India - 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 India was 0.970 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 0.970 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.608 in 1981.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.608 |
| 1991 | 0.671 |
| 2001 | 0.805 |
| 2006 | 0.841 |
| 2011 | 0.909 |
| 2018 | 0.970 |
Classification
Topic: Education Indicators
Sub-Topic: Outcomes
