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Education Statistics > Literacy rates, aged 15-24 (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Cuba: 100%  2002 Time series
# 2     Azerbaijan: 99.9%  1999 Time series
= 3     Tajikistan: 99.8%  2000 Time series
= 3     Slovenia: 99.8%  2004 Time series
= 3     Estonia: 99.8%  2000 Time series
= 3     Poland: 99.8%  1984 Time series
= 3     Barbados: 99.8%  1984 Time series
= 3     Latvia: 99.8%  2000 Time series
= 3     Ukraine: 99.8%  2001 Time series
= 3     Kazakhstan: 99.8%  1999 Time series
= 3     Cyprus: 99.8%  2001 Time series
= 3     Korea, South: 99.8%  1984 Time series
= 3     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 99.8%  2000 Time series
= 3     Italy: 99.8%  2001 Time series
= 3     Armenia: 99.8%  2001 Time series
= 3     Israel: 99.8%  2004 Time series
= 3     Turkmenistan: 99.8%  1995 Time series
= 3     Belarus: 99.8%  1999 Time series
= 19     Kuwait: 99.7%  2005 Time series
= 19     Moldova: 99.7%  2004 Time series
= 19     Russia: 99.7%  2002 Time series
= 19     Guyana: 99.7%  1984 Time series
= 19     Kyrgyzstan: 99.7%  1999 Time series
= 19     Lithuania: 99.7%  2001 Time series
= 25     Croatia: 99.6%  2001 Time series
= 25     Macau: 99.6%  2001 Time series
= 25     Hungary: 99.6%  1984 Time series
= 25     Spain: 99.6%  1991 Time series
= 25     Portugal: 99.6%  2004 Time series
= 25     Uzbekistan: 99.6%  1984 Time series
= 31     Singapore: 99.5%  2000 Time series
= 31     Trinidad and Tobago: 99.5%  2004 Time series
= 33     Serbia and Montenegro: 99.4%  2002 Time series
= 33     Albania: 99.4%  2001 Time series
= 35     Samoa: 99.3%  2004 Time series
= 35     Tonga: 99.3%  1996 Time series
= 37     Martinique: 99.1%  1984 Time series
= 37     Seychelles: 99.1%  2002 Time series
= 37     New Caledonia: 99.1%  1996 Time series
= 40     Aruba: 99%  2000 Time series
= 40     Chile: 99%  2002 Time series
= 40     Jordan: 99%  2005 Time series
= 43     Argentina: 98.9%  2001 Time series
= 43     China: 98.9%  2000 Time series
= 43     Greece: 98.9%  2001 Time series
= 43     Brunei: 98.9%  2001 Time series
= 47     Macedonia, Republic of: 98.7%  2002 Time series
= 47     Indonesia: 98.7%  2004 Time series
# 49     Uruguay: 98.6%  1996 Time series
= 50     Maldives: 98.2%  2000 Time series
= 50     Bulgaria: 98.2%  2001 Time series
= 52     Thailand: 98%  2000 Time series
= 52     Libya: 98%  2004 Time series
= 52     Colombia: 98%  2005 Time series
= 52     Netherlands Antilles: 98%  2004 Time series
# 56     Romania: 97.8%  2002 Time series
= 57     Mongolia: 97.7%  2000 Time series
= 57     Zimbabwe: 97.7%  2004 Time series
= 59     Mexico: 97.6%  2005 Time series
= 59     Costa Rica: 97.6%  2000 Time series
= 61     Congo, Republic of the: 97.4%  2004 Time series
= 61     Iran: 97.4%  2005 Time series
= 63     Oman: 97.3%  2003 Time series
= 63     Bolivia: 97.3%  2001 Time series
= 65     Malaysia: 97.2%  2000 Time series
= 65     Venezuela: 97.2%  2001 Time series
# 67     Peru: 97.1%  2005 Time series
= 68     Bahrain: 97%  2001 Time series
= 68     Hong Kong: 97%  1984 Time series
= 68     United Arab Emirates: 97%  2004 Time series
# 71     Brazil: 96.8%  2004 Time series
= 72     Fiji: 96.4%  1984 Time series
= 72     Ecuador: 96.4%  2001 Time series
# 74     Cape Verde: 96.3%  2004 Time series
# 75     Gabon: 96.2%  2004 Time series
# 76     Panama: 96.1%  2000 Time series
# 77     Malta: 96%  1995 Time series
= 78     Bahamas, The: 95.9%  1984 Time series
= 78     Paraguay: 95.9%  2004 Time series
= 78     Qatar: 95.9%  2004 Time series
# 81     Saudi Arabia: 95.8%  2004 Time series
= 82     Sri Lanka: 95.6%  2001 Time series
= 82     Turkey: 95.6%  2004 Time series
# 84     São Tomé and Príncipe: 95.4%  2001 Time series
# 85     Philippines: 95.1%  2003 Time series
= 86     Equatorial Guinea: 94.9%  2000 Time series
= 86     Suriname: 94.9%  2004 Time series
= 88     Mauritius: 94.5%  2000 Time series
= 88     Burma: 94.5%  2000 Time series
# 90     Tunisia: 94.3%  2004 Time series
# 91     Dominican Republic: 94.2%  2002 Time series
# 92     Botswana: 94%  2003 Time series
= 93     South Africa: 93.9%  1996 Time series
= 93     Vietnam: 93.9%  1999 Time series
# 95     Réunion: 93.5%  1984 Time series
# 96     Syria: 92.5%  2004 Time series
# 97     Namibia: 92.3%  2001 Time series
# 98     Algeria: 90.1%  2002 Time series
# 99     Lebanon: 89.5%  1984 Time series
# 100     Jamaica: 89.3%  1984 Time series
# 101     Honduras: 88.9%  2001 Time series
# 102     El Salvador: 88.5%  2004 Time series
# 103     Swaziland: 88.4%  2000 Time series
# 104     Puerto Rico: 86.4%  2004 Time series
# 105     Nicaragua: 86.2%  2001 Time series
# 106     Egypt: 84.9%  2005 Time series
# 107     Iraq: 84.8%  2000 Time series
# 108     Lesotho: 84.7%  1984 Time series
# 109     Nigeria: 84.2%  2004 Time series
# 110     Cambodia: 83.4%  2004 Time series
# 111     Guatemala: 82.2%  2002 Time series
# 112     Kenya: 80.3%  2000 Time series
# 113     Laos: 78.5%  2001 Time series
# 114     Tanzania: 78.4%  2002 Time series
# 115     Rwanda: 77.6%  2000 Time series
# 116     Sudan: 77.2%  2000 Time series
# 117     Uganda: 76.6%  2002 Time series
= 118     Belize: 76.4%  1991 Time series
= 118     India: 76.4%  2001 Time series
# 120     Malawi: 76%  1998 Time series
# 121     Yemen: 75.2%  2004 Time series
# 122     Togo: 74.4%  2000 Time series
# 123     Cameroon: 73.4%  1984 Time series
# 124     Burundi: 73.3%  2000 Time series
# 125     Angola: 72.2%  2001 Time series
# 126     Ghana: 70.7%  2000 Time series
# 127     Morocco: 70.5%  2004 Time series
# 128     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 70.4%  2001 Time series
# 129     Madagascar: 70.2%  2000 Time series
# 130     Nepal: 70.1%  2001 Time series
# 131     Zambia: 69.5%  1999 Time series
# 132     Liberia: 67.4%  2004 Time series
# 133     Papua New Guinea: 66.7%  2000 Time series
= 134     Djibouti: 65.1%  1984 Time series
= 134     Pakistan: 65.1%  2005 Time series
# 136     Bangladesh: 63.6%  2001 Time series
# 137     Mauritania: 61.3%  2000 Time series
# 138     Côte d'Ivoire: 60.7%  2000 Time series
# 139     Central African Republic: 58.5%  2000 Time series
# 140     Comoros: 55.7%  1984 Time series
# 141     Eritrea: 54.9%  1984 Time series
# 142     Haiti: 49.2%  1984 Time series
# 143     Senegal: 49.1%  2002 Time series
# 144     Sierra Leone: 47.9%  2004 Time series
# 145     Mozambique: 47%  1997 Time series
# 146     Guinea: 46.6%  2003 Time series
# 147     Benin: 45.3%  2002 Time series
# 148     Chad: 37.6%  2000 Time series
# 149     Guinea-Bissau: 36.8%  1984 Time series
# 150     Niger: 36.5%  2005 Time series
# 151     Afghanistan: 34.3%  2000 Time series
# 152     Gambia, The: 33.8%  1984 Time series
# 153     Burkina Faso: 33%  2005 Time series
# 154     Ethiopia: 31.2%  2004 Time series
# 155     Mali: 24.2%  1998 Time series
Weighted average: 86.2%  

SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics

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"Literacy rates, aged 15-24 by country", UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/edu_lit_rat_age_1524-literacy-rates-aged-15-24

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