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Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

The Adjusted Gender Parity Index (GPIA) is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. If the resulting value exceeds 1, the ratio is inverted and subtracted from 2. The adjusted gender parity index is symmetrical around 1 and lies in the range 0-2. An adjusted GPI...

Countries reporting
87
Highest
1.03 GPIA
Malta
Lowest
0.4454 GPIA
Chad
Median
0.9664 GPIA
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
2,183

What the numbers show

Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 87 countries. The highest value is 1.03 GPIA in Malta; the lowest is 0.4454 GPIA in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9664 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9068 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 28.0%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 5.1%).

Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malta 1.03 GPIA 2018 up 0.6% flat
2 Qatar 1.02 GPIA 2017 up 1.1% rising
3 Seychelles 1.01 GPIA 2018 down 0.1% flat
4 Maldives 1.01 GPIA 2016 up 0.8% flat
5 Uruguay 1.01 GPIA 2018 up 0.0% flat
6 Colombia 1 GPIA 2018 up 0.4% flat
7 Brazil 1 GPIA 2018 up 0.0% flat
8 Eswatini 1 GPIA 2018 up 2.1% rising
9 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1 GPIA 2016 up 0.7% flat
10 Honduras 1 GPIA 2018 up 0.5% flat
11 Argentina 1 GPIA 2018 up 0.1% flat
11 Tonga 1 GPIA 2018 down 0.0% flat
13 Philippines 1 GPIA 2015 down 1.9% flat
14 Grenada 1 GPIA 2014 unchanged flat
15 Barbados 1 GPIA 2014 unchanged flat
16 Uzbekistan 0.9999 GPIA 2018 down 0.0% flat
17 Dominican Republic 0.9997 GPIA 2016 down 0.1% flat
18 Kazakhstan 0.9991 GPIA 2018 up 0.0% flat
19 Azerbaijan 0.9986 GPIA 2017 up 0.3% flat
20 Chile 0.9985 GPIA 2017 down 0.2% flat
21 Namibia 0.9979 GPIA 2018 down 5.1% rising
22 Republic of Moldova 0.9954 GPIA 2014 up 1.0% flat
23 Albania 0.9924 GPIA 2018 up 2.0% flat
24 Jordan 0.9921 GPIA 2018 up 6.6% rising
25 Spain 0.9904 GPIA 2018 up 0.6% flat
26 Paraguay 0.9896 GPIA 2018 up 0.7% flat
27 Greece 0.9887 GPIA 2018 up 3.5% rising
28 Panama 0.9887 GPIA 2018 up 0.2% flat
29 Montenegro 0.9881 GPIA 2018 up 0.8% rising
30 South Africa 0.9861 GPIA 2017 up 2.8% flat
31 Mexico 0.9831 GPIA 2018 up 1.7% rising
32 Brunei Darussalam 0.9821 GPIA 2018 up 1.1% rising
33 Ecuador 0.9819 GPIA 2017 up 0.9% flat
34 Vanuatu 0.9819 GPIA 2018 up 3.7% rising
35 Kuwait 0.9818 GPIA 2018 up 1.6% rising
36 Sri Lanka 0.9787 GPIA 2018 up 1.4% rising
37 Portugal 0.9766 GPIA 2018 up 1.3% rising
38 Malaysia 0.9728 GPIA 2018 up 2.3% rising
39 Thailand 0.9709 GPIA 2018 down 2.9% rising
40 Palestine, State of 0.9705 GPIA 2018 up 3.7% rising
41 Viet Nam 0.9704 GPIA 2018 up 1.7% rising
42 Singapore 0.9703 GPIA 2018 up 1.4% rising
43 Macau, China 0.9679 GPIA 2016 up 2.9% flat
44 China 0.9664 GPIA 2018 up 1.6% rising
45 Indonesia 0.9657 GPIA 2018 up 3.4% rising
46 Suriname 0.965 GPIA 2018 down 1.7% flat
47 Bahrain 0.9614 GPIA 2018 down 0.5% rising
48 El Salvador 0.9575 GPIA 2018 up 2.5% flat
49 Mauritius 0.9573 GPIA 2018 up 1.6% rising
50 Oman 0.9557 GPIA 2018 up 6.4% rising
51 Saudi Arabia 0.9547 GPIA 2017 up 9.5% rising
52 Türkiye 0.9462 GPIA 2017 up 12.0% rising
53 Peru 0.9442 GPIA 2018 up 5.8% rising
54 Madagascar 0.9367 GPIA 2018 up 2.4% rising
55 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9309 GPIA 2018 up 24.5% rising
56 Bangladesh 0.9291 GPIA 2019 up 5.8% rising
57 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9177 GPIA 2015 up 2.5% rising
58 Zambia 0.917 GPIA 2018 up 26.3% rising
59 Rwanda 0.8947 GPIA 2018 up 3.4% rising
60 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.8941 GPIA 2016 up 1.0% rising
61 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.8825 GPIA 2015 up 15.1% rising
62 Guatemala 0.8803 GPIA 2014 up 4.8% rising
63 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.8785 GPIA 2015 up 9.5% rising
64 Iraq 0.8761 GPIA 2017 up 9.1% rising
65 Cambodia 0.8671 GPIA 2015 up 14.6% rising
66 Cameroon 0.8664 GPIA 2018 up 8.5% rising
67 Algeria 0.8616 GPIA 2018 up 5.4% rising
68 Uganda 0.857 GPIA 2018 up 12.4% rising
69 Egypt 0.8563 GPIA 2017 up 10.5% rising
70 Tunisia 0.8392 GPIA 2014 up 7.1% rising
71 Burundi 0.8024 GPIA 2017 down 1.2% rising
72 India 0.7987 GPIA 2018 up 18.2% rising
73 Malawi 0.7914 GPIA 2015 up 11.3% rising
74 Morocco 0.7754 GPIA 2018 up 24.5% rising
75 Nepal 0.7599 GPIA 2018 up 11.6% rising
76 Côte d'Ivoire 0.7548 GPIA 2018 up 27.8% rising
77 Ethiopia 0.7499 GPIA 2017 up 27.4% rising
78 Nigeria 0.739 GPIA 2018 up 9.4% rising
79 Mozambique 0.6928 GPIA 2017 up 28.0% rising
80 Togo 0.6632 GPIA 2015 up 5.0% rising
81 Pakistan 0.6534 GPIA 2017 up 10.4% rising
82 Burkina Faso 0.6528 GPIA 2018 up 13.5% rising
83 Senegal 0.6141 GPIA 2017 down 2.7% rising
84 Benin 0.5756 GPIA 2018 up 26.8% rising
85 Mali 0.5572 GPIA 2018 up 6.8% rising
86 Central African Republic 0.5202 GPIA 2018 up 8.3% rising
87 Chad 0.4454 GPIA 2016 down 2.5% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
124 places, 2,183 data points, 1970–2019
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The Adjusted Gender Parity Index (GPIA) is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. If the resulting value exceeds 1, the ratio is inverted and subtracted from 2. The adjusted gender parity index is symmetrical around 1 and lies in the range 0-2. An adjusted GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute for Statistics: http://uis.unesco.org/