Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)
ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116): Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male was 73.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116), 1983–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) stood at 73.2%. That is the highest value across all 42 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) peaked at 73.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 52.0%, in 1996.
That places ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 199th out of 204 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 54.1% | — |
| 1984 | 54.1% | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 54.5% | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 54.4% | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 55.0% | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 54.8% | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 54.8% | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 54.6% | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 54.2% | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 53.7% | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 52.8% | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 52.2% | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 52.5% | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 52.0% | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 52.4% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 53.3% | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 55.8% | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 55.6% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 56.3% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 63.0% | +11.8% |
| 2003 | 63.2% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 65.2% | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 65.4% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 64.3% | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 65.8% | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 66.4% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 67.5% | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 68.7% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 69.2% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 69.5% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 70.8% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 70.5% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 70.9% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 71.1% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 72.1% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 72.8% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 72.2% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 72.2% | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 72.6% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 72.8% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 73.1% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 73.2% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 54.5% | 54.1% | 55.0% | 7 |
| 1990s | 53.3% | 52.0% | 55.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 63.3% | 55.6% | 67.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 70.8% | 68.7% | 72.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.8% | 72.2% | 73.2% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.25 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 9.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 10.42 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.18 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.79 million (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.13 million (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.82 % change on previous year (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) was 73.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- The highest recorded value was 73.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.0% in 1996.
- How does ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male?
- ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) ranks 199th out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male rising or falling in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 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