Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412): Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male was 91.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412), 1986–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) stood at 91.6%. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) peaked at 91.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 85.0%, in 1986.
That places ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 124th 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 39 years of available data.
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 85.0% | — |
| 1987 | 85.2% | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 87.1% | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 87.3% | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 87.4% | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 87.5% | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 87.5% | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 87.2% | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 86.8% | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 86.7% | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 86.7% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 86.7% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 86.6% | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 87.0% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 87.1% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 87.2% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 87.4% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 87.3% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 87.6% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 87.7% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 87.6% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 88.1% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 88.9% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 89.3% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 89.0% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 89.3% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 89.5% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 89.7% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 90.7% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 90.9% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 91.2% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 91.4% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 89.6% | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 89.9% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 90.2% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 90.4% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 90.8% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 91.2% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 91.6% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 86.2% | 85.0% | 87.3% | 4 |
| 1990s | 87.0% | 86.6% | 87.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 87.8% | 87.1% | 89.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 90.1% | 89.0% | 91.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.8% | 90.2% | 91.6% | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 8.95 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 10.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.77 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 731,983 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 4.34 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 8.89 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 4.55 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) was 91.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- The highest recorded value was 91.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.0% in 1986.
- How does ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male?
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) ranks 124th out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 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