Global Rankings

Youth Literacy Rate

ages 15-24

Rank		Country	ages 15-24
Current	Previous	Country	ages 15-24
1	156	North Korea	100
1	73	Palau	100
1	156	San Marino	100
1	1	Uzbekistan	100
5	70	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	41	Romania	99.94
11	26	Russia	99.92
12	16	Turkmenistan	99.9
13	10	Kazakhstan	99.9
13	1	Barbados	99.9
15	37	Saudi Arabia	99.89
15	21	Armenia	99.89
15	25	Singapore	99.89
18	7	Azerbaijan	99.88
19	8	Italy	99.87
19	1	Belarus	99.87
21	27	Lithuania	99.86
22	14	Latvia	99.82
23	21	Cyprus	99.82
24	9	Moldova	99.81
25	1	Mauritius	99.8
26	29	Macao	99.8
27	16	Poland	99.8
27	16	Slovenia	99.8
29	35	Bolivia	99.78
30	49	Philippines	99.77
31	19	China	99.76
32	24	Kyrgyzstan	99.75
33	1	Serbia	99.74
34	31	Spain	99.73
35	12	Tonga	99.72
36	30	Croatia	99.72
37	43	Brunei	99.71
38	36	Argentina	99.68
39	45	Georgia	99.66
39	39	Bosnia and Herzegovina	99.66
39	28	Oman	99.66
42	40	Portugal	99.66
43	34	United Arab Emirates	99.61
43	13	Cuba	99.61
45	84	Libya	99.6
46	48	Bahrain	99.52
47	53	Aruba	99.5
48	42	Peru	99.49
48	33	Greece	99.49
50	47	Brazil	99.46
51	54	Costa Rica	99.43
52	38	Mongolia	99.32
53	59	Kuwait	99.3
54	68	Malta	99.3
54	60	Chile	99.3
56	65	Mexico	99.21
57	58	New Caledonia	99.2
57	52	Grenada	99.2
59	66	Panama	99.2
60	95	Guyana	99.14
61	75	Macedonia	99.09
62	63	Seychelles	99.07
63	46	Albania	99.06
64	79	Vietnam	99.05
65	55	Samoa	99.02
65	61	Uruguay	99.02
67	57	Ecuador	98.99
68	61	Colombia	98.96
69	56	Sri Lanka	98.87
70	10	Tajikistan	98.81
71	43	Hungary	98.8
72	92	Malaysia	98.79
73	71	Venezuela	98.75
74	80	Maldives	98.74
75	74	Iran	98.74
76	49	Jordan	98.67
77	106	Swaziland	98.66
78	66	Paraguay	98.62
79	156	Israel	98.56
80	112	Syria	98.39
81	81	Cape Verde	98.32
82	82	El Salvador	98.24
83	77	Dominican Republic	98.21
84	76	Thailand	98.17
85	64	Tunisia	98.16
86	89	Equatorial Guinea	97.97
87	156	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	97.96
88	78	Bulgaria	97.87
89	109	Bhutan	97.73
90	118	Morocco	97.73
91	86	Suriname	97.69
92	103	Botswana	97.46
93	105	Algeria	97.43
94	51	Montenegro	97.42
95	90	India	97.34
96	94	South Africa	97.17
97	93	Lebanon	96.67
98	113	Cambodia	96.57
99	87	Lesotho	96.48
100	99	Burma (Myanmar)	96.36
101	83	Belize	96.15
102	98	Honduras	95.77
103	85	Sao Tome and Principe	95.49
104	72	Qatar	95.46
105	91	Guatemala	95.36
106	96	Egypt	95.19
107	117	Gabon	93.98
108	119	Vanuatu	93.93
109	20	Indonesia	93.79
110	97	Jamaica	93.57
111	101	Bangladesh	93.45
112	124	Eritrea	93.27
113	115	Zimbabwe	92.51
114	102	Nepal	92.4
115	69	Puerto Rico	92.39
116	106	Iraq	92.39
117	6	Turkey	92.23
118	110	Namibia	92.13
119	32	Trinidad and Tobago	92
120	128	Papua New Guinea	91.92
121	100	Nicaragua	91.57
122	111	Ghana	91.51
123	134	Comoros	90.84
124	88	Kiribati	90.44
125	104	Laos	90.39
126	121	Togo	90.36
127	114	Rwanda	89.97
128	127	Haiti	88.87
129	120	Burundi	88.4
130	108	Kenya	87.83
131	123	Tanzania	87.07
132	116	Uganda	85.15
133	132	Ethiopia	84.69
134	156	Solomon Islands	84.57
135	131	Madagascar	82.38
136	137	Guinea-Bissau	82.23
137	129	Republic of the Congo	82.05
138	130	Cameroon	81.89
139	140	Nigeria	81.36
140	122	Malawi	80.73
141	136	Angola	80.7
142	156	Djibouti	79.55
143	126	Democratic Republic of the Congo	77.9
144	125	Zambia	77.65
145	149	Yemen	77
146	141	Pakistan	73.13
147	145	Sudan	73
148	135	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	154	Central African Republic	50.6
162	151	Mali	50.33
163	155	Chad	45.13

Data

Global Rankings

Youth Literacy Rate