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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 male > % of males ages 15-24 (most recent) by country
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1990
Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Israel :
100 %
2006 ...
#2
Cuba :
99.96 %
2006 ...
#3
Azerbaijan :
99.87 %
2006 ...
#4
Tajikistan :
99.84 %
2006 ...
#5
Kazakhstan :
99.82 %
2006 ...
#6
Turkmenistan :
99.81 %
2006 ...
#7
Barbados :
99.8 %
1990 ...
#8
Guyana :
99.8 %
1990 ...
#9
Italy :
99.8 %
2006 ...
#10
Ukraine :
99.78 %
2006 ...
#11
Hungary :
99.78 %
1990 ...
#12
Belarus :
99.76 %
2006 ...
#13
Armenia :
99.75 %
2006 ...
#14
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
99.75 %
2006 ...
#15
Slovenia :
99.74 %
1990 ...
#16
Cyprus :
99.74 %
2006 ...
#17
Estonia :
99.73 %
2006 ...
#18
Latvia :
99.72 %
2006 ...
#19
Kuwait :
99.69 %
2006 ...
#20
Uzbekistan :
99.69 %
1990 ...
#21
Russia :
99.68 %
2006 ...
#22
Lithuania :
99.66 %
2006 ...
#23
Trinidad and Tobago :
99.66 %
1990 ...
#24
Kyrgyzstan :
99.65 %
2006 ...
#25
Croatia :
99.64 %
2006 ...
#26
Slovakia :
99.57 %
2006 ...
#27
Moldova :
99.49 %
2006 ...
#28
Macau :
99.43 %
2006 ...
#29
Singapore :
99.41 %
2006 ...
#30
Serbia and Montenegro :
99.39 %
2006 ...
#31
Albania :
99.37 %
2006 ...
#32
Jordan :
99.33 %
2006 ...
#33
Tonga :
99.27 %
2006 ...
#34
China :
99.2 %
2006 ...
#35
Samoa :
99.13 %
1990 ...
#36
Macedonia, Republic of :
98.99 %
2006 ...
#37
Libya :
98.94 %
1990 ...
#38
Greece :
98.89 %
2006 ...
#39
Aruba :
98.88 %
2006 ...
#40
Brunei :
98.87 %
2006 ...
#41
Indonesia :
98.87 %
2006 ...
#42
Chile :
98.8 %
2006 ...
#43
Seychelles :
98.77 %
2006 ...
#44
Argentina :
98.71 %
2006 ...
#45
Bolivia :
98.55 %
2006 ...
#46
Bulgaria :
98.31 %
2006 ...
#47
Uruguay :
98.3 %
1990 ...
#48
Thailand :
98.1 %
2006 ...
#49
Saudi Arabia :
98.07 %
2006 ...
#50
Fiji :
98.05 %
1990 ...
#51
Maldives :
98.03 %
2006 ...
#52
Turkey :
98.02 %
2006 ...
#53
Oman :
97.87 %
2006 ...
#54
Peru :
97.8 %
2006 ...
#55
Romania :
97.74 %
2006 ...
#56
Colombia :
97.55 %
2006 ...
#57
Mexico :
97.52 %
2006 ...
#58
Netherlands Antilles :
97.29 %
1990 ...
#59
Malaysia :
97.21 %
2006 ...
#60
Costa Rica :
97.2 %
2006 ...
#61
Mongolia :
97 %
2006 ...
#62
Bahrain :
96.83 %
2006 ...
#63
Zimbabwe :
96.6 %
1990 ...
#64
Panama :
96.53 %
2006 ...
#65
Tunisia :
96.4 %
2006 ...
#66
Ecuador :
96.38 %
2006 ...
#67
Venezuela :
96.33 %
2006 ...
#68
Paraguay :
95.9 %
1990 ...
#69
Brazil :
95.78 %
2006 ...
#70
Burma :
95.7 %
2006 ...
#71
Suriname :
95.62 %
2006 ...
#72
Lebanon :
95.5 %
1990 ...
#73
Bahamas, The :
95.4 %
1990 ...
#74
Sri Lanka :
95.07 %
2006 ...
#75
Qatar :
94.89 %
2006 ...
#76
Congo, Republic of the :
94.88 %
1990 ...
#77
Equatorial Guinea :
94.79 %
2006 ...
#78
Philippines :
94.46 %
2006 ...
#79
Malta :
94.37 %
2006 ...
#80
Syria :
94.26 %
2006 ...
#81
Vietnam :
94.18 %
2006 ...
#82
Algeria :
94.06 %
2006 ...
#83
Mauritius :
93.72 %
2006 ...
#84
South Africa :
93.5 %
2006 ...
#85
Dominican Republic :
93 %
2006 ...
#86
Botswana :
92.08 %
2006 ...
#87
Iran :
91.73 %
1990 ...
#88
Namibia :
91.15 %
2006 ...
#89
Egypt :
90.08 %
2006 ...
#90
Iraq :
88.91 %
2006 ...
#91
Cambodia :
87.92 %
2006 ...
#92
Jamaica :
87.11 %
1990 ...
#93
Cape Verde :
87.08 %
1990 ...
#94
Swaziland :
86.98 %
2006 ...
#95
Honduras :
86.89 %
2006 ...
#96
Guatemala :
86.38 %
2006 ...
#97
Cameroon :
86.38 %
1990 ...
#98
El Salvador :
85.14 %
1990 ...
#99
Sudan :
84.62 %
2006 ...
#100
India :
84.19 %
2006 ...
#101
Angola :
83.75 %
2006 ...
#102
Togo :
83.65 %
2006 ...
#103
Nicaragua :
83.63 %
2006 ...
#104
Uganda :
82.74 %
2006 ...
#105
Laos :
82.6 %
2006 ...
#106
Djibouti :
82.24 %
1990 ...
#107
Malawi :
82.09 %
2006 ...
#108
United Arab Emirates :
81.7 %
1990 ...
#109
Tanzania :
80.92 %
2006 ...
#110
Morocco :
80.8 %
2006 ...
#111
Nigeria :
80.75 %
1990 ...
#112
Nepal :
80.62 %
2006 ...
#113
Kenya :
79.81 %
2006 ...
#114
Rwanda :
78.53 %
2006 ...
#115
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
77.98 %
2006 ...
#116
Lesotho :
77.22 %
1990 ...
#117
Burundi :
76.78 %
2006 ...
#118
Ghana :
75.95 %
2006 ...
#119
Pakistan :
75.79 %
2006 ...
#120
Liberia :
75.42 %
1990 ...
#121
Yemen :
73.54 %
1990 ...
#122
Madagascar :
72.65 %
2006 ...
#123
Zambia :
72.62 %
2006 ...
#124
Eritrea :
72.52 %
1990 ...
#125
Côte d'Ivoire :
70.83 %
2006 ...
#126
Central African Republic :
70.33 %
2006 ...
#127
Papua New Guinea :
69.13 %
2006 ...
#128
Mauritania :
67.73 %
2006 ...
#129
Mozambique :
66.12 %
1990 ...
#130
Comoros :
63.78 %
1990 ...
#131
Benin :
59.21 %
2006 ...
#132
Sierra Leone :
59.13 %
2006 ...