{"id": 1031410, "name": "Literacy rate among young men", "unit": "%", "createdAt": "2025-05-14T12:38:32.000Z", "updatedAt": "2025-08-29T13:09:34.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "1970-2023", "datasetId": 7076, "shortUnit": "%", "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "youth_literacy_rate__population_15_24_years__male__pct__lr_ag15t24_m", "catalogPath": "grapher/unesco/2025-05-01/education_sdgs/education_sdgs#youth_literacy_rate__population_15_24_years__male__pct__lr_ag15t24_m", "descriptionShort": "Share of men aged 15 to 24 years who can read and write.", "descriptionFromProducer": "Number of males age 15 to 24 years who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life, divided by the male population in that age group. Generally, \u2018literacy\u2019 also encompasses \u2018numeracy\u2019, 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": "float", "grapherConfigIdETL": "019759d9-1fad-7193-8bef-bf69615bbcd4", "dataChecksum": "16686913475882699255", "metadataChecksum": "-2078794696500116515", "datasetName": "UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) - Education (SDGs)", "updatePeriodDays": 365, "datasetVersion": "2025-05-01", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"name": "Literacy rate among young men", "unit": "%", "shortUnit": "%", "tolerance": 10, "numDecimalPlaces": 1}, "schemaVersion": 2, "processingLevel": "minor", "presentation": {"titlePublic": "Literacy rate among young men aged 15\u201324", "topicTagsLinks": ["Global Education"]}, "descriptionKey": ["Literacy is a foundational skill. Children need to learn to read so that they can read to learn. When we fail to teach this foundational skill, people have fewer opportunities to lead the rich and interesting lives that a good education offers.", "This indicator measures the percentage of people who can read and write a simple sentence about their daily life. It\u2019s calculated as the number of people in a given age group who report being able to do so, divided by the total number in that group. UNESCO tracks this across different generations \u2013 including youth, adults, and older people \u2013 to show how literacy is changing over time.", "Most of the data comes from national surveys. In some countries, people are asked directly whether they can read and write; in others, they take a short test.", "In many high\u2013income countries, literacy rates reached near\u2013universal levels by the late 20th century. As a result, regular tracking has been scaled back, since changes are small and less relevant for education policy.", "This data tells us whether someone can read and write at a very basic level \u2013 for example, reading simple sentences or writing their name. But it doesn\u2019t tell us whether they can use reading and writing in everyday life, like filling out a job application or reading health instructions. Those kinds of skills take more years of schooling and are much harder to measure, especially when comparing across countries and over time."], "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 1979}, {"id": 2011}, {"id": 2015}, {"id": 2021}, {"id": 2022}, {"id": 2001}, {"id": 2008}, {"id": 2009}, {"id": 2012}, {"id": 2017}, {"id": 1987}, {"id": 2002}, {"id": 2006}, {"id": 2019}, {"id": 1980}, {"id": 2014}, {"id": 1984}, {"id": 1991}, {"id": 1989}, {"id": 2000}, {"id": 2016}, {"id": 2020}, {"id": 2010}, {"id": 1999}, {"id": 2007}, {"id": 2013}, {"id": 2023}, {"id": 1981}, {"id": 2018}, {"id": 1970}, {"id": 1992}, {"id": 2005}, {"id": 1976}, {"id": 2003}, {"id": 2004}, {"id": 1975}, {"id": 1996}, {"id": 1990}, {"id": 1998}, {"id": 1988}, {"id": 1977}, {"id": 1978}, {"id": 1982}, {"id": 1983}, {"id": 1985}, {"id": 1986}, {"id": 1993}, {"id": 1994}, {"id": 1995}, {"id": 1997}, {"id": 1974}, {"id": 1973}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 15, "name": "Afghanistan", "code": "AFG"}, {"id": 16, 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