Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412): Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female was 83.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412), 1986–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) is 83.7%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) peaked at 85.7% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 75.1%, in 1986.
That places ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 135th out of 204 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 75.1% | — |
| 1987 | 75.2% | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 76.1% | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 76.3% | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 76.3% | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 76.5% | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 76.6% | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 75.9% | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 75.3% | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 75.2% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 75.3% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 75.4% | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 76.1% | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 76.6% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 76.9% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 77.9% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 78.4% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 78.5% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 78.7% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 79.1% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 79.2% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 79.8% | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 80.4% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 81.0% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 80.8% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 81.4% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 81.8% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 82.3% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 83.8% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 84.4% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 85.1% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 85.7% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 80.8% | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 81.0% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 81.4% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 81.7% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 82.3% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 83.1% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 83.7% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 75.7% | 75.1% | 76.3% | 4 |
| 1990s | 75.9% | 75.2% | 76.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.0% | 76.9% | 81.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.7% | 80.8% | 85.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.5% | 81.4% | 83.7% | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 8.95 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 10.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.77 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 731,983 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 4.34 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 8.89 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 4.55 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) was 83.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female recorded in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- The highest recorded value was 85.7% in 2017.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female recorded in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.1% in 1986.
- How does ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female?
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) ranks 135th out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 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