Global Rankings

Female Literacy Rate

ages 15-24

Rank		Country	ages 15-24
Current	Previous	Country	ages 15-24
1	155	Tuvalu	100
1	1	Uzbekistan	100
1	155	North Korea	100
4	26	Ukraine	99.98
5	12	Russia	99.94
6	155	San Marino	99.93
7	10	Estonia	99.91
8	4	Armenia	99.9
8	15	Turkmenistan	99.9
10	5	Barbados	99.9
10	5	Slovenia	99.9
12	22	Belarus	99.88
13	3	Latvia	99.86
14	7	Kazakhstan	99.85
15	15	Lithuania	99.83
16	8	Poland	99.82
17	29	Kyrgyzstan	99.81
18	68	Brunei	99.79
19	47	Croatia	99.74
20	13	Azerbaijan	99.73
21	52	Palau	99.71
22	81	Portugal	99.7
23	40	Tonga	99.64
24	20	Georgia	99.62
25	71	Seychelles	99.6
26	36	Spain	99.59
27	67	Malta	99.56
28	25	Costa Rica	99.53
29	21	Grenada	99.5
30	155	Antigua and Barbuda	99.42
31	53	Libya	99.4
32	50	Aruba	99.39
33	61	New Caledonia	99.3
34	23	Romania	99.28
35	2	Italy	99.22
36	19	Uruguay	99.17
37	11	Argentina	99.16
38	38	Macedonia	99.16
39	105	Botswana	99.14
40	60	Moldova	99.14
41	28	Serbia	99.1
42	31	Greece	99.07
43	35	Hungary	99
44	30	Mongolia	98.88
45	33	Kiribati	98.86
46	42	United Arab Emirates	98.43
47	90	Suriname	98.4
48	106	Equatorial Guinea	98.3
49	63	Maldives	98.26
50	62	Cyprus	98.12
51	39	Bulgaria	97.98
52	42	Montenegro	97.95
53	23	Samoa	97.66
54	155	South Korea	97.62
55	134	Morocco	97.4
56	46	Venezuela	97.24
57	17	Albania	97.22
58	34	Philippines	97
59	55	Saudi Arabia	96.69
60	41	Lesotho	96.63
61	57	Singapore	96.42
62	14	Cuba	96.35
63	49	Chile	96.33
64	54	Bahrain	96.29
65	44	Qatar	96.11
66	56	Panama	95.83
67	69	Tajikistan	95.76
68	59	Colombia	95.69
69	155	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	95.5
70	65	Mexico	95.38
71	63	Kuwait	95.35
72	72	Turkey	95.27
73	70	Vietnam	95.08
74	9	China	95.05
75	77	Macao	95.03
76	66	Brazil	95.01
77	27	Bosnia and Herzegovina	94.91
78	73	Oman	94.86
79	79	Bolivia	94.82
80	78	Malaysia	94.67
81	76	Indonesia	94.55
82	74	Dominican Republic	94.43
83	75	Paraguay	94.34
84	18	Trinidad and Tobago	93.83
85	97	Nicaragua	93.6
86	80	Zimbabwe	93.36
87	87	Mauritius	92.74
88	132	Eritrea	92.71
89	100	Burma (Myanmar)	92.63
90	58	Ecuador	92.58
91	155	Fiji	92.43
92	82	Puerto Rico	92.39
93	86	Sri Lanka	92.06
94	83	Jordan	92.03
95	121	Syria	91.82
96	93	Thailand	91.49
97	94	South Africa	90.83
98	32	Jamaica	90.81
99	85	Peru	90.65
100	51	Swaziland	90.41
101	92	Lebanon	89.52
102	99	Honduras	88.78
103	155	Israel	88.67
104	96	El Salvador	88.25
105	95	Vanuatu	88.18
106	101	Kenya	88.08
107	88	Belize	87.88
108	98	Namibia	87.39
109	89	Gabon	87.07
110	48	Guyana	86.9
111	102	Iran	85.09
112	104	Cape Verde	84.12
113	37	Sao Tome and Principe	82.75
114	114	Tunisia	80.07
115	113	Republic of the Congo	78.74
116	107	Guatemala	78.46
117	115	Iraq	77.75
118	111	Rwanda	76.7
119	120	Bangladesh	76.54
120	45	Algeria	74.21
121	140	Sudan	73.49
122	117	Uganda	73.48
123	116	Egypt	73.3
124	108	Tanzania	73.13
125	84	Ghana	72.14
126	109	Comoros	71.98
127	118	Madagascar	71.75
128	119	India	70.74
129	155	Solomon Islands	69
130	124	Laos	66.73
131	123	Cameroon	66.16
132	126	Burundi	66.11
133	112	Zambia	64.44
134	103	Haiti	63.87
135	131	Togo	63.66
136	110	Cambodia	63.64
137	122	Malawi	62.68
138	135	Nigeria	62.42
139	125	Papua New Guinea	61.55
140	91	Nepal	59.41
141	128	Bhutan	57
142	136	Angola	54.37
143	127	Yemen	54.13
144	130	Democratic Republic of the Congo	53.78
145	145	Guinea-Bissau	52.16
146	129	Mauritania	51.81
147	137	Mozambique	50.89
148	142	Ethiopia	49.96
149	141	Pakistan	48.52
150	138	Liberia	45.64
151	133	Somalia	43.9
152	149	Benin	41.51
153	146	Senegal	41.5
154	143	Gambia	40.45
155	139	Ivory Coast	40.26
156	148	Burkina Faso	35.73
157	144	Sierra Leone	33.94
158	147	Mali	27.74
159	151	Guinea	27.69
160	150	Central African Republic	27.13
161	153	Afghanistan	26.6
162	152	Niger	25.69
163	154	Chad	18.64

Data

Global Rankings

Female Literacy Rate