Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113): Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male was 84.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113), 1986–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) is 84.7%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) peaked at 84.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 72.5%, in 1986.
That places ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) 143rd 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, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 72.5% | — |
| 1987 | 73.2% | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 73.4% | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 73.8% | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 74.0% | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 74.0% | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 74.2% | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 73.7% | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 73.6% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 74.0% | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 74.0% | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 74.0% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 73.8% | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 75.0% | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 74.9% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 74.8% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 78.2% | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 79.6% | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 79.1% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 78.1% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 76.4% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 77.3% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 78.1% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 78.5% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 79.4% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 81.4% | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 82.4% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 83.2% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 83.2% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 83.4% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 82.6% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 83.1% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 83.7% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 83.9% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 84.0% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 84.3% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 84.4% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 84.5% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 84.7% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 73.2% | 72.5% | 73.8% | 4 |
| 1990s | 74.0% | 73.6% | 75.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 77.5% | 74.8% | 79.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.6% | 79.4% | 83.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.4% | 84.0% | 84.7% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.47 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.64 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.16 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.9722 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 0.8121 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 4.31 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.4266 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.3829 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) was 84.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- The highest recorded value was 84.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.5% in 1986.
- How does ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male?
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) ranks 143rd out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male rising or falling in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release