Uzbekistan: Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)

Key figures

Since 2000 it is up 0.11 percentage points from 99.89% in 2000. The World Bank has no value for 13 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

From 2013 to 2022 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2022, Uzbekistan had the 1st highest value of the 13 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Uzbekistan in the 2022 ranking

• Philippines — 2nd of 13: 99.52%
• Chile — 3rd of 13: 99.5%
• Viet Nam — 4th of 13: 99.14%

What this measures

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.

Limitations: In practice, literacy is difficult to measure. Estimating literacy rates requires census or survey measurements under controlled conditions. Many countries report the number of literate people from self-reported data. Some use educational attainment data as a proxy but apply different lengths of school attendance or levels of completion. And there is a trend among recent national and international surveys toward using a direct reading test of literacy skills. Because definitions and methods of data collection differ across countries, data should be used cautiously.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 10 values

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in nearby economies

• Armenia — 99.87% (2023)
• Azerbaijan — 99.88% (2023)
• Georgia — 99.78% (2024)
• Spain — 99.75% (2021)
• Türkiye — 91.87% (2022)

More education data for Uzbekistan

• Primary school starting age (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 4 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 3.41 million (2025)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 120.86% (2025)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 118.45% (2025)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 123.1% (2025)
• Primary education, teachers — 130,601 (2025)
• Primary education, teachers (% female)

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Questions people ask

What is Uzbekistan's literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)?

100% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is up 0.11 percentage points from 99.89% in 2000. The highest value was 100% in 2006 and the lowest 99.89% in 2000.

How does Uzbekistan rank?

1st highest of 13 economies with data for 2022.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API..

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.ADT.1524.LT.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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