Macro Indicators · SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS
Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)
Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24) data
Unweighted average of the 15 countries reporting in 2022
81.2Percent of people ages 15-24
-5.2% on 2012. Country values run from 53.9 to 100 Percent of people ages 15-24. An average of country values, not a regional total.
- Countries covered
- 53
- Years
- 2000–2024
- Observations
- 280
- Source
- World Bank WDI
Countries
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Years
2000 – 2024 · 25 years
Annual values by country, 2000 to 2024
World Bank WDI · Percent of people ages 15-24 · hover or use the arrow keys to read a year
- Senegal
- South Africa
- Tunisia
3 countries · 25 years · 280 values in the snapshot
Data tablevalues in Percent of people ages 15-24
| Country | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal SN | — | — | 49.1 | — | — | 46.1 | 50.9 | — | — | 63.4 | — | 65.8 | — | 56.9 | 57.3 | 61.3 | 64.5 | 69.5 | 66 | 66.5 | — | — | 75.3 | 67.5 | — |
| South Africa ZA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 97.6 | — | 98.4 | 98.6 | 98.8 | 98.9 | — | 98.9 | 99 | 96.7 | — | — | 98.4 | — | 96.7 | — | — | 97.2 |
| Tunisia TN | — | — | — | — | 94.3 | — | — | 96.3 | 96.8 | — | 97.2 | 97.3 | 96.9 | — | 96.2 | — | — | — | 98 | 96.8 | — | 98.9 | — | 98.2 | — |
Source and notes
- Indicator code
- SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS
- Unit
- Percent of people ages 15-24
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Collection
- Macro Indicators
Values as published by World Bank WDI: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Coverage is the countries and years held in this snapshot, not the full extent of the series at source. Check at data.worldbank.org.
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