Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male in ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107)
ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107): Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male was 3.54 million in 2024. β² Rising
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male in ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107), 1990β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2024, youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male in ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) stood at 3.54 million. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 34.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male in ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) peaked at 3.54 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.78 million, in 1998.
That places ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) 90th out of 204 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.87 million | 1.78 million | 1.95 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.75 million | 2.08 million | 3.26 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.85 million | 2.61 million | 3.35 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.35 million | 3.19 million | 3.54 million | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 82.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 81.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 7.04 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 17.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 9.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 3.27 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 22.07 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 8.79 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 8.79 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male in ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107)?
- Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male in ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) was 3.54 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male recorded in ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107)?
- The highest recorded value was 3.54 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male recorded in ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.78 million in 1998.
- How does ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) rank for youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male?
- ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) ranks 90th out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male rising or falling in ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release