# | Flag | Country | Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI)Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI) | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lesotho | 118.041% | 2014 | |
2 | Papua New Guinea | 110.578% | 2010 | |
3 | Zimbabwe | 106.389% | 2014 | |
4 | Jamaica | 105.263% | 2014 | |
5 | Nicaragua | 104.33% | 2005 | |
6 | United Arab Emirates | 103.606% | 2005 | |
7 | Botswana | 103.606% | 2014 | |
8 | Bangladesh | 103.099% | 2017 | |
9 | Rwanda | 102.921% | 2014 | |
10 | Swaziland | 102.778% | 2010 | |
11 | Qatar | 102.593% | 2016 | |
12 | Honduras | 102.423% | 2016 | |
13 | Gabon | 102.334% | 2012 | |
14 | Namibia | 102.02% | 2011 | |
15 | Bahrain | 101.457% | 2016 | |
16 | Philippines | 101.427% | 2013 | |
17 | Malawi | 101.233% | 2015 | |
18 | Cape Verde | 101.174% | 2015 | |
19 | Equatorial Guinea | 101.003% | 2014 | |
20 | Malta | 100.999% | 2011 | |
21 | Belize | 100.977% | 1991 | |
22 | Palau | 100.941% | 2015 | |
23 | Mauritius | 100.908% | 2011 | |
24 | Mongolia | 100.905% | 2010 | |
25 | Seychelles | 100.808% | 2010 | |
26 | Cambodia | 100.772% | 2015 | |
27 | Uruguay | 100.767% | 2017 | |
28 | Brazil | 100.762% | 2015 | |
29 | Kuwait | 100.736% | 2018 | |
30 | Guyana | 100.732% | 2014 | |
31 | Colombia | 100.725% | 2016 | |
32 | Venezuela | 100.661% | 2016 | |
33 | Sri Lanka | 100.612% | 2017 | |
34 | Marshall Islands | 100.598% | 2011 | |
35 | Grenada | 100.556% | 2014 | |
36 | South Africa | 100.552% | 2015 | |
37 | Vanuatu | 100.536% | 2014 | |
38 | Paraguay | 100.505% | 2016 | |
39 | Oman | 100.5% | 2017 | |
40 | Malaysia | 100.479% | 2016 | |
41 | Samoa | 100.433% | 2011 | |
42 | Maldives | 100.362% | 2014 | |
43 | Aruba | 100.361% | 2010 | |
44 | El Salvador | 100.358% | 2017 | |
45 | Brunei | 100.349% | 2011 | |
46 | Hungary | 100.314% | 2014 | |
47 | Thailand | 100.296% | 2015 | |
48 | Costa Rica | 100.253% | 2011 | |
49 | Moldova | 100.25% | 2012 | |
50 | Argentina | 100.246% | 2016 | |
51 | Jordan | 100.203% | 2012 | |
52 | Mexico | 100.183% | 2016 | |
53 | Greece | 100.18% | 2011 | |
54 | Lebanon | 100.176% | 2009 | |
55 | Chile | 100.174% | 2015 | |
56 | Ecuador | 100.159% | 2016 | |
57 | Tonga | 100.145% | 2011 | |
58 | Macao | 100.14% | 2016 | |
59 | Turkmenistan | 100.13% | 2014 | |
60 | New Caledonia | 100.121% | 2014 | |
61 | Slovenia | 100.11% | 2014 | |
62 | Russia | 100.096% | 2010 | |
63 | Kyrgyzstan | 100.095% | 2009 | |
64 | Portugal | 100.088% | 2011 | |
65 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100.074% | 1970 | |
66 | Latvia | 100.068% | 2011 | |
67 | Armenia | 100.058% | 2011 | |
68 | Dominican Republic | 100.055% | 2016 | |
69 | Georgia | 100.052% | 2014 | |
70 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100.05% | 2010 | |
71 | Belarus | 100.047% | 2009 | |
72 | Tajikistan | 100.04% | 2014 | |
73 | Cuba | 100.04% | 2012 | |
74 | Poland | 100.037% | 2008 | |
75 | Cyprus | 100.034% | 2011 | |
76 | Singapore | 100.027% | 2016 | |
77 | Ukraine | 100.026% | 2012 | |
78 | Croatia | 100.024% | 2011 | |
79 | Lithuania | 100.021% | 2011 | |
80 | Estonia | 100.02% | 2011 | |
81 | Italy | 100.018% | 2011 | |
82 | Bolivia | 100.01% | 2015 | |
83 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100.01% | 2013 | |
84 | Serbia | 100.009% | 2016 | |
85 | North Korea | 100% | 2008 | |
86 | Puerto Rico | 100% | 2017 | |
87 | Uzbekistan | 100% | 2016 | |
88 | Barbados | 99.98% | 2014 | |
89 | Indonesia | 99.97% | 2016 | |
90 | Spain | 99.968% | 2016 | |
91 | Romania | 99.962% | 2011 | |
92 | Azerbaijan | 99.954% | 2016 | |
93 | Guam | 99.948% | 1990 | |
94 | Kazakhstan | 99.911% | 2010 | |
95 | China | 99.903% | 2010 | |
96 | Saudi Arabia | 99.835% | 2013 | |
97 | Republic of Macedonia | 99.737% | 2014 | |
98 | Montenegro | 99.69% | 2011 | |
99 | Iran | 99.651% | 2016 | |
100 | Albania | 99.642% | 2012 | |
101 | Peru | 99.594% | 2017 | |
102 | Bulgaria | 99.576% | 2011 | |
103 | Libya | 99.549% | 2004 | |
104 | American Samoa | 99.545% | 1980 | |
105 | Turkey | 99.511% | 2016 | |
106 | Cayman Islands | 99.477% | 2007 | |
107 | Panama | 99.39% | 2010 | |
108 | Vietnam | 99.369% | 2009 | |
109 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 99.207% | 2012 | |
110 | Myanmar | 99.171% | 2016 | |
111 | Tunisia | 99.161% | 2014 | |
112 | Suriname | 99.158% | 2012 | |
113 | Kenya | 99.077% | 2014 | |
114 | Israel | 98.982% | 1983 | |
115 | Guatemala | 97.683% | 2014 | |
116 | East Timor | 97.613% | 2010 | |
117 | Tanzania | 97.274% | 2015 | |
118 | Egypt | 97.013% | 2017 | |
119 | Madagascar | 96.036% | 2012 | |
120 | Laos | 95.865% | 2015 | |
121 | Algeria | 95.815% | 2008 | |
122 | Syria | 95.361% | 2004 | |
123 | Uganda | 95.213% | 2012 | |
124 | Zambia | 94.861% | 2010 | |
125 | Haiti | 94.774% | 2006 | |
126 | Comoros | 94.289% | 2012 | |
127 | Ghana | 94.252% | 2010 | |
128 | Bhutan | 93.464% | 2012 | |
129 | Morocco | 92.768% | 2012 | |
130 | Sudan | 91.334% | 2008 | |
131 | India | 90.899% | 2011 | |
132 | Eritrea | 90.459% | 2008 | |
133 | Republic of the Congo | 89.803% | 2011 | |
134 | Cameroon | 89.489% | 2010 | |
135 | Nepal | 89.234% | 2011 | |
136 | Burundi | 87.887% | 2014 | |
137 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 87.636% | 2016 | |
138 | Togo | 87.397% | 2015 | |
139 | Iraq | 85.321% | 2013 | |
140 | Gambia | 85.063% | 2013 | |
141 | Senegal | 84.025% | 2017 | |
142 | Angola | 83.176% | 2014 | |
143 | Pakistan | 82.175% | 2014 | |
144 | Ivory Coast | 79.561% | 2014 | |
145 | Mozambique | 79.258% | 2015 | |
146 | Sierra Leone | 78.811% | 2013 | |
147 | Burkina Faso | 77.175% | 2014 | |
148 | Nigeria | 76.693% | 2008 | |
149 | Ethiopia | 74.703% | 2007 | |
150 | Mauritania | 71.856% | 2007 | |
151 | Guinea-Bissau | 69.833% | 2014 | |
152 | South Sudan | 67.101% | 2008 | |
153 | Guinea | 65.315% | 2014 | |
154 | Yemen | 65.267% | 2004 | |
155 | Niger | 65.168% | 2012 | |
156 | Mali | 64.779% | 2015 | |
157 | Benin | 64.025% | 2012 | |
158 | Liberia | 58.581% | 2007 | |
159 | Central African Republic | 55.205% | 2010 | |
160 | Chad | 55.015% | 2016 | |
161 | Afghanistan | 51.897% | 2011 |