Global youth literacy rate as gender parity index 2009-2022

Gender parity index for youth literacy rate is the ratio of females to males aged 15 to 24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. In 2022, the global youth literacy rate as gender parity index amounted to 0.97, which was an increase of around 0.2 compared to 10 years ago. On average, males are more literate than females worldwide, both among the youth and adult population.