Youth literacy in Portugal
In Portugal, 99.4% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2011.
The latest value for Portugal is for 2011. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Portugal, 2011
99.4%
Change from 1991
+0.2percentage points
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2011
99.8%
Youth literacy in Portugal 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.
| Period | Portugal |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 99.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 99.2% in 1991, a change of +0.2 percentage points.
- Since 1981, when it was 97.9%, the figure has changed by +1.5 percentage points.
More for Portugal
All statistics for Portugal
Adult literacy rate
94.5%
2011 · World Bank
NEET rate, ages 15 to 29
8.0%
2025 · Eurostat
Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34
42.5%
2025 · Eurostat
Early leavers from education and training
6.1%
2025 · Eurostat
Adult participation in learning
16.9%
2025 · Eurostat
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
7.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT