Youth Literacy Rate

North America Ranking

ages 15-24Source: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	Costa Rica	99.43	2018	2	99.13
2 ↓	Mexico	99.08	2020	1	99.32
3	Panama	98.88	2019	3	99.1
4	Ecuador	98.77	2020	4	99.06
5	El Salvador	98.35	2019	5	97.97
6	Honduras	96.08	2019	6	96.52
7	Guatemala	94.35	2014	7	91.85
8	Nicaragua	91.57	2015	8	87.01

Definition of Youth Literacy Rate

Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.