Female Literacy Rate

Europe Ranking

ages 15-24Source: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	Serbia	100	2019	12	99.72
2 ↑	Ukraine	99.98	2012	6	99.83
3 ↑	Estonia	99.96	2011	9	99.81
4 ↓	Italy	99.95	2018	2	99.87
5	Belarus	99.9	2019	5	99.85
5 ↓	Armenia	99.9	2020	2	99.87
5 ↓	Slovenia	99.9	2014	1	99.9
8 ↑	Lithuania	99.87	2011	10	99.74
9 ↓	Latvia	99.86	2018	2	99.87
10 ↓	Cyprus	99.84	2011	7	99.82
11 ↓	Poland	99.82	2008	7	99.82
11 ↑	Moldova	99.82	2014	13	99.65
13 ↓	Spain	99.76	2020	10	99.74
14 ↓	Croatia	99.74	2011	13	99.65
15 ↑	Portugal	99.7	2018	16	99.48
16 ↓	Georgia	99.68	2019	15	99.49
17 ↑	Bosnia and Herzegovina	99.67	2013	19	99.15
18 ↑	Albania	99.63	2018	21	99.02
19 ↓	Malta	99.56	2018	17	99.39
20 ↑	Romania	99.44	2018	22	98.98
21 ↑	Macedonia	99.16	2020	24	98.5
22 ↑	Greece	99.07	2018	23	98.91
23 ↓	Hungary	99	2014	18	99.32
24 ↓	Montenegro	98.97	2018	20	99.05
25	Bulgaria	97.65	2011	25	98.11
26	Angola	70.59	2014	26	63.18

Definition of Female 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.