Youth literacy in Kiribati

In Kiribati, 90.4% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2019.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 2018 to 2019 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Kiribati is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Kiribati, 2019 90.4% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2018 −6.7percentage points 2018: 97.2%

Youth literacy in Kiribati 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), 2018 to 2019
Period Kiribati
2019 90.4%
2018 97.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −6.7 percentage points from 97.2% in 2018.

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
2018 to 2019 for Kiribati
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