Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124): Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male was 75.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), 1985–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) recorded 75.2% for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in 2023. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) peaked at 75.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 64.9%, in 1985.
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 198th of 204 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 64.9% | — |
| 1986 | 65.1% | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 65.5% | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 66.0% | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 66.4% | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 66.8% | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 67.0% | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 67.4% | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 67.8% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 68.4% | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 68.9% | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 69.3% | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 69.9% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 71.5% | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 71.9% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 67.9% | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 69.0% | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 69.0% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 68.5% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 70.2% | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 70.4% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 70.6% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 69.2% | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 68.6% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 70.0% | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 69.9% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 70.3% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 71.2% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 72.4% | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 72.9% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 73.5% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 73.5% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 74.6% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 74.8% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 74.3% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 74.3% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 74.6% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 75.0% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 75.2% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 65.6% | 64.9% | 66.4% | 5 |
| 1990s | 68.9% | 66.8% | 71.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 69.3% | 67.9% | 70.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 72.7% | 69.9% | 74.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.8% | 74.3% | 75.2% | 4 |
More education data for ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 11.94 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.3305 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 24.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7207 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.8641 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 56.72 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) was 75.2% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The highest recorded value was 75.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.9% in 1985.
- How does ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male?
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 198th out of 204 groups with data for 2023.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male rising or falling in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 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