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Youth/adult literacy rate — 15 to 24 years old

Name: Youth/adult literacy rate — 15 to 24 years old
Creator: United Nations SDG Global Database
Keywords: trend-research-200, un-sdg, education-schools-skills, youth, adult, literacy, rate, years

Compare youth/adult literacy rate — 15 to 24 years old across 26 countries using official UN SDG Global Database observations for 2024.

Source: United Nations SDG Global Database•26 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

94.7%

Median: 98.8%

Countries Covered

26

with available data

Highest

Saudi Arabia

99.9%

Lowest

Mali

50.3%

Top 5 Countries

1Saudi Arabia99.9%

2Bolivia99.8%

3Georgia99.7%

4United Arab Emirates99.6%

5Bahrain99.5%

By Region

Asia99.3%(4 countries)

South America99.2%(5 countries)

North America97.1%(2 countries)

Other92.1%(13 countries)

Africa89.3%(2 countries)

Key Findings

•26 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
•Saudi Arabia has the highest published value (99.89 %).
•Mali has the lowest published value (50.33 %).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (50.3%)High (99.9%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 94.7%)

Asia (4)

South America (5)

North America (2)

Other (13)

Africa (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Youth/adult literacy rate (%).

Values use UN SDG series SE_ADT_LITR, release 2026.Q2.G.01, one fixed 2024 reference year, unit Percentage, and the fixed selection Age: 15 to 24 years old; Reporting Type: Global; Sex: Both sexes; Type of skill: Literacy. Aggregates, missing/non-finite values, other dimensions, other attributes, and non-ISO geographies are excluded; MapTheory does not impute missing countries.

Methodology

UN SDG series SE_ADT_LITR; year 2024; unit PERCENT; dimensions {"Age": "15-24", "Reporting Type": "G", "Sex": "BOTHSEX", "Type of skill": "LITE"}; attributes {"Nature": "C", "Units": "PERCENT"} Official UN SDG metadata for indicator 4.6.1.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Saudi Arabia	99.9%
2	Bolivia	99.8%
3	Georgia	99.7%
4	United Arab Emirates	99.6%
5	Bahrain	99.5%
6	Peru	99.5%
7	Brazil	99.5%
8	Mongolia	99.3%
9	Uruguay	99.0%
10	Ecuador	99.0%
11	Colombia	99.0%
12	Mexico	98.9%
13	Sri Lanka	98.9%
14	Jordan	98.7%
15	Paraguay	98.6%
16	Cape Verde	98.3%
17	El Salvador	98.2%
18	Dominican Republic	98.2%
19	South Africa	97.2%
20	Lesotho	96.5%
21	Honduras	95.8%
22	Guatemala	95.4%
23	Uganda	85.2%
24	Nigeria	81.4%
25	Zambia	77.7%
26	Mali	50.3%

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Topics

#trend-research-200 #un-sdg #education-schools-skills #youth #adult #literacy #rate #years

Data Source

This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2024).

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