Gender Parity Index for Youth Literacy Rate
This key economic indicator for the Education And Training sector has been recently updated.
- In 2019, Gender Parity Index for Youth Literacy Rate in South Africa was up 0.2% compared to a year earlier.
- Since 2014 South Africa Gender Parity Index for Youth Literacy Rate was up 0.5% year on year close to 1.03 Ratios.
- In 2019 Honduras was number 8 in Gender Parity Index for Youth Literacy Rate.
- In 2014 Lesotho was ranked number 1 in Gender Parity Index for Youth Literacy Rate totalising 1.18 Ratios, from 36 in 2013.
Top Countries in Gender Parity Index for Youth Literacy Rate
| # | 134 Countries | Ratios, Women to Men Aged 15-24 | Last | YoY | 5‑years CAGR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
#1
Lesotho
|
1.18 | 2014 | NA | -1.0 % | View data |
| 2 |
#2
Zimbabwe
|
1.06 | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Jamaica
|
1.05 | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 4 |
#4
Rwanda
|
1.05 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 5 |
#5
Nicaragua
|
1.04 | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 6 |
#6
Gabon
|
1.04 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 7 |
#7
Botswana
|
1.04 | 2014 | +0.1 % | NA | View data |
| 8 |
#8
Honduras
|
1.03 | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 9 |
#9
South Africa
|
1.03 | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 10 |
#10
East Timor
|
1.03 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 11 |
#11
Bangladesh
|
1.02 | 2019 | -0.8 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 11 |
#11
Swaziland
|
1.02 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 13 |
#13
Qatar
|
1.02 | 2019 | -0.2 % | -0.4 % | View data |
| 14 |
#14
Sudan
|
1.01 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 15 |
#15
Uganda
|
1.01 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 16 |
#16
Malawi
|
1.01 | 2015 | +8.7 % | +1.4 % | View data |
| 17 |
#17
Cape Verde
|
1.01 | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 18 |
#18
Paraguay
|
1.01 | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 19 |
#19
Seychelles
|
1.01 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 20 |
#20
Equatorial Guinea
|
1.01 | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 21 |
#21
Palau
|
1.01 | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 22 |
#22
Thailand
|
1.01 | 2018 | NA | +0.1 % | View data |
| 23 |
#23
Mongolia
|
1.01 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 24 |
#24
Cambodia
|
1.01 | 2015 | +0.3 % | NA | View data |
| 25 |
#25
Guyana
|
1.01 | 2014 | NA | -0.1 % | View data |
| 26 |
#26
Maldives
|
1.01 | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Kuwait
|
1.01 | 2019 | -0.0 % | NA | View data |
| 28 |
#28
Venezuela
|
1.01 | 2016 | +0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 29 |
#29
Vanuatu
|
1.01 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 30 |
#30
Oman
|
1.01 | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 31 |
#31
Mauritius
|
1.01 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 32 |
#32
Samoa
|
1.01 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 33 |
#33
Uruguay
|
1.01 | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 34 |
#34
Albania
|
1.01 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 35 |
#35
Kenya
|
1.01 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 36 |
#36
Grenada
|
1.01 | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 37 |
#37
Sri Lanka
|
1.01 | 2018 | -0.1 % | NA | View data |
| 38 |
#38
Malta
|
1.01 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 39 |
#39
Argentina
|
1.00 | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 40 |
#40
Colombia
|
1.00 | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 41 |
#41
El Salvador
|
1.00 | 2019 | -0.1 % | NA | View data |
| 42 |
#42
Brazil
|
1.00 | 2019 | -0.0 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 43 |
#43
Philippines
|
1.00 | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 44 |
#44
Malaysia
|
1.00 | 2018 | +0.0 % | NA | View data |
| 45 |
#45
Hungary
|
1.00 | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 46 |
#46
Jordan
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 47 |
#47
Ecuador
|
1.00 | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 48 |
#48
Tonga
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 49 |
#49
Costa Rica
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 50 |
#50
Lebanon
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 51 |
#51
Brunei
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 52 |
#52
Mexico
|
1.00 | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 53 |
#53
Sao Tome and Principe
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 54 |
#54
Fiji
|
1.00 | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 55 |
#55
Turkmenistan
|
1.00 | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 56 |
#56
Turkey
|
1.00 | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 57 |
#57
New Caledonia
|
1.00 | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 58 |
#58
Kyrgyzstan
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 59 |
#59
Slovenia
|
1.00 | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 60 |
#60
Russia
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 61 |
#61
Comoros
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 62 |
#62
Portugal
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 63 |
#63
Palestine
|
1.00 | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 64 |
#64
Armenia
|
1.00 | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 65 |
#65
Spain
|
1.00 | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 66 |
#66
Tajikistan
|
1.00 | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 67 |
#67
Belarus
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 68 |
#68
Italy
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 69 |
#69
Singapore
|
1.00 | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 70 |
#70
Romania
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 71 |
#71
Chile
|
1.00 | 2019 | -0.0 % | NA | View data |
| 72 |
#72
Bolivia
|
1.00 | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 73 |
#73
Serbia
|
1.00 | 2016 | NA | +0.0 % | View data |
| 74 |
#74
Moldova
|
1.00 | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 75 |
#75
China
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 75 |
#75
Puerto Rico
|
1.00 | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 75 |
#75
Uzbekistan
|
1.00 | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 78 |
#78
Barbados
|
1.00 | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 79 |
#79
Indonesia
|
1.00 | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 80 |
#80
Saudi Arabia
|
1.00 | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 81 |
#81
Azerbaijan
|
1.00 | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 82 |
#82
Vietnam
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 83 |
#83
Dominican Republic
|
1.00 | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 84 |
#84
Aruba
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 85 |
#85
Peru
|
1.00 | 2019 | -0.1 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 86 |
#86
Montenegro
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 87 |
#87
Macedonia
|
1.00 | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 88 |
#88
Georgia
|
1.00 | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 89 |
#89
Iran
|
1.00 | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 90 |
#90
Algeria
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 91 |
#91
Bhutan
|
1.00 | 2017 | NA | +1.8 % | View data |
| 92 |
#92
Panama
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 93 |
#93
Suriname
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 94 |
#94
Ghana
|
0.99 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 95 |
#95
Morocco
|
0.99 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 96 |
#96
Bahrain
|
0.99 | 2018 | +0.2 % | NA | View data |
| 97 |
#97
Myanmar
|
0.99 | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 98 |
#98
Tunisia
|
0.99 | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 99 |
#99
Haiti
|
0.99 | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 100 |
#100
Zambia
|
0.99 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 101 |
#101
Eritrea
|
0.99 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 102 |
#102
Madagascar
|
0.99 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 103 |
#103
Ethiopia
|
0.98 | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 104 |
#104
South Sudan
|
0.98 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 105 |
#105
Guatemala
|
0.98 | 2014 | +2.5 % | NA | View data |
| 106 |
#106
Tanzania
|
0.97 | 2015 | NA | +0.5 % | View data |
| 107 |
#107
Iraq
|
0.97 | 2019 | +0.5 % | +0.9 % | View data |
| 108 |
#108
Egypt
|
0.97 | 2017 | NA | +0.8 % | View data |
| 109 |
#109
India
|
0.97 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 110 |
#110
Nepal
|
0.97 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 111 |
#111
Laos
|
0.96 | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 112 |
#112
Burundi
|
0.94 | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 113 |
#113
Cameroon
|
0.94 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 114 |
#114
Republic of the Congo
|
0.92 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 115 |
#115
Gambia
|
0.91 | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 116 |
#116
Sierra Leone
|
0.89 | 2018 | NA | +2.4 % | View data |
| 117 |
#117
Burkina Faso
|
0.88 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 118 |
#118
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
0.88 | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 119 |
#119
Togo
|
0.87 | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 120 |
#120
Mozambique
|
0.85 | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 121 |
#121
Senegal
|
0.84 | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 122 |
#122
Nigeria
|
0.84 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 123 |
#123
Angola
|
0.83 | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 124 |
#124
Pakistan
|
0.83 | 2017 | NA | +0.7 % | View data |
| 125 |
#125
Ivory Coast
|
0.83 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 126 |
#126
Mauritania
|
0.80 | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 127 |
#127
Afghanistan
|
0.76 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 128 |
#128
Mali
|
0.75 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 129 |
#129
Benin
|
0.74 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 130 |
#130
Liberia
|
0.70 | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 131 |
#131
Guinea-Bissau
|
0.70 | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 132 |
#132
Guinea
|
0.65 | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 133 |
#133
Central African Republic
|
0.60 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 134 |
#134
Chad
|
0.55 | 2016 | +9.7 % | NA | View data |
Source: World Bank