Youth literacy in Guinea

In Guinea, 53.9% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2018. The value for 2018 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1996.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 1996 to 2018 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Guinea is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Guinea, 2018 53.9% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2014 +7.6percentage points 2014: 46.3%

Youth literacy in Guinea 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), 2003 to 2018
Period Guinea
2018 53.9%
2014 46.3%
2010 31.4%
2005 45.9%
2003 47.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 46.3% in 2014, a change of +7.6 percentage points.
  • Since 1996, when it was 27.7%, the figure has changed by +26.2 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
1996 to 2018 for Guinea
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