Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113): Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female was 84.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113), 1986–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) stood at 84.5%. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) peaked at 84.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 57.0%, in 1986.
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) ranks 134th of 204 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 57.0% | — |
| 1987 | 58.0% | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 58.8% | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 59.6% | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 60.5% | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 61.4% | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 62.2% | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 61.4% | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 62.1% | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 63.1% | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 64.0% | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 65.0% | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 65.7% | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 66.9% | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 67.6% | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 68.4% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 68.3% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 68.5% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 68.7% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 68.1% | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 65.7% | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 67.8% | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 69.2% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 69.5% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 71.3% | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 75.2% | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 76.3% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 78.2% | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 78.9% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 79.6% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 79.3% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 80.4% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 81.4% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 82.0% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 82.6% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 83.1% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 83.6% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 84.0% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 84.5% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 58.4% | 57.0% | 59.6% | 4 |
| 1990s | 63.2% | 60.5% | 66.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 68.2% | 65.7% | 69.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.3% | 71.3% | 82.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.6% | 82.6% | 84.5% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.5% (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 20.01 million (2022)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 10.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 22.64 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 16.54 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.87 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 21.46 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 43.21 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 21.75 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) was 84.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female recorded in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- The highest recorded value was 84.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female recorded in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.0% in 1986.
- How does ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female?
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) ranks 134th out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female rising or falling in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release