Youth literacy rate (% of people ages 15-24)
2018
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-
- Algeria96
- Angola70
- Benin49
- Botswana97
- Brazil99
- Burkina Faso45
- Burundi84
- Cameroon80
- Cape Verde97
- Central African Republic19
- Chad9
- China100
- Comoros71
- Congo, Dem. Rep.80
- Congo, Rep76
- Cote d'Ivoire45
- Djibouti-
- Egypt84
- Equatorial Guinea97
- Eritrea-
- Ethiopia96
- Gabon86
- Gambia57
- Ghana90
- Guinea29
- Guinea-Bissau47
- India89
- Kenya84
- Lesotho83
- Liberia41
- Libya-
- Madagascar75
- Malawi64
- Mali34
- Mauritania53
- Mauritius99
- Morocco97
- Mozambique62
- Namibia92
- Niger<0
- Nigeria67
- Rwanda82
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic-
- Sao Tome and Principe97
- Senegal59
- Seychelles99
- Sierra Leone56
- Somalia-
- South Africa93
- South Sudan-
- Sudan64
- Swaziland94
- Tanzania81
- Togo79
- Tunisia95
- Uganda86
- Zambia89
- Zimbabwe87