Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400): Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female was 57.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), 1991–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) is 57.0%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) peaked at 64.0% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 57.0%, in 2015.
That places ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 47th out of 204 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 63.0% | — |
| 1992 | 63.0% | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 63.0% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 63.0% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 62.0% | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 62.0% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 61.0% | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 64.0% | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 63.0% | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 63.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 62.0% | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 62.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 62.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 62.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 64.0% | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 61.0% | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 60.0% | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 60.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 59.0% | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 60.0% | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 60.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 59.0% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 59.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 58.0% | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 57.0% | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 57.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 57.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 57.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 60.0% | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 60.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 59.0% | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 58.0% | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 58.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 57.0% | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 62.7% | 61.0% | 64.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 61.5% | 59.0% | 64.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 58.4% | 57.0% | 60.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.4% | 57.0% | 60.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
More education data for ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 187.37 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 203.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 127.86 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 18.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 216.89 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 126.65 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 116.03 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) was 57.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The highest recorded value was 64.0% in 1998.
- What is the lowest youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.0% in 2015.
- How does ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) rank for youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female?
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ranks 47th out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female rising or falling in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 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