Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male was 87.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 1976–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 recorded 87.0% for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 peaked at 87.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 73.3%, in 1976.
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 140th 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 GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 73.3% | — |
| 1977 | 73.5% | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 73.8% | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 73.9% | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 73.9% | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 74.0% | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 74.1% | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 74.2% | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 74.3% | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 74.5% | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 74.5% | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 75.7% | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 76.5% | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 76.8% | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 77.0% | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 77.0% | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 77.7% | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 78.3% | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 78.6% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 78.8% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 79.0% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 79.2% | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 79.9% | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 80.3% | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 80.1% | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 80.3% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 81.3% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 82.2% | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 82.4% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 82.2% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 80.3% | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 80.3% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 81.1% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 81.3% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 83.0% | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 83.5% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 84.1% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 85.1% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 85.3% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 85.8% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 86.0% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 86.3% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 86.4% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 86.4% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 86.5% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 86.7% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 86.7% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 86.8% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 87.0% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 73.6% | 73.3% | 73.9% | 4 |
| 1980s | 74.9% | 73.9% | 76.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 78.6% | 77.0% | 80.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 81.2% | 80.1% | 82.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.2% | 83.0% | 86.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.7% | 86.5% | 87.0% | 5 |
More education data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 97.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 104.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 202.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.4294 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 87.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 87.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.3% in 1976.
- How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male?
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 140th out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male rising or falling in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 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