Literacy rate, youth female in Small states
Small states: Literacy rate, youth female was 93.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, youth female in Small states, 1988–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of females ages 15-24.
Analysis
Small states recorded 93.6% for literacy rate, youth female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, youth female in Small states peaked at 93.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 86.7%, in 1988.
That places Small states 20th out of 40 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.
Literacy rate, youth female in Small states, year by year
| Year | % of females ages 15-24 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 86.7% | — |
| 1989 | 87.0% | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 87.1% | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 87.1% | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 87.1% | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 87.3% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 87.3% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 87.5% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 87.9% | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 88.2% | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 88.5% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 88.8% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 89.2% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 89.5% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 89.8% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 90.0% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 90.3% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 89.5% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 89.3% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 89.6% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 89.9% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 89.6% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 89.2% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 89.5% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 89.8% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 90.3% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 90.5% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 91.1% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 91.8% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 92.0% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 92.3% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 92.5% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 92.5% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 92.8% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 93.0% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 93.3% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 93.6% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 86.8% | 86.7% | 87.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 87.7% | 87.1% | 88.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 89.7% | 89.2% | 90.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 90.9% | 89.2% | 92.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.0% | 92.5% | 93.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Small states
More education data for Small states
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 5.13 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.48 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 24.2% (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.0% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.2538 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 243,069 (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, youth female in Small states?
- Literacy rate, youth female in Small states was 93.6% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest literacy rate, youth female recorded in Small states?
- The highest recorded value was 93.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, youth female recorded in Small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.7% in 1988.
- How does Small states rank for literacy rate, youth female?
- Small states ranks 20th out of 40 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, youth female rising or falling in Small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Small states 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.