IDA blend - Literacy rate

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

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in IDA blend was 75.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 75.18 in 2020, while its lowest value was 52.19 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 52.19
1982 52.61
1983 53.04
1984 53.50
1985 53.98
1986 54.51
1987 55.49
1988 56.51
1989 57.51
1990 58.66
1991 59.81
1992 60.67
1993 61.40
1994 62.70
1995 63.95
1996 65.28
1997 66.45
1998 67.44
1999 68.57
2000 63.22
2001 64.24
2002 65.04
2003 64.49
2004 65.49
2005 65.15
2006 71.33
2007 64.98
2008 67.13
2009 67.65
2010 68.27
2011 68.99
2012 69.92
2013 69.87
2014 71.08
2015 72.09
2016 73.10
2017 72.95
2018 73.92
2019 74.58
2020 75.18

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

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in IDA blend was 83.69 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 83.69 in 2020, while its lowest value was 69.38 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 69.38
1982 69.40
1983 69.41
1984 69.43
1985 69.50
1986 69.62
1987 69.96
1988 70.32
1989 70.70
1990 71.14
1991 71.69
1992 75.05
1993 78.40
1994 79.00
1995 79.54
1996 80.01
1997 80.35
1998 80.56
1999 80.90
2000 78.83
2001 79.10
2002 79.13
2003 81.21
2004 81.28
2005 80.36
2006 82.93
2007 78.68
2008 80.62
2009 80.75
2010 80.89
2011 80.50
2012 81.82
2013 81.66
2014 81.94
2015 82.29
2016 82.62
2017 83.07
2018 83.40
2019 83.55
2020 83.69

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

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24) in IDA blend was 79.53 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 79.53 in 2020, while its lowest value was 61.01 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 61.01
1982 61.10
1983 61.33
1984 61.57
1985 61.85
1986 62.17
1987 62.83
1988 63.52
1989 64.20
1990 65.00
1991 65.56
1992 67.97
1993 70.04
1994 70.98
1995 71.87
1996 72.77
1997 73.51
1998 74.05
1999 74.83
2000 71.14
2001 71.78
2002 72.19
2003 72.82
2004 73.50
2005 72.83
2006 77.22
2007 71.92
2008 74.03
2009 74.36
2010 74.71
2011 74.83
2012 75.96
2013 75.86
2014 76.57
2015 77.28
2016 77.95
2017 78.07
2018 78.76
2019 79.16
2020 79.53

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

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in IDA blend was 58.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 58.77 in 2020, while its lowest value was 37.25 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/)

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Year Value
1981 37.25
1982 37.77
1983 38.08
1984 38.42
1985 38.77
1986 39.15
1987 39.93
1988 40.74
1989 41.37
1990 42.22
1991 43.89
1992 44.14
1993 44.99
1994 45.91
1995 46.81
1996 47.88
1997 48.92
1998 50.11
1999 50.97
2000 47.39
2001 48.32
2002 49.19
2003 49.24
2004 50.29
2005 50.04
2006 57.91
2007 49.91
2008 50.83
2009 51.89
2010 52.55
2011 53.30
2012 54.31
2013 54.28
2014 55.58
2015 55.93
2016 56.83
2017 57.86
2018 57.64
2019 58.20
2020 58.77

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

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) in IDA blend was 75.89 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 75.89 in 2020, while its lowest value was 57.37 in 1980.

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
1980 57.37
1981 57.42
1982 57.81
1983 58.09
1984 58.34
1985 58.61
1986 58.88
1987 59.45
1988 60.03
1989 60.51
1990 61.07
1991 61.35
1992 64.22
1993 66.77
1994 67.46
1995 68.13
1996 68.81
1997 69.45
1998 70.19
1999 70.66
2000 68.26
2001 69.09
2002 69.60
2003 70.98
2004 72.18
2005 71.44
2006 74.95
2007 69.53
2008 70.70
2009 71.82
2010 72.08
2011 71.58
2012 73.35
2013 73.10
2014 73.51
2015 74.00
2016 74.50
2017 75.15
2018 75.36
2019 75.63
2020 75.89

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

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in IDA blend was 67.39 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 67.39 in 2020, while its lowest value was 47.41 in 1980.

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
1980 47.41
1981 47.51
1982 47.94
1983 48.23
1984 48.52
1985 48.83
1986 49.14
1987 49.81
1988 50.50
1989 51.05
1990 51.76
1991 52.65
1992 54.29
1993 56.00
1994 56.80
1995 57.58
1996 58.45
1997 59.28
1998 60.27
1999 60.90
2000 57.86
2001 58.79
2002 59.47
2003 60.09
2004 61.31
2005 60.71
2006 66.53
2007 59.77
2008 61.01
2009 61.94
2010 62.40
2011 62.47
2012 63.88
2013 63.74
2014 64.60
2015 65.03
2016 65.73
2017 66.58
2018 66.57
2019 66.98
2020 67.39

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes