Youth literacy in India
In India, 97.3% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1981.
India, 2024
97.3%
Change from 2023
+0.3percentage points
Median of G20 countries, 2024
98.9%
Youth literacy in India over time
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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 | India |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 97.3% |
| 2023 | 97.0% |
| 2022 | 96.5% |
| 2021 | 95.9% |
| 2020 | 95.7% |
| 2019 | 94.8% |
| 2018 | 94.6% |
| 2016 | 90.3% |
| 2012 | 90.0% |
| 2011 | 86.1% |
| 2010 | 87.9% |
| 2006 | 81.1% |
| 2001 | 76.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 97.0% in 2023.
- Since 2010, when it was 87.9%, the figure has changed by +9.4 percentage points.