Global Rankings

Male 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	61	Palau	100
1	1	Uzbekistan	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	32	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	27	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	47	Moldova	99.6
30	23	Trinidad and Tobago	99.55
31	4	Italy	99.48
32	33	Costa Rica	99.34
33	41	Cyprus	99.29
34	114	Tonga	99.28
35	30	Turkey	99.26
36	39	Greece	99.26
37	15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	99.18
38	62	New Caledonia	99.18
39	24	Montenegro	99.15
40	29	Argentina	99.13
41	88	Malta	99.06
42	37	Macedonia	99.03
43	20	Cuba	99.03
43	44	United Arab Emirates	99.03
45	25	Romania	99.02
46	34	Grenada	98.95
47	43	Singapore	98.94
48	74	Suriname	98.88
49	48	Bolivia	98.76
50	38	Bulgaria	98.75
51	28	Hungary	98.69
52	40	Bahrain	98.67
53	35	Uruguay	98.63
54	46	Oman	98.62
55	54	Kiribati	98.59
56	42	Saudi Arabia	98.58
57	82	Seychelles	98.56
58	69	Philippines	98.41
59	155	Antigua and Barbuda	98.4
60	10	China	98.38
60	45	Mongolia	98.38
62	155	South Korea	98.32
62	36	Samoa	98.32
64	49	Macao	98.19
65	81	Maldives	98.16
66	31	Albania	98.15
67	129	Morocco	98.04
68	75	Equatorial Guinea	97.69
69	119	Algeria	97.59
70	53	Indonesia	97.45
71	57	Vietnam	97.24
72	55	Venezuela	97.19
73	103	Syria	97.17
74	64	Panama	97.07
75	63	Kuwait	97.05
76	57	Peru	97
77	68	Malaysia	96.82
78	51	Jordan	96.6
79	66	Mexico	96.5
80	56	Chile	96.48
81	73	Mauritius	96.1
82	155	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	95.8
83	121	Botswana	95.75
84	72	Paraguay	95.42
85	70	Colombia	94.97
86	155	Israel	94.96
87	71	Lebanon	94.77
88	87	Burma (Myanmar)	94.6
89	60	Ecuador	94.49
90	79	Brazil	94.45
91	76	Qatar	94.07
92	133	Jamaica	93.86
93	130	Eritrea	93.82
94	77	Dominican Republic	93.6
95	83	Sri Lanka	93.53
96	104	Zimbabwe	93.07
97	89	Cape Verde	92.9
98	146	Yemen	92.85
99	85	Iran	92.75
100	93	Tunisia	92.69
101	50	Sao Tome and Principe	92.5
102	91	Puerto Rico	92.39
103	89	El Salvador	91.62
104	94	South Africa	91.5
105	78	Swaziland	91.11
106	100	Gabon	90.79
107	86	Thailand	90.67
108	92	Iraq	90.31
109	120	Cambodia	90.29
110	125	Papua New Guinea	90.24
111	110	Nicaragua	89.64
112	98	Namibia	87.9
113	96	Belize	87.88
114	95	Vanuatu	87.73
115	109	Honduras	87.61
116	108	Kenya	87.59
117	101	Guatemala	86.87
118	99	India	85.69
119	106	Democratic Republic of the Congo	85.36
120	113	Republic of the Congo	85.34
121	102	Egypt	85.29
122	97	Laos	85.13
123	111	Tanzania	84.25
124	65	Guyana	84.21
125	115	Angola	83.97
126	155	Solomon Islands	83.7
127	105	Lesotho	83.15
128	122	Togo	82.85
129	123	Bangladesh	81.39
130	84	Ghana	81.33
131	112	Uganda	81.26
132	117	Rwanda	81.03
133	107	Zambia	80.6
134	80	Nepal	79.75
135	127	Cameroon	79.71
136	126	Comoros	79.58
137	118	Malawi	78.62
138	134	Nigeria	78.43
139	124	Madagascar	77.9
140	128	Burundi	77.89
141	137	Guinea-Bissau	77.32
142	135	Mozambique	74.04
143	131	Bhutan	73.39
144	116	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	68.05
150	141	Gambia	65.27
151	136	Liberia	64.96
152	132	Somalia	64.5
153	147	Benin	62.62
154	145	Senegal	61.47
155	151	Central African Republic	59.84
156	144	Sierra Leone	54.6
157	153	Guinea	54.43
158	149	Afghanistan	52.06
159	150	Burkina Faso	48.68
160	152	Niger	47.89
161	148	Mali	45.18
162	154	Chad	44.52

Data

Global Rankings

Male Literacy Rate