IBRD only - 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 IBRD only was 0.992 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 0.992 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.800 in 1975.

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
1975 0.800
1976 0.801
1977 0.805
1978 0.816
1979 0.827
1980 0.839
1981 0.849
1982 0.861
1983 0.868
1984 0.877
1985 0.885
1986 0.893
1987 0.900
1988 0.895
1989 0.900
1990 0.905
1991 0.907
1992 0.912
1993 0.914
1994 0.918
1995 0.922
1996 0.926
1997 0.937
1998 0.932
1999 0.936
2000 0.940
2001 0.944
2002 0.949
2003 0.952
2004 0.956
2005 0.949
2006 0.954
2007 0.958
2008 0.962
2009 0.965
2010 0.969
2011 0.972
2012 0.975
2013 0.978
2014 0.981
2015 0.983
2016 0.986
2017 0.988
2018 0.989
2019 0.991
2020 0.992

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes