Youth literacy in Côte d'Ivoire

In Côte d'Ivoire, 66.8% 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: 1988 to 2021 Source: UNESCO UIS
Côte d'Ivoire, 2021 66.8% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2019 −1.3percentage points 2019: 68.1%

Youth literacy in Côte d'Ivoire 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 Côte d'Ivoire
2021 66.8%
2019 68.1%
2016 63.0%
2014 53.0%
2000 60.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 68.1% in 2019, a change of −1.3 percentage points.
  • Since 1988, when it was 48.5%, the figure has changed by +18.3 percentage points.

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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
1988 to 2021 for Côte d'Ivoire
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