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Youth literacy in Eritrea

In Eritrea, 87.0% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2008.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 2002 to 2008 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Eritrea is for 2008. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Eritrea, 2008 87.0% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2002 +9.0percentage points 2002: 77.9%

Youth literacy in Eritrea 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), 2002 to 2008
Period Eritrea
2008 87.0%
2002 77.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • The previous available figure was 77.9% in 2002, a change of +9.0 percentage points.

More for Eritrea

All statistics for Eritrea
Adult literacy rate 64.7% 2008 · World Bank ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 25.8% 2025 · ILOSTAT Out-of-school children 40.4% 2022 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school adolescents 37.1% 2022 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school youth 43.8% 2022 · UNESCO UIS Primary net enrolment 59.6% 2022 · UNESCO UIS

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
2002 to 2008 for Eritrea
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