Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries
SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries: Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male was 79.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries, 1983–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries is 79.0%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries peaked at 79.2% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 67.5%, in 1996.
That places SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 187th out of 204 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 69.9% | — |
| 1984 | 69.8% | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 69.8% | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 69.7% | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 69.8% | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 70.3% | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 70.2% | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 70.0% | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 69.6% | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 69.2% | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 68.5% | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 68.0% | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 68.0% | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 67.5% | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 67.5% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 67.9% | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 69.4% | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 69.2% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 69.6% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 73.6% | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 73.7% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 74.9% | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 75.0% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 74.3% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 75.3% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 75.8% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 76.5% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 77.0% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 77.4% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 77.5% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 78.2% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 78.3% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 78.5% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 78.6% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 79.2% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 78.9% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 78.5% | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 78.4% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 78.6% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 78.8% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 78.9% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 79.0% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 69.9% | 69.7% | 70.3% | 7 |
| 1990s | 68.6% | 67.5% | 70.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.8% | 69.2% | 76.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.2% | 77.0% | 79.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.7% | 78.4% | 79.0% | 5 |
More education data for SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.64 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.77 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.06 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 15.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 7.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.60 million (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries was 79.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 79.2% in 2017.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 67.5% in 1996.
- How does SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male?
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries ranks 187th out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male rising or falling in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 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