Youth literacy in Bahrain

In Bahrain, 99.5% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1981.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 1981 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Bahrain, 2024 99.5% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2023 +0.3percentage points 2023: 99.3%

Youth literacy in Bahrain 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 2024
Period Bahrain
2024 99.5%
2023 99.3%
2022 99.2%
2001 97.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 99.3% in 2023.
  • Since 1981, when it was 86.3%, the figure has changed by +13.2 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
1981 to 2024 for Bahrain
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