Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
105
Highest
100.0%
Kazakhstan
Lowest
33.3%
Chad
Median
98.1%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
9,833
What the numbers show
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female (%) 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%).
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, 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 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Singapore | 99.9% | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 6 | Belarus | 99.9% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 99.9% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Armenia | 99.9% | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 8 | Macao | 99.9% | 2016 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 10 | Moldova | 99.8% | 2014 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 11 | Tonga | 99.8% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 12 | Georgia | 99.8% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 13 | China | 99.8% | 2020 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 14 | Spain | 99.8% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 99.8% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 14 | Serbia | 99.8% | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 17 | Bolivia | 99.7% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 18 | Brazil | 99.7% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 19 | Oman | 99.7% | 2022 | up 1.5% | 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 | 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 | 99.2% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 33 | Ecuador | 99.2% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 34 | Vietnam | 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 | 98.6% | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 47 | El Salvador | 98.6% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 48 | Syria | 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 | Turkey | 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 | Laos | 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 | East Timor | 85.9% | 2022 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 82 | Morocco | 85.3% | 2014 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 83 | Tanzania | 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 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 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 | Cote 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.
- ECE: Cis (cwg) (unsdcode:98201) 99.9%
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 99.9%
- ECE: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (cis) (unsdcode:98202) 99.9%
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 99.9%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 99.9%
- AIMS: Central Asia 99.9%
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 99.9%
- SDG: Central Asia 99.9%
- MDG: Caucasus and Central Asia 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%
- UIS: Central Asia 99.9%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 99.9%
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 99.9%
- MDG: Eastern Asia 99.8%
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 99.8%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 99.8%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 99.8%
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 99.8%
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 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%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 99.7%
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 99.6%
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 99.6%
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 99.6%
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 99.6%
- SDG: Northern America 99.6%
- UNICEF: North America 99.6%
- WB: North America 99.6%
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 99.6%
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 99.5%
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 99.5%
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 99.5%
- UNICEF: Western Balkans 99.5%
- AIMS: East Asia 99.5%
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 99.5%
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 99.3%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release