Youth literacy in Palau

In Palau, 100.0% 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: 1980 to 2020 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Palau is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Palau, 2020 100.0% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2015 +1.3percentage points 2015: 98.7%

Youth literacy in Palau 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), 2013 to 2020
Period Palau
2020 100.0%
2015 98.7%
2013 99.8%uis_est (UIS estimate)

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

In short

  • The previous available figure was 98.7% in 2015, a change of +1.3 percentage points.
  • Since 1980, when it was 94.3%, the figure has changed by +5.7 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
1980 to 2020 for Palau
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