Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) - Outcomes - Education - World Development Indicators



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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 female (% of females ages 15-24) - Outcomes - Education - World Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Cuba100
2Uzbekistan100
3Tajikistan99.90
4Kazakhstan99.90
5Turkmenistan99.90
6Slovenia99.90
7Poland99.90
8Georgia99.90
9Italy99.90
10Cyprus99.90
11Estonia99.80
12Ukraine99.80
13Armenia99.80
14Lithuania99.80
15Singapore99.80
16Belarus99.80
17Russia99.80
18Moldova99.70
19Bahrain99.70
20Libya99.70
21Kyrgyzstan99.70
22New Caledonia99.70
23Croatia99.70
24Portugal99.70
25Latvia99.70
26Brunei Darussalam99.60
27Spain99.60
28Trinidad and Tobago99.50
29Albania99.50
30Samoa99.50
31Aruba99.40
32Zimbabwe99.40
33Uruguay99.32
34Greece99.30
35Argentina99.30
36Chile99.20
37China99.20
38West Bank and Gaza99.03
39Hungary99
40Cape Verde98.90
41Bosnia and Herzegovina98.70
42Europe & Central Asia98.69
43Costa Rica98.60
44Sri Lanka98.59
45Malaysia98.50
46Macedonia98.50
47Colombia98.43
48Netherlands Antilles98.40
49Mexico98.36
50Jamaica98.20
51Equatorial Guinea98.10
52Lesotho98
53East Asia & Pacific97.95
54Upper middle income97.90
55Latin America & Caribbean97.79
56Oman97.63
57Romania97.50
58South Africa97.50
59Mauritius97.40
60Bulgaria97.30
61Mongolia97.20
62El Salvador96.48
63Gabon96.40
64Botswana96.30
65Vietnam96.30
66Saudi Arabia96.20
67Panama96.20
68Philippines95.70
69Sao Tome and Principe95.60
70Burma95.10
71Tunisia94.90
72Namibia94.80
73Suriname94.80
74Swaziland94.70
75Vanuatu93.70
76Kenya92.90
77Syria92.50
78Middle income87.93
79Low & middle income86.08
80Middle East & North Africa85.91
81Uganda85.50
82Lower middle income85.48
83Puerto Rico85.10
84Malawi85
85Eritrea84.40
86Comoros84.10
87Cambodia83.90
88Guatemala83.60
89Cameroon83.50
90Sudan81.70
91Iraq80.20
92Togo80
93Liberia79.50
94Ghana77.90
95Rwanda77.10
96Low income76.54
97Tanzania76.30
98Bangladesh75.50
99Burundi75.30
100Nepal75
101South Asia72.94
102Least developed countries: UN classification71.06
103Sub-Saharan Africa70.84
104Yemen70
105Papua New Guinea68.50
106Morocco68.40
107Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)68.17
108Zambia67.50
109Angola65.20
110Nigeria64.60
111Mauritania63.40
112Mozambique62.10
113Democratic Republic of the Congo61.80
114Guinea-Bissau61.60
115Ivory Coast60.10
116Pakistan58.77
117Gambia58.10
118Central African Republic56.40
119Sierra Leone45.90
120Benin42.10
121Chad37.20
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