Literacy rate, youth male in Pre-demographic dividend
Pre-demographic dividend: Literacy rate, youth male was 81.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, youth male in Pre-demographic dividend, 1986–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of males ages 15-24.
Analysis
Pre-demographic dividend recorded 81.2% for literacy rate, youth male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, youth male in Pre-demographic dividend peaked at 81.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 72.4%, in 2007.
That places Pre-demographic dividend 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 39 years of available data.
Literacy rate, youth male in Pre-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of males ages 15-24 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 72.5% | — |
| 1987 | 73.1% | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 73.3% | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 73.7% | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 73.8% | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 73.6% | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 73.5% | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 73.6% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 73.8% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 73.7% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 73.8% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 74.0% | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 74.1% | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 75.0% | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 73.9% | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 74.3% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 74.6% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 74.3% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 74.6% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 73.9% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 73.1% | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 72.4% | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 72.5% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 72.9% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 73.5% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 75.2% | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 76.7% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 77.7% | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 77.9% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 78.3% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 78.5% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 79.2% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 80.2% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 80.1% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 80.3% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 80.5% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 80.8% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 81.0% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 81.2% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 73.2% | 72.5% | 73.7% | 4 |
| 1990s | 73.9% | 73.5% | 75.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.7% | 72.4% | 74.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.7% | 73.5% | 80.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.8% | 80.3% | 81.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pre-demographic dividend
More education data for Pre-demographic dividend
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 175.74 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1591 units per person (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 55.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 4.66 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 41.6% (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 70.08 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, youth male in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Literacy rate, youth male in Pre-demographic dividend was 81.2% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest literacy rate, youth male recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 81.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, youth male recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.4% in 2007.
- How does Pre-demographic dividend rank for literacy rate, youth male?
- Pre-demographic dividend ranks 37th out of 40 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, youth male rising or falling in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pre-demographic dividend data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Literacy rate, youth male (% of males 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.