Youth literacy in Tunisia

In Tunisia, 98.2% 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: 1984 to 2023 Source: UNESCO UIS
Tunisia, 2023 98.2% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2021 −0.8percentage points 2021: 98.9%

Youth literacy in Tunisia 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), 2004 to 2023
Period Tunisia
2023 98.2%
2021 98.9%
2019 96.8%
2018 98.0%
2014 96.2%
2012 96.9%
2011 97.3%
2010 97.2%
2008 96.8%
2007 96.3%
2004 94.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 98.9% in 2021, a change of −0.8 percentage points.
  • Since 2004, when it was 94.3%, the figure has changed by +3.8 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
1984 to 2023 for Tunisia
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