Global Rankings

Female Literacy Rate

ages 15-24

Rank		Country	ages 15-24
Current	Previous	Country	ages 15-24
1	155	Tuvalu	100
1	155	North Korea	100
1	1	Uzbekistan	100
1	53	Palau	100
5	28	Ukraine	99.98
6	14	Russia	99.94
7	155	San Marino	99.93
8	12	Estonia	99.91
9	18	Turkmenistan	99.9
9	5	Armenia	99.9
11	6	Slovenia	99.9
11	6	Barbados	99.9
13	24	Belarus	99.88
14	4	Latvia	99.86
15	9	Kazakhstan	99.85
16	18	Lithuania	99.83
17	10	Poland	99.82
18	31	Kyrgyzstan	99.81
19	68	Brunei	99.79
20	48	Croatia	99.74
21	16	Azerbaijan	99.73
22	81	Portugal	99.7
23	22	Georgia	99.62
24	70	Seychelles	99.6
25	38	Spain	99.59
26	67	Malta	99.56
27	27	Costa Rica	99.53
28	23	Grenada	99.5
29	155	Antigua and Barbuda	99.42
30	54	Libya	99.4
31	51	Aruba	99.39
32	61	New Caledonia	99.3
33	25	Romania	99.28
34	3	Italy	99.22
35	15	Uruguay	99.17
36	13	Argentina	99.16
37	40	Macedonia	99.16
38	106	Botswana	99.14
39	60	Moldova	99.14
40	30	Serbia	99.1
41	33	Greece	99.07
42	37	Hungary	99
43	35	Kiribati	98.95
44	32	Mongolia	98.93
45	43	United Arab Emirates	98.43
46	89	Suriname	98.4
47	107	Equatorial Guinea	98.3
48	64	Maldives	98.26
49	63	Cyprus	98.12
50	42	Bulgaria	97.98
51	43	Montenegro	97.95
52	25	Samoa	97.66
53	155	South Korea	97.62
54	1	Tonga	97.58
55	135	Morocco	97.4
56	47	Venezuela	97.27
57	20	Albania	97.22
58	36	Philippines	97
59	56	Saudi Arabia	96.69
60	41	Lesotho	96.63
61	58	Singapore	96.42
62	17	Cuba	96.35
63	50	Chile	96.33
64	55	Bahrain	96.29
65	45	Qatar	96.11
66	57	Panama	95.95
67	76	Ecuador	95.72
68	59	Colombia	95.69
69	155	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	95.5
70	64	Kuwait	95.35
71	71	Turkey	95.27
72	62	Mexico	95.17
73	66	Brazil	95.09
74	69	Vietnam	95.08
75	11	China	95.05
76	78	Macao	95.03
77	29	Bosnia and Herzegovina	94.91
78	72	Oman	94.86
79	79	Malaysia	94.67
80	6	Tajikistan	94.62
81	77	Indonesia	94.55
82	73	Dominican Republic	94.43
83	74	Paraguay	94.34
84	21	Trinidad and Tobago	93.83
85	98	Nicaragua	93.6
86	91	Bolivia	93.5
87	80	Zimbabwe	93.36
88	85	Mauritius	92.84
89	101	Burma (Myanmar)	92.72
90	132	Eritrea	92.71
91	155	Fiji	92.43
92	82	Puerto Rico	92.39
93	75	Jordan	92.31
94	86	Sri Lanka	91.97
95	120	Syria	91.82
96	93	Thailand	91.49
97	95	South Africa	90.83
98	34	Jamaica	90.81
99	84	Peru	90.65
100	52	Swaziland	90.41
101	92	Lebanon	89.52
102	100	Honduras	88.78
103	155	Israel	88.67
104	97	El Salvador	88.25
105	96	Vanuatu	88.18
106	102	Kenya	88.08
107	87	Belize	87.88
108	99	Namibia	87.39
109	88	Gabon	87.07
110	49	Guyana	86.9
111	103	Iran	85.1
112	105	Cape Verde	84.12
113	39	Sao Tome and Principe	82.75
114	114	Tunisia	80.07
115	113	Republic of the Congo	78.74
116	108	Guatemala	78.46
117	115	Iraq	77.75
118	118	Zambia	77.19
119	112	Rwanda	76.7
120	119	Bangladesh	76.54
121	122	India	74.86
122	46	Algeria	74.21
123	94	Uganda	73.94
124	140	Sudan	73.49
125	116	Egypt	73.3
126	109	Tanzania	73.13
127	110	Comoros	72.25
128	83	Ghana	72.14
129	117	Madagascar	71.75
130	155	Solomon Islands	69
131	124	Laos	66.73
132	127	Burundi	66.24
133	123	Cameroon	66.16
134	104	Haiti	63.87
135	131	Togo	63.66
136	111	Cambodia	63.64
137	121	Malawi	62.68
138	136	Nigeria	62.42
139	125	Papua New Guinea	61.55
140	90	Nepal	59.41
141	129	Bhutan	57
142	126	Democratic Republic of the Congo	56.12
143	128	Yemen	54.13
144	145	Guinea-Bissau	52.16
145	134	Angola	51.93
146	130	Mauritania	51.81
147	137	Mozambique	50.93
148	142	Ethiopia	49.96
149	141	Pakistan	48.52
150	138	Liberia	45.64
151	133	Somalia	43.9
152	148	Benin	41.51
153	146	Senegal	41.5
154	143	Gambia	40.45
155	139	Ivory Coast	40.26
156	150	Mali	38.45
157	147	Burkina Faso	35.7
158	144	Sierra Leone	33.94
159	151	Guinea	27.69
160	149	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