Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Education > Literacy rate > People aged 15-24
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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.".
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seychelles | 99.06 | 2008 | ||
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 98.9 | 2008 | ||
| 3 | Cape Verde | 98 | 2008 | ||
| 4 | Equatorial Guinea | 97.8 | 2008 | ||
| 5 | Gabon | 97.4 | 2008 | ||
| 6 | South Africa | 96.8 | 2008 | ||
| 7 | Mauritius | 96.4 | 2008 | ||
| 8 | Sao Tome and Principe | 95.2 | 2008 | ||
| 9 | Botswana | 95.1 | 2008 | ||
| 10 | Swaziland | 93.2 | 2008 | ||
| 11 | Namibia | 92.9 | 2008 | ||
| 12 | Kenya | 92.3 | 2008 | ||
| 13 | Lesotho | 91.9 | 2008 | ||
| 14 | Eritrea | 87.8 | 2008 | ||
| 15 | Uganda | 87.3 | 2008 | ||
| 16 | Cameroon | 85.8 | 2008 | ||
| 17 | Malawi | 85.7 | 2008 | ||
| 18 | Sudan | 85.2 | 2008 | ||
| 19 | Comoros | 84.9 | 2008 | ||
| 20 | Togo | 83.5 | 2008 | ||
| 21 | Ghana | 79.3 | 2008 | ||
| 22 | Tanzania | 77.5 | 2008 | ||
| 23 | Rwanda | 77.1 | 2008 | ||
| 24 | Burundi | 75.9 | 2008 | ||
| =25 | Liberia | 74.8 | 2008 | ||
| =25 | Zambia | 74.8 | 2008 | ||
| 27 | Angola | 72.9 | 2008 | ||
| 28 | Nigeria | 71.5 | 2008 | ||
| 29 | Madagascar | 70.24 | 2008 | ||
| 30 | Mozambique | 69.9 | 2008 | ||
| 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 69.6 | 2008 | ||
| 32 | Mauritania | 67 | 2008 | ||
| 33 | Cote d'Ivoire | 66.1 | 2008 | ||
| 34 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 65.3 | 2008 | ||
| 35 | Central African Republic | 64.2 | 2008 | ||
| 36 | The Gambia | 64.1 | 2008 | ||
| 37 | Guinea | 58.7 | 2008 | ||
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 55.7 | 2008 | ||
| 39 | Benin | 53.3 | 2008 | ||
| 40 | Senegal | 50.85 | 2006 | ||
| 41 | Ethiopia | 49.9 | 2008 | ||
| 42 | Chad | 45.4 | 2008 | ||
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 39.26 | 2007 | ||
| 44 | Mali | 38.82 | 2006 | ||
| 45 | Niger | 36.55 | 2005 |
