Youth literacy in Uruguay

In Uruguay, 99.0% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2024.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 1975 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Uruguay, 2024 99.0% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 99.0%

Youth literacy in Uruguay 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), 2006 to 2024
Period Uruguay
2024 99.0%
2023 99.0%
2022 99.1%
2021 99.2%
2020 99.0%
2019 99.0%
2018 98.9%
2017 98.9%
2016 99.2%
2015 98.9%
2014 98.8%
2013 98.9%
2012 99.0%
2011 98.9%
2010 98.8%
2009 98.9%
2008 99.0%
2007 98.8%
2006 98.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 99.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 98.8%, the figure has changed by +0.2 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
1975 to 2024 for Uruguay
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