Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) - Gender Statistics



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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.
Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) - Gender Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Bahrain (2009)100.07
2South Korea (2008)100
3Azerbaijan (2007)100
4North Korea (2008)100
5Cuba (2009)99.99
6Libya (2009)99.92
7Italy (2009)99.89
8Uzbekistan (2009)99.88
9Tajikistan (2009)99.86
10Cyprus (2009)99.85
11Slovenia (2009)99.8
12Poland (2009)99.78
13Kazakhstan (2009)99.78
14Turkmenistan (2009)99.78
15Georgia (2009)99.76
16Lithuania (2009)99.76
17Estonia (2009)99.75
18Ukraine (2009)99.75
19Singapore (2009)99.73
20Brunei Darussalam (2009)99.73
21Belarus (2009)99.72
22Bosnia and Herzegovina (2009)99.71
23Armenia (2009)99.7
24Kyrgyzstan (2009)99.7
25Portugal (2009)99.68
26Latvia (2009)99.66
27Spain (2009)99.64
28Croatia (2009)99.63
29Russia (2009)99.63
30High income: OECD (2009)99.62
31Macau (2006)99.59
32Indonesia (2008)99.54
33Trinidad and Tobago (2009)99.54
34High income (2009)99.48
35China (2009)99.46
36New Caledonia (2009)99.44
37Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2009)99.42
38Western Samoa (2009)99.4
39Greece (2009)99.4
40Serbia (2003)99.39
41Bolivia (2008)99.39
42Suriname (2008)99.38
43Moldova (2009)99.33
44Hungary (2009)99.32
45Tonga (2006)99.3
46Aruba (2009)99.27
47Maldives (2006)99.24
48West Bank and Gaza (2009)99.23
49Cayman Islands (2007)99.14
50Chile (2008)99.11
51Turkey (2009)99.02
52Argentina (2009)98.98
53Jordan (2007)98.95
54Macedonia (2009)98.87
55East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2009)98.82
56Paraguay (2007)98.81
57Iran (2008)98.79
58Seychelles (2008)98.77
59Saudi Arabia (2009)98.67
60Mexico (2009)98.67
61Kuwait (2008)98.57
62Gabon (2009)98.56
63Albania (2008)98.54
64Malaysia (2009)98.44
65Antigua and Barbuda (2008)98.4
66Lebanon (2007)98.4
67Zimbabwe (2009)98.39
68Netherlands Antilles (2009)98.37
69Thailand (2005)98.22
70Uruguay (2009)98.14
71Tunisia (2008)98.13
72Upper middle income (2009)98.04
73High income: nonOECD (2009)98.04
74Peru (2007)98.01
75Venezuela (2007)97.97
76Costa Rica (2009)97.75
77Qatar (2009)97.7
78Equatorial Guinea (2009)97.67
79Oman (2008)97.63
80Bulgaria (2009)97.54
81Malta (2005)97.46
82Colombia (2009)97.44
83Cape Verde (2009)97.35
84Sri Lanka (2008)97.33
85Vietnam (2009)97.3
86Romania (2009)97.25
87Brazil (2008)97.18
88South Africa (2007)97.05
89Philippines (2008)97.02
90Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2009)96.84
91Ecuador (2009)96.82
92Panama (2009)96.61
93Burma (2009)96.06
94Grenada (2004)96
95Syria (2009)95.81
96Yemen (2009)95.6
97Mauritius (2009)95.54
98Guam (1980)95.36
99Sao Tome and Principe (2009)94.86
100El Salvador (2009)94.71
101Dominican Republic (2007)94.63
102Mongolia (2009)94.58
103Algeria (2006)94.38
104Palau (1980)94.19
105Vanuatu (2009)93.85
106Botswana (2009)93.73
107Middle income (2009)93.72
108United Arab Emirates (2005)93.63
109Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2009)92.94
110Honduras (2007)92.7
111Lower middle income (2009)92.64
112Jamaica (2009)92.14
113Swaziland (2009)91.93
114Kenya (2009)91.88
115Eritrea (2009)91.59
116Namibia (2009)91.08
117Low & middle income (2009)90.93
118Solomon Islands (1999)90
119Cameroon (2007)89.42
120Cambodia (2008)89.38
121Laos (2005)89.19
122Sudan (2009)89.06
123Guatemala (2009)88.77
124India (2006)88.41
125Egypt (2006)87.86
126Nepal (2009)86.92
127Malawi (2009)86.89
128Republic of the Congo (2005)86.8
129Morocco (2009)86.73
130Puerto Rico (2009)86.7
131Uganda (2002)85.96
132Comoros (2009)85.8
133Lesotho (2009)85.7
134South Asia (2009)85.2
135Nicaragua (2005)85.16
136Togo (2006)84.86
137Iraq (2009)84.84
138Zambia (2009)81.81
139Ghana (2009)81.15
140Angola (2009)80.83
141Bhutan (2005)80.04
142Pakistan (2008)79.42
143Tanzania (2009)78.47
144Guinea-Bissau (2009)78.22
145Nigeria (2009)78.15
146Mozambique (2009)78.09
147Rwanda (2009)77.02
148Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2009)77.01
149Burundi (2009)76.9
150Belize (1991)76.14
151Low income (2009)75.68
152Haiti (2004)75.2
153Senegal (2009)74.2
154Bangladesh (2009)74.12
155Democratic Republic of the Congo (2009)73.28
156Central African Republic (2009)72.19
157Ivory Coast (2009)72.11
158Gambia (2009)70.97
159Mauritania (2009)70.87
160Liberia (2009)70.38
161Guinea (2009)68.06
162Sierra Leone (2009)67.64
163Madagascar (2008)65.91
164Benin (2009)64.88
165Papua New Guinea (2009)64.74
166Ethiopia (2008)55.88
167Chad (2009)53.52
168Niger (2005)52.45
169Mali (2006)47.38
170Burkina Faso (2007)46.73
171Afghanistan (1979)45.8
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