Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
95
Highest
100.0%
Uzbekistan
Lowest
45.1%
Chad
Median
98.2%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
9,763
What the numbers show
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 95 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Uzbekistan; the lowest is 45.1% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 98.2%, and the mean is 91.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 71.7%), and the largest decrease in Zambia (down 12.5%).
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Armenia | 99.9% | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 99.9% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 2 | Singapore | 99.9% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Azerbaijan | 99.9% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Belarus | 99.9% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Republic of Moldova | 99.8% | 2014 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Qatar | 99.8% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 9 | Mauritius | 99.8% | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 10 | Macau, China | 99.8% | 2016 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 99.8% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 12 | Philippines | 99.8% | 2022 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 13 | China | 99.8% | 2020 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 14 | Serbia | 99.7% | 2022 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 15 | Spain | 99.7% | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 16 | Tonga | 99.7% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 17 | Georgia | 99.7% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 17 | Oman | 99.7% | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 99.6% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 20 | Bahrain | 99.5% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 21 | Peru | 99.5% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 22 | Brazil | 99.5% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 23 | Palestine, State of | 99.4% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 24 | Mongolia | 99.3% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 25 | Chile | 99.3% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 25 | Kuwait | 99.3% | 2020 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 27 | Panama | 99.2% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 28 | Albania | 99.1% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 29 | Viet Nam | 99.0% | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 30 | Uruguay | 99.0% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 30 | Samoa | 99.0% | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 32 | Ecuador | 99.0% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 33 | Colombia | 99.0% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 34 | Mexico | 98.9% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 35 | Sri Lanka | 98.9% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 36 | Tajikistan | 98.8% | 2017 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 37 | Malaysia | 98.8% | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 38 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 98.7% | 2017 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 39 | Maldives | 98.7% | 2019 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 40 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 98.7% | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 41 | Jordan | 98.7% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 42 | Eswatini | 98.7% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 43 | Paraguay | 98.6% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 44 | Cape Verde | 98.3% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 45 | El Salvador | 98.2% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 46 | Dominican Republic | 98.2% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 47 | Thailand | 98.2% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 48 | Tunisia | 98.2% | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 49 | Suriname | 97.7% | 2018 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 50 | Montenegro | 97.4% | 2018 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 51 | India | 97.3% | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 52 | South Africa | 97.2% | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 53 | Cambodia | 96.6% | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 54 | Lesotho | 96.5% | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 55 | Myanmar | 96.4% | 2020 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 56 | Honduras | 95.8% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 57 | Sao Tome and Principe | 95.5% | 2019 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 58 | Guatemala | 95.4% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 59 | Nicaragua | 95.3% | 2014 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 60 | Egypt | 95.2% | 2022 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 61 | Nepal | 94.2% | 2019 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 62 | Indonesia | 93.8% | 2022 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 63 | Bangladesh | 93.5% | 2022 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 64 | Iraq | 92.4% | 2021 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 65 | Türkiye | 92.2% | 2022 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 66 | Namibia | 92.1% | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 67 | Ghana | 91.5% | 2021 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 68 | Comoros | 90.8% | 2021 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 69 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 90.4% | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 70 | Togo | 90.4% | 2022 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 71 | Rwanda | 90.0% | 2022 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 72 | Morocco | 89.1% | 2014 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 73 | Burundi | 88.4% | 2020 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 74 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 87.1% | 2022 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 75 | Timor-Leste | 86.1% | 2022 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 76 | Uganda | 85.2% | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 77 | Ethiopia | 84.7% | 2022 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 78 | Cameroon | 81.9% | 2018 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 79 | Nigeria | 81.4% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 80 | Malawi | 80.7% | 2020 | — | rising |
| 81 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 77.9% | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 82 | Zambia | 77.7% | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 83 | Pakistan | 73.1% | 2021 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 84 | Sierra Leone | 73.0% | 2019 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 85 | Mozambique | 71.4% | 2022 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 86 | Benin | 71.2% | 2022 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 87 | Gambia | 67.5% | 2021 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 88 | Senegal | 67.5% | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 89 | Côte d'Ivoire | 66.8% | 2021 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 90 | Burkina Faso | 62.8% | 2022 | up 68.9% | rising |
| 91 | Afghanistan | 62.7% | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 92 | Guinea | 53.9% | 2018 | up 71.7% | rising |
| 93 | Niger | 53.9% | 2022 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 94 | Mali | 50.3% | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 95 | Chad | 45.1% | 2019 | up 8.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- AIMS: Central Asia 99.9%
- ECE: Cis (cwg) (unsdcode:98201) 99.9%
- ECE: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (cis) (unsdcode:98202) 99.9%
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 99.9%
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 99.9%
- SDG: Central Asia 99.9%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 99.9%
- MDG: Caucasus and Central Asia 99.9%
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 99.9%
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 99.9%
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 99.9%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 99.9%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 99.9%
- UIS: Central Asia 99.9%
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 99.9%
- MDG: Eastern Asia 99.8%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 99.8%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 99.8%
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 99.8%
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 99.7%
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 99.7%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 99.7%
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 99.7%
- SDG: Eastern Asia 99.7%
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 99.7%
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 99.6%
- SDG: Northern America 99.6%
- UNICEF: North America 99.6%
- WB: North America 99.6%
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 99.6%
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 99.6%
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 99.6%
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 99.5%
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 99.5%
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 99.5%
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 99.5%
- UNICEF: Western Balkans 99.5%
- AIMS: East Asia 99.4%
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 99.4%
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 99.3%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release