Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in WB: Low Income (july 2025)
WB: Low Income (july 2025): Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male was 78.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in WB: Low Income (july 2025), 1988–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in WB: Low Income (july 2025) is 78.1%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in WB: Low Income (july 2025) peaked at 78.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 65.2%, in 1997.
WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 193rd of 204 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in WB: Low Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 66.7% | — |
| 1989 | 67.0% | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 67.1% | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 66.6% | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 65.9% | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 65.6% | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 65.3% | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 65.6% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 65.3% | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 65.2% | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 65.4% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 65.6% | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 65.4% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 65.6% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 69.7% | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 69.7% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 70.3% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 70.5% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 69.8% | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 70.8% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 71.9% | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 72.6% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 72.8% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 74.8% | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 75.6% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 76.4% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 76.3% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 76.6% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 76.8% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 77.3% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 77.3% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 77.1% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 77.2% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 77.4% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 77.7% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 77.9% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 78.1% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 66.8% | 66.7% | 67.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 65.7% | 65.2% | 67.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 69.6% | 65.4% | 72.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.1% | 72.8% | 77.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.7% | 77.2% | 78.1% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Low Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.68 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.75 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.16 % change on previous year (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 43.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8586 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in WB: Low Income (july 2025) was 78.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 78.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.2% in 1997.
- How does WB: Low Income (july 2025) rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male?
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 193rd out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male rising or falling in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Low 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