Global youth literacy rate 2000-2023, by gender

Published by S. Galan, Jun 5, 2025

There is a gender gap in the literacy rate among the youth worldwide. Although the literacy rates have increased worldwide for both young men and women between 15 and 24 years, men are on average more literate than women. As of 2023, nearly 94 percent of young men and roughly 91.7 percent of women in the world were literate. A similar picture was seen for the adult population worldwide.

Global youth literacy rate from 2000 to 2023, by gender

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Release date

September 2024

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2000 to 2023

Age group

15-24 years

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The figures have been rounded

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