Egypt - 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 Egypt was 0.970 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 0.970 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.605 in 1976.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1976 | 0.605 |
| 1986 | 0.757 |
| 1996 | 0.847 |
| 2005 | 0.875 |
| 2006 | 0.931 |
| 2010 | 0.931 |
| 2012 | 0.932 |
| 2013 | 0.965 |
| 2017 | 0.970 |
Classification
Topic: Education Indicators
Sub-Topic: Outcomes
