Youth literacy in Argentina

In Argentina, 99.7% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2020.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 1980 to 2020 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Argentina is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2022.
The latest value carries the source flag “UIS estimate”.
Argentina, 2020 99.7%uis_est (UIS estimate) % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2001 +0.8percentage points 2001: 98.9%
Median of G20 countries, 2020 99.5% Middle value of 7 countries

Youth literacy in Argentina 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), 2001 to 2020
Period Argentina
2020 99.7%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2001 98.9%

Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 98.9% in 2001, a change of +0.8 percentage points.
  • Since 1980, when it was 96.9%, the figure has changed by +2.8 percentage points.

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
1980 to 2020 for Argentina
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