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Youth literacy in Algeria

In Algeria, 93.8% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2008.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 1987 to 2008 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Algeria is for 2008. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Algeria, 2008 93.8% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2006 +2.0percentage points 2006: 91.8%

Youth literacy in Algeria over time

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% of people aged 15 to 24. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 (% of people aged 15 to 24), 2002 to 2008
Period Algeria
2008 93.8%
2006 91.8%
2002 90.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • The previous available figure was 91.8% in 2006, a change of +2.0 percentage points.
  • Since 1987, when it was 74.3%, the figure has changed by +19.4 percentage points.

More for Algeria

All statistics for Algeria
Adult literacy rate 75.1% 2008 · World Bank ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 19.7% 2025 · ILOSTAT Primary completion (UIS) 94.1% 2019 · UNESCO UIS Lower secondary completion 73.2% 2019 · UNESCO UIS Upper secondary completion 46.5% 2019 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school children 1.6% 2025 · UNESCO UIS

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
LR.AG15T24 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1987 to 2008 for Algeria
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org