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Youth literacy in Malawi

In Malawi, 80.7% 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: 1987 to 2020 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Malawi is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Malawi, 2020 80.7% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2018 −6.9percentage points 2018: 87.6%

Youth literacy in Malawi 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), 2017 to 2020
Period Malawi
2020 80.7%
2018 87.6%
2017 85.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • The previous available figure was 87.6% in 2018, a change of −6.9 percentage points.
  • Since 1987, when it was 59.0%, the figure has changed by +21.7 percentage points.

More for Malawi

All statistics for Malawi
Adult literacy rate 70.2% 2020 · World Bank ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 21.8% 2025 · ILOSTAT Primary completion (UIS) 49.3% 2020 · UNESCO UIS Lower secondary completion 23.1% 2020 · UNESCO UIS Upper secondary completion 15.5% 2020 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school children 2.1% 2022 · 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
1987 to 2020 for Malawi
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