Youth literacy in Mozambique
In Mozambique, 71.4% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1980.
Mozambique, 2022
71.4%
Change from 2020
+1.4percentage points
Position in 2022
54th of 59
Youth literacy in Mozambique over time
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Mozambique
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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.
| Period | Mozambique |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 71.4% |
| 2020 | 70.1% |
| 2017 | 70.9% |
| 2015 | 70.5% |
| 2009 | 67.2% |
| 2003 | 61.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 70.1% in 2020, a change of +1.4 percentage points.
- Since 1980, when it was 43.6%, the figure has changed by +27.8 percentage points.
- Among the 59 countries with data for 2022, Mozambique has the 54th highest value.