Youth literacy in China
In China, 99.8% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2020.
The latest value for China is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2022.
China, 2020
99.8%
Change from 2010
+0.1percentage points
Median of G20 countries, 2020
99.5%
Youth literacy in China over time
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The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% 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 | China |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 99.8% |
| 2010 | 99.6% |
| 2000 | 98.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 99.6% in 2010, a change of +0.1 percentage points.
- Since 1982, when it was 88.8%, the figure has changed by +11.0 percentage points.