Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
58
Highest
7.68 million
Pakistan
Lowest
0
Qatar
Median
28,154
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
8,109
What the numbers show
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female (number) is currently reported for 58 countries. The highest value is 7.68 million in Pakistan; the lowest is 0 in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 28,154, and the mean is 383,101.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 136.1%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 100.0%).
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan | 7.68 million | 2019 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 2 | India | 4.65 million | 2023 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Egypt | 1.16 million | 2017 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 4 | Burkina Faso | 1.14 million | 2019 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 5 | Mozambique | 1.10 million | 2020 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 6 | Mali | 1.07 million | 2018 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 963,493 | 2022 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Uganda | 799,818 | 2014 | up 36.6% | flat |
| 9 | Guinea | 731,670 | 2018 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 10 | Senegal | 547,809 | 2017 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 11 | Morocco | 445,427 | 2014 | down 63.4% | falling |
| 12 | Iraq | 300,443 | 2017 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 13 | China | 179,659 | 2020 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Burundi | 142,250 | 2017 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 15 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 131,849 | 2016 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Togo | 125,267 | 2019 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 17 | Guatemala | 108,966 | 2018 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 18 | South Africa | 103,339 | 2024 | up 110.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Brazil | 94,296 | 2018 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 20 | Mexico | 89,786 | 2020 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 21 | Philippines | 71,303 | 2020 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Cambodia | 69,865 | 2019 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 23 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 65,986 | 2015 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 24 | Thailand | 65,905 | 2018 | down 62.8% | falling |
| 25 | Viet Nam | 56,320 | 2022 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Malaysia | 48,229 | 2022 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Indonesia | 47,257 | 2020 | down 83.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Colombia | 29,554 | 2020 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 29 | Tunisia | 28,991 | 2019 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Honduras | 27,318 | 2019 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 31 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 24,243 | 2016 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Peru | 17,953 | 2020 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Sri Lanka | 16,430 | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Chile | 13,297 | 2017 | up 136.1% | rising |
| 35 | Jordan | 11,157 | 2024 | up 122.6% | rising |
| 36 | Dominican Republic | 11,068 | 2024 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 37 | El Salvador | 7,984 | 2024 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Paraguay | 7,892 | 2020 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Spain | 5,932 | 2021 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 5,670 | 2024 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Ecuador | 5,039 | 2022 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4,411 | 2023 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Türkiye | 4,064 | 2021 | down 96.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Panama | 3,871 | 2019 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 45 | Palestine, State of | 3,389 | 2022 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 2,446 | 2024 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 47 | Uruguay | 1,548 | 2022 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 48 | Kuwait | 910 | 2020 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Oman | 865 | 2022 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Serbia | 847 | 2022 | down 72.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Azerbaijan | 800 | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 52 | Georgia | 470 | 2024 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Bahrain | 388 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 54 | Maldives | 299 | 2016 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Singapore | 190 | 2021 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Armenia | 172 | 2020 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 57 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 2022 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Qatar | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 48.36 million
- UIS: World 48.36 million
- MDG: World 48.36 million
- WB: World 48.36 million
- UNICEF: World 48.34 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 47.89 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 47.88 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 47.87 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 47.83 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 42.59 million
- WB: Ida Total 41.10 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 41.08 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 34.29 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 30.75 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 30.75 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 30.75 million
- UNICEF: Africa 30.75 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 29.83 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 29.83 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 29.83 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 29.83 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 29.83 million
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 29.71 million
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 29.69 million
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 28.48 million
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 28.36 million
- WB: Pre-demographic Dividend 28.06 million
- WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations 27.51 million
- WB: Fy23 Ida & Ibrd Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 27.50 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 27.25 million
- WB: Fy23 Ida Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 27.10 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 26.03 million
- WB: Ida Only 25.77 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 25.33 million
- SDG: Least Developed Countries 24.91 million
- WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 24.91 million
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 22.91 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 21.94 million
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 21.40 million
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) 20.58 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release