Youth literacy rate (% of people ages 15-24)
2020
Methodology
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. Performance score from 0 to 100. The highest score reflects the best situation.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2015 (based on data from UNESCO)
Score
- Africa-
- Sub-Saharan Africa-
- Middle East and North Africa-
- Southern Africa-
- Central Africa-
- East Africa-
- West Africa-
- North Africa-
- Brazil-India-China (BIC)-
- Least Developped Countries (LDC)-
- No LDC-
- High income non OECD-
- Upper middle income countries-
- Lower middle income-
- Low income countries-
- Outsize the Franc zone-
- Franc CFA zone-
- WAMEU-
- CEMAC-
- Algeria78
- Angola72
- Benin26
- Botswana100
- Brazil94
- Burkina Faso23
- Burundi61
- Cameroon72
- Cape Verde85
- Central African Republic20
- Chad0
- China98
- Comoros48
- Congo, Dem. Rep.72
- Congo, Rep77
- Cote d'Ivoire89
- Djibouti-
- Egypt65
- Equatorial Guinea100
- Eritrea-
- Ethiopia39
- Gabon82
- Gambia38
- Ghana75
- Guinea23
- Guinea-Bissau50
- India69
- Kenya78
- Lesotho85
- Liberia34
- Libya-
- Madagascar72
- Malawi53
- Mali11
- Mauritania41
- Mauritius94
- Morocco68
- Mozambique51
- Namibia91
- Niger17
- Nigeria52
- Rwanda67
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic-
- Sao Tome and Principe93
- Senegal39
- Seychelles97
- Sierra Leone28
- Somalia-
- South Africa96
- South Sudan-
- Sudan51
- Swaziland87
- Tanzania73
- Togo58
- Tunisia97
- Uganda72
- Zambia85
- Zimbabwe89