| Current Rank | Country | Value | Latest Reading | Previous Rank | Previous Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbados | 99.9 | 2014 | 1 | 99.9 |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99.6 | 2010 | 2 | 99.4 |
| 3 ↑ | Aruba | 99.5 | 2018 | 4 | 99.14 |
| 4 ↓ | Grenada | 99.2 | 2014 | 3 | 99.2 |
| 5 ↑ | Dominican Republic | 98.84 | 2016 | 6 | 97.61 |
| 6 ↑ | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 97.96 | 1970 | 10 | |
| 7 | Jamaica | 96.3 | 2014 | 7 | 91.6 |
| 8 ↓ | Puerto Rico | 92.39 | 2017 | 5 | 98.83 |
| 9 ↓ | Belize | 84.22 | 2000 | 8 | 77.64 |
| 10 ↓ | Haiti | 82.99 | 2016 | 9 | 72.35 |
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.
