Youth literacy in Guatemala

In Guatemala, 95.4% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2024.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 1994 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Guatemala, 2024 95.4% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2023 −1.6percentage points 2023: 97.0%

Youth literacy in Guatemala 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 2024
Period Guatemala
2024 95.4%
2023 97.0%
2022 95.0%
2018 94.6%
2015 95.2%
2014 94.3%
2013 91.8%
2012 93.7%
2006 87.8%
2002 82.2%
2000 81.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.6 percentage points from 97.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2000, when it was 81.7%, the figure has changed by +13.7 percentage points.

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 2024 for Guatemala
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