South Asia - 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 South Asia was 0.967 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 0.967 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.535 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 0.535
1976 0.535
1977 0.549
1978 0.564
1979 0.579
1980 0.594
1981 0.606
1982 0.623
1983 0.639
1984 0.655
1985 0.671
1986 0.687
1987 0.700
1988 0.636
1989 0.653
1990 0.669
1991 0.680
1992 0.692
1993 0.699
1994 0.716
1995 0.731
1996 0.746
1997 0.758
1998 0.752
1999 0.770
2000 0.786
2001 0.800
2002 0.818
2003 0.823
2004 0.838
2005 0.823
2006 0.840
2007 0.864
2008 0.867
2009 0.879
2010 0.891
2011 0.904
2012 0.911
2013 0.920
2014 0.930
2015 0.940
2016 0.948
2017 0.951
2018 0.957
2019 0.962
2020 0.967

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes