Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407): Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male was 88.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407), 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) recorded 88.8% for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) peaked at 88.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 73.7%, in 1976.
That places ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 134th out of 204 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 73.9% | — |
| 1972 | 74.0% | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 74.0% | -0.0% |
| 1974 | 73.9% | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 73.7% | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 73.7% | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 73.9% | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 74.0% | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 74.8% | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 74.9% | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 74.6% | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 74.7% | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 74.9% | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 75.4% | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 75.4% | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 75.4% | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 75.4% | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 75.4% | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 75.6% | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 76.3% | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 76.5% | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 79.4% | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 82.3% | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 82.4% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 82.7% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 83.0% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 83.1% | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 83.1% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 83.3% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 83.8% | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 84.1% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 84.3% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 86.9% | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 86.9% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 86.9% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 86.8% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 86.0% | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 87.6% | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 87.9% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 88.0% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 86.9% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 88.0% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 87.5% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 87.7% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 87.8% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 88.0% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 88.3% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 86.9% | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 86.8% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 87.2% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 87.5% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 87.9% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 88.4% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 88.8% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 74.0% | 73.7% | 74.8% | 9 |
| 1980s | 75.2% | 74.6% | 75.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 81.2% | 76.3% | 83.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 86.1% | 83.8% | 87.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.6% | 86.8% | 88.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.0% | 87.2% | 88.8% | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 544,032 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 27.97 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 4.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 4.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 9.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 8.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 10.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 18.02 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) was 88.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- The highest recorded value was 88.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.7% in 1976.
- How does ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male?
- ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) ranks 134th out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 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