Youth literacy in Ethiopia

In Ethiopia, 84.7% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1994.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 1994 to 2022 Source: UNESCO UIS
Ethiopia, 2022 84.7% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2021 +5.0percentage points 2021: 79.7%
Position in 2022 50th of 59 See the full ranking

Youth literacy in Ethiopia 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 2022
Period Ethiopia
2022 84.7%
2021 79.7%
2019 79.1%
2016 71.8%
2013 71.8%
2011 54.8%
2007 55.0%
2005 47.5%
2004 49.9%
2000 38.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +5.0 percentage points from 79.7% in 2021.
  • Since 1994, when it was 33.6%, the figure has changed by +51.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 59 countries with data for 2022, Ethiopia has the 50th highest value.

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
1994 to 2022 for Ethiopia
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