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Youth literacy rate, ages 15-24, 2021 - Country rankings:

The average for 2021 based on 73 countries was 90.41 percent.The highest value was in Estonia: 99.99 percent and the lowest value was in Chad: 35.17 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, 2021 Global rank Available data
Estonia 99.99 1 1989 - 2021
Lithuania 99.95 2 1989 - 2021
Cyprus 99.9 3 1992 - 2021
Poland 99.9 4 1978 - 2021
Ukraine 99.9 5 2001 - 2021
Latvia 99.82 6 1989 - 2021
Macao 99.79 7 1981 - 2021
Brunei 99.77 8 1981 - 2021
Croatia 99.76 9 1991 - 2021
Bosnia & Herz. 99.72 10 1991 - 2021
Portugal 99.71 11 1981 - 2021
Moldova 99.7 12 1989 - 2021
UA Emirates 99.66 13 1975 - 2021
Costa Rica 99.53 14 1984 - 2021
Romania 99.5 15 1992 - 2021
Malta 99.45 16 1985 - 2021
Maldives 99.43 17 1977 - 2021
Albania 99.42 18 2001 - 2021
Jordan 99.42 19 1979 - 2021
Brazil 99.4 20 1980 - 2021
Tonga 99.4 21 1976 - 2021
Mauritius 99.3 22 1990 - 2021
Chile 99.1 23 1982 - 2021
Samoa 99.1 24 1991 - 2021
Montenegro 99.05 25 1981 - 2021
Ecuador 99.01 26 1982 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 98.94 27 1981 - 2021
Suriname 98.9 28 2004 - 2021
Thailand 98.8 29 1980 - 2021
Iran 98.72 30 1976 - 2021
Hungary 98.7 31 1980 - 2021
Venezuela 98.7 32 1981 - 2021
Cape Verde 98.68 33 1990 - 2021
Morocco 98.36 34 1982 - 2021
S.T.&Principe 98.1 35 1981 - 2021
Bulgaria 98.06 36 2001 - 2021
Guyana 97.76 37 2009 - 2021
Tunisia 97.7 38 1984 - 2021
Bhutan 97.3 39 2005 - 2021
Vanuatu 96.9 40 1979 - 2021
Guatemala 95.81 41 1994 - 2021
Cambodia 95.64 42 1998 - 2021
Namibia 95.55 43 1991 - 2021
Laos 94.26 44 1995 - 2021
Nepal 94.18 45 1981 - 2021
Burundi 92.58 46 1979 - 2021
Puerto Rico 92.4 47 1980 - 2021
Egypt 91.51 48 1976 - 2021
Uganda 90.8 49 1991 - 2021
Zimbabwe 90.7 50 1982 - 2021
Gabon 90.44 51 1993 - 2021
Lesotho 89.34 52 2000 - 2021
Kenya 88.7 53 2000 - 2021
Tanzania 88.1 54 1988 - 2021
DR Congo 87.9 55 2001 - 2021
Rwanda 86.9 56 1978 - 2021
Angola 82.83 57 2001 - 2021
R. of Congo 82.36 58 1984 - 2021
Comoros 81.21 59 1980 - 2021
Madagascar 80.51 60 2000 - 2021
Mauritania 76.49 61 2000 - 2021
Senegal 76.4 62 1988 - 2021
Malawi 76.24 63 1987 - 2021
Gambia 73.42 64 2000 - 2021
Mozambique 72.48 65 1980 - 2021
Sierra Leone 71.9 66 2004 - 2021
G.-Bissau 67.88 67 1979 - 2021
Burkina Faso 65.48 68 1975 - 2021
Benin 65.04 69 1979 - 2021
Guinea 60.33 70 1996 - 2021
Afghanistan 55.93 71 1979 - 2021
Niger 47.16 72 2001 - 2021
Chad 35.17 73 1993 - 2021


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.
99.99
99.95
99.90
99.90
99.90
99.82
99.79
99.77
99.76
99.72
99.71
99.70
99.66
99.53
99.50
99.45
99.43
99.42
99.42
99.40
99.40
99.30
99.10
99.10
99.05
99.01
98.94
98.90
98.80
98.72
98.70
98.70
98.68
98.36
98.10
98.06
97.76
97.70
97.30
96.90
95.81
95.64
95.55
94.26
94.18
92.58
92.40
91.51
90.80
90.70
90.44
89.34
88.70
88.10
87.90
86.90
82.83
82.36
81.21
80.51
76.49
76.40
76.24
73.42
72.48
71.90
67.88
65.48
65.04
60.33
55.93
47.16
35.17
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50
75
99.99
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