Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) - Gender Statistics

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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.
Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) - Gender Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Bahrain (2009)100.04
2South Korea (2008)100
3Azerbaijan (2007)100
4North Korea (2008)100
5Uzbekistan (2009)100
6Cuba (2009)99.98
7Italy (2009)99.91
8Cyprus (2009)99.91
9Slovenia (2009)99.89
10Poland (2009)99.89
11Tajikistan (2009)99.88
12Turkmenistan (2009)99.88
13Kazakhstan (2009)99.86
14Georgia (2009)99.86
15Estonia (2009)99.84
16Singapore (2009)99.84
17Armenia (2009)99.83
18Belarus (2009)99.83
19Ukraine (2009)99.82
20Kyrgyzstan (2009)99.8
21Lithuania (2009)99.78
22Libya (2009)99.78
23Latvia (2009)99.75
24Portugal (2009)99.75
25Russia (2009)99.75
26Bosnia and Herzegovina (2009)99.74
27New Caledonia (2009)99.71
28Macau (2006)99.7
29Croatia (2009)99.67
30High income: OECD (2009)99.66
31Moldova (2009)99.66
32Brunei Darussalam (2009)99.65
33Uruguay (2009)99.61
34Spain (2009)99.56
35Tonga (2006)99.56
36Western Samoa (2009)99.56
37Trinidad and Tobago (2009)99.55
38Zimbabwe (2009)99.48
39High income (2009)99.48
40Aruba (2009)99.47
41Hungary (2009)99.47
42Suriname (2008)99.46
43Antigua and Barbuda (2008)99.42
44Indonesia (2008)99.38
45Seychelles (2008)99.37
46Argentina (2009)99.36
47Maldives (2006)99.36
48Serbia (2003)99.32
49Greece (2009)99.28
50China (2009)99.27
51West Bank and Gaza (2009)99.23
52Chile (2008)99.2
53Albania (2008)99.12
54Malta (2005)99.11
55Lebanon (2007)99.08
56Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2009)99.02
57Cape Verde (2009)99.01
58Jordan (2007)98.95
59Bolivia (2008)98.88
60Venezuela (2007)98.84
61Paraguay (2007)98.78
62Kuwait (2008)98.74
63Malaysia (2009)98.66
64Cayman Islands (2007)98.62
65Costa Rica (2009)98.6
66East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2009)98.59
67Sri Lanka (2008)98.59
68Brazil (2008)98.53
69Iran (2008)98.52
70Macedonia (2009)98.51
71Philippines (2008)98.49
72Colombia (2009)98.43
73Netherlands Antilles (2009)98.41
74Mexico (2009)98.38
75Jamaica (2009)98.25
76Equatorial Guinea (2009)98.18
77South Africa (2007)98.09
78Lesotho (2009)98.06
79Qatar (2009)97.95
80Thailand (2005)97.88
81Oman (2008)97.62
82High income: nonOECD (2009)97.56
83Mauritius (2009)97.55
84Romania (2009)97.5
85Bulgaria (2009)97.43
86Mongolia (2009)97.42
87Upper middle income (2009)97.4
88Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2009)97.25
89United Arab Emirates (2005)97
90Dominican Republic (2007)96.93
91Ecuador (2009)96.85
92Botswana (2009)96.74
93Peru (2007)96.71
94Gabon (2009)96.63
95Turkey (2009)96.57
96Saudi Arabia (2009)96.51
97Vietnam (2009)96.43
98Panama (2009)96.25
99Grenada (2004)96
100Guam (1980)95.91
101Sao Tome and Principe (2009)95.81
102Tunisia (2008)95.79
103El Salvador (2009)95.32
104Burma (2009)95.32
105Honduras (2007)95.05
106Swaziland (2009)94.9
107Namibia (2009)94.87
108Palau (1980)94.36
109Vanuatu (2009)94.08
110Kenya (2009)93.56
111Syria (2009)92.99
112Algeria (2006)89.14
113Nicaragua (2005)88.84
114Middle income (2009)88.27
115Puerto Rico (2009)87.68
116Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2009)87.14
117Haiti (2004)86.8
118Malawi (2009)86.03
119Eritrea (2009)85.76
120Lower middle income (2009)85.69
121Cambodia (2008)85.53
122Low & middle income (2009)85.1
123Comoros (2009)84.72
124Guatemala (2009)84.32
125Sudan (2009)82.68
126Egypt (2006)81.75
127Liberia (2009)80.89
128Iraq (2009)80.37
129Solomon Islands (1999)80
130Ghana (2009)78.92
131Laos (2005)78.74
132Republic of the Congo (2005)78.03
133Cameroon (2007)77.48
134Rwanda (2009)77.41
135Bangladesh (2009)76.83
136Nepal (2009)76.74
137Belize (1991)76.7
138Tanzania (2009)76.37
139Burundi (2009)76.26
140Uganda (2002)76.18
141India (2006)74.36
142South Asia (2009)72.33
143Yemen (2009)72.17
144Morocco (2009)72.15
145Papua New Guinea (2009)70.34
146Low income (2009)68.62
147Bhutan (2005)67.96
148Togo (2006)67.92
149Zambia (2009)67.32
150Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2009)67.25
151Angola (2009)65.53
152Nigeria (2009)65.33
153Mauritania (2009)64.32
154Madagascar (2008)63.97
155Mozambique (2009)63.68
156Guinea-Bissau (2009)63.55
157Democratic Republic of the Congo (2009)62.1
158Pakistan (2008)61.25
159Ivory Coast (2009)60.97
160Gambia (2009)59.98
161Central African Republic (2009)57.29
162Senegal (2009)56.19
163Guinea (2009)53.83
164Sierra Leone (2009)48.06
165Benin (2009)43.39
166Chad (2009)38.97
167Ethiopia (2008)33.3
168Burkina Faso (2007)33.13
169Mali (2006)30.8
170Niger (2005)23.2
171Afghanistan (1979)11.14
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