Literacy rate, youth female in IDA blend
IDA blend: Literacy rate, youth female was 74.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, youth female in IDA blend, 1981–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of females ages 15-24.
Analysis
IDA blend recorded 74.8% for literacy rate, youth female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, youth female in IDA blend peaked at 74.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 52.2%, in 1981.
That places IDA blend 37th out of 40 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Literacy rate, youth female in IDA blend, year by year
| Year | % of females ages 15-24 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 52.2% | — |
| 1982 | 52.4% | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 52.8% | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 53.2% | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 53.8% | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 54.3% | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 55.3% | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 56.2% | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 57.2% | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 58.3% | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 59.4% | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 60.1% | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 60.8% | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 62.0% | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 62.5% | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 63.7% | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 64.8% | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 65.7% | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 66.7% | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 62.2% | -6.8% |
| 2001 | 63.2% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 64.2% | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 63.7% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 64.6% | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 64.5% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 65.4% | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 64.4% | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 65.6% | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 66.0% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 66.6% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 67.4% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 68.3% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 68.3% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 69.8% | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 71.0% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 72.0% | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 71.8% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 72.3% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 72.5% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 73.0% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 73.5% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 73.9% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 74.4% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 74.8% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 54.2% | 52.2% | 57.2% | 9 |
| 1990s | 62.4% | 58.3% | 66.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 64.4% | 62.2% | 66.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 70.0% | 66.6% | 72.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 73.9% | 73.0% | 74.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near IDA blend
More education data for IDA blend
- Population ages 15-64 58.4% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 86.20 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.26 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 37.9% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1273 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 51.87 million (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, youth female in IDA blend?
- Literacy rate, youth female in IDA blend was 74.8% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest literacy rate, youth female recorded in IDA blend?
- The highest recorded value was 74.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, youth female recorded in IDA blend?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.2% in 1981.
- How does IDA blend rank for literacy rate, youth female?
- IDA blend ranks 37th out of 40 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, youth female rising or falling in IDA blend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA blend data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.