Global Rankings

Youth Literacy Rate

ages 15-24

Rank		Country	ages 15-24
Current	Previous	Country	ages 15-24
1	156	San Marino	100
1	72	Palau	100
1	1	Uzbekistan	100
1	156	North Korea	100
5	68	Tuvalu	100
6	156	Saint Lucia	99.98
7	15	Ukraine	99.97
8	21	Estonia	99.95
8	156	South Korea	99.95
10	42	Romania	99.94
11	26	Russia	99.92
12	16	Turkmenistan	99.9
13	11	Kazakhstan	99.9
13	1	Barbados	99.9
15	21	Armenia	99.89
15	38	Saudi Arabia	99.89
15	1	Tonga	99.89
15	25	Singapore	99.89
19	8	Azerbaijan	99.88
20	1	Belarus	99.87
20	9	Italy	99.87
22	27	Lithuania	99.86
23	14	Latvia	99.82
24	21	Cyprus	99.82
25	10	Moldova	99.81
26	1	Mauritius	99.8
27	30	Macao	99.8
28	16	Slovenia	99.8
28	16	Poland	99.8
30	50	Philippines	99.77
31	19	China	99.76
32	24	Kyrgyzstan	99.75
33	1	Serbia	99.74
34	33	Spain	99.73
35	31	Croatia	99.72
36	44	Brunei	99.71
37	37	Argentina	99.68
38	29	Oman	99.66
38	46	Georgia	99.66
38	40	Bosnia and Herzegovina	99.66
41	41	Portugal	99.66
42	13	Cuba	99.61
42	36	United Arab Emirates	99.61
44	83	Libya	99.6
45	38	Bolivia	99.52
45	49	Bahrain	99.52
47	54	Aruba	99.5
48	28	Mongolia	99.49
48	35	Greece	99.49
48	43	Peru	99.49
51	55	Costa Rica	99.43
52	48	Brazil	99.36
53	58	Kuwait	99.3
54	66	Malta	99.3
54	59	Chile	99.3
56	89	Jordan	99.22
57	52	Grenada	99.2
57	57	New Caledonia	99.2
59	53	Mexico	99.2
60	64	Panama	99.2
61	94	Guyana	99.14
62	69	Sri Lanka	99.11
63	32	Ecuador	99.1
64	74	Macedonia	99.09
65	62	Seychelles	99.07
66	47	Albania	99.06
67	78	Vietnam	99.05
68	60	Uruguay	99.02
68	56	Samoa	99.02
70	60	Colombia	98.96
71	11	Tajikistan	98.81
72	44	Hungary	98.8
73	91	Malaysia	98.79
74	70	Venezuela	98.75
75	79	Maldives	98.74
76	73	Iran	98.74
77	106	Swaziland	98.66
78	64	Paraguay	98.62
79	156	Israel	98.56
80	112	Syria	98.39
81	80	Cape Verde	98.32
82	81	El Salvador	98.24
83	76	Dominican Republic	98.21
84	75	Thailand	98.17
85	63	Tunisia	98.16
86	88	Equatorial Guinea	97.97
87	156	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	97.96
88	77	Bulgaria	97.87
89	109	Bhutan	97.73
90	117	Morocco	97.73
91	85	Suriname	97.69
92	103	Botswana	97.46
93	105	Algeria	97.43
94	51	Montenegro	97.42
95	93	South Africa	97.17
96	96	India	97.04
97	92	Lebanon	96.67
98	113	Cambodia	96.57
99	86	Lesotho	96.48
100	99	Burma (Myanmar)	96.36
101	82	Belize	96.15
102	98	Honduras	95.77
103	84	Sao Tome and Principe	95.49
104	71	Qatar	95.46
105	90	Guatemala	95.36
106	95	Egypt	95.19
107	116	Gabon	93.98
108	118	Vanuatu	93.93
109	20	Indonesia	93.79
110	97	Jamaica	93.57
111	101	Bangladesh	93.45
112	123	Eritrea	93.27
113	115	Zimbabwe	92.51
114	102	Nepal	92.4
115	67	Puerto Rico	92.39
116	106	Iraq	92.39
117	7	Turkey	92.23
118	110	Namibia	92.13
119	34	Trinidad and Tobago	92
120	127	Papua New Guinea	91.92
121	100	Nicaragua	91.57
122	111	Ghana	91.51
123	134	Comoros	90.84
124	87	Kiribati	90.44
125	104	Laos	90.39
126	120	Togo	90.36
127	114	Rwanda	89.97
128	131	Uganda	89.63
129	126	Haiti	88.87
130	119	Burundi	88.4
131	108	Kenya	87.83
132	122	Tanzania	87.07
133	125	Zambia	85.71
134	132	Ethiopia	84.69
135	156	Solomon Islands	84.57
136	124	Democratic Republic of the Congo	84.07
137	130	Madagascar	82.38
138	137	Guinea-Bissau	82.23
139	128	Republic of the Congo	82.05
140	129	Cameroon	81.89
141	140	Nigeria	81.36
142	121	Malawi	80.73
143	156	Djibouti	79.55
144	149	Yemen	77
145	135	Angola	75.66
146	141	Pakistan	73.13
147	145	Sudan	73
148	136	Sierra Leone	72.99
149	143	Mozambique	71.44
150	146	Benin	71.25
151	147	Mauritania	70.86
152	133	Somalia	70.71
153	142	Gambia	67.49
154	138	Senegal	67.45
155	144	Ivory Coast	66.84
156	148	Burkina Faso	62.81
157	150	Afghanistan	62.66
158	139	Liberia	55.4
159	152	Guinea	53.94
160	153	Niger	53.91
161	151	Mali	53.35
162	154	Central African Republic	50.6
163	155	Chad	45.13

Data

Global Rankings

Youth Literacy Rate