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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.
Education Statistics > Literacy rate, youth female > % of females ages 15-24 (most recent) by country
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2006
1990
Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Cuba :
99.95 %
2006 ...
#2
Azerbaijan :
99.9 %
2006 ...
#3
Kazakhstan :
99.87 %
2006 ...
#4
Armenia :
99.86 %
2006 ...
#5
Tajikistan :
99.85 %
2006 ...
#6
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
99.84 %
2006 ...
#7
Belarus :
99.83 %
2006 ...
#8
Ukraine :
99.83 %
2006 ...
#9
Italy :
99.82 %
2006 ...
#10
Cyprus :
99.82 %
2006 ...
#11
Macau :
99.81 %
2006 ...
#12
Estonia :
99.81 %
2006 ...
#13
Turkmenistan :
99.81 %
2006 ...
#14
Barbados :
99.8 %
1990 ...
#15
Guyana :
99.8 %
1990 ...
#16
Slovenia :
99.79 %
1990 ...
#17
Kuwait :
99.79 %
2006 ...
#18
Latvia :
99.78 %
2006 ...
#19
Russia :
99.77 %
2006 ...
#20
Lithuania :
99.74 %
2006 ...
#21
Kyrgyzstan :
99.74 %
2006 ...
#22
Hungary :
99.7 %
1990 ...
#23
Slovakia :
99.67 %
2006 ...
#24
Croatia :
99.65 %
2006 ...
#25
Trinidad and Tobago :
99.63 %
1990 ...
#26
Uzbekistan :
99.6 %
1990 ...
#27
Singapore :
99.6 %
2006 ...
#28
Israel :
99.56 %
2006 ...
#29
Moldova :
99.55 %
2006 ...
#30
Albania :
99.5 %
2006 ...
#31
Seychelles :
99.37 %
2006 ...
#32
Tonga :
99.35 %
2006 ...
#33
Serbia and Montenegro :
99.32 %
2006 ...
#34
Chile :
99.18 %
2006 ...
#35
Aruba :
99.17 %
2006 ...
#36
Argentina :
99.13 %
2006 ...
#37
Uruguay :
99.1 %
1990 ...
#38
Greece :
98.99 %
2006 ...
#39
Samoa :
98.94 %
1990 ...
#40
Brunei :
98.91 %
2006 ...
#41
Jordan :
98.91 %
2006 ...
#42
Indonesia :
98.54 %
2006 ...
#43
China :
98.5 %
2006 ...
#44
Macedonia, Republic of :
98.49 %
2006 ...
#45
Mongolia :
98.43 %
2006 ...
#46
Colombia :
98.41 %
2006 ...
#47
Maldives :
98.3 %
2006 ...
#48
Bulgaria :
98.11 %
2006 ...
#49
Venezuela :
98.07 %
2006 ...
#50
Costa Rica :
98.04 %
2006 ...
#51
Brazil :
97.9 %
2006 ...
#52
Thailand :
97.85 %
2006 ...
#53
Malta :
97.81 %
2006 ...
#54
Romania :
97.78 %
2006 ...
#55
Netherlands Antilles :
97.69 %
1990 ...
#56
Fiji :
97.62 %
1990 ...
#57
Mexico :
97.61 %
2006 ...
#58
Qatar :
97.54 %
2006 ...
#59
Bahamas, The :
97.51 %
1990 ...
#60
Malaysia :
97.27 %
2006 ...
#61
Bahrain :
97.25 %
2006 ...
#62
Lesotho :
97.11 %
1990 ...
#63
Oman :
96.66 %
2006 ...
#64
Ecuador :
96.49 %
2006 ...
#65
Sri Lanka :
96.12 %
2006 ...
#66
Bolivia :
96.11 %
2006 ...
#67
Philippines :
95.72 %
2006 ...
#68
Peru :
95.66 %
2006 ...
#69
Panama :
95.62 %
2006 ...
#70
Botswana :
95.6 %
2006 ...
#71
Dominican Republic :
95.42 %
2006 ...
#72
Mauritius :
95.36 %
2006 ...
#73
Jamaica :
95.22 %
1990 ...
#74
Paraguay :
95.21 %
1990 ...
#75
Equatorial Guinea :
94.94 %
2006 ...
#76
South Africa :
94.29 %
2006 ...
#77
Suriname :
94.14 %
2006 ...
#78
Saudi Arabia :
93.71 %
2006 ...
#79
Vietnam :
93.59 %
2006 ...
#80
Namibia :
93.48 %
2006 ...
#81
Burma :
93.42 %
2006 ...
#82
Turkey :
93.3 %
2006 ...
#83
Tunisia :
92.24 %
2006 ...
#84
Zimbabwe :
91.33 %
1990 ...
#85
Honduras :
90.91 %
2006 ...
#86
Congo, Republic of the :
90.28 %
1990 ...
#87
Syria :
90.22 %
2006 ...
#88
Swaziland :
89.76 %
2006 ...
#89
Nicaragua :
88.82 %
2006 ...
#90
United Arab Emirates :
88.63 %
1990 ...
#91
Lebanon :
88.59 %
1990 ...
#92
Algeria :
86.13 %
2006 ...
#93
Libya :
82.66 %
1990 ...
#94
El Salvador :
82.59 %
1990 ...
#95
Iran :
80.82 %
1990 ...
#96
Kenya :
80.71 %
2006 ...
#97
Iraq :
80.49 %
2006 ...
#98
Egypt :
78.95 %
2006 ...
#99
Cambodia :
78.9 %
2006 ...
#100
Guatemala :
78.39 %
2006 ...
#101
Rwanda :
76.87 %
2006 ...
#102
Tanzania :
76.2 %
2006 ...
#103
Cape Verde :
76.19 %
1990 ...
#104
Cameroon :
75.9 %
1990 ...
#105
Laos :
74.68 %
2006 ...
#106
Sudan :
71.43 %
2006 ...
#107
Uganda :
71.21 %
2006 ...
#108
Malawi :
70.7 %
2006 ...
#109
Burundi :
70.37 %
2006 ...
#110
Madagascar :
68.19 %
2006 ...
#111
India :
67.75 %
2006 ...
#112
Nigeria :
66.47 %
1990 ...
#113
Zambia :
66.23 %
2006 ...
#114
Ghana :
65.49 %
2006 ...
#115
Djibouti :
64.25 %
1990 ...
#116
Papua New Guinea :
64.06 %
2006 ...
#117
Togo :
63.55 %
2006 ...
#118
Angola :
63.18 %
2006 ...
#119
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
63.09 %
2006 ...
#120
Morocco :
60.49 %
2006 ...
#121
Nepal :
60.14 %
2006 ...
#122
Mauritania :
55.48 %
2006 ...
#123
Pakistan :
54.71 %
2006 ...
#124
Haiti :
53.8 %
1990 ...
#125
Côte d'Ivoire :
52.13 %
2006 ...
#126
Comoros :
49.6 %
1990 ...
#127
Eritrea :
49.28 %
1990 ...
#128
Central African Republic :
46.87 %
2006 ...
#129
Senegal :
40.97 %
2006 ...
#130
Liberia :
38.63 %
1990 ...
#131
Sierra Leone :
37.23 %
2006 ...
#132
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