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demographic2026

Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI)

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•104 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
1.0indicator value
Median: 1.0indicator value
Countries Covered
104
with available data
Highest
Yemen
1.2indicator value
Lowest
Afghanistan
0.5indicator value
Top 5 Countries
1Yemen1.2indicator value
2Comoros1.2indicator value
3Jamaica1.1indicator value
4Nauru1.1indicator value
5Trinidad and Tobago1.1indicator value
By Region
South America1.0indicator value(7 countries)
Europe1.0indicator value(3 countries)
North America1.0indicator value(2 countries)
Other1.0indicator value(66 countries)
Asia1.0indicator value(19 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.5indicator value)High (1.2indicator value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 1.0indicator value)

South America (7)
Europe (3)
North America (2)
Other (66)
Asia (19)
Africa (7)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Yemen1.2indicator value
2Comoros1.2indicator value
3Jamaica1.1indicator value
4Nauru1.1indicator value
5Trinidad and Tobago1.1indicator value
6Lesotho1.1indicator value
7Rwanda1.1indicator value
8Fiji1.0indicator value
9Namibia1.0indicator value
10Honduras1.0indicator value
11South Africa1.0indicator value
12Uganda1.0indicator value
13Bangladesh1.0indicator value
14Indonesia1.0indicator value
15Marshall Islands1.0indicator value
16Cambodia1.0indicator value
17Colombia1.0indicator value
18Dominican Republic1.0indicator value
19El Salvador1.0indicator value
20Vanuatu1.0indicator value
21Belize1.0indicator value
22Chile1.0indicator value
23Burundi1.0indicator value
24Mauritius1.0indicator value
25Myanmar1.0indicator value
26Turks and Caicos Islands1.0indicator value
27Cape Verde1.0indicator value
28Sri Lanka1.0indicator value
29People's Republic of China1.0indicator value
30Ecuador1.0indicator value
31Georgia1.0indicator value
32Guyana1.0indicator value
33Jordan1.0indicator value
34Kuwait1.0indicator value
35Madagascar1.0indicator value
36Mexico1.0indicator value
37Oman1.0indicator value
38Nigeria1.0indicator value
39Palau1.0indicator value
40Paraguay1.0indicator value
41Peru1.0indicator value
42Romania1.0indicator value
43Russian Federation1.0indicator value
44San Marino1.0indicator value
45Saudi Arabia1.0indicator value
46Serbia1.0indicator value
47Singapore1.0indicator value
48Vietnam1.0indicator value
49Spain1.0indicator value
50Eswatini1.0indicator value
51Syrian Arab Republic1.0indicator value
52Thailand1.0indicator value
53Tonga1.0indicator value
54United Arab Emirates1.0indicator value
55Tunisia1.0indicator value
56Turkmenistan1.0indicator value
57Tuvalu1.0indicator value
58Uruguay1.0indicator value
59Uzbekistan1.0indicator value
60Albania1.0indicator value
61Argentina1.0indicator value
62Armenia1.0indicator value
63Azerbaijan1.0indicator value
64Bahrain1.0indicator value
65Bolivia1.0indicator value
66Brazil1.0indicator value
67Panama1.0indicator value
68Islamic Republic of Iran1.0indicator value
69Philippines1.0indicator value
70Egypt1.0indicator value
71State of Palestine1.0indicator value
72Türkiye1.0indicator value
73Guatemala1.0indicator value
74Malawi1.0indicator value
75Malaysia1.0indicator value
76Mongolia1.0indicator value
77Timor-Leste1.0indicator value
78Bhutan1.0indicator value
79India1.0indicator value
80Papua New Guinea1.0indicator value
81Kenya1.0indicator value
82Gabon1.0indicator value
83Iraq1.0indicator value
84Lao People's Democratic Republic1.0indicator value
85United Republic of Tanzania1.0indicator value
86Zambia1.0indicator value
87Senegal1.0indicator value
88Togo0.9indicator value
89Burkina Faso0.9indicator value
90Ghana0.9indicator value
91Ethiopia0.9indicator value
92Benin0.9indicator value
93Guinea-Bissau0.9indicator value
94Mauritania0.9indicator value
95Republic of The Gambia0.9indicator value
96Somalia0.9indicator value
97Pakistan0.8indicator value
98Angola0.8indicator value
99Mozambique0.8indicator value
100Democratic Republic of the Congo0.8indicator value
101Cote d'Ivoire0.8indicator value
102Mali0.8indicator value
103Niger0.7indicator value
104Afghanistan0.5indicator value
Showing 104 of 104 countries

Topics

#demographic#indicator value#literacy#rate#youth#ages#gender#parity#index#gpi

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2026).

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