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Ratio of literate female to male among 15-24 years old - Other - Education 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 literate female to male among 15-24 years old - Other - Education Statistics (2007) Rank Country Value 1 Liberia 111.59 2 Jamaica 107.71 3 Papua New Guinea 104.21 4 Mongolia 103.86 5 Namibia 103.84 6 Bangladesh 102.85 7 Botswana 102.55 8 Honduras 102.55 9 Dominican Republic 102.20 10 Mauritius 102.01 11 South Africa 101.85 12 Philippines 101.84 13 Brazil 101.55 14 Cape Verde 101.37 15 Colombia 100.96 16 Costa Rica 100.90 17 Venezuela 100.88 18 Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) 100.87 19 El Salvador 100.72 20 Hungary 100.72 21 Lebanon 100.70 22 Maldives 100.60 23 Uruguay 100.54 24 Sao Tome and Principe 100.52 25 Ecuador 100.43 26 Argentina 100.39 27 Chile 100.32 28 Romania 100.30 29 New Caledonia 100.27 30 Aruba 100.20 31 Kyrgyzstan 100.19 32 Upper middle income 100.17 33 Malaysia 100.16 34 Albania 100.15 35 Western Samoa 100.12 36 Armenia 100.12 37 Singapore 100.12 38 Russia 100.12 39 Belarus 100.11 40 Kuwait 100.11 41 Tonga 100.10 42 Estonia 100.10 43 Netherlands Antilles 100.09 44 Latvia 100.09 45 Kazakhstan 100.08 46 Slovenia 100.08 47 Ukraine 100.07 48 Cyprus 100.07 49 Turkmenistan 100.07 50 Portugal 100.07 51 Bahrain 100.04 52 Tajikistan 100.02 53 Croatia 100.02 54 Lithuania 100.02 55 Trinidad and Tobago 100.01 56 Italy 100.01 57 Azerbaijan 100 58 Cuba 100 59 Moldova 100 60 High income: OECD 99.99 61 Spain 99.98 62 Paraguay 99.97 63 Bulgaria 99.94 64 High income 99.94 65 Brunei Darussalam 99.92 66 Mexico 99.92 67 Greece 99.91 68 Qatar 99.87 69 Vanuatu 99.85 70 Thailand 99.82 71 West Bank and Gaza 99.77 72 China 99.70 73 Panama 99.63 74 Macedonia 99.62 75 East Asia & Pacific (developing only) 99.53 76 Poland 99.48 77 Cayman Islands 99.48 78 Bolivia 99.39 79 Europe & Central Asia (developing only) 99.24 80 Oman 99.06 81 Suriname 98.89 82 Peru 98.67 83 Malawi 98.30 84 Libya 98.27 85 Gabon 97.92 86 Saudi Arabia 97.72 87 Tunisia 97.22 88 Tanzania 96.50 89 Syria 96.43 90 Middle income 96.30 91 Algeria 96.20 92 Nigeria 95.66 93 Turkey 95.64 94 Uganda 95.39 95 Lower middle income 95.31 96 Ghana 95.14 97 Low & middle income 94.35 98 Comoros 94.21 99 Guatemala 94.11 100 Zimbabwe 93.90 101 Middle East & North Africa (developing only) 92.72 102 Cambodia 92.32 103 Mauritania 89.27 104 India 88.86 105 Low income 88.15 106 South Asia 87.94 107 Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) 87.14 108 Nepal 85.61 109 Zambia 82.29 110 Mozambique 81.22 111 Morocco 79.33 112 Yemen 71.46 113 Burkina Faso 70.88 114 Sierra Leone 68.07 115 Chad 66.35 116 Benin 64.86

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