Youth literacy rate, ages 15-24 - country rankings

(measure: percent; Source: UNESCO)

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

The average for 2016 was 93.08 percent.The highest value was in Andorra: 100 percent and the lowest value was in Chad: 30.79 percent. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available for: Youth literacy rate, ages 15-24.

Youth literacy rate, ages 15-24, 2016
(percent, Source: UNESCO);

1. Andorra

2. Azerbaijan

3. Singapore

4. Macao

5. Serbia

6. Indonesia

7. Spain

8. Palestine

9. Ecuador

10. Peru

11. Venezuela

12. Oman

13. Honduras

14. Bangladesh

15. DR Congo

16. Burma

17. 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.