Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108): Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male was 9.51 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), 1985–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) is 9.51 million, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) peaked at 9.51 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.09 million, in 1985.
That places ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 71st 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 40 years of available data.
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 5.09 million | — |
| 1986 | 5.22 million | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 5.29 million | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 5.42 million | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 5.53 million | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 5.65 million | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 5.79 million | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 5.91 million | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 6.04 million | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 6.16 million | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 6.57 million | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 6.68 million | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 6.79 million | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 6.91 million | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 7.06 million | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 7.76 million | +9.9% |
| 2001 | 7.71 million | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 7.90 million | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 8.16 million | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 7.91 million | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 8.08 million | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 8.20 million | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 8.56 million | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 8.88 million | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 9.01 million | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 9.14 million | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 9.11 million | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 9.02 million | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 8.86 million | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 8.89 million | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 8.89 million | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 8.95 million | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 8.82 million | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 8.27 million | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 8.66 million | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 8.89 million | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 9.03 million | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 9.17 million | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 9.33 million | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 9.51 million | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.31 million | 5.09 million | 5.53 million | 5 |
| 1990s | 6.36 million | 5.65 million | 7.06 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.22 million | 7.71 million | 9.01 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.86 million | 8.27 million | 9.14 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.19 million | 8.89 million | 9.51 million | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 15.44 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 15.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 6.60 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.82 million (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 32.92 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 15.03 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 14.51 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) was 9.51 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The highest recorded value was 9.51 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.09 million in 1985.
- How does ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) rank for youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male?
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) ranks 71st out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male rising or falling in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 40 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release