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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   Italy: 99.81 %   2006 Time series
= 5   Armenia: 99.81 %   2006 Time series
= 8   Barbados: 99.8 %   1990 Time series
= 8   Ukraine: 99.8 %   2006 Time series
= 8   Guyana: 99.8 %   1990 Time series
= 11   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 99.79 %   2006 Time series
= 11   Belarus: 99.79 %   2006 Time series
# 13   Israel: 99.78 %   2006 Time series
= 14   Slovenia: 99.77 %   1990 Time series
= 14   Estonia: 99.77 %   2006 Time series
= 14   Cyprus: 99.77 %   2006 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   Kyrgyzstan: 99.7 %   2006 Time series
= 21   Lithuania: 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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