Africa Rankings

Youth Literacy Rate

ages 15-24

Rank		Country	ages 15-24
Current	Previous	Country	ages 15-24
1	1	Mauritius	99.8
2	5	Libya	99.6
3	2	Seychelles	99.07
4	13	Swaziland	98.66
5	4	Cape Verde	98.32
6	3	Tunisia	98.16
7	8	Equatorial Guinea	97.97
8	20	Morocco	97.73
9	11	Botswana	97.46
10	12	Algeria	97.43
11	9	South Africa	97.17
12	7	Lesotho	96.48
13	6	Sao Tome and Principe	95.49
14	10	Egypt	95.19
15	19	Gabon	93.98
16	25	Eritrea	93.27
17	18	Zimbabwe	92.51
18	15	Namibia	92.13
19	16	Ghana	91.51
20	34	Comoros	90.84
21	22	Togo	90.36
22	17	Rwanda	89.97
23	31	Uganda	89.63
24	21	Burundi	88.4
25	14	Kenya	87.83
26	24	Tanzania	87.07
27	27	Zambia	85.71
28	32	Ethiopia	84.69
29	26	Democratic Republic of the Congo	84.07
30	30	Madagascar	82.38
31	36	Guinea-Bissau	82.23
32	28	Republic of the Congo	82.05
33	29	Cameroon	81.89
34	39	Nigeria	81.36
35	23	Malawi	80.73
36	52	Djibouti	79.55
37	43	Sudan	73
38	35	Sierra Leone	72.99
39	41	Mozambique	71.44
40	44	Benin	71.25
41	45	Mauritania	70.86
42	33	Somalia	70.71
43	40	Gambia	67.49
44	37	Senegal	67.45
45	42	Ivory Coast	66.84
46	46	Burkina Faso	62.81
47	38	Liberia	55.4
48	48	Guinea	53.94
49	49	Niger	53.91
50	47	Mali	53.35
51	50	Central African Republic	50.6
52	51	Chad	45.13