Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118): Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male was 78.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), 1987–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) stood at 78.2%. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) peaked at 78.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 63.1%, in 1998.
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 192nd of 204 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 64.4% | — |
| 1988 | 64.3% | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 64.5% | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 64.5% | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 63.9% | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 63.3% | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 63.2% | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 63.1% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 63.5% | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 63.3% | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 63.3% | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 63.1% | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 64.1% | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 63.9% | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 64.2% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 68.0% | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 68.1% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 68.7% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 68.6% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 67.7% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 68.6% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 68.6% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 69.7% | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 70.6% | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 72.7% | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 74.5% | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 75.6% | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 75.6% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 76.0% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 76.1% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 76.9% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 77.4% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 77.1% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 77.2% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 77.5% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 77.7% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 78.0% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 78.2% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 64.4% | 64.3% | 64.5% | 3 |
| 1990s | 63.5% | 63.1% | 64.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 67.6% | 63.9% | 69.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 75.2% | 70.6% | 77.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.7% | 77.2% | 78.2% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.57 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.44 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.05 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.51 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.31 million (2024)
All data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) was 78.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The highest recorded value was 78.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.1% in 1998.
- How does ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male?
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 192nd out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male rising or falling in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 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