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Literacy rate youth female percentage of females ages 15 to 24

Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.Source:
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Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)Year
1
Uzbekistan
100%
2016
2
North Korea
100%
2008
3
Ukraine
99.98%
2012
4
Estonia
99.96%
2011
5
Singapore
99.94%
2016
6
Azerbaijan
99.92%
2016
7
Turkmenistan
99.9%
2014
8
Barbados
99.9%
2014
9
Slovenia
99.9%
2014
10
Tajikistan
99.9%
2014
11
Cuba
99.9%
2012
12
Armenia
99.88%
2011
13
Latvia
99.87%
2011
14
Italy
99.87%
2011
15
Lithuania
99.87%
2011
16
Macao
99.87%
2016
17
Kazakhstan
99.85%
2010
18
Guam
99.85%
1990
19
Belarus
99.85%
2009
20
Cyprus
99.84%
2011
21
Poland
99.82%
2008
22
Kyrgyzstan
99.8%
2009
23
Russia
99.76%
2010
24
Croatia
99.74%
2011
25
Georgia
99.73%
2014
26
Serbia
99.72%
2016
27
Bosnia and Herzegovina
99.67%
2013
28
Indonesia
99.65%
2016
29
Argentina
99.63%
2016
30
Spain
99.61%
2016
31
Trinidad and Tobago
99.6%
2010
32
China
99.59%
2010
33
Moldova
99.59%
2012
34
Brunei
99.55%
2011
35
Tonga
99.51%
2011
36
Kuwait
99.5%
2018
37
Grenada
99.5%
2014
38
Portugal
99.48%
2011
39
Samoa
99.46%
2011
40
Chile
99.44%
2015
41
Maldives
99.44%
2014
42
Bolivia
99.4%
2015
43
Botswana
99.4%
2014
44
Libya
99.4%
2004
45
Malta
99.39%
2011
46
Seychelles
99.38%
2010
47
Turkey
99.37%
2016
48
Brazil
99.35%
2015
49
Lebanon
99.34%
2009
50
Aruba
99.32%
2010
51
Uruguay
99.32%
2017
52
New Caledonia
99.3%
2014
53
Costa Rica
99.26%
2011
54
South Africa
99.23%
2015
55
Mexico
99.21%
2016
56
Jordan
99.2%
2012
57
Palau
99.17%
2015
58
Sri Lanka
99.15%
2017
59
Saudi Arabia
99.14%
2013
60
Ecuador
99.14%
2016
61
Venezuela
99.09%
2016
62
Montenegro
99.05%
2011
63
Colombia
99.03%
2016
64
Albania
99.02%
2012
65
Hungary
99%
2014
66
Romania
98.98%
2011
67
Oman
98.96%
2017
68
Mongolia
98.91%
2010
69
Greece
98.91%
2011
70
Dominican Republic
98.87%
2016
71
Peru
98.85%
2017
72
Philippines
98.82%
2013
73
Jamaica
98.8%
2014
74
Marshall Islands
98.76%
2011
75
Cape Verde
98.73%
2015
76
Paraguay
98.7%
2016
77
Equatorial Guinea
98.7%
2014
78
Cayman Islands
98.62%
2007
79
Mauritius
98.58%
2011
80
Republic of Macedonia
98.5%
2014
81
Thailand
98.29%
2015
82
El Salvador
98.15%
2017
83
Israel
98.05%
1983
84
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
98%
1970
85
Iran
97.93%
2016
86
Malaysia
97.86%
2016
87
Bulgaria
97.65%
2011
88
American Samoa
97.44%
1980
89
Panama
97.34%
2010
90
Qatar
97.26%
2016
91
Suriname
97.26%
2012
92
Honduras
97.25%
2016
93
Guyana
97.04%
2014
94
United Arab Emirates
97%
2005
95
Vietnam
96.78%
2009
96
São Tomé and Príncipe
96.35%
2012
97
Tunisia
95.8%
2014
98
Vanuatu
95.6%
2014
99
Namibia
95.35%
2011
100
Bahrain
94.92%
2016
101
Swaziland
94.75%
2010
102
Bangladesh
94.38%
2017
103
Lesotho
93.97%
2014
104
Guatemala
93.27%
2014
105
Zimbabwe
93.19%
2014
106
Cambodia
92.57%
2015
107
Puerto Rico
92.39%
2017
108
Algeria
91.74%
2008
109
Laos
90.5%
2015
110
Syria
90.22%
2004
111
Gabon
89.43%
2012
112
Nicaragua
88.84%
2005
113
Morocco
87.78%
2012
114
Egypt
86.81%
2017
115
Zambia
86.51%
2010
116
Rwanda
86.26%
2014
117
Kenya
86.14%
2014
118
Tanzania
84.64%
2015
119
Bhutan
84.49%
2012
120
Myanmar
84.41%
2016
121
Ghana
83.23%
2010
122
Eritrea
82.58%
2008
123
India
81.85%
2011
124
Uganda
81.65%
2012
125
Nepal
80.21%
2011
126
Democratic Republic Of Congo
79.71%
2016
127
East Timor
78.57%
2010
128
Togo
78.37%
2015
129
Belize
78.02%
1991
130
Republic of the Congo
76.95%
2011
131
Cameroon
76.42%
2010
132
Madagascar
75.3%
2012
133
Burundi
74.96%
2014
134
Malawi
73.39%
2015
135
Papua New Guinea
71.4%
2010
136
Angola
70.59%
2014
137
Haiti
70.48%
2006
138
Comoros
69.6%
2012
139
Pakistan
65.55%
2014
140
Senegal
63.5%
2017
141
Sudan
62.72%
2008
142
Mozambique
62.67%
2015
143
Yemen
60.6%
2004
144
Nigeria
57.95%
2008
145
Gambia
56.12%
2013
146
Sierra Leone
50.86%
2013
147
Guinea-Bissau
49.76%
2014
148
Iraq
48.64%
2013
149
Mauritania
47.71%
2007
150
Ethiopia
47.04%
2007
151
Ivory Coast
47.04%
2014
152
Burkina Faso
43.99%
2014
153
Benin
40.94%
2012
154
Mali
39.21%
2015
155
Guinea
37.21%
2014
156
Liberia
37.17%
2007
157
Afghanistan
32.11%
2011
158
Niger
31.64%
2012
159
South Sudan
29.58%
2008
160
Central African Republic
26.97%
2010
161
Chad
22.39%
2016
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