World Bank · Education
Malawi: Literacy rate, youth total
80.73percent · 2020
Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. Annual figures for Malawi from 1987 to 2020.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 80.73 | |
| 2018 | 87.64 | |
| 2017 | 85.449 | |
| 1998 | 76.01 | |
| 1987 | 59.02 |
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