Literacy Rate Among Male Youth
This key economic indicator for the Education And Training sector has been recently updated.
- Turkey Literacy Rate Among Male Youth jumped by 0.1points in 2019, compared to the previous year.
- Since 2014 Turkey Literacy Rate Among Male Youth was up 0.1points year on year totalising 100.09 Percent of Men Aged 15-24.
- In 2016 Serbia was number 16 in Literacy Rate Among Male Youth.
- In 2014 Barbados was number 6 in Literacy Rate Among Male Youth with 99.92 Percent of Men Aged 15-24, from 36 in 2013.
Top Countries in Literacy Rate Among Male Youth
# | 134 Countries | Percent of Men Aged 15-24 | Last | YoY | 5‑years CAGR | |
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1 |
#1
Turkey
|
100.09 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
2 |
#2
Uzbekistan
|
100.00 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
3 |
#3
Bahrain
|
99.98 % | 2018 | -0.0 % | NA | View data |
4 |
#4
Azerbaijan
|
99.96 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
5 |
#5
Singapore
|
99.93 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
6 |
#6
Barbados
|
99.92 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
7 |
#7
Italy
|
99.92 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
8 |
#8
Tajikistan
|
99.86 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
9 |
#9
Belarus
|
99.83 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
10 |
#10
Armenia
|
99.82 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
11 |
#11
Moldova
|
99.81 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
12 |
#12
Slovenia
|
99.79 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
13 |
#13
China
|
99.78 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
14 |
#14
Turkmenistan
|
99.77 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
15 |
#15
Georgia
|
99.77 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
16 |
#16
Serbia
|
99.72 % | 2016 | NA | +0.1 % | View data |
17 |
#17
Indonesia
|
99.71 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
18 |
#18
Kyrgyzstan
|
99.69 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
19 |
#19
Spain
|
99.69 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.0 % | View data |
20 |
#20
Fiji
|
99.68 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
21 |
#21
Lebanon
|
99.66 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
22 |
#22
Russia
|
99.65 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
23 |
#23
Brunei
|
99.64 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
24 |
#24
Portugal
|
99.63 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
25 |
#25
Aruba
|
99.60 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
26 |
#26
Romania
|
99.42 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
27 |
#27
Bolivia
|
99.39 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
28 |
#28
Tonga
|
99.35 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
29 |
#29
Costa Rica
|
99.34 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
30 |
#30
Palestine
|
99.34 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.0 % | View data |
31 |
#31
Saudi Arabia
|
99.32 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
32 |
#32
Panama
|
99.31 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
33 |
#33
Mexico
|
99.31 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
34 |
#34
Argentina
|
99.26 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
35 |
#35
Montenegro
|
99.23 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
36 |
#36
Ecuador
|
99.21 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.0 % | View data |
37 |
#37
Jordan
|
99.20 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
38 |
#38
New Caledonia
|
99.18 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
39 |
#39
Peru
|
99.16 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.0 % | View data |
40 |
#40
Brazil
|
99.13 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
41 |
#41
Malta
|
99.06 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
42 |
#42
Chile
|
99.05 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | NA | View data |
43 |
#43
Albania
|
99.05 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
44 |
#44
Dominican Republic
|
99.03 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.3 % | View data |
45 |
#45
Grenada
|
98.95 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
46 |
#46
Philippines
|
98.90 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
47 |
#47
Suriname
|
98.88 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
48 |
#48
Samoa
|
98.84 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
49 |
#49
Kuwait
|
98.84 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | NA | View data |
50 |
#50
Macedonia
|
98.76 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
51 |
#51
Mauritius
|
98.74 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
52 |
#52
Hungary
|
98.69 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
53 |
#53
Uruguay
|
98.63 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
54 |
#54
Colombia
|
98.62 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
55 |
#55
Seychelles
|
98.56 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
56 |
#56
Sri Lanka
|
98.51 % | 2018 | -0.0 % | NA | View data |
57 |
#57
Vietnam
|
98.46 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
58 |
#58
Venezuela
|
98.44 % | 2016 | -0.3 % | +0.3 % | View data |
59 |
#59
Maldives
|
98.39 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
60 |
#60
Oman
|
98.33 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | -0.2 % | View data |
61 |
#61
Palau
|
98.25 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
62 |
#62
Iran
|
98.24 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
63 |
#63
Mongolia
|
98.19 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
64 |
#64
Morocco
|
98.04 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
65 |
#65
El Salvador
|
97.99 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | NA | View data |
66 |
#66
Paraguay
|
97.75 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.3 % | View data |
67 |
#67
Equatorial Guinea
|
97.72 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
68 |
#68
Sao Tome and Principe
|
97.71 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
69 |
#69
Thailand
|
97.69 % | 2018 | NA | -0.1 % | View data |
70 |
#70
Algeria
|
97.59 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
71 |
#71
Cape Verde
|
97.59 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
72 |
#72
Malaysia
|
96.70 % | 2018 | -0.4 % | NA | View data |
73 |
#73
Tunisia
|
96.61 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
74 |
#74
Guyana
|
96.33 % | 2014 | NA | +0.8 % | View data |
75 |
#75
Vanuatu
|
95.98 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
76 |
#76
Botswana
|
95.94 % | 2014 | +0.2 % | NA | View data |
77 |
#77
Iraq
|
95.76 % | 2019 | +0.7 % | +0.8 % | View data |
78 |
#78
Guatemala
|
95.48 % | 2014 | +1.4 % | NA | View data |
79 |
#79
Honduras
|
94.95 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | -0.0 % | View data |
80 |
#80
Laos
|
94.40 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
81 |
#81
Qatar
|
94.33 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.3 % | View data |
82 |
#82
Swaziland
|
94.30 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
83 |
#83
South Africa
|
94.06 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | -0.9 % | View data |
84 |
#84
Nepal
|
94.03 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
85 |
#85
Jamaica
|
93.86 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
86 |
#86
Eritrea
|
93.82 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
87 |
#87
Bangladesh
|
93.70 % | 2019 | +2.1 % | +2.1 % | View data |
88 |
#88
Bhutan
|
93.27 % | 2017 | NA | +0.6 % | View data |
89 |
#89
India
|
92.99 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
90 |
#90
Ghana
|
92.76 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
91 |
#91
Zambia
|
92.56 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
92 |
#92
Puerto Rico
|
92.39 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
93 |
#93
Cambodia
|
91.86 % | 2015 | +2.2 % | NA | View data |
94 |
#94
Burundi
|
91.03 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
95 |
#95
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
90.96 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
96 |
#96
Togo
|
89.67 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
97 |
#97
Nicaragua
|
89.64 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
98 |
#98
Egypt
|
89.48 % | 2017 | NA | -0.6 % | View data |
99 |
#99
Uganda
|
88.83 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
100 |
#100
Gabon
|
88.14 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
101 |
#101
Cameroon
|
87.72 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
102 |
#102
Zimbabwe
|
87.59 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
103 |
#103
Kenya
|
87.59 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
104 |
#104
Tanzania
|
87.01 % | 2015 | NA | +2.6 % | View data |
105 |
#105
Republic of the Congo
|
85.34 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
106 |
#106
Myanmar
|
85.12 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
107 |
#107
Angola
|
84.86 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
108 |
#108
Rwanda
|
84.33 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
109 |
#109
Haiti
|
83.35 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
110 |
#110
East Timor
|
82.46 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
111 |
#111
Madagascar
|
81.72 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
112 |
#112
Nigeria
|
81.58 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
113 |
#113
Pakistan
|
81.26 % | 2017 | NA | +0.2 % | View data |
114 |
#114
Lesotho
|
79.61 % | 2014 | NA | +1.4 % | View data |
115 |
#115
Comoros
|
78.24 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
116 |
#116
Mozambique
|
77.26 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
117 |
#117
Senegal
|
75.58 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
118 |
#118
Afghanistan
|
74.08 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
119 |
#119
Ethiopia
|
73.52 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
120 |
#120
Sudan
|
72.51 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
121 |
#121
Malawi
|
72.49 % | 2015 | -8.0 % | -0.5 % | View data |
122 |
#122
Guinea-Bissau
|
71.25 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
123 |
#123
Mauritania
|
70.94 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
124 |
#124
Gambia
|
70.74 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
125 |
#125
Sierra Leone
|
70.58 % | 2018 | NA | +1.8 % | View data |
126 |
#126
Benin
|
69.76 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
127 |
#127
Liberia
|
64.96 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
128 |
#128
Ivory Coast
|
63.84 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
129 |
#129
Burkina Faso
|
61.79 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
130 |
#130
Mali
|
57.83 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
131 |
#131
Guinea
|
56.97 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
132 |
#132
South Sudan
|
48.43 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
133 |
#133
Central African Republic
|
47.80 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
134 |
#134
Chad
|
40.69 % | 2016 | -21.5 % | NA | View data |
Source: World Bank