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Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in El Salvador

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in El Salvador was 98.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 0.2 pts from 2023. That is the 30th highest of 58 countries in 2022.

202498.2%
Change on 2023+0.2 pts
Rank30th of 58Countries ranked
Series high98.52020
Series low84.91992
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Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in El Salvador, 1992 to 2024

8085909510019922003200720112015201920241992: 84.9 %2000: 92.4 %2001: 93.6 %2002: 93.3 %2003: 93.3 %2004: 93.8 %2005: 94.9 %2006: 94.9 %2007: 93.6 %2008: 96 %2009: 95 %2010: 96 %2011: 96.6 %2012: 97.1 %2013: 97.2 %2014: 97.8 %2015: 97.9 %2016: 98 %2017: 98 %2018: 98 %2019: 98.3 %2020: 98.5 %2021: 98.1 %2022: 98.3 %2023: 98.1 %2024: 98.2 %
%. 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 26 values
Period%
202498.2
202398.1
202298.3
202198.1
202098.5
201998.3
201898
201798
201698
201597.9
201497.8
201397.2
201297.1
201196.6
201096
200995
200896
200793.6
200694.9
200594.9
200493.8
200393.3
200293.3
200193.6
200092.4
199284.9

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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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, El Salvador, 1992 to 2024) [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, El Salvador, 1992 to 2024. 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/el-salvador. 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, El Salvador, 1992 to 2024. 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/el-salvador.

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, El Salvador, 1992 to 2024 [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/el-salvador (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Literacy rate, youth total, \% of people ages 15-24 (SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS): Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24, El Salvador, 1992 to 2024}},
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  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/el-salvador. 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.},
}
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What is the youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in El Salvador?

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in El Salvador was 98.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 0.2 pts from 2023. That is the 30th 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 El Salvador?

98.5% in 2020, the highest value since 1992 in this series.

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