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Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in World

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in the World was 93.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 0.1 pts from 2023.

202493.1%
Change on 2023+0.1 pts
Series high93.12024
Series low75.11975

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in World, 1975 to 2024

758085909519751983199119992007201520241975: 75.1 %1976: 75.1 %1977: 75.4 %1978: 76 %1979: 76.7 %1980: 77.3 %1981: 77.8 %1982: 78.3 %1983: 78.8 %1984: 79.3 %1985: 79.8 %1986: 80.3 %1987: 81.1 %1988: 81.7 %1989: 82.1 %1990: 82.6 %1991: 82.9 %1992: 83.3 %1993: 83.6 %1994: 84 %1995: 84.3 %1996: 84.6 %1997: 85.5 %1998: 86.3 %1999: 86.7 %2000: 86.7 %2001: 87 %2002: 87.5 %2003: 87.9 %2004: 88.3 %2005: 88.5 %2006: 88.3 %2007: 88.6 %2008: 89.1 %2009: 89.3 %2010: 89.7 %2011: 90.1 %2012: 90.4 %2013: 90.9 %2014: 91.1 %2015: 91.4 %2016: 91.6 %2017: 91.7 %2018: 91.8 %2019: 92.6 %2020: 92.6 %2021: 92.8 %2022: 92.8 %2023: 93 %2024: 93.1 %
%. 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 50 values
Period%
202493.1
202393
202292.8
202192.8
202092.6
201992.6
201891.8
201791.7
201691.6
201591.4
201491.1
201390.9
201290.4
201190.1
201089.7
200989.3
200889.1
200788.6
200688.3
200588.5
200488.3
200387.9
200287.5
200187
200086.7
199986.7
199886.3
199785.5
199684.6
199584.3
199484
199383.6
199283.3
199182.9
199082.6
198982.1
198881.7
198781.1
198680.3
198579.8
198479.3
198378.8
198278.3
198177.8
198077.3
197976.7
197876
197775.4
197675.1
197575.1

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 World?

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in the World was 93.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 0.1 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 World?

93.1% in 2024, the highest value since 1975 in this series.

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