Ratio of young literate females to males (% 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. Ratio of young literate females to males is the percentage of females to males 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.
Ratio of young literate females to males (% ages 15-24) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Liberia (2007)111.59
2Namibia (2007)103.84
3Swaziland (2000)103.2
4Botswana (2007)102.55
5Mauritius (2007)102.01
6South Africa (2007)101.85
7Cape Verde (2007)101.37
8Kenya (2000)101.12
9Seychelles (2002)100.61
10Sao Tome and Principe (2007)100.52
11Equatorial Guinea (2000)100.15
12Malawi (2007)98.3
13Libya (2007)98.27
14Gabon (2007)97.92
15Rwanda (2000)97.88
16Tunisia (2007)97.22
17Tanzania (2007)96.5
18Algeria (2007)96.2
19Nigeria (2007)95.66
20Uganda (2007)95.39
21Ghana (2007)95.14
22Comoros (2007)94.21
23Zimbabwe (2007)93.9
24Madagascar (2000)93.85
25Egypt (2006)93.05
26Burundi (2000)91.65
27Republic of the Congo (1984)89.62
28Mauritania (2007)89.27
29Sudan (2000)84.41
30Zambia (2007)82.29
31Mozambique (2007)81.22
32Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001)80.9
33Eritrea (2002)80.56
34Morocco (2007)79.33
35Senegal (2006)76.63
36Togo (2000)75.97
37Angola (2001)75.44
38Cameroon (1976)74.21
39Ivory Coast (2000)73.59
40Burkina Faso (2007)70.88
41Sierra Leone (2007)68.07
42Central African Republic (2000)66.64
43Chad (2007)66.35
44Mali (2006)65
45Benin (2007)64.86
46Ethiopia (2004)61.9
47Guinea (2003)57.45
48Niger (2005)44.23
49Guinea-Bissau (1979)29.82
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