Literacy rate, youth female in Togo
Togo: Literacy rate, youth female was 87.7% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, youth female in Togo, 2000–2022
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of females ages 15-24.
Analysis
Togo recorded 87.7% for literacy rate, youth female in 2022. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, youth female in Togo peaked at 87.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 63.5%, in 2000.
That places Togo 79th out of 105 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Literacy rate, youth female in Togo, year by year
| Year | % of females ages 15-24 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 63.5% | — |
| 2006 | 67.9% | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 74.6% | +9.8% |
| 2010 | 69.2% | -7.2% |
| 2011 | 72.7% | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 67.7% | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 78.4% | +15.8% |
| 2017 | 74.7% | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 84.0% | +12.4% |
| 2022 | 87.7% | +4.3% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 87.7% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 93.8%, 93% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Togo's 87.7% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 80.1%, 1.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 68.7% | 63.5% | 74.6% | 3 |
| 2010s | 74.4% | 67.7% | 84.0% | 6 |
| 2020s | 87.7% | 87.7% | 87.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Togo
More education data for Togo
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 51,488 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 40,377 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 113,983 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 116,788 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 915,214 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.66 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.4127 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1972 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, youth female in Togo?
- Literacy rate, youth female in Togo was 87.7% in 2022, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest literacy rate, youth female recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 87.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, youth female recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.5% in 2000.
- How does Togo rank for literacy rate, youth female?
- Togo ranks 79th out of 105 countries with data for 2022.
- Is literacy rate, youth female rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Togo 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.