IDA total - Literacy rate

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

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in IDA total was 76.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 76.76 in 2020, while its lowest value was 46.98 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/)

See also:

Year Value
1981 46.98
1982 47.46
1983 47.96
1984 48.54
1985 49.15
1986 49.69
1987 50.46
1988 51.36
1989 52.24
1990 53.14
1991 53.65
1992 54.24
1993 54.92
1994 56.02
1995 56.94
1996 57.94
1997 58.89
1998 59.80
1999 61.00
2000 60.05
2001 61.01
2002 61.88
2003 62.45
2004 63.83
2005 63.79
2006 65.29
2007 63.52
2008 65.37
2009 65.96
2010 66.97
2011 68.22
2012 69.40
2013 70.70
2014 71.72
2015 72.83
2016 74.04
2017 74.71
2018 75.45
2019 76.14
2020 76.76

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

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in IDA total was 82.04 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 82.04 in 2020, while its lowest value was 64.61 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/)

See also:

Year Value
1981 64.61
1982 64.69
1983 64.77
1984 64.87
1985 65.02
1986 65.13
1987 65.40
1988 66.73
1989 67.16
1990 67.50
1991 67.60
1992 68.68
1993 69.91
1994 70.36
1995 70.71
1996 71.00
1997 71.29
1998 72.37
1999 73.09
2000 72.74
2001 72.87
2002 74.51
2003 75.52
2004 76.34
2005 75.71
2006 76.27
2007 73.32
2008 76.37
2009 76.68
2010 77.05
2011 77.19
2012 78.29
2013 79.37
2014 79.85
2015 80.28
2016 80.91
2017 81.35
2018 81.51
2019 81.84
2020 82.04

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

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24) in IDA total was 79.43 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 79.43 in 2020, while its lowest value was 55.85 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/)

See also:

Year Value
1981 55.85
1982 56.14
1983 56.44
1984 56.77
1985 57.15
1986 57.47
1987 57.99
1988 59.08
1989 59.78
1990 60.42
1991 60.57
1992 61.56
1993 62.50
1994 63.27
1995 63.88
1996 64.52
1997 65.13
1998 66.10
1999 67.09
2000 66.38
2001 66.95
2002 68.19
2003 68.98
2004 70.09
2005 69.77
2006 70.80
2007 68.54
2008 70.93
2009 71.37
2010 72.05
2011 72.71
2012 73.86
2013 75.07
2014 75.80
2015 76.58
2016 77.49
2017 78.05
2018 78.50
2019 79.02
2020 79.43

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

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in IDA total was 60.15 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 60.15 in 2020, while its lowest value was 33.95 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 33.95
1982 34.39
1983 34.78
1984 35.24
1985 35.72
1986 36.18
1987 36.83
1988 37.60
1989 38.18
1990 38.89
1991 39.66
1992 40.07
1993 40.70
1994 41.67
1995 42.45
1996 43.28
1997 44.23
1998 45.62
1999 46.52
2000 46.00
2001 46.94
2002 47.40
2003 47.99
2004 49.08
2005 49.06
2006 51.15
2007 48.88
2008 50.31
2009 50.88
2010 51.63
2011 52.12
2012 53.00
2013 53.92
2014 54.95
2015 55.96
2016 57.60
2017 58.55
2018 58.92
2019 59.55
2020 60.15

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

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) in IDA total was 73.96 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 73.96 in 2020, while its lowest value was 54.67 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 54.67
1982 55.04
1983 55.35
1984 55.69
1985 56.03
1986 56.31
1987 56.77
1988 57.66
1989 58.15
1990 58.59
1991 58.69
1992 59.98
1993 61.05
1994 61.72
1995 62.11
1996 62.57
1997 63.15
1998 64.40
1999 65.02
2000 64.57
2001 65.06
2002 66.07
2003 66.88
2004 68.10
2005 67.53
2006 68.13
2007 65.71
2008 67.67
2009 68.21
2010 68.54
2011 68.35
2012 69.27
2013 69.86
2014 70.40
2015 71.16
2016 72.43
2017 72.94
2018 73.25
2019 73.61
2020 73.96

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

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in IDA total was 67.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 67.01 in 2020, while its lowest value was 44.32 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 44.32
1982 44.71
1983 45.07
1984 45.46
1985 45.86
1986 46.23
1987 46.77
1988 47.58
1989 48.15
1990 48.73
1991 49.14
1992 50.01
1993 50.86
1994 51.67
1995 52.25
1996 52.90
1997 53.65
1998 54.97
1999 55.73
2000 55.17
2001 55.95
2002 56.66
2003 57.35
2004 58.52
2005 58.21
2006 59.60
2007 57.22
2008 59.01
2009 59.49
2010 60.02
2011 60.14
2012 61.04
2013 61.82
2014 62.59
2015 63.48
2016 64.93
2017 65.69
2018 66.02
2019 66.53
2020 67.01

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes