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Youth literacy in Guyana

In Guyana, 99.1% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2020.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 2009 to 2020 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Guyana is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Guyana, 2020 99.1% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2009 +3.3percentage points 2009: 95.8%

Youth literacy in Guyana 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), 2009 to 2020
Period Guyana
2020 99.1%
2009 95.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • The previous available figure was 95.8% in 2009, a change of +3.3 percentage points.

More for Guyana

All statistics for Guyana
Adult literacy rate 85.6% 2020 · World Bank ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 43.0% 2025 · ILOSTAT Primary completion (UIS) 98.2% 2019 · UNESCO UIS Lower secondary completion 83.0% 2019 · UNESCO UIS Upper secondary completion 61.8% 2019 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school children 18.0% 2023 · UNESCO UIS

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
2009 to 2020 for Guyana
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