Iran - 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 Iran was 0.997 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 0.997 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.597 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/)

See also:

Year Value
1976 0.597
1986 0.776
1991 0.878
1996 0.948
2005 0.986
2006 0.990
2008 0.992
2012 0.993
2013 0.993
2014 0.995
2016 0.997

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes