Youth literacy in Jordan

In Jordan, 98.7% 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: 1979 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Jordan, 2024 98.7% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2023 −0.6percentage points 2023: 99.2%

Youth literacy in Jordan 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 2024
Period Jordan
2024 98.7%
2023 99.2%
2018 97.1%
2012 99.1%
2011 99.2%
2010 98.8%
2007 98.9%
2005 99.0%
2003 99.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from 99.2% in 2023.
  • Since 1979, when it was 90.5%, the figure has changed by +8.2 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
1979 to 2024 for Jordan
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