Literacy rate, youth female in Middle income
Middle income: Literacy rate, youth female was 94.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, youth female in Middle income, 1975–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of females ages 15-24.
Analysis
Middle income recorded 94.1% for literacy rate, youth female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, youth female in Middle income peaked at 94.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 62.2%, in 1975.
Middle income ranks 19th of 40 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Literacy rate, youth female in Middle income, year by year
| Year | % of females ages 15-24 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 62.2% | — |
| 1976 | 62.3% | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 62.9% | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 64.2% | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 65.6% | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 66.8% | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 68.0% | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 69.1% | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 70.1% | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 71.3% | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 72.4% | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 73.4% | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 74.6% | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 75.0% | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 75.8% | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 76.5% | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 77.2% | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 77.9% | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 78.4% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 79.0% | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 79.7% | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 80.3% | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 81.9% | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 82.7% | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 83.4% | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 83.5% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 84.1% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 84.8% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 85.4% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 86.1% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 86.1% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 86.5% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 87.0% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 87.6% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 88.0% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 88.6% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 89.0% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 89.5% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 90.2% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 90.7% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 91.2% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 91.5% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 91.8% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 92.0% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 93.0% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 93.2% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 93.5% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 93.6% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 93.9% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 94.1% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 63.4% | 62.2% | 65.6% | 5 |
| 1980s | 71.7% | 66.8% | 75.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 79.7% | 76.5% | 83.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 85.9% | 83.5% | 88.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 90.7% | 88.6% | 93.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.7% | 93.2% | 94.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle income
More education data for Middle income
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 25.11 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0986 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.4% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 589.09 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 510.99 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, youth female in Middle income?
- Literacy rate, youth female in Middle income was 94.1% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest literacy rate, youth female recorded in Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 94.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, youth female recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.2% in 1975.
- How does Middle income rank for literacy rate, youth female?
- Middle income ranks 19th out of 40 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, youth female rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle income 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.