Youth literacy in Comoros

In Comoros, 90.8% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2021.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 1980 to 2021 Source: UNESCO UIS
Comoros, 2021 90.8% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2014 +4.8percentage points 2014: 86.0%

Youth literacy in Comoros 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 2021
Period Comoros
2021 90.8%
2014 86.0%
2012 82.0%
2000 80.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 86.0% in 2014, a change of +4.8 percentage points.
  • Since 1980, when it was 61.7%, the figure has changed by +29.1 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
1980 to 2021 for Comoros
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