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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 | Cuba | 100 | 2008 | ||
| =1 | Azerbaijan | 100 | 2007 | ||
| =3 | Tajikistan | 99.9 | 2008 | ||
| =3 | Libya | 99.9 | 2008 | ||
| =3 | Italy | 99.9 | 2008 | ||
| =6 | Turkmenistan | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
| =6 | Bahrain | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
| =6 | Georgia | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
| =6 | Uzbekistan | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
| =6 | Lithuania | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
| =6 | Slovenia | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
| =6 | Cyprus | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
| =6 | Kazakhstan | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
| =6 | Poland | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
| 15 | Bolivia | 99.75 | 2007 | ||
| =16 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
| =16 | Portugal | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
| =16 | Estonia | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
| =16 | Armenia | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
| =16 | Ukraine | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
| =16 | Latvia | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
| =16 | Brunei | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
| =16 | Belarus | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
| =16 | Singapore | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 99.7 | 2008 | |||
| =25 | Russia | 99.6 | 2008 | ||
| =25 | Croatia | 99.6 | 2008 | ||
| 27 | Spain | 99.53 | 2008 | ||
| =28 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99.5 | 2008 | ||
| =28 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.5 | 2008 | ||
| =30 | Samoa | 99.4 | 2008 | ||
| =30 | Greece | 99.4 | 2008 | ||
| =30 | China | 99.4 | 2008 | ||
| =30 | New Caledonia | 99.4 | 2008 | ||
| =34 | Serbia and Montenegro | 99.3 | 2008 | ||
| =34 | Moldova | 99.3 | 2008 | ||
| =34 | Albania | 99.3 | 2008 | ||
| =34 | Tonga | 99.3 | 2006 | ||
| 38 | Maldives | 99.24 | 2006 | ||
| 39 | Aruba | 99.2 | 2008 | ||
| 40 | Cayman Islands | 99.14 | 2007 | ||
| 41 | Chile | 99.11 | 2008 | ||
| 42 | Qatar | 99.1 | 2007 | ||
| 43 | Israel | 99.05 | 1983 | ||
| 44 | Argentina | 99 | 2008 | ||
| 45 | Jordan | 98.95 | 2007 | ||
| 46 | Paraguay | 98.81 | 2007 | ||
| 47 | Seychelles | 98.77 | 2008 | ||
| 48 | Uruguay | 98.63 | 2008 | ||
| 49 | Turkey | 98.58 | 2007 | ||
| 50 | Mexico | 98.41 | 2008 | ||
| =51 | Saudi Arabia | 98.4 | 2008 | ||
| =51 | Gabon | 98.4 | 2008 | ||
| =51 | Antigua and Barbuda | 98.4 | 2008 | ||
| =51 | Kuwait | 98.4 | 2007 | ||
| =51 | Lebanon | 98.4 | 2007 | ||
| =56 | Malaysia | 98.3 | 2008 | ||
| =56 | Netherlands Antilles | 98.3 | 2008 | ||
| =56 | Zimbabwe | 98.3 | 2008 | ||
| =56 | Hungary | 98.3 | 2008 | ||
| 60 | Thailand | 98.22 | 2005 | ||
| 61 | Tunisia | 98.13 | 2008 | ||
| 62 | Peru | 98.01 | 2007 | ||
| 63 | Venezuela | 97.97 | 2007 | ||
| 64 | Costa Rica | 97.7 | 2008 | ||
| 65 | Oman | 97.63 | 2008 | ||
| 66 | Equatorial Guinea | 97.6 | 2008 | ||
| 67 | Colombia | 97.55 | 2008 | ||
| 68 | Malta | 97.46 | 2005 | ||
| 69 | Sri Lanka | 97.33 | 2008 | ||
| 70 | Bulgaria | 97.3 | 2008 | ||
| =71 | Cape Verde | 97.2 | 2008 | ||
| =71 | Vietnam | 97.2 | 2008 | ||
| 73 | Romania | 97.1 | 2008 | ||
| 74 | Brazil | 97.06 | 2007 | ||
| 75 | Indonesia | 97.03 | 2006 | ||
| 76 | Panama | 96.6 | 2008 | ||
| 77 | South Africa | 96.1 | 2008 | ||
| 78 | Burma | 96 | 2008 | ||
| 79 | Suriname | 95.7 | 2008 | ||
| 80 | Syria | 95.6 | 2008 | ||
| 81 | El Salvador | 95.41 | 2008 | ||
| 82 | Mauritius | 95.4 | 2008 | ||
| 83 | Guam | 95.36 | 1980 | ||
| 84 | Ecuador | 95.22 | 2007 | ||
| 85 | Sao Tome and Principe | 94.7 | 2008 | ||
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 94.63 | 2007 | ||
| 87 | Algeria | 94.38 | 2006 | ||
| 88 | Palau | 94.19 | 1980 | ||
| 89 | Philippines | 93.9 | 2008 | ||
| 90 | Botswana | 93.8 | 2008 | ||
| 91 | United Arab Emirates | 93.63 | 2005 | ||
| 92 | Vanuatu | 93.5 | 2008 | ||
| 93 | Mongolia | 93.3 | 2008 | ||
| 94 | Honduras | 92.7 | 2007 | ||
| =95 | Swaziland | 91.8 | 2008 | ||
| =95 | Jamaica | 91.8 | 2008 | ||
| =95 | Kenya | 91.8 | 2008 | ||
| =98 | Eritrea | 91.1 | 2008 | ||
| =98 | Namibia | 91.1 | 2008 | ||
| 100 | Solomon Islands | 90 | 1999 | ||
| 101 | Cambodia | 89.38 | 2008 | ||
| 102 | Laos | 89.19 | 2005 | ||
| 103 | Uganda | 89.1 | 2008 | ||
| 104 | Sudan | 88.6 | 2008 | ||
| 105 | Guatemala | 88.5 | 2008 | ||
| 106 | India | 88.41 | 2006 | ||
| 107 | Cameroon | 88.2 | 2008 | ||
| 108 | Togo | 87 | 2008 | ||
| 109 | Congo, Republic of the | 86.8 | 2005 | ||
| 110 | Malawi | 86.5 | 2008 | ||
| 111 | Nepal | 86.2 | 2008 | ||
| 112 | Puerto Rico | 85.8 | 2008 | ||
| 113 | Comoros | 85.7 | 2008 | ||
| 114 | Lesotho | 85.6 | 2008 | ||
| 115 | Nicaragua | 85.16 | 2005 | ||
| 116 | Morocco | 84.8 | 2008 | ||
| 117 | Iraq | 84.5 | 2008 | ||
| 118 | Zambia | 82.1 | 2008 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 82.07 | 2008 | |||
| 119 | Angola | 80.8 | 2008 | ||
| 120 | Ghana | 80.6 | 2008 | ||
| 121 | Bhutan | 80.04 | 2005 | ||
| 122 | Tanzania | 78.7 | 2008 | ||
| 123 | Pakistan | 78.51 | 2008 | ||
| 124 | Nigeria | 78.3 | 2008 | ||
| 125 | Mozambique | 77.7 | 2008 | ||
| 126 | Guinea-Bissau | 77.6 | 2008 | ||
| 127 | Rwanda | 77.1 | 2008 | ||
| 128 | Burundi | 76.5 | 2008 | ||
| 129 | Belize | 76.14 | 1991 | ||
| 130 | Bangladesh | 73.3 | 2008 | ||
| 131 | Madagascar | 72.65 | 2008 | ||
| 132 | Central African Republic | 72.1 | 2008 | ||
| 133 | Cote d'Ivoire | 72 | 2008 | ||
| 134 | Mauritania | 70.5 | 2008 | ||
| =135 | Liberia | 70.1 | 2008 | ||
| =135 | The Gambia | 70.1 | 2008 | ||
| 137 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 68.8 | 2008 | ||
| 138 | Guinea | 66.5 | 2008 | ||
| 139 | Sierra Leone | 66 | 2008 | ||
| 140 | Papua New Guinea | 64.6 | 2008 | ||
| 141 | Benin | 64.1 | 2008 | ||
| 142 | Ethiopia | 62.2 | 2008 | ||
| 143 | Senegal | 58.13 | 2006 | ||
| 144 | Chad | 53.5 | 2008 | ||
| 145 | Niger | 52.45 | 2005 | ||
| 146 | Haiti | 51.26 | 1982 | ||
| 147 | Mali | 47.38 | 2006 | ||
| 148 | Burkina Faso | 46.73 | 2007 |