Ratio of young literate females to males (% ages 15-24) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics



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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.
Ratio of young literate females to males (% ages 15-24) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Grenada (2004)115
2Haiti (2004)115
3Liberia (2009)114.93
4Lesotho (2009)114.42
5Papua New Guinea (2009)108.65
6Jamaica (2009)106.63
7Nicaragua (2005)104.33
8Namibia (2009)104.16
9Bangladesh (2009)103.66
10United Arab Emirates (2005)103.61
11Swaziland (2009)103.23
12Botswana (2009)103.21
13Mongolia (2009)103.01
14Honduras (2007)102.55
15Dominican Republic (2007)102.43
16Mauritius (2009)102.1
17Kenya (2009)101.83
18Cape Verde (2009)101.71
19Malta (2005)101.69
20Philippines (2008)101.52
21Uruguay (2009)101.5
22Brazil (2008)101.39
23Sri Lanka (2008)101.29
24Puerto Rico (2009)101.13
25Zimbabwe (2009)101.11
26South Africa (2007)101.08
27Antigua and Barbuda (2008)101.04
28Colombia (2009)101.02
29Sao Tome and Principe (2009)101
30Venezuela (2007)100.88
31Costa Rica (2009)100.87
32Belize (1991)100.74
33Lebanon (2007)100.7
34El Salvador (2009)100.65
35Seychelles (2008)100.61
36Albania (2008)100.59
37Guam (1980)100.57
38Equatorial Guinea (2009)100.52
39Rwanda (2009)100.51
40Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2009)100.43
41Argentina (2009)100.38
42Moldova (2009)100.33
43New Caledonia (2009)100.27
44Romania (2009)100.26
45Tonga (2006)100.25
46Qatar (2009)100.25
47Vanuatu (2009)100.24
48Malaysia (2009)100.22
49Aruba (2009)100.21
50Kuwait (2008)100.18
51Palau (1980)100.17
52Western Samoa (2009)100.16
53Hungary (2009)100.15
54Armenia (2009)100.13
55Maldives (2006)100.12
56Russia (2009)100.12
57Uzbekistan (2009)100.12
58Belarus (2009)100.11
59Singapore (2009)100.11
60Macau (2006)100.11
61Estonia (2009)100.1
62Poland (2009)100.1
63Turkmenistan (2009)100.1
64Kyrgyzstan (2009)100.1
65Slovenia (2009)100.09
66Georgia (2009)100.09
67Latvia (2009)100.09
68Chile (2008)100.08
69Suriname (2008)100.08
70Kazakhstan (2009)100.08
71Portugal (2009)100.07
72Ukraine (2009)100.07
73Cyprus (2009)100.06
74Netherlands Antilles (2009)100.05
75High income: OECD (2009)100.04
76Croatia (2009)100.04
77Ecuador (2009)100.03
78Tajikistan (2009)100.02
79Bosnia and Herzegovina (2009)100.02
80Trinidad and Tobago (2009)100.02
81Lithuania (2009)100.01
82Italy (2009)100.01
83Azerbaijan (2007)100
84North Korea (2008)100
85High income (2009)100
86South Korea (2008)100
87Cuba (2009)100
88West Bank and Gaza (2009)100
89Oman (2008)99.99
90Jordan (2007)99.99
91Bahrain (2009)99.97
92Paraguay (2007)99.97
93Spain (2009)99.92
94Brunei Darussalam (2009)99.92
95Serbia (2003)99.92
96Greece (2009)99.89
97Bulgaria (2009)99.89
98Libya (2009)99.86
99Indonesia (2008)99.84
100China (2009)99.8
101East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2009)99.77
102Iran (2008)99.72
103Mexico (2009)99.71
104Thailand (2005)99.66
105Macedonia (2009)99.64
106Panama (2009)99.63
107Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2009)99.6
108High income: nonOECD (2009)99.52
109Bolivia (2008)99.49
110Cayman Islands (2007)99.48
111Upper middle income (2009)99.34
112Burma (2009)99.23
113Burundi (2009)99.17
114Vietnam (2009)99.11
115Malawi (2009)99.02
116Comoros (2009)98.73
117Peru (2007)98.67
118Gabon (2009)98.04
119Saudi Arabia (2009)97.81
120Tunisia (2008)97.61
121Turkey (2009)97.53
122Tanzania (2009)97.33
123Ghana (2009)97.25
124Syria (2009)97.06
125Madagascar (2008)97.05
126Cambodia (2008)95.69
127Guatemala (2009)94.99
128Iraq (2009)94.73
129Algeria (2006)94.44
130Middle income (2009)94.18
131Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2009)93.75
132Eritrea (2009)93.64
133Low & middle income (2009)93.58
134Egypt (2006)93.05
135Sudan (2009)92.83
136Lower middle income (2009)92.51
137Mauritania (2009)90.75
138Low income (2009)90.67
139Republic of the Congo (2005)89.9
140Solomon Islands (1999)88.89
141Uganda (2002)88.62
142Nepal (2009)88.29
143Laos (2005)88.29
144Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2009)87.32
145Cameroon (2007)86.65
146Bhutan (2005)84.91
147South Asia (2009)84.89
148Democratic Republic of the Congo (2009)84.75
149Ivory Coast (2009)84.55
150Gambia (2009)84.51
151India (2006)84.1
152Nigeria (2009)83.6
153Morocco (2009)83.19
154Zambia (2009)82.29
155Mozambique (2009)81.55
156Guinea-Bissau (2009)81.25
157Angola (2009)81.07
158Togo (2006)80.05
159Central African Republic (2009)79.36
160Guinea (2009)79.1
161Pakistan (2008)77.12
162Senegal (2009)75.73
163Yemen (2009)75.49
164Chad (2009)72.81
165Sierra Leone (2009)71.05
166Burkina Faso (2007)70.88
167Benin (2009)66.87
168Mali (2006)65
169Ethiopia (2008)59.59
170Niger (2005)44.23
171Afghanistan (1979)24.33
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