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Education Statistics > Literacy rate, youth female > % of females ages 15-24 (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Cuba: 99.95 %   2006 Time series
# 2   Azerbaijan: 99.9 %   2006 Time series
# 3   Kazakhstan: 99.87 %   2006 Time series
# 4   Armenia: 99.86 %   2006 Time series
# 5   Tajikistan: 99.85 %   2006 Time series
# 6   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 99.84 %   2006 Time series
= 7   Ukraine: 99.83 %   2006 Time series
= 7   Belarus: 99.83 %   2006 Time series
= 9   Italy: 99.82 %   2006 Time series
= 9   Cyprus: 99.82 %   2006 Time series
= 11   Macau: 99.81 %   2006 Time series
= 11   Turkmenistan: 99.81 %   2006 Time series
= 11   Estonia: 99.81 %   2006 Time series
= 14   Guyana: 99.8 %   1990 Time series
= 14   Barbados: 99.8 %   1990 Time series
= 16   Kuwait: 99.79 %   2006 Time series
= 16   Slovenia: 99.79 %   1990 Time series
# 18   Latvia: 99.78 %   2006 Time series
# 19   Russia: 99.77 %   2006 Time series
= 20   Kyrgyzstan: 99.74 %   2006 Time series
= 20   Lithuania: 99.74 %   2006 Time series
# 22   Hungary: 99.7 %   1990 Time series
# 23   Slovakia: 99.67 %   2006 Time series
# 24   Croatia: 99.65 %   2006 Time series
# 25   Trinidad and Tobago: 99.63 %   1990 Time series
= 26   Singapore: 99.6 %   2006 Time series
= 26   Uzbekistan: 99.6 %   1990 Time series
# 28   Israel: 99.56 %   2006 Time series
# 29   Moldova: 99.55 %   2006 Time series
# 30   Albania: 99.5 %   2006 Time series
# 31   Seychelles: 99.37 %   2006 Time series
# 32   Tonga: 99.35 %   2006 Time series
# 33   Serbia and Montenegro: 99.32 %   2006 Time series
# 34   Chile: 99.18 %   2006 Time series
# 35   Aruba: 99.17 %   2006 Time series
# 36   Argentina: 99.13 %   2006 Time series
# 37   Uruguay: 99.1 %   1990 Time series
# 38   Greece: 98.99 %   2006 Time series
# 39   Samoa: 98.94 %   1990 Time series
= 40   Jordan: 98.91 %   2006 Time series
= 40   Brunei: 98.91 %   2006 Time series
# 42   Indonesia: 98.54 %   2006 Time series
# 43   China: 98.5 %   2006 Time series
# 44   Macedonia, Republic of: 98.49 %   2006 Time series
# 45   Mongolia: 98.43 %   2006 Time series
# 46   Colombia: 98.41 %   2006 Time series
# 47   Maldives: 98.3 %   2006 Time series
# 48   Bulgaria: 98.11 %   2006 Time series
# 49   Venezuela: 98.07 %   2006 Time series
# 50   Costa Rica: 98.04 %   2006 Time series
# 51   Brazil: 97.9 %   2006 Time series
# 52   Thailand: 97.85 %   2006 Time series
# 53   Malta: 97.81 %   2006 Time series
# 54   Romania: 97.78 %   2006 Time series
# 55   Netherlands Antilles: 97.69 %   1990 Time series
# 56   Fiji: 97.62 %   1990 Time series
# 57   Mexico: 97.61 %   2006 Time series
# 58   Qatar: 97.54 %   2006 Time series
# 59   Bahamas, The: 97.51 %   1990 Time series
# 60   Malaysia: 97.27 %   2006 Time series
# 61   Bahrain: 97.25 %   2006 Time series
# 62   Lesotho: 97.11 %   1990 Time series
# 63   Oman: 96.66 %   2006 Time series
# 64   Ecuador: 96.49 %   2006 Time series
# 65   Sri Lanka: 96.12 %   2006 Time series
# 66   Bolivia: 96.11 %   2006 Time series
# 67   Philippines: 95.72 %   2006 Time series
# 68   Peru: 95.66 %   2006 Time series
# 69   Panama: 95.62 %   2006 Time series
# 70   Botswana: 95.6 %   2006 Time series
# 71   Dominican Republic: 95.42 %   2006 Time series
# 72   Mauritius: 95.36 %   2006 Time series
# 73   Jamaica: 95.22 %   1990 Time series
# 74   Paraguay: 95.21 %   1990 Time series
# 75   Equatorial Guinea: 94.94 %   2006 Time series
# 76   South Africa: 94.29 %   2006 Time series
# 77   Suriname: 94.14 %   2006 Time series
# 78   Saudi Arabia: 93.71 %   2006 Time series
# 79   Vietnam: 93.59 %   2006 Time series
# 80   Namibia: 93.48 %   2006 Time series
# 81   Burma: 93.42 %   2006 Time series
# 82   Turkey: 93.3 %   2006 Time series
# 83   Tunisia: 92.24 %   2006 Time series
# 84   Zimbabwe: 91.33 %   1990 Time series
# 85   Honduras: 90.91 %   2006 Time series
# 86   Congo, Republic of the: 90.28 %   1990 Time series
# 87   Syria: 90.22 %   2006 Time series
# 88   Swaziland: 89.76 %   2006 Time series
# 89   Nicaragua: 88.82 %   2006 Time series
# 90   United Arab Emirates: 88.63 %   1990 Time series
# 91   Lebanon: 88.59 %   1990 Time series
# 92   Algeria: 86.13 %   2006 Time series
# 93   Libya: 82.66 %   1990 Time series
# 94   El Salvador: 82.59 %   1990 Time series
# 95   Iran: 80.82 %   1990 Time series
# 96   Kenya: 80.71 %   2006 Time series
# 97   Iraq: 80.49 %   2006 Time series
# 98   Egypt: 78.95 %   2006 Time series
# 99   Cambodia: 78.9 %   2006 Time series
# 100   Guatemala: 78.39 %   2006 Time series
# 101   Rwanda: 76.87 %   2006 Time series
# 102   Tanzania: 76.2 %   2006 Time series
# 103   Cape Verde: 76.19 %   1990 Time series
# 104   Cameroon: 75.9 %   1990 Time series
# 105   Laos: 74.68 %   2006 Time series
# 106   Sudan: 71.43 %   2006 Time series
# 107   Uganda: 71.21 %   2006 Time series
# 108   Malawi: 70.7 %   2006 Time series
# 109   Burundi: 70.37 %   2006 Time series
# 110   Madagascar: 68.19 %   2006 Time series
# 111   India: 67.75 %   2006 Time series
# 112   Nigeria: 66.47 %   1990 Time series
# 113   Zambia: 66.23 %   2006 Time series
# 114   Ghana: 65.49 %   2006 Time series
# 115   Djibouti: 64.25 %   1990 Time series
# 116   Papua New Guinea: 64.06 %   2006 Time series
# 117   Togo: 63.55 %   2006 Time series
# 118   Angola: 63.18 %   2006 Time series
# 119   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 63.09 %   2006 Time series
# 120   Morocco: 60.49 %   2006 Time series
# 121   Nepal: 60.14 %   2006 Time series
# 122   Mauritania: 55.48 %   2006 Time series
# 123   Pakistan: 54.71 %   2006 Time series
# 124   Haiti: 53.8 %   1990 Time series
# 125   Côte d'Ivoire: 52.13 %   2006 Time series
# 126   Comoros: 49.6 %   1990 Time series
# 127   Eritrea: 49.28 %   1990 Time series
# 128   Central African Republic: 46.87 %   2006 Time series
# 129   Senegal: 40.97 %   2006 Time series
# 130   Liberia: 38.63 %   1990 Time series
# 131   Sierra Leone: 37.23 %   2006 Time series
# 132   Gambia, The: 34.1 %   1990 Time series
# 133   Ethiopia: 34.05 %   1990 Time series
# 134   Guinea: 33.73 %   2006 Time series
# 135   Benin: 33.24 %   2006 Time series
# 136   Bangladesh: 33.19 %   1990 Time series
# 137   Mozambique: 31.67 %   1990 Time series
# 138   Yemen: 25.05 %   1990 Time series
# 139   Burkina Faso: 24.81 %   2006 Time series
# 140   Chad: 23.24 %   2006 Time series
# 141   Niger: 23.2 %   2006 Time series
# 142   Afghanistan: 18.39 %   2006 Time series
# 143   Mali: 16.86 %   2006 Time series
Weighted average: 82.7 %   



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.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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