Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)
ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112): Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male was 81.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112), 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) recorded 81.1% for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) peaked at 81.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 65.1%, in 1981.
ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) ranks 175th of 204 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 65.1% | — |
| 1982 | 65.6% | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 66.1% | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 66.5% | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 67.2% | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 67.7% | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 68.3% | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 68.7% | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 69.3% | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 69.8% | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 70.7% | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 71.2% | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 71.4% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 71.9% | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 71.5% | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 72.1% | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 72.7% | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 73.8% | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 74.2% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 73.2% | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 74.0% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 74.2% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 75.5% | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 76.6% | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 76.7% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 75.2% | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 74.8% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 75.4% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 75.6% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 75.9% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 76.5% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 77.5% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 78.1% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 78.4% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 78.9% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 78.0% | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 78.6% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 80.1% | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 79.9% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 80.0% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 80.3% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 80.6% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 80.9% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 81.1% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 67.2% | 65.1% | 69.3% | 9 |
| 1990s | 71.9% | 69.8% | 74.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 75.1% | 73.2% | 76.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.2% | 75.9% | 80.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.6% | 80.0% | 81.1% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 52.00 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 48.93 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 11.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.25 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6541 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 26.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.99 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) was 81.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)?
- The highest recorded value was 81.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.1% in 1981.
- How does ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male?
- ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) ranks 175th out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male rising or falling in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release