Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) - Human development - Development outcomes - 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. 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. Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Seychelles (2002)99.37
2Libya (2007)98
3Cape Verde (2007)97.94
4Mauritius (2007)97.21
5South Africa (2007)96.3
6Gabon (2007)95.94
7Sao Tome and Principe (2007)95.48
8Botswana (2007)95.31
9Equatorial Guinea (2000)94.94
10Namibia (2007)94.41
11Tunisia (2007)94.3
12Algeria (2007)90.62
13Swaziland (2000)89.76
14Zimbabwe (2007)88.33
15Comoros (2007)86.76
16Nigeria (2007)84.75
17Uganda (2007)84.25
18Republic of the Congo (1984)82.83
19Malawi (2007)82.27
20Egypt (2006)81.75
21Kenya (2000)80.71
22Rwanda (2000)76.87
23Tanzania (2007)76.17
24Ghana (2007)75.81
25Liberia (2007)75.74
26Sudan (2000)71.43
27Burundi (2000)70.37
28Eritrea (2002)69.48
29Madagascar (2000)68.19
30Zambia (2007)67.78
31Morocco (2007)66.51
32Togo (2000)63.55
33Angola (2001)63.18
34Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001)63.09
35Mauritania (2007)62.49
36Cameroon (1976)59.06
37Ivory Coast (2000)52.13
38Mozambique (2007)47.45
39Central African Republic (2000)46.87
40Senegal (2006)44.54
41Sierra Leone (2007)43.87
42Benin (2007)41.09
43Ethiopia (2004)38.5
44Chad (2007)35.44
45Guinea (2003)33.73
46Burkina Faso (2007)33.13
47Mali (2006)30.8
48Niger (2005)23.2
49Guinea-Bissau (1979)17.8
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