Youth literacy in Ghana
In Ghana, 91.5% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2021. The value for 2021 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Ghana, 2021
91.5%
Change from 2017
+3.7percentage points
Youth literacy in Ghana over time
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The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% 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.
| Period | Ghana |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 91.5% |
| 2017 | 87.8% |
| 2015 | 80.6% |
| 2014 | 87.6% |
| 2010 | 85.7% |
| 2003 | 79.7% |
| 2000 | 70.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 87.8% in 2017, a change of +3.7 percentage points.
- Since 2000, when it was 70.7%, the figure has changed by +20.8 percentage points.