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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 total > % of people ages 15-24 (most recent) by country
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1990
Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Cuba :
99.96 %
2006 ...
#2
Azerbaijan :
99.89 %
2006 ...
#3
Kazakhstan :
99.85 %
2006 ...
#4
Tajikistan :
99.85 %
2006 ...
#5
Italy :
99.81 %
2006 ...
#6
Armenia :
99.81 %
2006 ...
#7
Turkmenistan :
99.81 %
2006 ...
#8
Barbados :
99.8 %
1990 ...
#9
Ukraine :
99.8 %
2006 ...
#10
Guyana :
99.8 %
1990 ...
#11
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
99.79 %
2006 ...
#12
Belarus :
99.79 %
2006 ...
#13
Israel :
99.78 %
2006 ...
#14
Estonia :
99.77 %
2006 ...
#15
Cyprus :
99.77 %
2006 ...
#16
Slovenia :
99.77 %
1990 ...
#17
Latvia :
99.75 %
2006 ...
#18
Hungary :
99.74 %
1990 ...
#19
Kuwait :
99.73 %
2006 ...
#20
Russia :
99.72 %
2006 ...
#21
Lithuania :
99.7 %
2006 ...
#22
Kyrgyzstan :
99.7 %
2006 ...
#23
Uzbekistan :
99.65 %
1990 ...
#24
Croatia :
99.65 %
2006 ...
#25
Trinidad and Tobago :
99.64 %
1990 ...
#26
Macau :
99.63 %
2006 ...
#27
Slovakia :
99.62 %
2006 ...
#28
Moldova :
99.52 %
2006 ...
#29
Singapore :
99.5 %
2006 ...
#30
Albania :
99.44 %
2006 ...
#31
Serbia and Montenegro :
99.36 %
2006 ...
#32
Tonga :
99.31 %
2006 ...
#33
Jordan :
99.13 %
2006 ...
#34
Seychelles :
99.06 %
2006 ...
#35
Samoa :
99.05 %
1990 ...
#36
Aruba :
99.03 %
2006 ...
#37
Chile :
98.99 %
2006 ...
#38
Greece :
98.94 %
2006 ...
#39
Argentina :
98.92 %
2006 ...
#40
Brunei :
98.89 %
2006 ...
#41
China :
98.86 %
2006 ...
#42
Macedonia, Republic of :
98.74 %
2006 ...
#43
Indonesia :
98.71 %
2006 ...
#44
Uruguay :
98.7 %
1990 ...
#45
Bulgaria :
98.21 %
2006 ...
#46
Maldives :
98.17 %
2006 ...
#47
Colombia :
97.99 %
2006 ...
#48
Thailand :
97.98 %
2006 ...
#49
Fiji :
97.84 %
1990 ...
#50
Romania :
97.76 %
2006 ...
#51
Mongolia :
97.71 %
2006 ...
#52
Costa Rica :
97.61 %
2006 ...
#53
Mexico :
97.56 %
2006 ...
#54
Netherlands Antilles :
97.49 %
1990 ...
#55
Bolivia :
97.32 %
2006 ...
#56
Oman :
97.28 %
2006 ...
#57
Malaysia :
97.24 %
2006 ...
#58
Venezuela :
97.2 %
2006 ...
#59
Bahrain :
97.02 %
2006 ...
#60
Brazil :
96.84 %
2006 ...
#61
Peru :
96.76 %
2006 ...
#62
Bahamas, The :
96.46 %
1990 ...
#63
Ecuador :
96.44 %
2006 ...
#64
Panama :
96.08 %
2006 ...
#65
Malta :
96.03 %
2006 ...
#66
Qatar :
95.92 %
2006 ...
#67
Saudi Arabia :
95.91 %
2006 ...
#68
Turkey :
95.6 %
2006 ...
#69
Sri Lanka :
95.59 %
2006 ...
#70
Paraguay :
95.56 %
1990 ...
#71
Philippines :
95.09 %
2006 ...
#72
Suriname :
94.88 %
2006 ...
#73
Equatorial Guinea :
94.86 %
2006 ...
#74
Mauritius :
94.54 %
2006 ...
#75
Burma :
94.52 %
2006 ...
#76
Tunisia :
94.34 %
2006 ...
#77
Dominican Republic :
94.22 %
2006 ...
#78
Botswana :
93.96 %
2006 ...
#79
Zimbabwe :
93.95 %
1990 ...
#80
South Africa :
93.91 %
2006 ...
#81
Vietnam :
93.88 %
2006 ...
#82
Congo, Republic of the :
92.53 %
1990 ...
#83
Namibia :
92.34 %
2006 ...
#84
Syria :
92.22 %
2006 ...
#85
Lebanon :
92.09 %
1990 ...
#86
Jamaica :
91.23 %
1990 ...
#87
Libya :
90.95 %
1990 ...
#88
Algeria :
90.14 %
2006 ...
#89
Honduras :
88.94 %
2006 ...
#90
Swaziland :
88.42 %
2006 ...
#91
Lesotho :
87.16 %
1990 ...
#92
Iran :
86.33 %
1990 ...
#93
Nicaragua :
86.22 %
2006 ...
#94
Egypt :
84.93 %
2006 ...
#95
Iraq :
84.8 %
2006 ...
#96
United Arab Emirates :
84.69 %
1990 ...
#97
El Salvador :
83.84 %
1990 ...
#98
Cambodia :
83.38 %
2006 ...
#99
Guatemala :
82.22 %
2006 ...
#100
Cape Verde :
81.49 %
1990 ...
#101
Cameroon :
81.14 %
1990 ...
#102
Kenya :
80.32 %
2006 ...
#103
Laos :
78.46 %
2006 ...
#104
Tanzania :
78.4 %
2006 ...
#105
Rwanda :
77.63 %
2006 ...
#106
Sudan :
77.18 %
2006 ...
#107
Uganda :
76.64 %
2006 ...
#108
India :
76.43 %
2006 ...
#109
Malawi :
76.01 %
2006 ...
#110
Togo :
74.37 %
2006 ...
#111
Nigeria :
73.58 %
1990 ...
#112
Burundi :
73.33 %
2006 ...
#113
Djibouti :
73.25 %
1990 ...
#114
Angola :
72.18 %
2006 ...
#115
Ghana :
70.66 %
2006 ...
#116
Morocco :
70.46 %
2006 ...
#117
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
70.42 %
2006 ...
#118
Madagascar :
70.24 %
2006 ...
#119
Nepal :
70.05 %
2006 ...
#120
Zambia :
69.46 %
2006 ...
#121
Papua New Guinea :
66.68 %
2006 ...
#122
Pakistan :
65.5 %
2006 ...
#123
Mauritania :
61.34 %
2006 ...
#124
Eritrea :
60.9 %
1990 ...
#125
Côte d'Ivoire :
60.72 %
2006 ...
#126
Central African Republic :
58.52 %
2006 ...
#127
Liberia :
57.22 %
1990 ...
#128
Comoros :
56.69 %
1990 ...
#129
Haiti :
54.82 %
1990 ...
#130
Yemen :
49.97 %
1990 ...
#131
Senegal :
49.12 %
2006 ...
#132
Mozambique :
48.8 %
1990