Cambodia - Youth literacy rate

87.1 (%) in 2009

In 2009, youth literacy rate for Cambodia was 87.1 %. Youth literacy rate of Cambodia increased from 76.3 % in 1998 to 87.1 % in 2009 growing at an average annual rate of 4.59%.

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Youth (15-24) literacy rate (%). Total is the number of 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.