Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024: Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male was 8,842 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2024, youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 stood at 8,842.
The figure is down 8.4% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 25,216 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 8,285, in 2014.
GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 198th of 204 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 16,074 | — |
| 2000 | 16,629 | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 17,119 | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 17,602 | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 19,726 | +12.1% |
| 2004 | 21,532 | +9.2% |
| 2005 | 21,737 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 25,216 | +16.0% |
| 2007 | 24,761 | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 23,714 | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 10,943 | -53.9% |
| 2010 | 10,601 | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 11,293 | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 9,009 | -20.2% |
| 2013 | 9,300 | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 8,285 | -10.9% |
| 2015 | 8,453 | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 8,650 | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 8,340 | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 8,540 | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 9,217 | +7.9% |
| 2020 | 10,059 | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 9,856 | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 9,926 | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 9,652 | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 8,842 | -8.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male in GPE: Europe & Central Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | -53.9% | 23,714 | 10,943 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16,074 | 16,074 | 16,074 | 1 |
| 2000s | 19,898 | 10,943 | 25,216 | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,169 | 8,285 | 11,293 | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,667 | 8,842 | 10,059 | 5 |
More education data for GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.68 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 5.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 352,674 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 29.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 8,842 in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male recorded in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 25,216 in 2006.
- What is the lowest youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male recorded in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,285 in 2014.
- How does GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male?
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 198th out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male rising or falling in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this GPE: Europe & Central Asia 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, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release