Youth literacy in Philippines
In Philippines, 99.8% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2022.
Philippines, 2022
99.8%
Change from 2020
+0.5percentage points
Position in 2022
6th of 59
Youth literacy in Philippines over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% 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 | Philippines |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 99.8% |
| 2020 | 99.2% |
| 2019 | 98.4% |
| 2017 | 100.0% |
| 2015 | 99.1% |
| 2013 | 98.1% |
| 2010 | 97.8% |
| 2008 | 97.8% |
| 2003 | 95.1% |
| 2000 | 95.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 99.2% in 2020, a change of +0.5 percentage points.
- Since 1994, when it was 96.0%, the figure has changed by +3.7 percentage points.
- Among the 59 countries with data for 2022, Philippines has the 6th highest value.