Literacy Rate Among Female Youth
This key economic indicator for the Education And Training sector has been recently updated.
- Turkey jumped by 0.3points of Literacy Rate Among Female Youth in 2019, compared to the previous year.
- Since 2014 Turkey Literacy Rate Among Female Youth increased 0.3points year on year totalising 100.2 Percent of Women Aged 15-24.
- In 2019 Argentina was number 19 in Literacy Rate Among Female Youth.
- In 2018 Italy was number 4 in Literacy Rate Among Female Youth close to 99.95 Percent of Women Aged 15-24, moving from 36 in 2017.
Top Countries in Literacy Rate Among Female Youth
| # | 134 Countries | Percent of Women Aged 15-24 | Last | YoY | 5‑years CAGR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
#1
Turkey
|
100.20 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 2 |
#2
Uzbekistan
|
100.00 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Singapore
|
99.95 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 4 |
#4
Italy
|
99.95 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 5 |
#5
Azerbaijan
|
99.91 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 6 |
#6
Barbados
|
99.90 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 6 |
#6
Slovenia
|
99.90 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 6 |
#6
Tajikistan
|
99.90 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 6 |
#6
Turkmenistan
|
99.90 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 10 |
#10
Armenia
|
99.87 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 11 |
#11
Belarus
|
99.87 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 12 |
#12
Lebanon
|
99.84 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 13 |
#13
Moldova
|
99.82 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 14 |
#14
Fiji
|
99.81 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 15 |
#15
Kyrgyzstan
|
99.81 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 16 |
#16
Brunei
|
99.79 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 17 |
#17
China
|
99.78 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 18 |
#18
Russia
|
99.75 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 19 |
#19
Argentina
|
99.74 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 20 |
#20
Spain
|
99.73 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 21 |
#21
Serbia
|
99.72 % | 2016 | NA | +0.1 % | View data |
| 22 |
#22
Portugal
|
99.70 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 23 |
#23
Indonesia
|
99.69 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 24 |
#24
Albania
|
99.63 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 25 |
#25
Seychelles
|
99.60 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 26 |
#26
Malta
|
99.56 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Tonga
|
99.54 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 28 |
#28
Brazil
|
99.54 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 29 |
#29
Kuwait
|
99.54 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | NA | View data |
| 30 |
#30
Costa Rica
|
99.53 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 31 |
#31
Grenada
|
99.50 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 32 |
#32
Jordan
|
99.49 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 33 |
#33
Georgia
|
99.49 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 34 |
#34
Mexico
|
99.46 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 35 |
#35
Romania
|
99.44 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 36 |
#36
Samoa
|
99.44 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 37 |
#37
Ecuador
|
99.43 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 38 |
#38
Bolivia
|
99.40 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 39 |
#39
Botswana
|
99.40 % | 2014 | +0.3 % | NA | View data |
| 40 |
#40
Palestine
|
99.40 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 41 |
#41
Aruba
|
99.39 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 42 |
#42
Mauritius
|
99.35 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 43 |
#43
Bahrain
|
99.30 % | 2018 | +0.2 % | NA | View data |
| 44 |
#44
New Caledonia
|
99.30 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 45 |
#45
Saudi Arabia
|
99.28 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 46 |
#46
Philippines
|
99.27 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 47 |
#47
Uruguay
|
99.22 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 48 |
#48
Palau
|
99.17 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 49 |
#49
Venezuela
|
99.09 % | 2016 | -0.2 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 50 |
#50
Maldives
|
99.09 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 51 |
#51
Mongolia
|
99.08 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 52 |
#52
Colombia
|
99.07 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 53 |
#53
Chile
|
99.06 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | NA | View data |
| 54 |
#54
Sri Lanka
|
99.04 % | 2018 | -0.1 % | NA | View data |
| 55 |
#55
Hungary
|
99.00 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 56 |
#56
Montenegro
|
98.97 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 57 |
#57
Oman
|
98.96 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 58 |
#58
Peru
|
98.94 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 59 |
#59
Panama
|
98.87 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 60 |
#60
Paraguay
|
98.86 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 61 |
#61
Dominican Republic
|
98.83 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 62 |
#62
Jamaica
|
98.80 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 63 |
#63
Cape Verde
|
98.73 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 64 |
#64
Equatorial Guinea
|
98.70 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 65 |
#65
Thailand
|
98.59 % | 2018 | NA | -0.0 % | View data |
| 66 |
#66
Macedonia
|
98.50 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 67 |
#67
El Salvador
|
98.42 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | NA | View data |
| 68 |
#68
Suriname
|
98.40 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 69 |
#69
Vietnam
|
98.35 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 70 |
#70
Honduras
|
98.21 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 71 |
#71
Iran
|
97.94 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 72 |
#72
Sao Tome and Principe
|
97.85 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 73 |
#73
Morocco
|
97.40 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 74 |
#74
Algeria
|
97.25 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 75 |
#75
South Africa
|
97.05 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.4 % | View data |
| 76 |
#76
Guyana
|
97.04 % | 2014 | NA | +0.7 % | View data |
| 77 |
#77
Malaysia
|
97.02 % | 2018 | -0.4 % | NA | View data |
| 78 |
#78
Swaziland
|
96.70 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 79 |
#79
Vanuatu
|
96.60 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 80 |
#80
Qatar
|
96.18 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 81 |
#81
Bangladesh
|
96.09 % | 2019 | +1.2 % | +2.1 % | View data |
| 82 |
#82
Tunisia
|
95.80 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 83 |
#83
Lesotho
|
93.97 % | 2014 | NA | +0.4 % | View data |
| 84 |
#84
Nicaragua
|
93.60 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 85 |
#85
Guatemala
|
93.27 % | 2014 | +3.9 % | NA | View data |
| 86 |
#86
Zimbabwe
|
93.19 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 87 |
#87
Iraq
|
93.03 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | +1.7 % | View data |
| 88 |
#88
Bhutan
|
92.89 % | 2017 | NA | +2.5 % | View data |
| 89 |
#89
Eritrea
|
92.71 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 90 |
#90
Cambodia
|
92.57 % | 2015 | +2.4 % | NA | View data |
| 91 |
#91
Puerto Rico
|
92.39 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 92 |
#92
Ghana
|
92.21 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 93 |
#93
Zambia
|
91.63 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 94 |
#94
Gabon
|
91.45 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 95 |
#95
Nepal
|
90.88 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 96 |
#96
Laos
|
90.50 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 97 |
#97
India
|
90.17 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 98 |
#98
Uganda
|
89.95 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 99 |
#99
Rwanda
|
88.50 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 100 |
#100
Kenya
|
88.08 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 101 |
#101
Egypt
|
86.81 % | 2017 | NA | +0.2 % | View data |
| 102 |
#102
Burundi
|
85.62 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 103 |
#103
East Timor
|
84.65 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 104 |
#104
Tanzania
|
84.64 % | 2015 | NA | +3.1 % | View data |
| 105 |
#105
Myanmar
|
84.41 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 106 |
#106
Haiti
|
82.63 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 107 |
#107
Cameroon
|
82.41 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 108 |
#108
Madagascar
|
80.68 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 109 |
#109
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
79.71 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 110 |
#110
Republic of the Congo
|
78.74 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 111 |
#111
Togo
|
78.37 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 112 |
#112
Comoros
|
78.30 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 113 |
#113
Sudan
|
73.49 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 114 |
#114
Malawi
|
73.39 % | 2015 | +0.1 % | +0.9 % | View data |
| 115 |
#115
Ethiopia
|
71.97 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 116 |
#116
Angola
|
70.59 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 117 |
#117
Nigeria
|
68.26 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 118 |
#118
Pakistan
|
67.54 % | 2017 | NA | +0.9 % | View data |
| 119 |
#119
Mozambique
|
65.49 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 120 |
#120
Gambia
|
64.45 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 121 |
#121
Senegal
|
63.50 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 122 |
#122
Sierra Leone
|
62.70 % | 2018 | NA | +4.3 % | View data |
| 123 |
#123
Mauritania
|
56.76 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 124 |
#124
Afghanistan
|
56.25 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 125 |
#125
Burkina Faso
|
54.67 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 126 |
#126
Ivory Coast
|
53.03 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 127 |
#127
Benin
|
51.94 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 128 |
#128
Guinea-Bissau
|
49.76 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 129 |
#129
South Sudan
|
47.37 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 130 |
#130
Liberia
|
45.64 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 131 |
#131
Mali
|
43.40 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 132 |
#132
Guinea
|
37.21 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 133 |
#133
Central African Republic
|
28.71 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 134 |
#134
Chad
|
22.39 % | 2016 | -13.9 % | NA | View data |
Source: World Bank