Youth literacy rate
Ranked among 35 profiles with 2022 data. Status, source, and year are named on each row. Taiwan and Kosovo remain special status in this list.
Unit: percent of population ages 15–24. Preferred source: unesco-uis.
| Rank | Profile | Status | 2022 value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niue | Associated state | 100% actual |
| 1 | San Marino | UN member | 100% actual |
| 1 | Tokelau | Territory | 100% actual |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | UN member | 100% actual |
| 5 | Tuvalu | UN member | 100% actual |
| 6 | Turkmenistan | UN member | 99.9% actual |
| 7 | Philippines | UN member | 99.8% actual |
| 8 | Serbia | UN member | 99.7% actual |
| 9 | Oman | UN member | 99.7% actual |
| 10 | Chile | UN member | 99.3% actual |
| 11 | Vietnam | UN member | 99.1% actual |
| 12 | Malaysia | UN member | 98.8% actual |
| 13 | Eswatini | UN member | 98.7% actual |
| 14 | Thailand | UN member | 98.2% actual |
| 15 | Bhutan | UN member | 97.7% actual |
| 16 | Belize | UN member | 96.2% actual |
| 17 | Egypt | UN member | 95.2% actual |
| 18 | Indonesia | UN member | 93.8% actual |
| 19 | Jamaica | UN member | 93.6% actual |
| 20 | Bangladesh | UN member | 93.4% actual |
| 21 | Türkiye | UN member | 92.2% actual |
| 22 | Trinidad and Tobago | UN member | 92% actual |
| 23 | Papua New Guinea | UN member | 91.9% actual |
| 24 | Togo | UN member | 90.4% actual |
| 25 | Rwanda | UN member | 90% actual |
| 26 | Tanzania | UN member | 87.1% actual |
| 27 | Timor-Leste | UN member | 86.1% actual |
| 28 | Ethiopia | UN member | 84.7% actual |
| 29 | Guinea-Bissau | UN member | 82.2% actual |
| 30 | Mozambique | UN member | 71.4% actual |
| 31 | Benin | UN member | 71.3% actual |
| 32 | Somalia | UN member | 70.7% actual |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | UN member | 62.8% actual |
| 34 | Afghanistan | UN member | 62.7% actual |
| 35 | Niger | UN member | 53.9% actual |
No 2022 figure
These profiles are not ranked for this year. Absence is not zero.
- Åland Islands Statistical area
- Albania UN member
- Algeria UN member
- American Samoa Territory
- Andorra UN member
- Angola UN member
- Anguilla Dependency
- Antigua and Barbuda UN member
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- Austria UN member
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- Croatia UN member
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- Cyprus UN member
- Czechia UN member
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- Djibouti UN member
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- Dominican Republic UN member
- Ecuador UN member
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- Israel UN member
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- Jordan UN member
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- Kenya UN member
- Kiribati UN member
- Kosovo Special status
- Kuwait UN member
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- Laos UN member
- Latvia UN member
- Lebanon UN member
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- Liberia UN member
- Libya UN member
- Liechtenstein UN member
- Lithuania UN member
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- Macau Special administrative region
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- Malawi UN member
- Maldives UN member
- Mali UN member
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- Mauritania UN member
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- Namibia UN member
- Nauru UN member
- Nepal UN member
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- New Zealand UN member
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- Nigeria UN member
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- North Korea UN member
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- Panama UN member
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- Portugal UN member
- Puerto Rico Territory
- Qatar UN member
- Republic of the Congo UN member
- Réunion Territory
- Romania UN member
- Russia UN member
- Saint Barthélemy Dependency
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- Saint Kitts and Nevis UN member
- Saint Lucia UN member
- Saint Martin Dependency
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- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines UN member
- Samoa UN member
- Sao Tome and Principe UN member
- Saudi Arabia UN member
- Senegal UN member
- Seychelles UN member
- Sierra Leone UN member
- Singapore UN member
- Sint Maarten Dependency
- Slovakia UN member
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- Spain UN member
- Sri Lanka UN member
- Sudan UN member
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- Switzerland UN member
- Syria UN member
- Taiwan Special status
- Tajikistan UN member
- Tonga UN member
- Tunisia UN member
- Turks and Caicos Islands Dependency
- Uganda UN member
- Ukraine UN member
- United Arab Emirates UN member
- United Kingdom UN member
- United States UN member
- Uruguay UN member
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- Vanuatu UN member
- Venezuela UN member
- Wallis and Futuna Dependency
- Western Sahara Special status
- Yemen UN member
- Zambia UN member
- Zimbabwe UN member