | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 38 | Dominican Republic | 0.97 LPIA | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 40 | Cambodia | 0.96 LPIA | 2021 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 40 | Guatemala | 0.96 LPIA | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 42 | Honduras | 0.95 LPIA | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 42 | Nepal | 0.95 LPIA | 2019 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 44 | Indonesia | 0.9486 LPIA | 2022 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 45 | Uganda | 0.93 LPIA | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 46 | Rwanda | 0.92 LPIA | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 47 | Burundi | 0.91 LPIA | 2017 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 47 | Namibia | 0.91 LPIA | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 49 | Laos | 0.9 LPIA | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 50 | East Timor | 0.88 LPIA | 2022 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 51 | Tanzania | 0.87 LPIA | 2022 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 51 | Togo | 0.87 LPIA | 2022 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 53 | Ethiopia | 0.85 LPIA | 2022 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 54 | Morocco | 0.84 LPIA | 2014 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 55 | Ghana | 0.832 LPIA | 2022 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 56 | Nigeria | 0.82 LPIA | 2024 | up 18.9% | flat |
| 57 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.79 LPIA | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 58 | Cameroon | 0.77 LPIA | 2018 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 58 | Pakistan | 0.77 LPIA | 2019 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 60 | Benin | 0.76 LPIA | 2022 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 61 | Afghanistan | 0.7398 LPIA | 2022 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 62 | Senegal | 0.73 LPIA | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 63 | Sierra Leone | 0.71 LPIA | 2019 | up 78.1% | rising |
| 64 | Mozambique | 0.67 LPIA | 2020 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 64 | Burkina Faso | 0.67 LPIA | 2022 | up 138.1% | rising |
| 66 | Mali | 0.55 LPIA | 2024 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Niger | 0.54 LPIA | 2022 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 68 | Guinea | 0.48 LPIA | 2018 | up 20.0% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release