Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302): Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female was 42.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) recorded 42.0% for youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) peaked at 46.0% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 42.0%, in 2024.
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) ranks 178th 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, % female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 45.0% | — |
| 2000 | 45.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 45.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 45.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 45.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 44.0% | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 44.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 46.0% | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 46.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 46.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 46.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 44.0% | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 44.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 44.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 44.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 44.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 44.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 43.0% | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 44.0% | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 44.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 44.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 44.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 43.0% | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 43.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 43.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 42.0% | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 45.0% | 45.0% | 45.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 45.2% | 44.0% | 46.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 43.9% | 43.0% | 44.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.0% | 42.0% | 44.0% | 5 |
More education data for ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4573 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.68 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 30.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.76 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.8 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) was 42.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The highest recorded value was 46.0% in 2006.
- What is the lowest youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.0% in 2024.
- How does ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) rank for youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female?
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) ranks 178th out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female rising or falling in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release