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

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Cuba: 99.96 %   2006 Time series
# 2     Azerbaijan: 99.89 %   2006 Time series
= 3     Kazakhstan: 99.85 %   2006 Time series
= 3     Tajikistan: 99.85 %   2006 Time series
= 5     Turkmenistan: 99.81 %   2006 Time series
= 5     Armenia: 99.81 %   2006 Time series
= 5     Italy: 99.81 %   2006 Time series
= 8     Guyana: 99.8 %   1990 Time series
= 8     Ukraine: 99.8 %   2006 Time series
= 8     Barbados: 99.8 %   1990 Time series
= 11     Belarus: 99.79 %   2006 Time series
= 11     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 99.79 %   2006 Time series
# 13     Israel: 99.78 %   2006 Time series
= 14     Cyprus: 99.77 %   2006 Time series
= 14     Estonia: 99.77 %   2006 Time series
= 14     Slovenia: 99.77 %   1990 Time series
# 17     Latvia: 99.75 %   2006 Time series
# 18     Hungary: 99.74 %   1990 Time series
# 19     Kuwait: 99.73 %   2006 Time series
# 20     Russia: 99.72 %   2006 Time series
= 21     Lithuania: 99.7 %   2006 Time series
= 21     Kyrgyzstan: 99.7 %   2006 Time series
= 23     Croatia: 99.65 %   2006 Time series
= 23     Uzbekistan: 99.65 %   1990 Time series
# 25     Trinidad and Tobago: 99.64 %   1990 Time series
# 26     Macau: 99.63 %   2006 Time series
# 27     Slovakia: 99.62 %   2006 Time series
# 28     Moldova: 99.52 %   2006 Time series
# 29     Singapore: 99.5 %   2006 Time series
# 30     Albania: 99.44 %   2006 Time series
# 31     Serbia and Montenegro: 99.36 %   2006 Time series
# 32     Tonga: 99.31 %   2006 Time series
# 33     Jordan: 99.13 %   2006 Time series
# 34     Seychelles: 99.06 %   2006 Time series
# 35     Samoa: 99.05 %   1990 Time series
# 36     Aruba: 99.03 %   2006 Time series
# 37     Chile: 98.99 %   2006 Time series
# 38     Greece: 98.94 %   2006 Time series
# 39     Argentina: 98.92 %   2006 Time series
# 40     Brunei: 98.89 %   2006 Time series
# 41     China: 98.86 %   2006 Time series
# 42     Macedonia, Republic of: 98.74 %   2006 Time series
# 43     Indonesia: 98.71 %   2006 Time series
# 44     Uruguay: 98.7 %   1990 Time series
# 45     Bulgaria: 98.21 %   2006 Time series
# 46     Maldives: 98.17 %   2006 Time series
# 47     Colombia: 97.99 %   2006 Time series
# 48     Thailand: 97.98 %   2006 Time series
# 49     Fiji: 97.84 %   1990 Time series
# 50     Romania: 97.76 %   2006 Time series
# 51     Mongolia: 97.71 %   2006 Time series
# 52     Costa Rica: 97.61 %   2006 Time series
# 53     Mexico: 97.56 %   2006 Time series
# 54     Netherlands Antilles: 97.49 %   1990 Time series
# 55     Bolivia: 97.32 %   2006 Time series
# 56     Oman: 97.28 %   2006 Time series
# 57     Malaysia: 97.24 %   2006 Time series
# 58     Venezuela: 97.2 %   2006 Time series
# 59     Bahrain: 97.02 %   2006 Time series
# 60     Brazil: 96.84 %   2006 Time series
# 61     Peru: 96.76 %   2006 Time series
# 62     Bahamas, The: 96.46 %   1990 Time series
# 63     Ecuador: 96.44 %   2006 Time series
# 64     Panama: 96.08 %   2006 Time series
# 65     Malta: 96.03 %   2006 Time series
# 66     Qatar: 95.92 %   2006 Time series
# 67     Saudi Arabia: 95.91 %   2006 Time series
# 68     Turkey: 95.6 %   2006 Time series
# 69     Sri Lanka: 95.59 %   2006 Time series
# 70     Paraguay: 95.56 %   1990 Time series
# 71     Philippines: 95.09 %   2006 Time series
# 72     Suriname: 94.88 %   2006 Time series
# 73     Equatorial Guinea: 94.86 %   2006 Time series
# 74     Mauritius: 94.54 %   2006 Time series
# 75     Burma: 94.52 %   2006 Time series
# 76     Tunisia: 94.34 %   2006 Time series
# 77     Dominican Republic: 94.22 %   2006 Time series
# 78     Botswana: 93.96 %   2006 Time series
# 79     Zimbabwe: 93.95 %   1990 Time series
# 80     South Africa: 93.91 %   2006 Time series
# 81     Vietnam: 93.88 %   2006 Time series
# 82     Congo, Republic of the: 92.53 %   1990 Time series
# 83     Namibia: 92.34 %   2006 Time series
# 84     Syria: 92.22 %   2006 Time series
# 85     Lebanon: 92.09 %   1990 Time series
# 86     Jamaica: 91.23 %   1990 Time series
# 87     Libya: 90.95 %   1990 Time series
# 88     Algeria: 90.14 %   2006 Time series
# 89     Honduras: 88.94 %   2006 Time series
# 90     Swaziland: 88.42 %   2006 Time series
# 91     Lesotho: 87.16 %   1990 Time series
# 92     Iran: 86.33 %   1990 Time series
# 93     Nicaragua: 86.22 %   2006 Time series
# 94     Egypt: 84.93 %   2006 Time series
# 95     Iraq: 84.8 %   2006 Time series
# 96     United Arab Emirates: 84.69 %   1990 Time series
# 97     El Salvador: 83.84 %   1990 Time series
# 98     Cambodia: 83.38 %   2006 Time series
# 99     Guatemala: 82.22 %   2006 Time series
# 100     Cape Verde: 81.49 %   1990 Time series
# 101     Cameroon: 81.14 %   1990 Time series
# 102     Kenya: 80.32 %   2006 Time series
# 103     Laos: 78.46 %   2006 Time series
# 104     Tanzania: 78.4 %   2006 Time series
# 105     Rwanda: 77.63 %   2006 Time series
# 106     Sudan: 77.18 %   2006 Time series
# 107     Uganda: 76.64 %   2006 Time series
# 108     India: 76.43 %   2006 Time series
# 109     Malawi: 76.01 %   2006 Time series
# 110     Togo: 74.37 %   2006 Time series
# 111     Nigeria: 73.58 %   1990 Time series
# 112     Burundi: 73.33 %   2006 Time series
# 113     Djibouti: 73.25 %   1990 Time series
# 114     Angola: 72.18 %   2006 Time series
# 115     Ghana: 70.66 %   2006 Time series
# 116     Morocco: 70.46 %   2006 Time series
# 117     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 70.42 %   2006 Time series
# 118     Madagascar: 70.24 %   2006 Time series
# 119     Nepal: 70.05 %   2006 Time series
# 120     Zambia: 69.46 %   2006 Time series
# 121     Papua New Guinea: 66.68 %   2006 Time series
# 122     Pakistan: 65.5 %   2006 Time series
# 123     Mauritania: 61.34 %   2006 Time series
# 124     Eritrea: 60.9 %   1990 Time series
# 125     Côte d'Ivoire: 60.72 %   2006 Time series
# 126     Central African Republic: 58.52 %   2006 Time series
# 127     Liberia: 57.22 %   1990 Time series
# 128     Comoros: 56.69 %   1990 Time series
# 129     Haiti: 54.82 %   1990 Time series
# 130     Yemen: 49.97 %   1990 Time series
# 131     Senegal: 49.12 %   2006 Time series
# 132     Mozambique: 48.8 %   1990 Time series
# 133     Sierra Leone: 47.56 %   2006 Time series
# 134     Guinea: 46.55 %   2006 Time series
# 135     Benin: 45.31 %   2006 Time series
# 136     Ethiopia: 42.99 %   1990 Time series
# 137     Gambia, The: 42.19 %   1990 Time series
# 138     Bangladesh: 42.04 %   1990 Time series
# 139     Chad: 37.56 %   2006 Time series
# 140     Niger: 36.55 %   2006 Time series
# 141     Afghanistan: 34.31 %   2006 Time series
# 142     Burkina Faso: 31.23 %   2006 Time series
# 143     Mali: 24.19 %   2006 Time series
Weighted average: 85.4 %  


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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