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Female youth literacy rate

What you should know about this indicator

Number of females age 15 to 24 years who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life, divided by the female population in that age group. Generally, ‘literacy’ also encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. Divide the number of people aged 15 to 24 years who are literate by the total population in the same age group and multiply the result by 100.

Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Last updated
June 25, 2024
Next expected update
June 2025
Date range
1970–2023
Unit
%

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Sources and processing

This data is based on the following sources

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is the official and trusted source of internationally-comparable data on education, science, culture and communication. As the official statistical agency of UNESCO, the UIS produces a wide range of state-of-the-art databases to fuel the policies and investments needed to transform lives and propel the world towards its development goals. The UIS provides free access to data for all UNESCO countries and regional groupings from 1970 to the most recent year available.

Retrieved on
June 25, 2024
Retrieved from
https://uis.unesco.org/bdds
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), Education, https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, 2024

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. “Female youth literacy rate” [dataset]. UNESCO Institute for Statistics, “UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) - Education” [original data]. Retrieved December 12, 2024 from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/youth-literacy-female