Global Rankings

Male Literacy Rate

ages 15-24

Rank		Country	ages 15-24
Current	Previous	Country	ages 15-24
1	60	Palau	100
1	1	Uzbekistan	100
1	155	North Korea	100
1	155	Tuvalu	100
5	16	Ukraine	99.96
6	3	Kazakhstan	99.94
7	4	Barbados	99.92
8	18	Russia	99.92
9	13	Turkmenistan	99.9
9	155	San Marino	99.9
11	14	Belarus	99.87
12	12	Estonia	99.86
13	1	Tajikistan	99.86
14	25	Libya	99.85
15	8	Azerbaijan	99.84
16	33	Spain	99.81
17	19	Lithuania	99.79
18	9	Slovenia	99.79
19	6	Latvia	99.78
19	10	Poland	99.78
21	17	Armenia	99.77
22	21	Georgia	99.75
23	28	Croatia	99.71
24	22	Kyrgyzstan	99.69
25	52	Brunei	99.64
26	67	Portugal	99.63
27	6	Serbia	99.61
28	59	Aruba	99.6
29	48	Moldova	99.6
30	23	Trinidad and Tobago	99.55
31	4	Italy	99.48
32	34	Costa Rica	99.34
33	42	Cyprus	99.29
34	31	Turkey	99.26
35	40	Greece	99.26
36	15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	99.18
37	61	New Caledonia	99.18
38	24	Montenegro	99.15
39	30	Argentina	99.13
40	89	Malta	99.06
41	38	Macedonia	99.03
42	46	United Arab Emirates	99.03
42	20	Cuba	99.03
44	25	Romania	99.02
45	36	Grenada	98.95
46	44	Singapore	98.94
47	75	Suriname	98.88
48	39	Bulgaria	98.75
49	29	Hungary	98.69
50	41	Bahrain	98.67
51	54	Kiribati	98.63
52	35	Uruguay	98.63
53	47	Oman	98.62
54	43	Saudi Arabia	98.58
55	83	Seychelles	98.56
56	69	Philippines	98.41
57	155	Antigua and Barbuda	98.4
58	10	China	98.38
59	45	Mongolia	98.33
60	155	South Korea	98.32
60	37	Samoa	98.32
62	49	Macao	98.19
63	82	Maldives	98.16
64	32	Albania	98.15
65	129	Morocco	98.04
66	51	Bolivia	97.77
67	76	Equatorial Guinea	97.69
68	118	Algeria	97.59
69	62	Jordan	97.46
70	53	Indonesia	97.45
71	64	Panama	97.29
72	57	Vietnam	97.24
73	55	Venezuela	97.23
74	105	Syria	97.17
75	63	Kuwait	97.05
76	57	Peru	97
77	73	Ecuador	96.85
78	68	Malaysia	96.82
79	56	Chile	96.48
80	65	Mexico	96.44
81	72	Mauritius	96.3
82	155	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	95.8
83	120	Botswana	95.75
84	74	Paraguay	95.42
85	70	Colombia	94.97
86	155	Israel	94.96
87	71	Lebanon	94.78
88	88	Burma (Myanmar)	94.68
89	80	Brazil	94.49
90	77	Qatar	94.07
91	133	Jamaica	93.86
92	130	Eritrea	93.82
93	78	Dominican Republic	93.6
94	84	Sri Lanka	93.45
95	107	Zimbabwe	93.07
96	90	Cape Verde	92.9
97	146	Yemen	92.85
98	86	Iran	92.76
99	94	Tunisia	92.69
100	50	Sao Tome and Principe	92.5
101	92	Puerto Rico	92.39
102	90	El Salvador	91.62
103	95	South Africa	91.5
104	79	Swaziland	91.11
105	103	Gabon	90.79
106	87	Thailand	90.67
107	125	Papua New Guinea	90.5
108	119	Cambodia	90.38
109	93	Iraq	90.31
110	110	Nicaragua	89.64
111	114	India	88.31
112	99	Namibia	87.9
113	97	Belize	87.88
114	96	Vanuatu	87.73
115	109	Honduras	87.61
116	108	Kenya	87.59
117	101	Democratic Republic of the Congo	87.51
118	112	Zambia	87.21
119	102	Guatemala	86.87
120	113	Republic of the Congo	85.34
121	104	Egypt	85.29
122	98	Laos	85.13
123	100	Uganda	84.65
124	111	Tanzania	84.25
125	66	Guyana	84.21
126	27	Tonga	83.82
127	122	Angola	83.77
128	155	Solomon Islands	83.7
129	106	Lesotho	83.15
130	121	Togo	82.85
131	123	Bangladesh	81.39
132	85	Ghana	81.33
133	116	Rwanda	81.03
134	126	Comoros	79.89
135	81	Nepal	79.75
136	127	Cameroon	79.71
137	117	Malawi	78.62
138	134	Nigeria	78.43
139	128	Burundi	78.17
140	124	Madagascar	77.9
141	137	Guinea-Bissau	77.32
142	136	Mozambique	74.12
143	131	Bhutan	73.39
144	115	Haiti	72.94
145	143	Sudan	72.51
146	140	Ethiopia	71.04
147	138	Mauritania	70.1
148	139	Pakistan	69.14
149	142	Ivory Coast	68.03
150	141	Gambia	65.27
151	135	Liberia	64.96
152	132	Somalia	64.5
153	147	Benin	62.62
154	145	Senegal	61.47
155	150	Central African Republic	59.84
156	151	Mali	55.23
157	144	Sierra Leone	54.6
158	153	Guinea	54.43
159	148	Afghanistan	52.06
160	149	Burkina Faso	48.44
161	152	Niger	47.89
162	154	Chad	44.52

Data

Global Rankings

Male Literacy Rate