Fragile and conflict affected situations - Literacy rate

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 69.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 70.02 in 2017, while its lowest value was 57.61 in 1983.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1983 57.61
1984 58.20
1985 58.80
1986 59.21
1987 60.10
1988 60.84
1989 61.50
1990 62.16
1991 62.75
1992 63.44
1993 63.99
1994 65.03
1995 65.87
1996 66.58
1997 67.33
1998 68.03
1999 68.65
2000 64.39
2001 64.81
2002 65.21
2003 65.35
2004 65.83
2005 65.89
2006 66.61
2007 62.44
2008 63.09
2009 61.91
2010 62.39
2011 63.82
2012 65.93
2013 66.60
2014 67.71
2015 66.47
2016 69.04
2017 70.02
2018 68.61
2019 69.10
2020 69.62

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 77.94 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 80.17 in 1999, while its lowest value was 75.00 in 1983.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1983 75.00
1984 75.26
1985 75.57
1986 75.79
1987 76.38
1988 76.83
1989 77.13
1990 77.40
1991 77.61
1992 77.78
1993 77.95
1994 78.53
1995 79.01
1996 79.22
1997 79.56
1998 80.15
1999 80.17
2000 78.26
2001 78.11
2002 77.99
2003 77.68
2004 78.12
2005 77.90
2006 78.16
2007 76.17
2008 76.51
2009 75.32
2010 75.25
2011 75.70
2012 77.69
2013 77.90
2014 78.70
2015 77.24
2016 79.06
2017 79.44
2018 77.62
2019 77.75
2020 77.94

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 73.83 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 74.78 in 2017, while its lowest value was 66.33 in 1983.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1983 66.33
1984 66.74
1985 67.21
1986 67.53
1987 68.27
1988 68.86
1989 69.35
1990 69.81
1991 70.00
1992 70.64
1993 71.00
1994 71.83
1995 72.48
1996 72.93
1997 73.48
1998 74.12
1999 74.44
2000 71.27
2001 71.49
2002 71.64
2003 71.42
2004 72.01
2005 71.91
2006 72.36
2007 69.29
2008 69.73
2009 68.67
2010 68.83
2011 69.77
2012 71.83
2013 72.39
2014 73.24
2015 71.89
2016 74.04
2017 74.78
2018 73.15
2019 73.47
2020 73.83

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 56.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 57.46 in 2017, while its lowest value was 41.75 in 1983.

Definition: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1983 41.75
1984 42.28
1985 42.77
1986 43.23
1987 44.02
1988 44.82
1989 45.36
1990 46.06
1991 47.30
1992 47.44
1993 47.98
1994 49.08
1995 50.11
1996 50.92
1997 51.93
1998 52.88
1999 53.78
2000 51.24
2001 52.10
2002 52.59
2003 53.09
2004 53.89
2005 54.31
2006 56.99
2007 51.85
2008 52.19
2009 51.46
2010 52.02
2011 51.83
2012 53.77
2013 54.19
2014 55.37
2015 54.30
2016 56.63
2017 57.46
2018 56.12
2019 56.43
2020 56.76

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 71.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 72.71 in 1999, while its lowest value was 64.21 in 1983.

Definition: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1983 64.21
1984 64.62
1985 65.05
1986 65.36
1987 66.04
1988 66.68
1989 67.12
1990 67.61
1991 67.85
1992 68.50
1993 68.89
1994 69.62
1995 70.35
1996 70.80
1997 71.49
1998 72.28
1999 72.71
2000 70.62
2001 71.26
2002 71.66
2003 71.25
2004 72.57
2005 72.57
2006 72.44
2007 69.41
2008 69.15
2009 68.77
2010 68.78
2011 68.57
2012 70.49
2013 70.82
2014 71.64
2015 70.17
2016 72.17
2017 72.68
2018 71.02
2019 71.19
2020 71.32

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 63.98 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 65.01 in 2017, while its lowest value was 52.85 in 1983.

Definition: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1983 52.85
1984 53.29
1985 53.76
1986 54.14
1987 54.88
1988 55.59
1989 56.09
1990 56.68
1991 57.37
1992 57.82
1993 58.29
1994 59.22
1995 60.10
1996 60.73
1997 61.59
1998 62.46
1999 63.13
2000 60.75
2001 61.56
2002 62.02
2003 61.99
2004 63.13
2005 63.34
2006 64.62
2007 60.51
2008 60.53
2009 60.02
2010 60.29
2011 60.10
2012 62.01
2013 62.44
2014 63.41
2015 62.15
2016 64.27
2017 65.01
2018 63.50
2019 63.75
2020 63.98

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes