Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Uganda
Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Uganda was 85.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 4.8 pts from 2023.
Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Uganda, 1991 to 2024
All 10 values
| Period | % |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 85.2 |
| 2023 | 89.9 |
| 2021 | 89.6 |
| 2016 | 79.8 |
| 2014 | 80.3 |
| 2012 | 83.7 |
| 2010 | 87.4 |
| 2006 | 84.1 |
| 2002 | 80.8 |
| 1991 | 69.8 |
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.Use this data in your AI agent
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What is the youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Uganda?
Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Uganda was 85.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 4.8 pts from 2023.
Where does this figure come from?
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 Uganda?
89.9% in 2023, the highest value since 1991 in this series.