Youth literacy in Mali

In Mali, 50.3% 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: 1976 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Mali, 2024 50.3% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2020 −3.0percentage points 2020: 53.4%

Youth literacy in Mali 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), 2006 to 2024
Period Mali
2024 50.3%
2020 53.4%
2018 50.1%
2015 49.4%
2011 42.1%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2010 44.3%
2006 38.8%

Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 53.4% in 2020, a change of −3.0 percentage points.
  • Since 1976, when it was 19.6%, the figure has changed by +30.7 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
1976 to 2024 for Mali
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