Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Ratio of young literate females to males

Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI)

Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 0.944 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 34 years was 0.944 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.742 in 1986.

Definition: Gender parity index for youth literacy rate is the ratio of females to males ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1986 0.742
1987 0.749
1988 0.756
1989 0.762
1990 0.769
1991 0.772
1992 0.775
1993 0.780
1994 0.787
1995 0.791
1996 0.800
1997 0.809
1998 0.805
1999 0.807
2000 0.816
2001 0.830
2002 0.793
2003 0.802
2004 0.808
2005 0.810
2006 0.796
2007 0.812
2008 0.817
2009 0.819
2010 0.836
2011 0.862
2012 0.871
2013 0.878
2014 0.888
2015 0.897
2016 0.909
2017 0.920
2018 0.930
2019 0.937
2020 0.944

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes