Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)
ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114): Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male was 86.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114), 1989–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) stood at 86.8%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) peaked at 86.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 78.2%, in 2005.
That places ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) 141st 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 36 years of available data.
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 81.4% | — |
| 1990 | 81.8% | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 82.0% | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 82.4% | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 82.8% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 83.3% | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 83.5% | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 83.6% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 84.0% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 82.4% | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 83.0% | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 82.5% | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 82.0% | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 81.5% | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 81.1% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 80.7% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 78.2% | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 79.0% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 79.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 78.7% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 79.2% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 79.3% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 83.2% | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 85.3% | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 86.0% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 85.6% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 85.9% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 85.8% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 86.3% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 86.4% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 86.4% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 86.4% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 86.6% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 86.7% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 86.7% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 86.8% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 81.4% | 81.4% | 81.4% | 1 |
| 1990s | 82.9% | 81.8% | 84.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 80.2% | 78.2% | 82.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.0% | 79.3% | 86.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.6% | 86.4% | 86.8% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.2% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.8% (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 8.79 million (2022)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 10.88 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 7.28 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.44 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 11.26 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 22.52 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 11.26 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) was 86.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- The highest recorded value was 86.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.2% in 2005.
- How does ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male?
- ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) ranks 141st out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male rising or falling in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) 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