Youth literacy rate, ages 15-24 - Country rankings

(measure: percent; Source: UNESCO)

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Youth literacy rate, ages 15-24 - Country rankings:

The average for 2016 was 95.26 percent.The highest value was in Uzbekistan: 100 percent and the lowest value was in Chad: 30.79 percent. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Youth literacy rate, ages 15-24, 2016
(percent, Source: UNESCO, TheGlobalEconomy.com)

1. Uzbekistan

2. Azerbaijan

3. Singapore

4. Macao

5. Serbia

6. Indonesia

7. Spain

8. Turkey

9. Argentina

10. Palestine

11. Uruguay

12. Mexico

13. Ecuador

14. Peru

15. Domin. Rep.

16. Venezuela

17. Oman

18. Sri Lanka

19. Colombia

20. Paraguay

21. Iran

22. El Salvador

23. Malaysia

24. Honduras

25. Qatar

26. Bahrain

27. Bangladesh

28. DR Congo

29. Burma

30. Chad

Definition: 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.

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