Youth literacy rate, ages 15-24 - Country rankings
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Youth literacy rate, ages 15-24, 2020 - Country rankings:
The average for 2020 based on 15 countries was 95.4 percent.The highest value was in Armenia: 99.87 percent and the lowest value was in Mali: 46.16 percent. The indicator is available from 1970 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: UNESCO
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Countries | Youth literacy rate, ages 15-24, 2020 | Global rank | Available data |
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Armenia | 99.87 | 1 | 1989 - 2020 |
Indonesia | 99.78 | 2 | 1980 - 2020 |
Spain | 99.62 | 3 | 1981 - 2020 |
Saudi Arabia | 99.5 | 4 | 1992 - 2020 |
Peru | 99.44 | 5 | 1981 - 2020 |
Kuwait | 99.3 | 6 | 1975 - 2020 |
Palestine | 99.23 | 7 | 1997 - 2020 |
North Macedonia | 99.09 | 8 | 1994 - 2020 |
Mexico | 99.08 | 9 | 1980 - 2020 |
Mongolia | 99.07 | 10 | 2000 - 2020 |
Colombia | 99.01 | 11 | 1993 - 2020 |
Ecuador | 98.77 | 12 | 1982 - 2020 |
Paraguay | 98.64 | 13 | 1982 - 2020 |
Bangladesh | 94.46 | 14 | 1981 - 2020 |
Mali | 46.16 | 15 | 1976 - 2020 |
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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