Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024: Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes was 2,679 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, 2003–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2024, youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 stood at 2,679. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.0% on the previous year and down 46.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 11,350 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 2,679, in 2024.
GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 204th of 204 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 11,350 | — |
| 2004 | 11,290 | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 10,873 | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 10,514 | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 10,227 | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 9,969 | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 9,740 | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 9,532 | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 9,334 | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 9,131 | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 5,247 | -42.5% |
| 2014 | 5,044 | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 4,820 | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 4,581 | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 4,320 | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 4,054 | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 4,092 | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 3,659 | -10.6% |
| 2021 | 3,403 | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 3,170 | -6.8% |
| 2023 | 2,912 | -8.1% |
| 2024 | 2,679 | -8.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | -42.5% | 9,131 | 5,247 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10,566 | 9,740 | 11,350 | 7 |
| 2010s | 6,016 | 4,054 | 9,532 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,165 | 2,679 | 3,659 | 5 |
More education data for GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 44,742 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (2013)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 15,673 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4,930 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 15,242 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31,146 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 91,199 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5,370 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 2,679 in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes recorded in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 11,350 in 2003.
- What is the lowest youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes recorded in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,679 in 2024.
- How does GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes?
- GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 204th out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes rising or falling in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release