Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Burkina Faso

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Burkina Faso was 62.8% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 0.1 pts from 2021. That is the 56th highest of 58 countries in 2022.

202262.8%
Change on 2021+0.1 pts
Rank56th of 58Countries ranked
Series high62.82022
Series low14.41975

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Burkina Faso, 1975 to 2022

1020304050607019751996200520072014201920221975: 14.4 %1991: 20.2 %1996: 19.4 %2003: 31.2 %2005: 33 %2006: 32.7 %2007: 39.3 %2010: 37.2 %2014: 50.1 %2018: 58.9 %2019: 47 %2021: 62.7 %2022: 62.8 %
%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Literacy rate, youth total, % of people ages 15-24 (SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS) via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.
All 13 values
Period%
202262.8
202162.7
201947
201858.9
201450.1
201037.2
200739.3
200632.7
200533
200331.2
199619.4
199120.2
197514.4

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.

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What is the youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Burkina Faso?

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Burkina Faso was 62.8% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 0.1 pts from 2021. That is the 56th 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.

What was the highest youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Burkina Faso?

62.8% in 2022, the highest value since 1975 in this series.

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