Youth literacy in Bhutan
In Bhutan, 97.7% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2022.
Bhutan, 2022
97.7%
Change from 2017
+4.6percentage points
Position in 2022
33rd of 59
Youth literacy in Bhutan over time
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Bhutan
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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.
| Period | Bhutan |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 97.7% |
| 2017 | 93.1% |
| 2012 | 86.1% |
| 2005 | 74.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 93.1% in 2017, a change of +4.6 percentage points.
- Since 2005, when it was 74.4%, the figure has changed by +23.3 percentage points.
- Among the 59 countries with data for 2022, Bhutan has the 33rd highest value.