Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) by country
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.
Countries reporting
105
Highest
100.0%
Kazakhstan
Lowest
33.3%
Chad
Median
98.1%
Years covered
51
1974–2024
Data points
2,856
What the numbers show
Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) is currently reported for 105 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 33.3% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 98.1%, and the mean is 89.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 99.4%), and the largest decrease in Guinea-Bissau (down 21.7%).
Literacy rate, youth female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 100.0% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Singapore | 99.9% | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 5 | Belarus | 99.9% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Azerbaijan | 99.9% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Armenia | 99.9% | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 7 | Macau, China | 99.9% | 2016 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 99.8% | 2014 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 10 | Tonga | 99.8% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 11 | Georgia | 99.8% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 12 | China | 99.8% | 2020 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 13 | Spain | 99.8% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 99.8% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 13 | Serbia | 99.8% | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 16 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 99.7% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 17 | Brazil | 99.7% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 18 | Oman | 99.7% | 2022 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 19 | Qatar | 99.7% | 2014 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 20 | Peru | 99.6% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 21 | Kuwait | 99.6% | 2020 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 22 | Samoa | 99.6% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 99.5% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 24 | Bahrain | 99.5% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 99.5% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 26 | Philippines | 99.5% | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 27 | Chile | 99.5% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 28 | Panama | 99.4% | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 29 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 99.2% | 2017 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 30 | Albania | 99.2% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 31 | Uruguay | 99.2% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 32 | Palestine, State of | 99.2% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 33 | Ecuador | 99.2% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 34 | Viet Nam | 99.1% | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 35 | Sri Lanka | 99.0% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 35 | Mexico | 99.0% | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 37 | Montenegro | 99.0% | 2018 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 38 | Mongolia | 98.9% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 39 | Jordan | 98.9% | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 40 | Maldives | 98.9% | 2019 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 41 | Lesotho | 98.8% | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 42 | Dominican Republic | 98.8% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 43 | Eswatini | 98.8% | 2022 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 98.8% | 2018 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 45 | Paraguay | 98.6% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 46 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 98.6% | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 47 | El Salvador | 98.6% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 48 | Syrian Arab Republic | 98.4% | 2021 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 49 | Thailand | 98.4% | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 50 | Tajikistan | 98.3% | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 51 | Malaysia | 98.3% | 2022 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 52 | Cape Verde | 98.2% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 53 | Tunisia | 98.1% | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 54 | Algeria | 98.0% | 2019 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 54 | South Africa | 98.0% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 56 | Suriname | 98.0% | 2018 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 57 | Cambodia | 97.3% | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 58 | Bhutan | 97.2% | 2022 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 59 | India | 96.6% | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 60 | Belize | 96.6% | 2022 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 61 | Honduras | 96.6% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 62 | Nicaragua | 96.6% | 2014 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 63 | Myanmar | 96.4% | 2020 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 64 | Guatemala | 95.1% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 65 | Sao Tome and Principe | 95.1% | 2019 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 66 | Egypt | 94.8% | 2022 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 67 | Indonesia | 94.7% | 2022 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 68 | Bangladesh | 94.5% | 2022 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 94.2% | 2019 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 70 | Namibia | 93.5% | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 71 | Rwanda | 92.4% | 2022 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 72 | Nepal | 92.1% | 2019 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 73 | Türkiye | 91.9% | 2022 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 74 | Comoros | 91.4% | 2021 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 75 | Ghana | 91.3% | 2021 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 76 | Iraq | 90.9% | 2021 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 77 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 88.5% | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 78 | Burundi | 88.5% | 2020 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 79 | Togo | 87.7% | 2022 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 80 | Uganda | 85.9% | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 81 | Timor-Leste | 85.9% | 2022 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 82 | Morocco | 85.3% | 2014 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 83 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 85.1% | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 84 | Nigeria | 81.4% | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 85 | Ethiopia | 80.9% | 2022 | up 85.4% | rising |
| 86 | Malawi | 80.1% | 2020 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 87 | Guinea-Bissau | 78.3% | 2022 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 88 | Cameroon | 76.4% | 2018 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 89 | Zambia | 76.0% | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 90 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 68.3% | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 91 | Benin | 67.9% | 2022 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 92 | Sierra Leone | 67.9% | 2019 | up 64.3% | rising |
| 93 | Burkina Faso | 67.1% | 2023 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Mauritania | 67.0% | 2020 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 95 | Pakistan | 66.5% | 2021 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 96 | Senegal | 65.6% | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 97 | Mozambique | 65.4% | 2022 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 98 | Gambia | 62.5% | 2021 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 99 | Côte d'Ivoire | 58.3% | 2021 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 100 | Niger | 44.7% | 2022 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 101 | Afghanistan | 44.2% | 2022 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 102 | Guinea | 43.5% | 2018 | up 99.4% | rising |
| 103 | Mali | 43.1% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 104 | Central African Republic | 36.7% | 2019 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 105 | Chad | 33.3% | 2019 | up 97.4% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 99.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 99.9%
- Europe & Central Asia 99.8%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 99.7%
- North America 99.6%
- Late-demographic dividend 99.6%
- Upper middle income 99.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 99.3%
- OECD members 99.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 99.3%
- East Asia & Pacific 99.2%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 98.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 98.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean 98.9%
- IBRD only 98.1%
- Caribbean Small States 97.5%
- South Asia 96.5%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 96.5%
- Middle income 94.1%
- Small states 93.6%
- Early-demographic dividend 93.6%
- Other small states 92.4%
- World 92.0%
- IDA & IBRD total 91.1%
- Low & middle income 91.1%
- Lower middle income 90.5%
- Arab World 88.2%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 83.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 83.2%
- IDA only 79.8%
- Least developed countries 78.7%
- IDA total 78.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 76.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 76.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 76.6%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 75.5%
- IDA blend 74.8%
- Pre-demographic dividend 74.5%
- Low income 72.6%
- Africa Western and Central 66.7%
About this data
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.