Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female was 62.0% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1989–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) is 62.0%, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 69.0% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 62.0%, in 2018.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 8th out of 204 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 67.0% | — |
| 1990 | 68.0% | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 68.0% | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 69.0% | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 69.0% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 69.0% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 69.0% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 69.0% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 69.0% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 69.0% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 69.0% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 69.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 68.0% | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 68.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 68.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 68.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 68.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 64.0% | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 64.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 64.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 64.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 64.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 64.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 64.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 64.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 63.0% | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 63.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 63.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 63.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 62.0% | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 62.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 67.0% | 67.0% | 67.0% | 1 |
| 1990s | 68.8% | 68.0% | 69.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 66.5% | 64.0% | 69.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.2% | 62.0% | 64.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 661,389 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 685,428 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 441,485 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265,472 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 62.0% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 69.0% in 1992.
- What is the lowest youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.0% in 2018.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 8th out of 204 groups with data for 2019.
- Is youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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