Youth Literacy Rate

Africa Ranking

ages 15-24Source: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	Libya	99.6	2004	4	97.9
2 ↓	Seychelles	99.07	2018	1	98.97
3 ↓	Mauritius	99.04	2018	2	98.13
4 ↑	South Africa	98.41	2019	8	95.32
5 ↓	Cape Verde	98.11	2015	2	98.13
6 ↓	Equatorial Guinea	97.97	2010	5	97.13
7	Sao Tome and Principe	97.78	2018	7	96.74
8 ↑	Morocco	97.73	2018	14	91.22
9 ↑	Botswana	97.46	2013	10	93.96
10 ↑	Algeria	97.43	2018	11	93.77
11 ↓	Tunisia	96.21	2014	6	96.86
12 ↓	Namibia	95.16	2018	9	94.42
13	Swaziland	93.5	2010	13	91.86
14 ↑	Eritrea	93.27	2018	19	86.97
15 ↑	Ghana	92.49	2018	22	85.72
16	Zambia	92.09	2018	16	88.71
17 ↓	Zimbabwe	90.43	2014	15	90.93
18 ↓	Gabon	89.78	2018	17	88.5
19 ↑	Burundi	88.22	2017	29	79.56
20 ↓	Egypt	88.19	2017	12	92.02
21 ↑	Togo	87.89	2019	24	84.29
22 ↓	Kenya	87.83	2018	20	86.53
23 ↑	Lesotho	86.63	2014	26	83.19
24 ↓	Rwanda	86.49	2018	23	85.07
25 ↓	Tanzania	85.76	2015	21	85.94
26 ↑	Cameroon	85.08	2018	28	80.57
27 ↓	Democratic Republic of the Congo	84.99	2016	25	83.6
28 ↓	Uganda	83.66	2012	18	87.41
29 ↑	Ivory Coast	83.63	2019	42	53.02
30 ↓	Republic of the Congo	82.05	2018	27	80.91
31	Madagascar	79.85	2018	31	76.83
32 ↑	Comoros	78.27	2018	33	71.58
33 ↓	Nigeria	75.03	2018	30	78.69
34 ↑	Sudan	73	2018	36	65.81
35 ↓	Malawi	72.94	2015	32	76.08
36 ↑	Ethiopia	72.75	2017	41	54.98
37 ↓	Mozambique	70.91	2017	35	70.53
38 ↑	Senegal	69.48	2017	40	56.94
39 ↓	Gambia	67.16	2015	37	60.78
40 ↓	Sierra Leone	66.65	2018	39	57.02
41 ↓	Mauritania	63.95	2017	34	71.03
42 ↑	Benin	60.95	2018	43	52.49
43 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	60.4	2014	38	59.49
44 ↑	Burkina Faso	58.87	2018	45	50.1
45 ↑	Liberia	55.4	2017	46	49.07
46 ↑	Guinea	53.94	2018	50	31.41
47 ↓	Mali	46.16	2020	44	50.13
48 ↓	Niger	43.46	2018	47	39.79
49	Central African Republic	38.27	2018	49	36.36
50 ↓	Chad	30.79	2016	48	38.77
51	Somalia	13.14	1972	51

Definition of Youth Literacy Rate

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.