Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female (number) (illiterate) in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)
ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200): Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female (number) (illiterate) was 238,221 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200), 1999–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2023, youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) stood at 238,221.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) peaked at 841,801 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 236,236, in 2021.
ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) ranks 163rd of 204 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female (number) (illiterate) in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 832,444 | — |
| 2000 | 841,801 | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 823,684 | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 795,692 | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 787,189 | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 784,558 | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 743,433 | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 730,066 | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 710,983 | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 684,693 | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 537,372 | -21.5% |
| 2016 | 309,503 | -42.4% |
| 2017 | 284,420 | -8.1% |
| 2018 | 258,571 | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 245,829 | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 241,303 | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 236,236 | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 238,785 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 238,221 | -0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female (number) (illiterate) in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -42.4% | 537,372 | 309,503 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 832,444 | 832,444 | 832,444 | 1 |
| 2000s | 743,947 | 537,372 | 841,801 | 10 |
| 2010s | 274,581 | 245,829 | 309,503 | 4 |
| 2020s | 238,636 | 236,236 | 241,303 | 4 |
More education data for ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 54.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.299 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 58.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.2912 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 38.11 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 64.18 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 794,026 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)?
- Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) was 238,221 in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female recorded in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)?
- The highest recorded value was 841,801 in 2000.
- What is the lowest youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female recorded in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)?
- The lowest recorded value was 236,236 in 2021.
- How does ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) rank for youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female?
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) ranks 163rd out of 204 groups with data for 2023.
- Is youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female rising or falling in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release