Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428): Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female was 59.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) is 59.0%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) peaked at 65.0% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 58.0%, in 2015.
That places ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 22nd out of 204 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 64.0% | — |
| 2000 | 63.0% | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 63.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 62.0% | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 63.0% | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 62.0% | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 65.0% | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 62.0% | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 61.0% | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 61.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 60.0% | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 61.0% | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 60.0% | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 60.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 60.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 59.0% | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 58.0% | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 58.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 58.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 58.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 62.0% | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 61.0% | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 61.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 60.0% | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 59.0% | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 59.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 64.0% | 64.0% | 64.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 62.2% | 60.0% | 65.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.4% | 58.0% | 62.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.0% | 59.0% | 61.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
More education data for ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 97.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 84.88 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 91.07 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 53.53 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 6.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 101.13 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 72.30 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 66.98 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) was 59.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The highest recorded value was 65.0% in 2005.
- What is the lowest youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.0% in 2015.
- How does ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) rank for youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female?
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) ranks 22nd out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female rising or falling in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 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