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Youth literacy in Gabon

In Gabon, 94.0% 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: 1993 to 2021 Source: UNESCO UIS
Gabon, 2021 94.0% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2012 −0.4percentage points 2012: 94.4%

Youth literacy in Gabon 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), 2012 to 2021
Period Gabon
2021 94.0%
2012 94.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • The previous available figure was 94.4% in 2012, a change of −0.4 percentage points.
  • Since 1993, when it was 93.2%, the figure has changed by +0.8 percentage points.

More for Gabon

All statistics for Gabon
Adult literacy rate 88.9% 2021 · World Bank ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 29.4% 2025 · ILOSTAT Primary completion (UIS) 76.1% 2017 · UNESCO UIS Lower secondary completion 44.2% 2017 · UNESCO UIS Upper secondary completion 22.2% 2017 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school children 28.8% 2019 · UNESCO UIS

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Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
LR.AG15T24 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1993 to 2021 for Gabon
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