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Literacy rate, population 25-64 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
83
Highest
1.04 GPIA
Malta
Lowest
0.3357 GPIA
Chad
Median
0.9774 GPIA
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
2,155

What the numbers show

Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 83 countries. The highest value is 1.04 GPIA in Malta; the lowest is 0.3357 GPIA in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9774 GPIA, and the mean is 0.8927 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 36.4%), and the largest decrease in Senegal (down 11.2%).

Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malta 1.04 GPIA 2018 down 0.6% flat
2 Eswatini 1.03 GPIA 2018 up 2.9% rising
3 Qatar 1.02 GPIA 2017 up 2.7% rising
4 Brazil 1.02 GPIA 2018 down 0.2% rising
5 Seychelles 1.01 GPIA 2018 down 0.7% flat
6 Dominican Republic 1.01 GPIA 2016 up 0.7% rising
7 Colombia 1.01 GPIA 2018 up 0.3% flat
8 Honduras 1.01 GPIA 2018 up 1.8% flat
9 Maldives 1.01 GPIA 2016 up 1.0% flat
10 Venezuela 1.01 GPIA 2016 up 0.6% rising
11 Uruguay 1.01 GPIA 2018 down 0.1% flat
12 Argentina 1 GPIA 2018 up 0.1% flat
13 Namibia 1 GPIA 2018 down 6.0% rising
14 Greece 1 GPIA 2018 up 0.9% rising
15 Chile 1 GPIA 2017 up 0.1% flat
16 Philippines 1 GPIA 2015 down 1.5% flat
17 Portugal 1 GPIA 2018 up 0.1% rising
18 Tonga 1 GPIA 2018 down 0.1% flat
19 Moldova 1 GPIA 2014 down 0.0% flat
20 Barbados 1 GPIA 2014 unchanged flat
20 Uzbekistan 1 GPIA 2018 unchanged flat
22 Spain 0.9996 GPIA 2018 up 0.2% flat
23 Kazakhstan 0.9991 GPIA 2018 down 0.1% flat
24 Azerbaijan 0.999 GPIA 2017 down 0.1% flat
25 Brunei 0.9984 GPIA 2018 up 1.1% rising
26 Jordan 0.9973 GPIA 2018 up 6.8% rising
27 Sri Lanka 0.9971 GPIA 2018 up 2.2% rising
28 Albania 0.9963 GPIA 2018 down 0.3% flat
29 South Africa 0.9961 GPIA 2017 up 2.5% flat
30 Montenegro 0.996 GPIA 2018 up 0.1% rising
31 Singapore 0.9959 GPIA 2018 up 0.7% rising
32 Paraguay 0.9932 GPIA 2018 up 1.4% rising
33 Ecuador 0.9929 GPIA 2017 up 1.0% rising
34 Kuwait 0.9926 GPIA 2018 up 2.5% rising
35 Mexico 0.9892 GPIA 2018 up 2.1% rising
36 Malaysia 0.988 GPIA 2018 up 2.4% rising
37 Panama 0.9871 GPIA 2018 up 0.2% flat
38 China 0.9854 GPIA 2018 up 1.5% rising
39 Macao 0.9844 GPIA 2016 up 1.7% rising
40 Vietnam 0.9833 GPIA 2018 up 1.0% rising
41 Vanuatu 0.982 GPIA 2018 up 6.2% rising
42 Indonesia 0.9774 GPIA 2018 up 3.0% rising
43 Bahrain 0.9719 GPIA 2018 down 0.5% rising
44 Palestine 0.9711 GPIA 2018 up 4.6% rising
45 Suriname 0.9696 GPIA 2018 down 3.4% flat
46 Turkey 0.9662 GPIA 2017 up 13.9% rising
47 Thailand 0.9638 GPIA 2018 down 4.1% rising
48 Saudi Arabia 0.9615 GPIA 2017 up 16.3% rising
49 El Salvador 0.9597 GPIA 2018 up 3.3% rising
50 Peru 0.9523 GPIA 2018 up 6.4% rising
51 Oman 0.9477 GPIA 2018 up 14.1% rising
52 Sao Tome and Principe 0.931 GPIA 2018 up 29.6% rising
53 Madagascar 0.9243 GPIA 2018 up 3.0% rising
54 Bolivia 0.9198 GPIA 2015 up 3.1% rising
55 Bangladesh 0.9196 GPIA 2019 up 34.0% rising
56 Zambia 0.8961 GPIA 2018 up 30.3% rising
57 Iran 0.8953 GPIA 2016 up 7.0% rising
58 Laos 0.8711 GPIA 2015 up 18.4% rising
59 Rwanda 0.8609 GPIA 2018 up 4.5% rising
60 Algeria 0.8547 GPIA 2018 up 11.9% rising
61 Cameroon 0.8547 GPIA 2018 up 10.0% rising
62 Tanzania 0.8533 GPIA 2015 up 14.1% rising
63 Cambodia 0.8496 GPIA 2015 up 15.8% rising
64 Guatemala 0.8463 GPIA 2014 up 5.9% rising
65 Tunisia 0.8362 GPIA 2014 up 14.4% rising
66 Egypt 0.8161 GPIA 2017 up 18.0% rising
67 Uganda 0.7758 GPIA 2018 up 16.9% rising
68 India 0.7645 GPIA 2018 up 25.0% rising
69 Morocco 0.7389 GPIA 2018 up 35.3% rising
70 Burundi 0.7356 GPIA 2017 down 3.0% rising
71 Malawi 0.7338 GPIA 2015 up 13.3% rising
72 Cote d'Ivoire 0.7055 GPIA 2018 up 26.3% rising
73 Nigeria 0.6934 GPIA 2018 up 11.2% rising
74 Nepal 0.6897 GPIA 2018 up 21.2% rising
75 Mozambique 0.6139 GPIA 2017 up 36.4% rising
76 Togo 0.6061 GPIA 2015 up 10.7% rising
77 Pakistan 0.5226 GPIA 2017 up 9.4% rising
78 Burkina Faso 0.5004 GPIA 2018 up 8.2% rising
79 Central African Republic 0.4871 GPIA 2018 up 7.8% rising
80 Senegal 0.4865 GPIA 2017 down 11.2% rising
81 Benin 0.4705 GPIA 2018 up 19.6% rising
82 Mali 0.4186 GPIA 2018 up 0.2% rising
83 Chad 0.3357 GPIA 2016 down 2.0% rising

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
120 places, 2,155 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

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/