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Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) by country

% of people ages 15–24 · 29 countries ranked · 2024

Rank 1 = best (higher is better for this indicator).25 of 29
  1. 2BoliviaWorld rank 2nd of 29
    up +0.3 pts
  2. 3GeorgiaWorld rank 3rd of 29
    up +0.3 pts
  3. up +0.1 pts
  4. up +0.3 pts
  5. 6PeruWorld rank 6th of 29
    up +0.1 pts
  6. 7BrazilWorld rank 7th of 29
    up +0.2 pts
  7. down −0.2 pts
  8. 10PanamaWorld rank 10th of 29
    up +0.3 pts
  9. 11UruguayWorld rank 11th of 29
    up +0.0 pts
  10. 12EcuadorWorld rank 12th of 29
    down −0.1 pts
  11. 13ColombiaWorld rank 13th of 29
    down −0.0 pts
  12. 14MexicoWorld rank 14th of 29
    down −0.2 pts
  13. 15Sri LankaWorld rank 15th of 29
    down −0.2 pts
  14. down −0.6 pts
  15. 17ParaguayWorld rank 17th of 29
    down −0.3 pts
  16. 19El SalvadorWorld rank 19th of 29
    up +0.2 pts
  17. 20Dominican RepublicWorld rank 20th of 29
    down −0.3 pts
  18. up +0.3 pts
  19. 24HondurasWorld rank 24th of 29
    up +0.2 pts
  20. 25GuatemalaWorld rank 25th of 29
    down −1.6 pts

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Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24), 2024. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24), 2024World map of Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) (2024) for 29 countries, from 50.3 % to 99.9 %.Fiji: —Tanzania: —W. Sahara: —Canada: —United States: —Kazakhstan: —Uzbekistan: —Papua New Guinea: —Indonesia: —Argentina: —Chile: —DR Congo: —Somalia: —Kenya: —Sudan: —Chad: —Haiti: —Dominican Republic: 98.2 %Russia: —Bahamas: —Falkland Is.: —Norway: —Greenland: —Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: —Timor-Leste: —South Africa: 97.2 %Lesotho: 96.5 %Mexico: 98.9 %Uruguay: 99.0 %Brazil: 99.5 %Bolivia: 99.8 %Peru: 99.5 %Colombia: 99.0 %Panama: 99.2 %Costa Rica: —Nicaragua: —Honduras: 95.8 %El Salvador: 98.2 %Guatemala: 95.4 %Belize: —Venezuela: —Guyana: —Suriname: —France: —Ecuador: 99.0 %Puerto Rico: —Jamaica: —Cuba: —Zimbabwe: —Botswana: —Namibia: —Senegal: —Mali: 50.3 %Mauritania: —Benin: —Niger: —Nigeria: 81.4 %Cameroon: —Togo: —Ghana: —Côte d'Ivoire: —Guinea: —Guinea-Bissau: —Liberia: —Sierra Leone: —Burkina Faso: —Central African Republic: —Republic of the Congo: —Gabon: —Equatorial Guinea: —Zambia: 77.7 %Malawi: —Mozambique: —Eswatini: —Angola: —Burundi: —Israel: —Lebanon: —Madagascar: —Palestine: 99.4 %Gambia: —Tunisia: —Algeria: —Jordan: 98.7 %United Arab Emirates: 99.6 %Qatar: —Kuwait: —Iraq: —Oman: —Vanuatu: —Cambodia: —Thailand: —Laos: —Myanmar: —Vietnam: —North Korea: —South Korea: —Mongolia: 99.3 %India: 97.3 %Bangladesh: —Bhutan: —Nepal: —Pakistan: —Afghanistan: —Tajikistan: —Kyrgyzstan: —Turkmenistan: —Iran: —Syria: —Armenia: —Sweden: —Belarus: —Ukraine: —Poland: —Austria: —Hungary: —Moldova: —Romania: —Lithuania: —Latvia: —Estonia: —Germany: —Bulgaria: —Greece: —Türkiye: —Albania: —Croatia: —Switzerland: —Luxembourg: —Belgium: —Netherlands: —Portugal: —Spain: —Ireland: —New Caledonia: —Solomon Islands: —New Zealand: —Australia: —Sri Lanka: 98.9 %China: —Taiwan: —Italy: —Denmark: —United Kingdom: —Iceland: —Azerbaijan: —Georgia: 99.7 %Philippines: —Malaysia: —Brunei: —Slovenia: —Finland: —Slovakia: —Czechia: —Eritrea: —Japan: —Paraguay: 98.6 %Yemen: —Saudi Arabia: 99.9 %N. Cyprus: —Cyprus: —Morocco: —Egypt: —Libya: —Ethiopia: —Djibouti: —Somaliland: —Uganda: 85.2 %Rwanda: —Bosnia and Herzegovina: —North Macedonia: —Serbia: —Montenegro: —Kosovo: —Trinidad and Tobago: —South Sudan: —
  • 50.3 % – 96.2 %
  • 96.2 % – 98.4 %
  • 98.4 % – 99.0 %
  • 99.0 % – 99.5 %
  • 99.5 % – 99.9 %
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Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

Saudi ArabiaBoliviaGeorgia
Rank over timeRank by year for Saudi Arabia, Bolivia, Georgia, 2000–2024.200020052010201520201510152025RankSaudi Arabia · 1Bolivia · 2Georgia · 3

Rank by year for Saudi Arabia, Bolivia, Georgia, 2000–2024.