FACTOID # 11: Teachers make up 7.8 percent of Iceland’s labor force - and they only have to teach 38 weeks per year.
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
 
 
WHAT'S NEW
TOP STATS
More Top Stats »
RECENT UPDATES
More Recent Updates »

SUBSCRIBE TO NEWS

Receive our NationMaster newsletter: (Privacy)

 

SEARCH ALL

FACTS & STATISTICS    Advanced view

Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

 

 

(* = Graphable)

 

 


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

VIEW DATA:   Totals  
Definition     Source      Printable version   
    Bar Graph   Map  

Showing latest available data. Select another time period:
Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Israel: 100 %   2006 Time series
# 2   Cuba: 99.96 %   2006 Time series
# 3   Azerbaijan: 99.87 %   2006 Time series
# 4   Tajikistan: 99.84 %   2006 Time series
# 5   Kazakhstan: 99.82 %   2006 Time series
# 6   Turkmenistan: 99.81 %   2006 Time series
= 7   Barbados: 99.8 %   1990 Time series
= 7   Guyana: 99.8 %   1990 Time series
= 7   Italy: 99.8 %   2006 Time series
= 10   Ukraine: 99.78 %   2006 Time series
= 10   Hungary: 99.78 %   1990 Time series
# 12   Belarus: 99.76 %   2006 Time series
= 13   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 99.75 %   2006 Time series
= 13   Armenia: 99.75 %   2006 Time series
= 15   Cyprus: 99.74 %   2006 Time series
= 15   Slovenia: 99.74 %   1990 Time series
# 17   Estonia: 99.73 %   2006 Time series
# 18   Latvia: 99.72 %   2006 Time series
= 19   Uzbekistan: 99.69 %   1990 Time series
= 19   Kuwait: 99.69 %   2006 Time series
# 21   Russia: 99.68 %   2006 Time series
= 22   Trinidad and Tobago: 99.66 %   1990 Time series
= 22   Lithuania: 99.66 %   2006 Time series
# 24   Kyrgyzstan: 99.65 %   2006 Time series
# 25   Croatia: 99.64 %   2006 Time series
# 26   Slovakia: 99.57 %   2006 Time series
# 27   Moldova: 99.49 %   2006 Time series
# 28   Macau: 99.43 %   2006 Time series
# 29   Singapore: 99.41 %   2006 Time series
# 30   Serbia and Montenegro: 99.39 %   2006 Time series
# 31   Albania: 99.37 %   2006 Time series
# 32   Jordan: 99.33 %   2006 Time series
# 33   Tonga: 99.27 %   2006 Time series
# 34   China: 99.2 %   2006 Time series
# 35   Samoa: 99.13 %   1990 Time series
# 36   Macedonia, Republic of: 98.99 %   2006 Time series
# 37   Libya: 98.94 %   1990 Time series
# 38   Greece: 98.89 %   2006 Time series
# 39   Aruba: 98.88 %   2006 Time series
= 40   Indonesia: 98.87 %   2006 Time series
= 40   Brunei: 98.87 %   2006 Time series
# 42   Chile: 98.8 %   2006 Time series
# 43   Seychelles: 98.77 %   2006 Time series
# 44   Argentina: 98.71 %   2006 Time series
# 45   Bolivia: 98.55 %   2006 Time series
# 46   Bulgaria: 98.31 %   2006 Time series
# 47   Uruguay: 98.3 %   1990 Time series
# 48   Thailand: 98.1 %   2006 Time series
# 49   Saudi Arabia: 98.07 %   2006 Time series
# 50   Fiji: 98.05 %   1990 Time series
# 51   Maldives: 98.03 %   2006 Time series
# 52   Turkey: 98.02 %   2006 Time series
# 53   Oman: 97.87 %   2006 Time series
# 54   Peru: 97.8 %   2006 Time series
# 55   Romania: 97.74 %   2006 Time series
# 56   Colombia: 97.55 %   2006 Time series
# 57   Mexico: 97.52 %   2006 Time series
# 58   Netherlands Antilles: 97.29 %   1990 Time series
# 59   Malaysia: 97.21 %   2006 Time series
# 60   Costa Rica: 97.2 %   2006 Time series
# 61   Mongolia: 97 %   2006 Time series
# 62   Bahrain: 96.83 %   2006 Time series
# 63   Zimbabwe: 96.6 %   1990 Time series
# 64   Panama: 96.53 %   2006 Time series
# 65   Tunisia: 96.4 %   2006 Time series
# 66   Ecuador: 96.38 %   2006 Time series
# 67   Venezuela: 96.33 %   2006 Time series
# 68   Paraguay: 95.9 %   1990 Time series
# 69   Brazil: 95.78 %   2006 Time series
# 70   Burma: 95.7 %   2006 Time series
# 71   Suriname: 95.62 %   2006 Time series
# 72   Lebanon: 95.5 %   1990 Time series
# 73   Bahamas, The: 95.4 %   1990 Time series
# 74   Sri Lanka: 95.07 %   2006 Time series
# 75   Qatar: 94.89 %   2006 Time series
# 76   Congo, Republic of the: 94.88 %   1990 Time series
# 77   Equatorial Guinea: 94.79 %   2006 Time series
# 78   Philippines: 94.46 %   2006 Time series
# 79   Malta: 94.37 %   2006 Time series
# 80   Syria: 94.26 %   2006 Time series
# 81   Vietnam: 94.18 %   2006 Time series
# 82   Algeria: 94.06 %   2006 Time series
# 83   Mauritius: 93.72 %   2006 Time series
# 84   South Africa: 93.5 %   2006 Time series
# 85   Dominican Republic: 93 %   2006 Time series
# 86   Botswana: 92.08 %   2006 Time series
# 87   Iran: 91.73 %   1990 Time series
# 88   Namibia: 91.15 %   2006 Time series
# 89   Egypt: 90.08 %   2006 Time series
# 90   Iraq: 88.91 %   2006 Time series
# 91   Cambodia: 87.92 %   2006 Time series
# 92   Jamaica: 87.11 %   1990 Time series
# 93   Cape Verde: 87.08 %   1990 Time series
# 94   Swaziland: 86.98 %   2006 Time series
# 95   Honduras: 86.89 %   2006 Time series
= 96   Guatemala: 86.38 %   2006 Time series
= 96   Cameroon: 86.38 %   1990 Time series
# 98   El Salvador: 85.14 %   1990 Time series
# 99   Sudan: 84.62 %   2006 Time series
# 100   India: 84.19 %   2006 Time series
# 101   Angola: 83.75 %   2006 Time series
# 102   Togo: 83.65 %   2006 Time series
# 103   Nicaragua: 83.63 %   2006 Time series
# 104   Uganda: 82.74 %   2006 Time series
# 105   Laos: 82.6 %   2006 Time series
# 106   Djibouti: 82.24 %   1990 Time series
# 107   Malawi: 82.09 %   2006 Time series
# 108   United Arab Emirates: 81.7 %   1990 Time series
# 109   Tanzania: 80.92 %   2006 Time series
# 110   Morocco: 80.8 %   2006 Time series
# 111   Nigeria: 80.75 %   1990 Time series
# 112   Nepal: 80.62 %   2006 Time series
# 113   Kenya: 79.81 %   2006 Time series
# 114   Rwanda: 78.53 %   2006 Time series
# 115   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 77.98 %   2006 Time series
# 116   Lesotho: 77.22 %   1990 Time series
# 117   Burundi: 76.78 %   2006 Time series
# 118   Ghana: 75.95 %   2006 Time series
# 119   Pakistan: 75.79 %   2006 Time series
# 120   Liberia: 75.42 %   1990 Time series
# 121   Yemen: 73.54 %   1990 Time series
# 122   Madagascar: 72.65 %   2006 Time series
# 123   Zambia: 72.62 %   2006 Time series
# 124   Eritrea: 72.52 %   1990 Time series
# 125   Côte d'Ivoire: 70.83 %   2006 Time series
# 126   Central African Republic: 70.33 %   2006 Time series
# 127   Papua New Guinea: 69.13 %   2006 Time series
# 128   Mauritania: 67.73 %   2006 Time series
# 129   Mozambique: 66.12 %   1990 Time series
# 130   Comoros: 63.78 %   1990 Time series
# 131   Benin: 59.21 %   2006 Time series
# 132   Sierra Leone: 59.13 %   2006 Time series
# 133   Guinea: 58.7 %   2006 Time series
# 134   Senegal: 58.49 %   2006 Time series
# 135   Haiti: 55.85 %   1990 Time series
# 136   Chad: 55.69 %   2006 Time series
# 137   Niger: 52.45 %   2006 Time series
# 138   Ethiopia: 51.54 %   1990 Time series
# 139   Afghanistan: 50.81 %   2006 Time series
# 140   Bangladesh: 50.7 %   1990 Time series
# 141   Gambia, The: 50.48 %   1990 Time series
# 142   Burkina Faso: 38.38 %   2006 Time series
# 143   Mali: 32.25 %   2006 Time series
Weighted average: 88.2 %   



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

See also

See this stat for year: 2006 1990

Related links:
 

COMMENTARY     


Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments
Please enter the 5-letter protection code

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:
 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
© Copyright NationMaster.com 2003-2009. All Rights Reserved. Usage implies agreement with terms.