Youth literacy in Chad

In Chad, 45.1% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2019.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 1993 to 2019 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Chad is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Chad, 2019 45.1% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2016 +14.3percentage points 2016: 30.8%

Youth literacy in Chad 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), 2000 to 2019
Period Chad
2019 45.1%
2016 30.8%
2004 41.7%
2000 37.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 30.8% in 2016, a change of +14.3 percentage points.
  • Since 1993, when it was 17.4%, the figure has changed by +27.8 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
1993 to 2019 for Chad
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