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Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female by country

Share of the youth illiterate population that is female.

Countries reporting
86
Highest
95.6%
Bahrain
Lowest
16.7%
Qatar
Median
48.9%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
2,250

What the numbers show

Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 95.6% in Bahrain; the lowest is 16.7% in Qatar.

The median across all reporting countries is 48.9%, and the mean is 47.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 147.3%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 42.8%).

Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bahrain 95.6% 2018 up 108.0% rising
2 Turkey 81.3% 2017 up 1.8% flat
3 Kazakhstan 70.5% 2018 up 73.0% flat
4 Togo 67.6% 2015 down 0.6% flat
5 Azerbaijan 66.9% 2017 up 32.4% rising
6 Laos 62.6% 2015 down 5.5% flat
7 Nigeria 62.5% 2018 down 0.0% falling
8 Nepal 62.4% 2018 down 8.8% rising
9 Pakistan 61.8% 2017 down 0.8% rising
10 Burundi 61.8% 2017 up 9.7% rising
11 Panama 61.4% 2018 up 10.6% rising
12 Benin 60.9% 2018 up 1.0% flat
13 Mozambique 60.8% 2017 down 11.7% falling
14 Senegal 59.9% 2017 up 4.6% flat
15 Iraq 59.7% 2017 down 1.6% flat
16 Guatemala 59.3% 2014 down 3.9% flat
17 Cameroon 58.7% 2018 down 13.5% falling
18 Central African Republic 57.7% 2018 down 2.1% falling
19 Suriname 57.1% 2018 up 26.5% rising
20 Mali 56.8% 2018 up 1.1% rising
21 Cote d'Ivoire 56.6% 2018 down 5.1% flat
22 Chad 56.5% 2016 down 5.4% flat
23 Morocco 56.0% 2018 down 17.7% flat
24 India 55.5% 2018 down 16.7% falling
25 Barbados 55.2% 2014 down 0.4% rising
26 Montenegro 55.1% 2018 down 4.9% falling
27 Egypt 54.5% 2017 down 7.5% flat
28 Greece 54.4% 2018 up 54.2% flat
29 Tunisia 54.3% 2014 down 19.9% falling
30 Iran 54.2% 2016 down 4.8% falling
31 Peru 54.0% 2018 down 11.9% falling
32 Tanzania 54.0% 2015 down 2.5% falling
33 Burkina Faso 53.4% 2018 down 2.9% flat
34 Zambia 53.2% 2018 down 9.7% rising
35 Algeria 52.3% 2018 down 19.8% falling
36 Madagascar 51.4% 2018 down 0.0% flat
37 Ethiopia 50.9% 2017 down 13.4% falling
38 Indonesia 50.5% 2018 down 11.1% falling
39 Vietnam 50.3% 2018 down 7.0% falling
40 Uzbekistan 50.1% 2018 up 2.3% rising
41 Malawi 49.6% 2015 down 9.1% falling
42 Saudi Arabia 49.6% 2017 down 19.7% falling
43 Chile 49.1% 2017 up 4.8% rising
44 Bolivia 48.7% 2015 down 36.8% falling
45 Dominican Republic 48.2% 2016 up 34.5% falling
46 Uganda 48.0% 2018 down 20.5% falling
47 Moldova 47.9% 2014 up 2.6% falling
48 Sao Tome and Principe 47.9% 2018 down 15.6% falling
49 China 46.9% 2018 down 14.2% falling
50 Cambodia 46.6% 2015 down 26.7% falling
51 Malaysia 46.0% 2018 down 2.9% falling
52 Palestine 45.7% 2018 down 18.4% rising
53 Vanuatu 45.1% 2018 down 8.3% falling
54 El Salvador 44.5% 2018 down 0.1% falling
55 Mexico 44.4% 2018 down 13.5% falling
56 Portugal 44.2% 2018 down 2.7% flat
57 Spain 43.9% 2018 down 1.1% falling
58 Rwanda 42.7% 2018 down 12.9% falling
59 Tonga 39.8% 2018 up 5.6% falling
60 Namibia 39.7% 2018 up 8.6% flat
61 Colombia 39.7% 2018 up 3.2% falling
62 Sri Lanka 39.3% 2018 up 12.4% falling
63 Ecuador 39.3% 2017 down 10.5% falling
64 Philippines 39.0% 2015 up 14.9% falling
65 Jordan 38.2% 2018 down 21.6% falling
66 Bangladesh 37.4% 2019 down 8.4% falling
67 Thailand 36.9% 2018 down 26.5% falling
68 Singapore 36.9% 2018 down 14.6% falling
69 Uruguay 36.6% 2018 up 12.8% falling
70 Venezuela 36.3% 2016 up 1.1% falling
71 Eswatini 35.6% 2018 down 19.5% falling
72 Brazil 35.2% 2018 up 4.3% falling
73 Brunei 34.5% 2018 up 0.3% falling
74 South Africa 33.0% 2017 down 15.0% falling
75 Paraguay 32.3% 2018 down 23.7% falling
76 Macao 32.2% 2016 down 27.7% falling
77 Grenada 31.7% 2014 down 1.8% falling
78 Malta 30.4% 2018 up 21.4% rising
79 Oman 29.4% 2018 down 31.7% falling
80 Albania 26.4% 2018 down 27.3% falling
81 Honduras 25.5% 2018 down 36.0% falling
82 Kuwait 25.0% 2018 down 42.7% falling
83 Maldives 24.5% 2016 down 42.8% falling
84 Argentina 23.7% 2018 down 34.6% falling
85 Seychelles 20.8% 2018 down 24.2% falling
86 Qatar 16.7% 2017 up 147.3% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
125 places, 2,250 data points, 1970–2019
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Share of the youth illiterate population that is female.