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DEFINITION:
Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.".
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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=1 | Cuba | 100 | 2008 | ||
=1 | Azerbaijan | 100 | 2007 | ||
=3 | Slovenia | 99.9 | 2008 | ||
=3 | Italy | 99.9 | 2008 | ||
=3 | Georgia | 99.9 | 2008 | ||
=3 | Tajikistan | 99.9 | 2008 | ||
=3 | Turkmenistan | 99.9 | 2008 | ||
=3 | Poland | 99.9 | 2008 | ||
=3 | Kazakhstan | 99.9 | 2008 | ||
=3 | Cyprus | 99.9 | 2008 | ||
=11 | Singapore | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
=11 | Belarus | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
=11 | Russia | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
=11 | Ukraine | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
=11 | Armenia | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
=11 | Lithuania | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
=11 | Estonia | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 99.8 | 2008 | |||
=18 | New Caledonia | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
=18 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
=18 | Croatia | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
=18 | Latvia | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
=18 | Uzbekistan | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
=18 | Moldova | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
=18 | Portugal | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
=18 | Libya | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
=18 | Bahrain | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
=27 | Brunei | 99.6 | 2008 | ||
=27 | Spain | 99.6 | 2008 | ||
29 | Tonga | 99.56 | 2006 | ||
=30 | Albania | 99.5 | 2008 | ||
=30 | Samoa | 99.5 | 2008 | ||
=30 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99.5 | 2008 | ||
33 | Antigua and Barbuda | 99.42 | 2008 | ||
=34 | Aruba | 99.4 | 2008 | ||
=34 | Zimbabwe | 99.4 | 2008 | ||
36 | Seychelles | 99.37 | 2008 | ||
37 | Maldives | 99.36 | 2006 | ||
38 | Uruguay | 99.32 | 2008 | ||
=39 | Argentina | 99.3 | 2008 | ||
=39 | Greece | 99.3 | 2008 | ||
=39 | Serbia and Montenegro | 99.3 | 2008 | ||
=42 | Chile | 99.2 | 2008 | ||
=42 | China | 99.2 | 2008 | ||
44 | Bolivia | 99.14 | 2007 | ||
45 | Malta | 99.11 | 2005 | ||
46 | Lebanon | 99.08 | 2007 | ||
47 | Hungary | 99 | 2008 | ||
48 | Qatar | 98.97 | 2007 | ||
49 | Jordan | 98.95 | 2007 | ||
50 | Cape Verde | 98.9 | 2008 | ||
51 | Venezuela | 98.84 | 2007 | ||
52 | Paraguay | 98.78 | 2007 | ||
53 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 98.7 | 2008 | ||
54 | Cayman Islands | 98.62 | 2007 | ||
55 | Costa Rica | 98.6 | 2008 | ||
56 | Sri Lanka | 98.59 | 2008 | ||
57 | Brazil | 98.56 | 2007 | ||
58 | Kuwait | 98.51 | 2007 | ||
59 | Malaysia | 98.5 | 2008 | ||
60 | Colombia | 98.43 | 2008 | ||
61 | Netherlands Antilles | 98.4 | 2008 | ||
62 | Mexico | 98.36 | 2008 | ||
63 | Jamaica | 98.2 | 2008 | ||
64 | Equatorial Guinea | 98.1 | 2008 | ||
65 | Israel | 98.05 | 1983 | ||
66 | Lesotho | 98 | 2008 | ||
67 | Thailand | 97.88 | 2005 | ||
68 | Oman | 97.63 | 2008 | ||
=69 | Romania | 97.5 | 2008 | ||
=69 | South Africa | 97.5 | 2008 | ||
71 | Mauritius | 97.4 | 2008 | ||
72 | Bulgaria | 97.3 | 2008 | ||
73 | Mongolia | 97.2 | 2008 | ||
74 | United Arab Emirates | 97 | 2005 | ||
75 | Dominican Republic | 96.93 | 2007 | ||
76 | Peru | 96.71 | 2007 | ||
77 | El Salvador | 96.48 | 2008 | ||
78 | Gabon | 96.4 | 2008 | ||
=79 | Botswana | 96.3 | 2008 | ||
=79 | Vietnam | 96.3 | 2008 | ||
81 | Indonesia | 96.27 | 2006 | ||
=82 | Panama | 96.2 | 2008 | ||
=82 | Saudi Arabia | 96.2 | 2008 | ||
84 | Guam | 95.91 | 1980 | ||
85 | Tunisia | 95.79 | 2008 | ||
86 | Philippines | 95.7 | 2008 | ||
87 | Ecuador | 95.63 | 2007 | ||
88 | Sao Tome and Principe | 95.6 | 2008 | ||
89 | Burma | 95.1 | 2008 | ||
90 | Honduras | 95.05 | 2007 | ||
=91 | Suriname | 94.8 | 2008 | ||
=91 | Namibia | 94.8 | 2008 | ||
93 | Swaziland | 94.7 | 2008 | ||
94 | Palau | 94.36 | 1980 | ||
95 | Turkey | 94.29 | 2007 | ||
96 | Vanuatu | 93.7 | 2008 | ||
97 | Kenya | 92.9 | 2008 | ||
98 | Syria | 92.5 | 2008 | ||
99 | Algeria | 89.14 | 2006 | ||
100 | Nicaragua | 88.84 | 2005 | ||
101 | Cambodia | 85.53 | 2008 | ||
102 | Uganda | 85.5 | 2008 | ||
103 | Puerto Rico | 85.1 | 2008 | ||
104 | Malawi | 85 | 2008 | ||
105 | Eritrea | 84.4 | 2008 | ||
106 | Comoros | 84.1 | 2008 | ||
107 | Guatemala | 83.6 | 2008 | ||
108 | Cameroon | 83.5 | 2008 | ||
109 | Sudan | 81.7 | 2008 | ||
110 | Iraq | 80.2 | 2008 | ||
=111 | Togo | 80 | 2008 | ||
=111 | Solomon Islands | 80 | 1999 | ||
113 | Liberia | 79.5 | 2008 | ||
114 | Laos | 78.74 | 2005 | ||
115 | Congo, Republic of the | 78.03 | 2005 | ||
116 | Ghana | 77.9 | 2008 | ||
117 | Rwanda | 77.1 | 2008 | ||
118 | Belize | 76.7 | 1991 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 76.41 | 2008 | |||
119 | Tanzania | 76.3 | 2008 | ||
120 | Bangladesh | 75.5 | 2008 | ||
121 | Burundi | 75.3 | 2008 | ||
122 | Nepal | 75 | 2008 | ||
123 | India | 74.36 | 2006 | ||
124 | Papua New Guinea | 68.5 | 2008 | ||
125 | Morocco | 68.4 | 2008 | ||
126 | Madagascar | 68.19 | 2008 | ||
127 | Bhutan | 67.96 | 2005 | ||
128 | Zambia | 67.5 | 2008 | ||
129 | Angola | 65.2 | 2008 | ||
130 | Nigeria | 64.6 | 2008 | ||
131 | Mauritania | 63.4 | 2008 | ||
132 | Mozambique | 62.1 | 2008 | ||
133 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 61.8 | 2008 | ||
134 | Guinea-Bissau | 61.6 | 2008 | ||
135 | Cote d'Ivoire | 60.1 | 2008 | ||
136 | Pakistan | 58.77 | 2008 | ||
137 | The Gambia | 58.1 | 2008 | ||
138 | Central African Republic | 56.4 | 2008 | ||
139 | Haiti | 51.05 | 1982 | ||
140 | Guinea | 50.6 | 2008 | ||
141 | Sierra Leone | 45.9 | 2008 | ||
142 | Senegal | 44.54 | 2006 | ||
143 | Benin | 42.1 | 2008 | ||
144 | Ethiopia | 38.5 | 2008 | ||
145 | Chad | 37.2 | 2008 | ||
146 | Burkina Faso | 33.13 | 2007 | ||
147 | Mali | 30.8 | 2006 | ||
148 | Niger | 23.2 | 2005 |