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Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 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
86
Highest
1.05 GPIA
Rwanda
Lowest
0.5502 GPIA
Chad
Median
1 GPIA
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
2,166

What the numbers show

Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 1.05 GPIA in Rwanda; the lowest is 0.5502 GPIA in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 1 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9713 GPIA.

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

Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 32.7%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 14.3%).

Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity in: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Rwanda 1.05 GPIA 2018 up 3.0% rising
2 Honduras 1.03 GPIA 2018 up 0.9% flat
3 South Africa 1.03 GPIA 2017 up 2.1% flat
4 Bangladesh 1.02 GPIA 2019 down 14.3% rising
4 Eswatini 1.02 GPIA 2018 down 0.2% flat
6 Namibia 1.02 GPIA 2018 down 5.5% flat
7 Qatar 1.02 GPIA 2017 down 2.0% flat
8 Uganda 1.01 GPIA 2018 up 8.9% rising
9 Malawi 1.01 GPIA 2015 up 7.4% rising
10 Paraguay 1.01 GPIA 2018 up 0.6% flat
11 Seychelles 1.01 GPIA 2018 up 0.2% flat
12 Thailand 1.01 GPIA 2018 up 1.0% flat
13 Cambodia 1.01 GPIA 2015 up 12.3% rising
14 Kuwait 1.01 GPIA 2018 up 0.6% rising
15 Maldives 1.01 GPIA 2016 up 0.6% flat
16 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.01 GPIA 2016 down 0.2% flat
17 Vanuatu 1.01 GPIA 2018 up 0.8% rising
18 Oman 1.01 GPIA 2018 up 0.6% flat
19 Albania 1.01 GPIA 2018 down 0.0% flat
20 Uruguay 1.01 GPIA 2018 down 0.1% flat
21 Grenada 1.01 GPIA 2014 unchanged flat
22 Sri Lanka 1.01 GPIA 2018 down 0.7% flat
23 Argentina 1.01 GPIA 2018 up 0.3% flat
24 Malta 1.01 GPIA 2018 down 1.1% flat
25 El Salvador 1 GPIA 2018 down 0.6% flat
26 Brazil 1 GPIA 2018 down 0.9% flat
27 Colombia 1 GPIA 2018 down 0.4% flat
28 Philippines 1 GPIA 2015 down 2.7% flat
29 Malaysia 1 GPIA 2018 up 0.3% flat
30 Jordan 1 GPIA 2018 up 0.3% rising
31 Ecuador 1 GPIA 2017 down 0.0% flat
32 Tonga 1 GPIA 2018 down 0.1% flat
33 Brunei Darussalam 1 GPIA 2018 down 0.2% flat
34 Sao Tome and Principe 1 GPIA 2018 up 7.6% rising
35 Mexico 1 GPIA 2018 up 0.2% flat
36 Macau (China) 1 GPIA 2016 up 0.0% flat
37 Palestine, State of 1 GPIA 2018 up 0.3% flat
38 Portugal 1 GPIA 2018 down 0.0% flat
39 Spain 1 GPIA 2018 down 0.0% flat
40 Dominican Republic 1 GPIA 2016 down 2.3% flat
41 Singapore 1 GPIA 2018 down 0.0% flat
42 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1 GPIA 2015 up 0.6% rising
43 Republic of Moldova 1 GPIA 2014 down 0.0% flat
44 Chile 1 GPIA 2017 down 0.1% flat
45 China 1 GPIA 2018 up 0.1% rising
45 Uzbekistan 1 GPIA 2018 unchanged flat
47 Barbados 0.9998 GPIA 2014 unchanged flat
48 Indonesia 0.9998 GPIA 2018 up 0.1% rising
49 Saudi Arabia 0.9996 GPIA 2017 up 2.4% rising
50 Azerbaijan 0.9995 GPIA 2017 down 0.0% flat
51 Kazakhstan 0.9991 GPIA 2018 down 0.1% flat
52 Viet Nam 0.9989 GPIA 2018 up 0.5% flat
53 Peru 0.9989 GPIA 2018 up 1.2% rising
54 Greece 0.9981 GPIA 2018 down 0.4% flat
55 Montenegro 0.9974 GPIA 2018 up 0.0% flat
56 Türkiye 0.9968 GPIA 2017 up 4.2% rising
57 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9965 GPIA 2016 up 0.7% rising
58 Algeria 0.9965 GPIA 2018 up 4.0% rising
59 Panama 0.9956 GPIA 2018 up 0.2% flat
60 Suriname 0.9952 GPIA 2018 down 0.6% flat
61 Morocco 0.9935 GPIA 2018 up 22.0% rising
62 Bahrain 0.9932 GPIA 2018 down 0.1% rising
63 Tunisia 0.9916 GPIA 2014 up 3.6% rising
64 Zambia 0.9899 GPIA 2018 up 19.0% flat
65 Madagascar 0.9872 GPIA 2018 up 1.7% flat
66 Ethiopia 0.9789 GPIA 2017 up 31.0% rising
67 Guatemala 0.9768 GPIA 2014 up 7.6% rising
68 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.9727 GPIA 2015 up 3.3% rising
69 Iraq 0.9705 GPIA 2017 up 6.7% rising
70 Egypt 0.9701 GPIA 2017 up 4.3% rising
71 India 0.9696 GPIA 2018 up 15.3% rising
72 Nepal 0.9665 GPIA 2018 up 8.3% rising
73 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9587 GPIA 2015 up 8.6% rising
74 Burundi 0.9405 GPIA 2017 up 9.3% rising
75 Cameroon 0.9395 GPIA 2018 up 8.4% rising
76 Burkina Faso 0.8848 GPIA 2018 up 24.8% rising
77 Togo 0.874 GPIA 2015 up 9.2% rising
78 Mozambique 0.8477 GPIA 2017 up 19.7% rising
79 Senegal 0.8403 GPIA 2017 up 9.7% rising
80 Nigeria 0.8367 GPIA 2018 up 9.1% rising
81 Pakistan 0.8311 GPIA 2017 up 10.1% rising
82 Côte d'Ivoire 0.8305 GPIA 2018 up 25.0% rising
83 Mali 0.7504 GPIA 2018 up 15.4% rising
84 Benin 0.7446 GPIA 2018 up 32.7% rising
85 Central African Republic 0.6005 GPIA 2018 up 8.8% rising
86 Chad 0.5502 GPIA 2016 down 4.0% 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
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
123 places, 2,166 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/