Youth literacy in Cabo Verde

In Cabo Verde, 98.3% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2024.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Cabo Verde, 2024 98.3% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2015 +0.2percentage points 2015: 98.1%

Youth literacy in Cabo Verde 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), 2009 to 2024
Period Cabo Verde
2024 98.3%
2015 98.1%
2012 98.1%
2009 96.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 98.1% in 2015, a change of +0.2 percentage points.
  • Since 1990, when it was 88.2%, the figure has changed by +10.2 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
1990 to 2024 for Cabo Verde
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