World - 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 World was 0.977 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 0.977 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.830 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/)

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Year Value
1975 0.830
1976 0.830
1977 0.833
1978 0.841
1979 0.848
1980 0.856
1981 0.863
1982 0.872
1983 0.877
1984 0.883
1985 0.889
1986 0.895
1987 0.900
1988 0.896
1989 0.899
1990 0.903
1991 0.906
1992 0.908
1993 0.908
1994 0.912
1995 0.915
1996 0.919
1997 0.928
1998 0.924
1999 0.927
2000 0.928
2001 0.932
2002 0.934
2003 0.935
2004 0.939
2005 0.935
2006 0.940
2007 0.945
2008 0.946
2009 0.948
2010 0.952
2011 0.956
2012 0.958
2013 0.961
2014 0.964
2015 0.966
2016 0.969
2017 0.971
2018 0.973
2019 0.975
2020 0.977

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes