Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Benin
Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Benin was 71.3% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 5.9 pts from 2021. That is the 54th highest of 58 countries in 2022.
Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Benin, 1979 to 2022
All 10 values
| Period | % |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 71.3 |
| 2021 | 65.3 |
| 2019 | 69.3 |
| 2017 | 58.8 |
| 2013 | 62.2 |
| 2006 | 57.4 |
| 2002 | 45.3 |
| 2001 | 48 |
| 1992 | 39.9 |
| 1979 | 29.8 |
Rankings
Definition
People aged 15 to 24 who can both read and write, with understanding, a short simple statement about their everyday life, as a percentage of the population aged 15 to 24. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
UIS figures from censuses, household surveys and UIS model estimates. Most high-income countries stopped measuring literacy decades ago, so they have no value; a missing value is not a rate of 0 or 100. Countries report in different years, so a ranking for one year covers only some countries.
How to cite
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Literacy rate, youth total, % of people ages 15-24 (SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.Citation styles
APA 7
UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2026). Literacy rate, youth total, % of people ages 15-24 (SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS) (Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24, Benin, 1979 to 2022) [Data set]. World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS
MLA 9
Literacy rate, youth total, % of people ages 15-24 (SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS), Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24, Benin, 1979 to 2022. UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS. World Bank, World Development Indicators, https://data.worldbank.org. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/youth-literacy-rate/benin. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 2026. Literacy rate, youth total, % of people ages 15-24 (SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS). Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24, Benin, 1979 to 2022. Dataset. Distributed by World Bank, World Development Indicators. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/youth-literacy-rate/benin.
Harvard
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) Literacy rate, youth total, % of people ages 15-24 (SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS), Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24, Benin, 1979 to 2022 [Dataset]. Via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/youth-literacy-rate/benin (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{unesco_youth_literacy_rate_ages_2022,
author = {{UNESCO Institute for Statistics}},
title = {{Literacy rate, youth total, \% of people ages 15-24 (SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS): Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24, Benin, 1979 to 2022}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
publisher = {World Bank, World Development Indicators},
url = {https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Retrieved through World Bank, World Development Indicators (https://data.worldbank.org). Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/youth-literacy-rate/benin. Publisher attribution: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Literacy rate, youth total, \% of people ages 15-24 (SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}
RIS
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Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Benin was 71.3% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 5.9 pts from 2021. That is the 54th highest of 58 countries in 2022.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Literacy rate, youth total, % of people ages 15-24 (SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
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71.3% in 2022, the highest value since 1979 in this series.