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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   Armenia: 99.8%  2001 Time series
= 3   Italy: 99.8%  2001 Time series
= 3   Barbados: 99.8%  1984 Time series
= 3   Poland: 99.8%  1984 Time series
= 3   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 99.8%  2000 Time series
= 3   Ukraine: 99.8%  2001 Time series
= 3   Belarus: 99.8%  1999 Time series
= 3   Korea, South: 99.8%  1984 Time series
= 3   Cyprus: 99.8%  2001 Time series
= 3   Latvia: 99.8%  2000 Time series
= 3   Estonia: 99.8%  2000 Time series
= 3   Slovenia: 99.8%  2004 Time series
= 3   Israel: 99.8%  2004 Time series
= 3   Turkmenistan: 99.8%  1995 Time series
= 3   Kazakhstan: 99.8%  1999 Time series
= 19   Lithuania: 99.7%  2001 Time series
= 19   Kyrgyzstan: 99.7%  1999 Time series
= 19   Guyana: 99.7%  1984 Time series
= 19   Russia: 99.7%  2002 Time series
= 19   Moldova: 99.7%  2004 Time series
= 19   Kuwait: 99.7%  2005 Time series
= 25   Portugal: 99.6%  2004 Time series
= 25   Hungary: 99.6%  1984 Time series
= 25   Macau: 99.6%  2001 Time series
= 25   Spain: 99.6%  1991 Time series
= 25   Croatia: 99.6%  2001 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   Seychelles: 99.1%  2002 Time series
= 37   Martinique: 99.1%  1984 Time series
= 37   New Caledonia: 99.1%  1996 Time series
= 40   Jordan: 99%  2005 Time series
= 40   Chile: 99%  2002 Time series
= 40   Aruba: 99%  2000 Time series
= 43   Greece: 98.9%  2001 Time series
= 43   Brunei: 98.9%  2001 Time series
= 43   Argentina: 98.9%  2001 Time series
= 43   China: 98.9%  2000 Time series
= 47   Indonesia: 98.7%  2004 Time series
= 47   Macedonia, Republic of: 98.7%  2002 Time series
# 49   Uruguay: 98.6%  1996 Time series
= 50   Bulgaria: 98.2%  2001 Time series
= 50   Maldives: 98.2%  2000 Time series
= 52   Thailand: 98%  2000 Time series
= 52   Libya: 98%  2004 Time series
= 52   Netherlands Antilles: 98%  2004 Time series
= 52   Colombia: 98%  2005 Time series
# 56   Romania: 97.8%  2002 Time series
= 57   Mongolia: 97.7%  2000 Time series
= 57   Zimbabwe: 97.7%  2004 Time series
= 59   Costa Rica: 97.6%  2000 Time series
= 59   Mexico: 97.6%  2005 Time series
= 61   Iran: 97.4%  2005 Time series
= 61   Congo, Republic of the: 97.4%  2004 Time series
= 63   Bolivia: 97.3%  2001 Time series
= 63   Oman: 97.3%  2003 Time series
= 65   Malaysia: 97.2%  2000 Time series
= 65   Venezuela: 97.2%  2001 Time series
# 67   Peru: 97.1%  2005 Time series
= 68   Hong Kong: 97%  1984 Time series
= 68   Bahrain: 97%  2001 Time series
= 68   United Arab Emirates: 97%  2004 Time series
# 71   Brazil: 96.8%  2004 Time series
= 72   Ecuador: 96.4%  2001 Time series
= 72   Fiji: 96.4%  1984 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   Qatar: 95.9%  2004 Time series
= 78   Paraguay: 95.9%  2004 Time series
= 78   Bahamas, The: 95.9%  1984 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   Suriname: 94.9%  2004 Time series
= 86   Equatorial Guinea: 94.9%  2000 Time series
= 88   Burma: 94.5%  2000 Time series
= 88   Mauritius: 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   India: 76.4%  2001 Time series
= 118   Belize: 76.4%  1991 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   Pakistan: 65.1%  2005 Time series
= 134   Djibouti: 65.1%  1984 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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