Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - 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 total (% of people ages 15-24) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Seychelles (2002)99.06
2Libya (2007)98.88
3Cape Verde (2007)97.27
4Gabon (2007)96.97
5Mauritius (2007)96.25
6Tunisia (2007)95.68
7South Africa (2007)95.43
8Sao Tome and Principe (2007)95.23
9Equatorial Guinea (2000)94.86
10Botswana (2007)94.12
11Namibia (2007)92.66
12Algeria (2007)92.45
13Zimbabwe (2007)91.17
14Comoros (2007)89.45
15Swaziland (2000)88.42
16Republic of the Congo (1984)87.5
17Nigeria (2007)86.68
18Uganda (2007)86.29
19Egypt (2006)84.88
20Malawi (2007)82.99
21Kenya (2000)80.32
22Eritrea (2002)77.95
23Ghana (2007)77.78
24Rwanda (2000)77.63
25Tanzania (2007)77.55
26Sudan (2000)77.18
27Morocco (2007)75.14
28Zambia (2007)75.09
29Togo (2000)74.37
30Burundi (2000)73.33
31Angola (2001)72.18
32Liberia (2007)71.78
33Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001)70.42
34Madagascar (2000)70.24
35Cameroon (1976)68.82
36Mauritania (2007)66.36
37Ivory Coast (2000)60.72
38Central African Republic (2000)58.52
39Sierra Leone (2007)54.12
40Mozambique (2007)52.94
41Benin (2007)52.42
42Senegal (2006)50.85
43Ethiopia (2004)49.9
44Guinea (2003)46.55
45Chad (2007)44.44
46Burkina Faso (2007)39.26
47Mali (2006)38.82
48Niger (2005)36.55
49Guinea-Bissau (1979)36.4
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