Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435): Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female was 80.5% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), 1994–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) is 80.5%, measured in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) peaked at 81.6% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 77.5%, in 1995.
That places ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 149th out of 204 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 77.8% | — |
| 1995 | 77.5% | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 77.8% | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 78.1% | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 78.3% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 78.4% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 78.3% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 78.5% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 78.7% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 78.7% | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 79.0% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 79.3% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 79.7% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 80.0% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 80.4% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 80.9% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 81.6% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 81.5% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 81.5% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 81.5% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 81.4% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 81.3% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 81.2% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 81.1% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 81.0% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 80.7% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 80.5% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 80.5% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 78.0% | 77.5% | 78.4% | 6 |
| 2000s | 79.3% | 78.3% | 80.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.3% | 80.7% | 81.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.5% | 80.5% | 80.5% | 2 |
More education data for ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2019)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 603,251 (2019)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.5 % change on previous year (2019)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 529,106 (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.2857 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 82,795 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.4 % change on previous year (2019)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.13 million (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 656,667 (2019)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.29 % change on previous year (2019)
All data for ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) was 80.5% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The highest recorded value was 81.6% in 2010.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.5% in 1995.
- How does ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female?
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) ranks 149th out of 204 groups with data for 2021.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 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