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Sri Lanka: Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes

39,534count · 2024-43.0% since 2008

Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ILLPOP.AG15T24. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 2001 to 2024.

20012024

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
202439,534
202331,071
202241,597
202136,817
202039,159
201935,205
201841,472
201738,972
201644,465
201062,035
200869,371
200688,914
2001165,850

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-illpop-ag15t24 (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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