Youth literacy rate, ages 15-24 - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

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
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.
1. Armenia
2. Indonesia
3. Spain
4. Saudi Arabia
5. Peru
6. Kuwait
7. Palestine
8. North Macedonia
9. Mexico
10. Mongolia
11. Colombia
12. Ecuador
13. Paraguay
14. Bangladesh
15. Mali
99.87
99.78
99.62
99.50
99.44
99.30
99.23
99.09
99.08
99.07
99.01
98.77
98.64
94.46
46.16
0
25
49.9
74.9
99.87
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