Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025): Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male was 93.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) stood at 93.5%. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 93.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 79.5%, in 1976.
That places WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 109th 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 50 years of available data.
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 79.5% | — |
| 1976 | 79.5% | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 79.6% | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 80.0% | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 80.5% | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 80.8% | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 81.1% | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 81.4% | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 81.6% | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 82.0% | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 82.3% | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 82.7% | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 83.3% | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 84.4% | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 84.7% | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 84.9% | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 85.2% | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 85.5% | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 85.9% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 86.1% | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 86.3% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 86.4% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 87.0% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 88.2% | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 88.4% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 88.4% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 88.6% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 89.1% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 89.6% | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 89.8% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 90.3% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 89.7% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 89.9% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 90.3% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 90.4% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 90.9% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 91.1% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 91.4% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 91.8% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 91.9% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 92.1% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 92.1% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 92.2% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 92.3% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 93.2% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 93.2% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 93.3% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 93.3% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 93.4% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 93.5% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 79.8% | 79.5% | 80.5% | 5 |
| 1980s | 82.4% | 80.8% | 84.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 86.4% | 84.9% | 88.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 89.6% | 88.4% | 90.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 91.9% | 90.9% | 93.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.3% | 93.2% | 93.5% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 701.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 363.75 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 337.78 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 103.52 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.57 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 24.25 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) was 93.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 93.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.5% in 1976.
- How does WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male?
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 109th out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male rising or falling in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 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