Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States
SDG: Small Island Developing States: Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female was 82.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
82.5%
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
86th
of 203 groups
All-time high
83.0%
in 2016
All-time low
77.3%
in 1988
Years of data
37
1988–2024
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States, 1988–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States stood at 82.5%.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States peaked at 83.0% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 77.3%, in 1988.
That places SDG: Small Island Developing States 86th out of 203 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 77.3% | — |
| 1989 | 77.8% | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 78.1% | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 78.5% | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 78.8% | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 79.0% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 79.1% | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 79.2% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 79.5% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 79.7% | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 79.8% | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 80.1% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 80.6% | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 80.9% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 81.3% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 81.6% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 82.0% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 82.4% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 80.8% | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 81.2% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 81.6% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 81.6% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 81.6% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 82.0% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 82.1% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 82.3% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 82.5% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 82.6% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 83.0% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 82.9% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 82.9% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 82.9% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 82.8% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 82.8% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 82.6% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 82.5% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 82.5% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 77.5% | 77.3% | 77.8% | 2 |
| 1990s | 79.2% | 78.1% | 80.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 81.4% | 80.6% | 82.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.5% | 81.6% | 83.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.6% | 82.5% | 82.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Small Island Developing States
- 83 Burkina Faso 35.7% compare
- 84 Sierra Leone 33.9% compare
- 85 Mali 27.7% compare
- 86 Guinea 27.7% compare
- 87 Afghanistan 26.6% compare
- 88 Niger 25.7% compare
- 89 Chad 18.6% compare
More education data for SDG: Small Island Developing States
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1626 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 430,327 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1765 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0678 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.021 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.756 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States was 82.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The highest recorded value was 83.0% in 2016.
- What is the lowest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.3% in 1988.
- How does SDG: Small Island Developing States rank for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female?
- SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 86th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female rising or falling in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Small Island Developing States data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release