Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400): Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male was 96.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
96.9%
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
74th
of 204 groups
All-time high
96.9%
in 2024
All-time low
80.0%
in 1976
Years of data
50
1975–2024
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) stood at 96.9%. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) peaked at 96.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 80.0%, in 1976.
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ranks 74th of 204 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 80.0% | — |
| 1976 | 80.0% | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 80.1% | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 80.6% | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 81.2% | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 81.6% | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 82.0% | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 82.3% | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 82.6% | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 83.0% | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 83.4% | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 83.8% | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 84.5% | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 85.9% | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 86.2% | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 86.5% | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 86.7% | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 87.1% | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 87.5% | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 87.7% | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 87.9% | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 88.1% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 88.9% | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 90.5% | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 90.7% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 90.9% | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 91.0% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 91.3% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 91.8% | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 92.0% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 92.7% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 92.2% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 92.4% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 92.9% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 93.0% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 93.6% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 93.6% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 93.7% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 94.2% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 94.3% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 94.6% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 94.9% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 95.0% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 94.9% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 96.3% | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 96.4% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 96.6% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 96.7% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 96.8% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 96.9% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 80.4% | 80.0% | 81.2% | 5 |
| 1980s | 83.5% | 81.6% | 86.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 88.2% | 86.5% | 90.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 92.0% | 90.9% | 93.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.5% | 93.6% | 96.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.7% | 96.4% | 96.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
More education data for ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 167.63 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 187.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.6175 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 203.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.1619 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 127.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.2668 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 83.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.48 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) was 96.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The highest recorded value was 96.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.0% in 1976.
- How does ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male?
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ranks 74th out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male rising or falling in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 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