Youth Literacy Rate
This key economic indicator for the Education And Training sector has been recently updated.
- Turkey Youth Literacy Rate jumped by 0.2points in 2019, compared to a year earlier.
- Since 2014 Turkey Youth Literacy Rate increased 0.2points year on year at 100.16 Percent of Persons Aged 15-24.
- In 2016 Serbia was number 17 in Youth Literacy Rate.
- In 2018 Italy was number 5 in Youth Literacy Rate at 99.93 Percent of Persons Aged 15-24, from 36 in 2017.
Top Countries in Youth Literacy Rate
| # | 134 Countries | Percent of Persons Aged 15-24 | Last | YoY | 5‑years CAGR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
#1
Turkey
|
100.16 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 2 |
#2
Uzbekistan
|
100.00 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Singapore
|
99.94 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 4 |
#4
Azerbaijan
|
99.93 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 5 |
#5
Italy
|
99.93 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 6 |
#6
Barbados
|
99.90 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 6 |
#6
Tajikistan
|
99.90 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 8 |
#8
Belarus
|
99.85 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 9 |
#9
Armenia
|
99.85 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 10 |
#10
Moldova
|
99.81 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 11 |
#11
Slovenia
|
99.80 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 11 |
#11
Turkmenistan
|
99.80 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 13 |
#13
China
|
99.78 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 14 |
#14
Lebanon
|
99.75 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 15 |
#15
Kyrgyzstan
|
99.75 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 16 |
#16
Fiji
|
99.74 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 17 |
#17
Serbia
|
99.72 % | 2016 | NA | +0.1 % | View data |
| 18 |
#18
Brunei
|
99.71 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 19 |
#19
Spain
|
99.71 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 20 |
#20
Indonesia
|
99.70 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 21 |
#21
Russia
|
99.70 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 22 |
#22
Bahrain
|
99.69 % | 2018 | +0.1 % | NA | View data |
| 23 |
#23
Portugal
|
99.66 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 24 |
#24
Georgia
|
99.64 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 25 |
#25
Argentina
|
99.50 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 26 |
#26
Aruba
|
99.50 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Tonga
|
99.44 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 28 |
#28
Costa Rica
|
99.43 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 29 |
#29
Romania
|
99.43 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 30 |
#30
Bolivia
|
99.40 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 31 |
#31
Mexico
|
99.38 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 32 |
#32
Palestine
|
99.36 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 33 |
#33
Jordan
|
99.34 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 34 |
#34
Albania
|
99.33 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 35 |
#35
Brazil
|
99.33 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 36 |
#36
Ecuador
|
99.32 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 37 |
#37
Saudi Arabia
|
99.30 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 38 |
#38
Malta
|
99.30 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 39 |
#39
Grenada
|
99.20 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 39 |
#39
New Caledonia
|
99.20 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 41 |
#41
Kuwait
|
99.13 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | NA | View data |
| 42 |
#42
Samoa
|
99.12 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 43 |
#43
Montenegro
|
99.11 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 44 |
#44
Panama
|
99.10 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 45 |
#45
Philippines
|
99.08 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 46 |
#46
Seychelles
|
99.07 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 47 |
#47
Chile
|
99.06 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | NA | View data |
| 48 |
#48
Peru
|
99.05 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 49 |
#49
Mauritius
|
99.04 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 50 |
#50
Dominican Republic
|
98.93 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 51 |
#51
Uruguay
|
98.92 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 52 |
#52
Colombia
|
98.84 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 53 |
#53
Hungary
|
98.80 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 54 |
#54
Sri Lanka
|
98.78 % | 2018 | -0.1 % | NA | View data |
| 55 |
#55
Venezuela
|
98.76 % | 2016 | -0.3 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 56 |
#56
Maldives
|
98.75 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 57 |
#57
Palau
|
98.66 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 58 |
#58
Suriname
|
98.65 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 59 |
#59
Mongolia
|
98.63 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 60 |
#60
Macedonia
|
98.60 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 61 |
#61
Oman
|
98.59 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 62 |
#62
Vietnam
|
98.41 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 63 |
#63
Paraguay
|
98.29 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 64 |
#64
El Salvador
|
98.21 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | NA | View data |
| 65 |
#65
Equatorial Guinea
|
98.20 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 66 |
#66
Thailand
|
98.14 % | 2018 | NA | -0.0 % | View data |
| 67 |
#67
Cape Verde
|
98.11 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 68 |
#68
Iran
|
98.09 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 69 |
#69
Sao Tome and Principe
|
97.78 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 70 |
#70
Morocco
|
97.73 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 71 |
#71
Botswana
|
97.70 % | 2014 | +0.3 % | NA | View data |
| 72 |
#72
Algeria
|
97.43 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 73 |
#73
Malaysia
|
96.85 % | 2018 | -0.4 % | NA | View data |
| 74 |
#74
Guyana
|
96.69 % | 2014 | NA | +0.8 % | View data |
| 75 |
#75
Honduras
|
96.57 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 76 |
#76
Jamaica
|
96.30 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 77 |
#77
Vanuatu
|
96.28 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 78 |
#78
Tunisia
|
96.21 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 79 |
#79
South Africa
|
95.56 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | -0.7 % | View data |
| 80 |
#80
Swaziland
|
95.47 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 81 |
#81
Bangladesh
|
94.86 % | 2019 | +1.7 % | +2.1 % | View data |
| 82 |
#82
Qatar
|
94.84 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 83 |
#83
Iraq
|
94.37 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | +1.2 % | View data |
| 84 |
#84
Guatemala
|
94.35 % | 2014 | +2.7 % | NA | View data |
| 85 |
#85
Eritrea
|
93.27 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 86 |
#86
Bhutan
|
93.09 % | 2017 | NA | +1.6 % | View data |
| 87 |
#87
Ghana
|
92.49 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 88 |
#88
Laos
|
92.46 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 89 |
#89
Nepal
|
92.39 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 90 |
#90
Puerto Rico
|
92.39 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 91 |
#91
Cambodia
|
92.21 % | 2015 | +2.3 % | NA | View data |
| 92 |
#92
Zambia
|
92.09 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 93 |
#93
India
|
91.66 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 94 |
#94
Nicaragua
|
91.57 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 95 |
#95
Zimbabwe
|
90.43 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 96 |
#96
Gabon
|
89.78 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 97 |
#97
Uganda
|
89.40 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 98 |
#98
Burundi
|
88.22 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 99 |
#99
Egypt
|
88.19 % | 2017 | NA | -0.3 % | View data |
| 100 |
#100
Kenya
|
87.83 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 101 |
#101
Lesotho
|
86.63 % | 2014 | NA | +0.8 % | View data |
| 102 |
#102
Rwanda
|
86.49 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 103 |
#103
Tanzania
|
85.76 % | 2015 | NA | +2.8 % | View data |
| 104 |
#104
Cameroon
|
85.08 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 105 |
#105
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
84.99 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 106 |
#106
Myanmar
|
84.75 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 107 |
#107
Togo
|
84.29 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 108 |
#108
East Timor
|
83.54 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 109 |
#109
Haiti
|
82.99 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 110 |
#110
Republic of the Congo
|
82.05 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 111 |
#111
Madagascar
|
81.20 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 112 |
#112
Comoros
|
78.27 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 113 |
#113
Angola
|
77.43 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 114 |
#114
Nigeria
|
75.03 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 115 |
#115
Pakistan
|
74.53 % | 2017 | NA | +0.5 % | View data |
| 116 |
#116
Sudan
|
73.00 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 117 |
#117
Malawi
|
72.94 % | 2015 | -4.1 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 118 |
#118
Ethiopia
|
72.75 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 119 |
#119
Mozambique
|
70.91 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 120 |
#120
Senegal
|
69.48 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 121 |
#121
Gambia
|
67.16 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 122 |
#122
Sierra Leone
|
66.65 % | 2018 | NA | +3.2 % | View data |
| 123 |
#123
Afghanistan
|
65.42 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 124 |
#124
Mauritania
|
63.95 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 125 |
#125
Benin
|
60.95 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 126 |
#126
Guinea-Bissau
|
60.40 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 127 |
#127
Ivory Coast
|
58.42 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 128 |
#128
Burkina Faso
|
58.29 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 129 |
#129
Liberia
|
55.40 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 130 |
#130
Mali
|
50.13 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 131 |
#131
South Sudan
|
47.90 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 132 |
#132
Guinea
|
46.30 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 133 |
#133
Central African Republic
|
38.27 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 134 |
#134
Chad
|
30.79 % | 2016 | -20.6 % | NA | View data |
Source: World Bank