Youth literacy in Senegal

In Senegal, 67.4% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2023.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 1988 to 2023 Source: UNESCO UIS
Senegal, 2023 67.4% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2022 −7.8percentage points 2022: 75.3%

Youth literacy in Senegal 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), 2002 to 2023
Period Senegal
2023 67.4%
2022 75.3%
2019 66.5%
2018 66.0%
2017 69.5%
2016 64.5%
2015 61.3%
2014 57.3%
2013 56.9%
2011 65.8%
2009 63.3%
2006 50.8%
2005 46.1%
2002 49.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −7.8 percentage points from 75.3% in 2022.
  • Since 2009, when it was 63.3%, the figure has changed by +4.1 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
1988 to 2023 for Senegal
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