Literacy rate, youth total in Early-demographic dividend
Early-demographic dividend: Literacy rate, youth total was 94.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, youth total in Early-demographic dividend, 1975–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of people ages 15-24.
Analysis
Early-demographic dividend recorded 94.3% for literacy rate, youth total in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, youth total in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 94.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 60.3%, in 1975.
Early-demographic dividend ranks 20th 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 total in Early-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of people ages 15-24 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 60.3% | — |
| 1976 | 60.5% | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 61.3% | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 62.0% | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 62.7% | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 63.2% | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 63.8% | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 64.3% | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 64.9% | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 65.6% | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 66.3% | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 66.9% | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 68.0% | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 68.6% | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 69.6% | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 70.6% | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 71.6% | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 72.6% | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 73.5% | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 74.3% | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 75.3% | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 76.1% | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 76.8% | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 78.9% | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 79.7% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 80.5% | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 81.0% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 82.0% | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 82.8% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 83.5% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 84.1% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 83.8% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 84.8% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 85.8% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 86.5% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 87.4% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 87.8% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 88.3% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 89.3% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 89.9% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 90.6% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 91.1% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 91.4% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 91.5% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 93.1% | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 93.4% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 93.6% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 93.8% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 94.1% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 94.3% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 61.4% | 60.3% | 62.7% | 5 |
| 1980s | 66.1% | 63.2% | 69.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 74.9% | 70.6% | 79.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 83.5% | 80.5% | 86.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 90.0% | 87.4% | 93.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.9% | 93.4% | 94.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Early-demographic dividend
More education data for Early-demographic dividend
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 13.97 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 320.06 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 364.78 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.5 % change on previous year (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 0-14 26.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.3% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1027 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, youth total in Early-demographic dividend?
- Literacy rate, youth total in Early-demographic dividend was 94.3% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest literacy rate, youth total recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 94.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, youth total recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.3% in 1975.
- How does Early-demographic dividend rank for literacy rate, youth total?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 20th out of 40 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, youth total rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Early-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 total (% of people 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.