Variable: Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)

QoG Code: (wdi_litrym)


Dataset: World Development Indicators

Description:

Number of men people age 15 to 24 years who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life, divided by the population in that age group. Generally, 'literacy' also encompasses 'numeracy', the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. Divide the number of people aged 15 to 24 years who are literate by the total population in the same age group and multiply the result by 100.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-01-23
Last updated by source: 2023-01-22


Categories:

Education


Find this variable in:

Standard Cross-section - 2024 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 132
Standard time-series: 159


This variable has information for these countries:

Click here to see the full list of countries



This variable has information from the year 1970 to the year 2022