Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Break in series between 1997 and 1998 due to due to change from International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED76) to ISCED97. Recent data are preliminary. 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: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Libya (2007)99.72
2Seychelles (2002)98.77
3Gabon (2007)97.98
4Tunisia (2007)97
5Cape Verde (2007)96.61
6Mauritius (2007)95.3
7Sao Tome and Principe (2007)94.98
8Equatorial Guinea (2000)94.79
9South Africa (2007)94.56
10Algeria (2007)94.21
11Zimbabwe (2007)94.07
12Botswana (2007)92.94
13Republic of the Congo (1984)92.42
14Comoros (2007)92.1
15Namibia (2007)90.92
16Nigeria (2007)88.6
17Uganda (2007)88.32
18Egypt (2006)87.86
19Swaziland (2000)86.98
20Eritrea (2002)86.25
21Sudan (2000)84.62
22Morocco (2007)83.85
23Angola (2001)83.75
24Malawi (2007)83.69
25Togo (2000)83.65
26Zambia (2007)82.36
27Kenya (2000)79.81
28Ghana (2007)79.68
29Cameroon (1976)79.59
30Tanzania (2007)78.93
31Rwanda (2000)78.53
32Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001)77.98
33Burundi (2000)76.78
34Madagascar (2000)72.65
35Ivory Coast (2000)70.83
36Central African Republic (2000)70.33
37Mauritania (2007)70.01
38Liberia (2007)67.87
39Sierra Leone (2007)64.44
40Benin (2007)63.36
41Ethiopia (2004)62.2
42Guinea-Bissau (1979)59.69
43Guinea (2003)58.7
44Mozambique (2007)58.43
45Senegal (2006)58.13
46Chad (2007)53.41
47Niger (2005)52.45
48Mali (2006)47.38
49Burkina Faso (2007)46.73
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