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DEFINITION:
Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.".
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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=1 | Cuba | 100 | 2008 | ||
=1 | Azerbaijan | 100 | 2007 | ||
=3 | Tajikistan | 99.9 | 2008 | ||
=3 | Libya | 99.9 | 2008 | ||
=3 | Italy | 99.9 | 2008 | ||
=6 | Turkmenistan | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
=6 | Bahrain | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
=6 | Georgia | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
=6 | Uzbekistan | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
=6 | Lithuania | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
=6 | Slovenia | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
=6 | Cyprus | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
=6 | Kazakhstan | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
=6 | Poland | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
15 | Bolivia | 99.75 | 2007 | ||
=16 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
=16 | Portugal | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
=16 | Estonia | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
=16 | Armenia | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
=16 | Ukraine | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
=16 | Latvia | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
=16 | Brunei | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
=16 | Belarus | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
=16 | Singapore | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 99.7 | 2008 | |||
=25 | Russia | 99.6 | 2008 | ||
=25 | Croatia | 99.6 | 2008 | ||
27 | Spain | 99.53 | 2008 | ||
=28 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99.5 | 2008 | ||
=28 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.5 | 2008 | ||
=30 | Samoa | 99.4 | 2008 | ||
=30 | Greece | 99.4 | 2008 | ||
=30 | China | 99.4 | 2008 | ||
=30 | New Caledonia | 99.4 | 2008 | ||
=34 | Serbia and Montenegro | 99.3 | 2008 | ||
=34 | Moldova | 99.3 | 2008 | ||
=34 | Albania | 99.3 | 2008 | ||
=34 | Tonga | 99.3 | 2006 | ||
38 | Maldives | 99.24 | 2006 | ||
39 | Aruba | 99.2 | 2008 | ||
40 | Cayman Islands | 99.14 | 2007 | ||
41 | Chile | 99.11 | 2008 | ||
42 | Qatar | 99.1 | 2007 | ||
43 | Israel | 99.05 | 1983 | ||
44 | Argentina | 99 | 2008 | ||
45 | Jordan | 98.95 | 2007 | ||
46 | Paraguay | 98.81 | 2007 | ||
47 | Seychelles | 98.77 | 2008 | ||
48 | Uruguay | 98.63 | 2008 | ||
49 | Turkey | 98.58 | 2007 | ||
50 | Mexico | 98.41 | 2008 | ||
=51 | Saudi Arabia | 98.4 | 2008 | ||
=51 | Gabon | 98.4 | 2008 | ||
=51 | Antigua and Barbuda | 98.4 | 2008 | ||
=51 | Kuwait | 98.4 | 2007 | ||
=51 | Lebanon | 98.4 | 2007 | ||
=56 | Malaysia | 98.3 | 2008 | ||
=56 | Netherlands Antilles | 98.3 | 2008 | ||
=56 | Zimbabwe | 98.3 | 2008 | ||
=56 | Hungary | 98.3 | 2008 | ||
60 | Thailand | 98.22 | 2005 | ||
61 | Tunisia | 98.13 | 2008 | ||
62 | Peru | 98.01 | 2007 | ||
63 | Venezuela | 97.97 | 2007 | ||
64 | Costa Rica | 97.7 | 2008 | ||
65 | Oman | 97.63 | 2008 | ||
66 | Equatorial Guinea | 97.6 | 2008 | ||
67 | Colombia | 97.55 | 2008 | ||
68 | Malta | 97.46 | 2005 | ||
69 | Sri Lanka | 97.33 | 2008 | ||
70 | Bulgaria | 97.3 | 2008 | ||
=71 | Cape Verde | 97.2 | 2008 | ||
=71 | Vietnam | 97.2 | 2008 | ||
73 | Romania | 97.1 | 2008 | ||
74 | Brazil | 97.06 | 2007 | ||
75 | Indonesia | 97.03 | 2006 | ||
76 | Panama | 96.6 | 2008 | ||
77 | South Africa | 96.1 | 2008 | ||
78 | Burma | 96 | 2008 | ||
79 | Suriname | 95.7 | 2008 | ||
80 | Syria | 95.6 | 2008 | ||
81 | El Salvador | 95.41 | 2008 | ||
82 | Mauritius | 95.4 | 2008 | ||
83 | Guam | 95.36 | 1980 | ||
84 | Ecuador | 95.22 | 2007 | ||
85 | Sao Tome and Principe | 94.7 | 2008 | ||
86 | Dominican Republic | 94.63 | 2007 | ||
87 | Algeria | 94.38 | 2006 | ||
88 | Palau | 94.19 | 1980 | ||
89 | Philippines | 93.9 | 2008 | ||
90 | Botswana | 93.8 | 2008 | ||
91 | United Arab Emirates | 93.63 | 2005 | ||
92 | Vanuatu | 93.5 | 2008 | ||
93 | Mongolia | 93.3 | 2008 | ||
94 | Honduras | 92.7 | 2007 | ||
=95 | Swaziland | 91.8 | 2008 | ||
=95 | Jamaica | 91.8 | 2008 | ||
=95 | Kenya | 91.8 | 2008 | ||
=98 | Eritrea | 91.1 | 2008 | ||
=98 | Namibia | 91.1 | 2008 | ||
100 | Solomon Islands | 90 | 1999 | ||
101 | Cambodia | 89.38 | 2008 | ||
102 | Laos | 89.19 | 2005 | ||
103 | Uganda | 89.1 | 2008 | ||
104 | Sudan | 88.6 | 2008 | ||
105 | Guatemala | 88.5 | 2008 | ||
106 | India | 88.41 | 2006 | ||
107 | Cameroon | 88.2 | 2008 | ||
108 | Togo | 87 | 2008 | ||
109 | Congo, Republic of the | 86.8 | 2005 | ||
110 | Malawi | 86.5 | 2008 | ||
111 | Nepal | 86.2 | 2008 | ||
112 | Puerto Rico | 85.8 | 2008 | ||
113 | Comoros | 85.7 | 2008 | ||
114 | Lesotho | 85.6 | 2008 | ||
115 | Nicaragua | 85.16 | 2005 | ||
116 | Morocco | 84.8 | 2008 | ||
117 | Iraq | 84.5 | 2008 | ||
118 | Zambia | 82.1 | 2008 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 82.07 | 2008 | |||
119 | Angola | 80.8 | 2008 | ||
120 | Ghana | 80.6 | 2008 | ||
121 | Bhutan | 80.04 | 2005 | ||
122 | Tanzania | 78.7 | 2008 | ||
123 | Pakistan | 78.51 | 2008 | ||
124 | Nigeria | 78.3 | 2008 | ||
125 | Mozambique | 77.7 | 2008 | ||
126 | Guinea-Bissau | 77.6 | 2008 | ||
127 | Rwanda | 77.1 | 2008 | ||
128 | Burundi | 76.5 | 2008 | ||
129 | Belize | 76.14 | 1991 | ||
130 | Bangladesh | 73.3 | 2008 | ||
131 | Madagascar | 72.65 | 2008 | ||
132 | Central African Republic | 72.1 | 2008 | ||
133 | Cote d'Ivoire | 72 | 2008 | ||
134 | Mauritania | 70.5 | 2008 | ||
=135 | Liberia | 70.1 | 2008 | ||
=135 | The Gambia | 70.1 | 2008 | ||
137 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 68.8 | 2008 | ||
138 | Guinea | 66.5 | 2008 | ||
139 | Sierra Leone | 66 | 2008 | ||
140 | Papua New Guinea | 64.6 | 2008 | ||
141 | Benin | 64.1 | 2008 | ||
142 | Ethiopia | 62.2 | 2008 | ||
143 | Senegal | 58.13 | 2006 | ||
144 | Chad | 53.5 | 2008 | ||
145 | Niger | 52.45 | 2005 | ||
146 | Haiti | 51.26 | 1982 | ||
147 | Mali | 47.38 | 2006 | ||
148 | Burkina Faso | 46.73 | 2007 |