Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24) - Health Nutrition and Population 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 total (% of people ages 15-24) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Bahrain (2009)100.06
2Azerbaijan (2007)100
3South Korea (2008)100
4North Korea (2008)100
5Cuba (2009)99.99
6Uzbekistan (2009)99.94
7Italy (2009)99.9
8Cyprus (2009)99.88
9Tajikistan (2009)99.87
10Libya (2009)99.85
11Slovenia (2009)99.84
12Poland (2009)99.83
13Turkmenistan (2009)99.83
14Kazakhstan (2009)99.82
15Georgia (2009)99.81
16Estonia (2009)99.79
17Belarus (2009)99.78
18Ukraine (2009)99.78
19Singapore (2009)99.78
20Armenia (2009)99.77
21Lithuania (2009)99.77
22Kyrgyzstan (2009)99.75
23Bosnia and Herzegovina (2009)99.72
24Portugal (2009)99.71
25Latvia (2009)99.71
26Russia (2009)99.69
27Brunei Darussalam (2009)99.69
28High income: OECD (2009)99.67
29Croatia (2009)99.65
30Macau (2006)99.64
31Spain (2009)99.6
32New Caledonia (2009)99.57
33Trinidad and Tobago (2009)99.55
34High income (2009)99.5
35Moldova (2009)99.5
36Western Samoa (2009)99.48
37Indonesia (2008)99.46
38Tonga (2006)99.42
39Suriname (2008)99.42
40Hungary (2009)99.39
41Aruba (2009)99.37
42China (2009)99.37
43Serbia (2003)99.36
44Greece (2009)99.34
45Maldives (2006)99.3
46West Bank and Gaza (2009)99.23
47Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2009)99.22
48Argentina (2009)99.17
49Chile (2008)99.15
50Bolivia (2008)99.12
51Seychelles (2008)99.06
52Uruguay (2009)99.05
53Antigua and Barbuda (2008)98.95
54Jordan (2007)98.95
55Zimbabwe (2009)98.94
56Cayman Islands (2007)98.91
57Albania (2008)98.83
58Paraguay (2007)98.79
59East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2009)98.71
60Lebanon (2007)98.71
61Macedonia (2009)98.69
62Iran (2008)98.66
63Kuwait (2008)98.64
64Malaysia (2009)98.55
65Mexico (2009)98.52
66Venezuela (2007)98.4
67Netherlands Antilles (2009)98.39
68Malta (2005)98.27
69Cape Verde (2009)98.18
70Costa Rica (2009)98.16
71Thailand (2005)98.05
72Sri Lanka (2008)97.98
73Colombia (2009)97.94
74Equatorial Guinea (2009)97.92
75Brazil (2008)97.84
76Turkey (2009)97.81
77High income: nonOECD (2009)97.81
78Qatar (2009)97.76
79Philippines (2008)97.75
80Upper middle income (2009)97.72
81Oman (2008)97.63
82Gabon (2009)97.61
83Saudi Arabia (2009)97.6
84South Africa (2007)97.57
85Bulgaria (2009)97.49
86Romania (2009)97.37
87Peru (2007)97.36
88Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2009)97.04
89Vietnam (2009)96.88
90Ecuador (2009)96.83
91Tunisia (2008)96.79
92Mauritius (2009)96.53
93Panama (2009)96.44
94Grenada (2004)96
95Mongolia (2009)95.99
96Dominican Republic (2007)95.79
97Burma (2009)95.69
98Guam (1980)95.61
99Sao Tome and Principe (2009)95.33
100Botswana (2009)95.23
101Jamaica (2009)95.17
102El Salvador (2009)95.02
103United Arab Emirates (2005)95.01
104Syria (2009)94.43
105Palau (1980)94.28
106Vanuatu (2009)93.96
107Honduras (2007)93.92
108Swaziland (2009)93.41
109Namibia (2009)92.98
110Kenya (2009)92.72
111Lesotho (2009)91.97
112Algeria (2006)91.78
113Middle income (2009)90.96
114Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2009)90.08
115Lower middle income (2009)89.14
116Eritrea (2009)88.66
117Low & middle income (2009)87.99
118Cambodia (2008)87.47
119Puerto Rico (2009)87.18
120Nicaragua (2005)87.01
121Guatemala (2009)86.52
122Malawi (2009)86.46
123Sudan (2009)85.92
124Comoros (2009)85.27
125Solomon Islands (1999)85
126Egypt (2006)84.88
127Yemen (2009)84.12
128Laos (2005)83.93
129Cameroon (2007)83.14
130Iraq (2009)82.66
131Nepal (2009)81.96
132India (2006)81.13
133Haiti (2004)81
134Uganda (2002)80.79
135Republic of the Congo (2005)80.47
136Ghana (2009)80.06
137Morocco (2009)79.47
138South Asia (2009)78.66
139Tanzania (2009)77.42
140Rwanda (2009)77.22
141Burundi (2009)76.58
142Togo (2006)76.45
143Belize (1991)76.42
144Liberia (2009)75.64
145Bangladesh (2009)75.45
146Zambia (2009)74.59
147Bhutan (2005)74.41
148Angola (2009)73.12
149Low income (2009)72.13
150Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2009)72.12
151Nigeria (2009)71.8
152Pakistan (2008)71.11
153Guinea-Bissau (2009)70.88
154Mozambique (2009)70.87
155Mauritania (2009)67.69
156Democratic Republic of the Congo (2009)67.69
157Papua New Guinea (2009)67.47
158Ivory Coast (2009)66.55
159Gambia (2009)65.47
160Senegal (2009)65.01
161Madagascar (2008)64.94
162Central African Republic (2009)64.67
163Guinea (2009)61.07
164Sierra Leone (2009)57.61
165Benin (2009)54.33
166Chad (2009)46.26
167Ethiopia (2008)44.61
168Burkina Faso (2007)39.26
169Mali (2006)38.82
170Niger (2005)36.55
171Afghanistan (1979)30.07
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