Bolivia vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Literacy rate, youth female

Bolivia
99.7%
in 2024
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
98.9%
in 2024
Bolivia rank
16th
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
13th

Literacy rate, youth female over time

  • Bolivia
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
020406080100197419992024

How they compare

Bolivia currently reports 99.7% against 98.9% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.8%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

Bolivia ranks 16th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 13th of 105 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Bolivia averaged higher in 3 and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bolivia Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 75.8% 86.4% 10.5% Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1990s 91.6% 92.8% 1.2% Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 97.8% 96.5% 1.2% Bolivia
2010s 99.2% 98.4% 0.8% Bolivia
2020s 99.6% 98.8% 0.8% Bolivia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher literacy rate, youth female, Bolivia or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Bolivia, at 99.7% against 98.9% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in literacy rate, youth female between Bolivia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
0.8%, with Bolivia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
25 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
How do Bolivia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for literacy rate, youth female?
Bolivia ranks 16th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 13th of 105 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)
Unit
% of females ages 15-24
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
145 places, 2,856 data points, 1974–2024
Last refreshed

Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.