Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Literacy rate

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

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 73.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 34 years was 73.13 in 2020, while its lowest value was 48.34 in 1986.

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
1986 48.34
1987 49.13
1988 49.51
1989 50.09
1990 50.63
1991 50.44
1992 50.25
1993 50.53
1994 50.87
1995 50.84
1996 51.42
1997 52.12
1998 51.78
1999 52.55
2000 53.51
2001 54.35
2002 54.58
2003 55.55
2004 57.13
2005 56.46
2006 54.71
2007 56.76
2008 57.24
2009 57.78
2010 59.46
2011 62.64
2012 64.60
2013 65.80
2014 67.07
2015 68.11
2016 69.21
2017 70.57
2018 71.41
2019 72.27
2020 73.13

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

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 77.43 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 34 years was 77.43 in 2020, while its lowest value was 64.25 in 1996.

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
1986 65.14
1987 65.56
1988 65.49
1989 65.75
1990 65.80
1991 65.32
1992 64.87
1993 64.77
1994 64.64
1995 64.29
1996 64.25
1997 64.39
1998 64.34
1999 65.13
2000 65.56
2001 65.48
2002 68.83
2003 69.22
2004 70.70
2005 69.71
2006 68.75
2007 69.90
2008 70.06
2009 70.51
2010 71.12
2011 72.66
2012 74.18
2013 74.94
2014 75.57
2015 75.96
2016 76.13
2017 76.69
2018 76.80
2019 77.10
2020 77.43

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

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 75.29 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 34 years was 75.29 in 2020, while its lowest value was 56.76 in 1986.

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
1986 56.76
1987 57.34
1988 57.45
1989 57.98
1990 58.32
1991 58.00
1992 57.65
1993 57.71
1994 57.76
1995 57.56
1996 57.81
1997 58.23
1998 58.03
1999 58.84
2000 59.40
2001 59.89
2002 61.58
2003 62.38
2004 63.84
2005 63.06
2006 61.70
2007 63.25
2008 63.66
2009 64.13
2010 65.27
2011 67.61
2012 69.36
2013 70.39
2014 71.31
2015 72.03
2016 72.64
2017 73.63
2018 74.11
2019 74.70
2020 75.29

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

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 56.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 34 years was 56.35 in 2020, while its lowest value was 32.02 in 1986.

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
1986 32.02
1987 32.73
1988 33.32
1989 33.85
1990 34.51
1991 34.84
1992 35.18
1993 35.64
1994 36.37
1995 36.56
1996 37.25
1997 38.24
1998 38.91
1999 39.71
2000 40.82
2001 41.67
2002 41.43
2003 42.32
2004 43.62
2005 43.18
2006 41.62
2007 43.44
2008 43.68
2009 43.84
2010 45.07
2011 47.49
2012 48.98
2013 50.06
2014 51.10
2015 51.81
2016 52.94
2017 54.13
2018 54.82
2019 55.61
2020 56.35

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

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 69.92 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 34 years was 69.92 in 2020, while its lowest value was 54.15 in 1986.

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
1986 54.15
1987 54.73
1988 54.99
1989 55.58
1990 56.00
1991 56.16
1992 56.47
1993 56.81
1994 57.35
1995 57.12
1996 57.42
1997 58.05
1998 58.77
1999 59.50
2000 60.10
2001 60.70
2002 62.02
2003 62.60
2004 64.26
2005 63.07
2006 61.45
2007 62.66
2008 62.83
2009 63.03
2010 63.45
2011 65.08
2012 66.08
2013 66.86
2014 67.51
2015 67.79
2016 68.28
2017 68.86
2018 69.16
2019 69.58
2020 69.92

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

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 63.05 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 34 years was 63.05 in 2020, while its lowest value was 42.91 in 1986.

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
1986 42.91
1987 43.54
1988 43.92
1989 44.56
1990 45.12
1991 45.38
1992 45.68
1993 46.06
1994 46.67
1995 46.65
1996 47.15
1997 47.97
1998 48.65
1999 49.43
2000 50.14
2001 51.00
2002 51.45
2003 52.28
2004 53.72
2005 52.95
2006 51.34
2007 52.87
2008 53.11
2009 53.26
2010 54.07
2011 56.11
2012 57.33
2013 58.33
2014 59.16
2015 59.65
2016 60.46
2017 61.39
2018 61.88
2019 62.51
2020 63.05

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes