Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434): Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male was 92.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), 1976–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) recorded 92.1% for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) peaked at 92.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 68.6%, in 1987.
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 122nd of 204 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 69.7% | — |
| 1977 | 69.8% | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 69.9% | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 70.0% | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 70.1% | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 69.9% | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 69.8% | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 69.6% | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 69.3% | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 69.0% | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 68.8% | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 68.6% | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 72.1% | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 72.5% | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 72.7% | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 72.8% | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 73.0% | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 73.0% | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 73.6% | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 74.2% | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 74.3% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 74.5% | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 77.8% | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 78.6% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 79.0% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 79.2% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 79.7% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 80.3% | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 80.8% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 81.3% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 74.3% | -8.6% |
| 2007 | 74.6% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 75.1% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 75.4% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 84.0% | +11.4% |
| 2011 | 84.2% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 82.9% | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 87.2% | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 87.5% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 88.9% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 91.0% | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 91.4% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 90.7% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 91.6% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 91.5% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 91.9% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 91.5% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 91.8% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 92.1% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 69.8% | 69.7% | 70.0% | 4 |
| 1980s | 70.0% | 68.6% | 72.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 74.5% | 72.7% | 78.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 78.0% | 74.3% | 81.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.9% | 82.9% | 91.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 91.8% | 91.5% | 92.1% | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.93 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4483 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 20.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.1654 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.65 million (2020)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.8137 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 40.76 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 10.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2020)
All data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) was 92.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The highest recorded value was 92.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.6% in 1987.
- How does ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male?
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 122nd out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 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