IDA only - Literacy rate

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

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in IDA only was 77.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 77.45 in 2020, while its lowest value was 43.86 in 1981.

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
1981 43.86
1982 44.40
1983 44.94
1984 45.60
1985 46.30
1986 46.87
1987 47.55
1988 48.42
1989 49.25
1990 50.06
1991 50.26
1992 50.73
1993 51.39
1994 52.40
1995 53.16
1996 54.00
1997 54.85
1998 55.72
1999 56.96
2000 58.18
2001 59.12
2002 60.02
2003 61.16
2004 62.73
2005 62.84
2006 62.01
2007 62.53
2008 64.25
2009 64.87
2010 66.11
2011 67.64
2012 68.97
2013 70.96
2014 71.90
2015 73.07
2016 74.40
2017 75.47
2018 76.10
2019 76.82
2020 77.45

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

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in IDA only was 81.16 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 81.16 in 2020, while its lowest value was 61.86 in 1981.

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
1981 61.86
1982 61.99
1983 62.12
1984 62.27
1985 62.47
1986 62.58
1987 62.84
1988 64.65
1989 65.13
1990 65.42
1991 65.30
1992 65.26
1993 65.43
1994 65.82
1995 66.06
1996 66.25
1997 66.50
1998 68.02
1999 68.92
2000 69.44
2001 69.50
2002 71.96
2003 72.44
2004 73.65
2005 73.16
2006 72.68
2007 70.37
2008 74.02
2009 74.43
2010 74.92
2011 75.35
2012 76.36
2013 78.10
2014 78.69
2015 79.19
2016 79.97
2017 80.42
2018 80.50
2019 80.92
2020 81.16

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

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24) in IDA only was 79.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 79.32 in 2020, while its lowest value was 52.84 in 1981.

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
1981 52.84
1982 53.24
1983 53.59
1984 53.98
1985 54.43
1986 54.77
1987 55.22
1988 56.54
1989 57.26
1990 57.84
1991 57.78
1992 58.09
1993 58.48
1994 59.16
1995 59.64
1996 60.13
1997 60.68
1998 61.87
1999 62.96
2000 63.74
2001 64.28
2002 65.93
2003 66.81
2004 68.15
2005 68.00
2006 67.34
2007 66.59
2008 69.15
2009 69.65
2010 70.52
2011 71.47
2012 72.65
2013 74.55
2014 75.29
2015 76.13
2016 77.17
2017 77.95
2018 78.30
2019 78.88
2020 79.32

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

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in IDA only was 60.55 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 60.55 in 2020, while its lowest value was 31.82 in 1982.

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
1982 31.82
1983 32.26
1984 32.80
1985 33.34
1986 33.86
1987 34.46
1988 35.23
1989 35.80
1990 36.46
1991 36.81
1992 37.32
1993 37.87
1994 38.90
1995 39.63
1996 40.37
1997 41.31
1998 42.82
1999 43.76
2000 44.77
2001 45.72
2002 45.98
2003 46.84
2004 47.97
2005 48.07
2006 47.31
2007 47.88
2008 49.59
2009 49.92
2010 50.74
2011 51.11
2012 51.95
2013 53.35
2014 54.25
2015 55.62
2016 57.65
2017 58.57
2018 59.24
2019 59.91
2020 60.55

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

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) in IDA only was 72.79 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 72.79 in 2020, while its lowest value was 52.65 in 1981.

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
1981 52.65
1982 53.03
1983 53.35
1984 53.75
1985 54.14
1986 54.43
1987 54.83
1988 55.91
1989 56.41
1990 56.81
1991 56.83
1992 57.33
1993 57.67
1994 58.35
1995 58.62
1996 58.98
1997 59.54
1998 61.07
1999 61.77
2000 62.33
2001 62.66
2002 63.94
2003 64.46
2004 65.70
2005 65.22
2006 64.33
2007 63.44
2008 65.83
2009 66.07
2010 66.44
2011 66.42
2012 66.91
2013 67.94
2014 68.55
2015 69.46
2016 71.15
2017 71.60
2018 71.97
2019 72.39
2020 72.79

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

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in IDA only was 66.58 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 66.58 in 2020, while its lowest value was 41.96 in 1981.

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
1981 41.96
1982 42.35
1983 42.74
1984 43.20
1985 43.66
1986 44.06
1987 44.55
1988 45.44
1989 46.03
1990 46.57
1991 46.74
1992 47.26
1993 47.70
1994 48.54
1995 49.04
1996 49.59
1997 50.34
1998 51.84
1999 52.68
2000 53.37
2001 54.08
2002 54.81
2003 55.56
2004 56.71
2005 56.55
2006 55.71
2007 55.53
2008 57.62
2009 57.88
2010 58.46
2011 58.62
2012 59.27
2013 60.53
2014 61.27
2015 62.40
2016 64.25
2017 64.98
2018 65.50
2019 66.06
2020 66.58

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes