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Literacy rate youth total percentage of people 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 total (% of people ages 15-24)Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)Year
1
Uzbekistan
100%
2016
2
North Korea
100%
2008
3
Ukraine
99.97%
2012
4
Estonia
99.95%
2011
5
Azerbaijan
99.94%
2016
6
Singapore
99.93%
2016
7
Barbados
99.9%
2014
8
Tajikistan
99.9%
2014
9
Kazakhstan
99.9%
2010
10
Guam
99.88%
1990
11
Cuba
99.87%
2012
12
Italy
99.86%
2011
13
Lithuania
99.86%
2011
14
Armenia
99.85%
2011
15
Latvia
99.84%
2011
16
Belarus
99.82%
2009
17
Cyprus
99.82%
2011
18
Turkmenistan
99.8%
2014
19
Slovenia
99.8%
2014
20
Macao
99.8%
2016
21
Poland
99.8%
2008
22
Kyrgyzstan
99.75%
2009
23
Croatia
99.72%
2011
24
Serbia
99.72%
2016
25
Russia
99.71%
2010
26
Georgia
99.7%
2014
27
Indonesia
99.67%
2016
28
Bosnia and Herzegovina
99.66%
2013
29
China
99.64%
2010
30
Spain
99.62%
2016
31
Turkey
99.62%
2016
32
Trinidad and Tobago
99.6%
2010
33
Libya
99.6%
2004
34
Argentina
99.5%
2016
35
Moldova
99.46%
2012
36
Tonga
99.44%
2011
37
Portugal
99.44%
2011
38
Bolivia
99.4%
2015
39
Brunei
99.37%
2011
40
Chile
99.35%
2015
41
Maldives
99.27%
2014
42
Lebanon
99.24%
2009
43
Samoa
99.24%
2011
44
Albania
99.23%
2012
45
Saudi Arabia
99.22%
2013
46
Montenegro
99.21%
2011
47
Grenada
99.2%
2014
48
New Caledonia
99.2%
2014
49
Aruba
99.14%
2010
50
Costa Rica
99.13%
2011
51
Mexico
99.12%
2016
52
Jordan
99.11%
2012
53
Kuwait
99.08%
2018
54
Peru
99.06%
2017
55
Ecuador
99.06%
2016
56
Romania
99%
2011
57
Seychelles
98.97%
2010
58
Brazil
98.96%
2015
59
South Africa
98.96%
2015
60
Uruguay
98.93%
2017
61
Cayman Islands
98.91%
2007
62
Malta
98.88%
2011
63
Sri Lanka
98.86%
2017
64
Dominican Republic
98.84%
2016
65
Greece
98.81%
2011
66
Hungary
98.8%
2014
67
Venezuela
98.76%
2016
68
Colombia
98.67%
2016
69
Palau
98.66%
2015
70
Oman
98.66%
2017
71
Republic of Macedonia
98.6%
2014
72
Israel
98.56%
1983
73
Mongolia
98.46%
2010
74
Marshall Islands
98.46%
2011
75
Paraguay
98.45%
2016
76
Equatorial Guinea
98.2%
2014
77
Thailand
98.15%
2015
78
Mauritius
98.13%
2011
79
Cape Verde
98.11%
2015
80
Philippines
98.11%
2013
81
Iran
98.1%
2016
82
El Salvador
97.98%
2017
83
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
97.96%
1970
84
Bulgaria
97.87%
2011
85
Botswana
97.7%
2014
86
Suriname
97.67%
2012
87
American Samoa
97.65%
1980
88
Panama
97.64%
2010
89
Malaysia
97.61%
2016
90
Vietnam
97.09%
2009
91
São Tomé and Príncipe
96.74%
2012
92
Guyana
96.69%
2014
93
Jamaica
96.3%
2014
94
Tunisia
96.21%
2014
95
Honduras
96.13%
2016
96
Qatar
95.46%
2016
97
Vanuatu
95.3%
2014
98
United Arab Emirates
95.01%
2005
99
Namibia
94.42%
2011
100
Guatemala
94.35%
2014
101
Bahrain
94.14%
2016
102
Algeria
93.77%
2008
103
Swaziland
93.5%
2010
104
Bangladesh
92.95%
2017
105
Laos
92.46%
2015
106
Syria
92.45%
2004
107
Puerto Rico
92.39%
2017
108
Cambodia
92.21%
2015
109
Morocco
91.22%
2012
110
Zimbabwe
90.43%
2014
111
Zambia
88.71%
2010
112
Gabon
88.5%
2012
113
Egypt
88.19%
2017
114
Bhutan
87.32%
2012
115
Nicaragua
87.01%
2005
116
Eritrea
86.97%
2008
117
Lesotho
86.63%
2014
118
Kenya
86.53%
2014
119
India
86.14%
2011
120
Tanzania
85.76%
2015
121
Ghana
85.72%
2010
122
Rwanda
85.07%
2014
123
Democratic Republic Of Congo
84.99%
2016
124
Nepal
84.76%
2011
125
Myanmar
84.75%
2016
126
Togo
84.29%
2015
127
Uganda
83.66%
2012
128
Republic of the Congo
80.91%
2011
129
Cameroon
80.57%
2010
130
Burundi
79.56%
2014
131
East Timor
79.53%
2010
132
Belize
77.64%
1991
133
Angola
77.43%
2014
134
Yemen
77%
2004
135
Madagascar
76.83%
2012
136
Malawi
72.94%
2015
137
Pakistan
72.8%
2014
138
Haiti
72.35%
2006
139
Comoros
71.58%
2012
140
Mozambique
70.53%
2015
141
Senegal
69.48%
2017
142
Papua New Guinea
67.9%
2010
143
Nigeria
66.38%
2008
144
Sudan
65.81%
2008
145
Gambia
60.78%
2013
146
Guinea-Bissau
60.4%
2014
147
Sierra Leone
57.02%
2013
148
Mauritania
56.12%
2007
149
Ethiopia
54.98%
2007
150
Ivory Coast
53.02%
2014
151
Benin
52.49%
2012
152
Iraq
52.32%
2013
153
Burkina Faso
50.1%
2014
154
Mali
49.37%
2015
155
Liberia
49.07%
2007
156
Afghanistan
46.99%
2011
157
Guinea
46.3%
2014
158
Niger
39.79%
2012
159
South Sudan
36.7%
2008
160
Central African Republic
36.36%
2010
161
Chad
30.79%
2016
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