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Literacy rate among young people (15–24 years)

Name: Literacy rate among young people (15–24 years)
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, %, literacy, rate, among, young, people, years

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•182 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

92.3%

Median: 98.4%

Countries Covered

182

with available data

Highest

North Korea

100.0%

Lowest

South Sudan

36.7%

Top 5 Countries

1North Korea100.0%

2Niue100.0%

3Palau100.0%

4San Marino100.0%

5Tokelau100.0%

By Region

Europe99.6%(16 countries)

South America99.3%(7 countries)

North America97.1%(2 countries)

Asia94.1%(24 countries)

Other90.7%(124 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (36.7%)High (100.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 92.3%)

Europe (16)

South America (7)

North America (2)

Asia (24)

Other (124)

Africa (9)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	North Korea	100.0%
2	Niue	100.0%
3	Palau	100.0%
4	San Marino	100.0%
5	Tokelau	100.0%
6	Tuvalu	100.0%
7	Uzbekistan	100.0%
8	Wallis and Futuna	100.0%
9	Barbados	100.0%
10	Saint Lucia	100.0%
11	Estonia	100.0%
12	South Korea	100.0%
13	Romania	99.9%
14	Turks and Caicos Islands	99.9%
15	Russian Federation	99.9%
16	Turkmenistan	99.9%
17	Saudi Arabia	99.9%
18	Singapore	99.9%
19	Armenia	99.9%
20	Guam	99.9%
21	Azerbaijan	99.9%
22	Belarus	99.9%
23	Italy	99.9%
24	Lithuania	99.9%
25	Latvia	99.8%
26	Kazakhstan	99.8%
27	Cyprus	99.8%
28	Moldova, Republic of	99.8%
29	Qatar	99.8%
30	Mauritius	99.8%
31	Macao	99.8%
32	Poland	99.8%
33	Ukraine	99.8%
34	Bolivia	99.8%
35	Philippines	99.8%
36	People's Republic of China	99.8%
37	Slovenia	99.8%
38	Kyrgyzstan	99.8%
39	Serbia	99.7%
40	Spain	99.7%
41	Tonga	99.7%
42	Argentina	99.7%
43	Georgia	99.7%
44	Oman	99.7%
45	Bosnia and Herzegovina	99.7%
46	Croatia	99.7%
47	Cuba	99.6%
48	United Arab Emirates	99.6%
49	Bahrain	99.5%
50	Greece	99.5%
51	Peru	99.5%
52	Brazil	99.5%
53	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	99.5%
54	Portugal	99.4%
55	State of Palestine	99.4%
56	Hungary	99.4%
57	Brunei Darussalam	99.4%
58	Mongolia	99.3%
59	Chile	99.3%
60	Kuwait	99.3%
61	Saint Helena	99.3%
62	Panama	99.2%
63	Guyana	99.1%
64	Aruba	99.1%
65	Anguilla	99.1%
66	New Caledonia	99.1%
67	Albania	99.1%
68	Vietnam	99.1%
69	Uruguay	99.0%
70	Samoa	99.0%
71	Ecuador	99.0%
72	Seychelles	99.0%
73	Colombia	99.0%
74	Grenada	99.0%
75	Mexico	98.9%
76	Cayman Islands	98.9%
77	Malta	98.9%
78	Sri Lanka	98.9%
79	Martinique	98.9%
80	Tajikistan	98.8%
81	Malaysia	98.8%
82	Venezuela	98.7%
83	Maldives	98.7%
84	The Republic of North Macedonia	98.7%
85	Islamic Republic of Iran	98.7%
86	Jordan	98.7%
87	Eswatini	98.7%
88	Paraguay	98.6%
89	Israel	98.6%
90	Guadeloupe	98.5%
91	Syrian Arab Republic	98.4%
92	Cape Verde	98.3%
93	El Salvador	98.2%
94	Dominican Republic	98.2%
95	Thailand	98.2%
96	Tunisia	98.2%
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	98.0%
98	Bulgaria	97.9%
99	Bhutan	97.7%
100	Suriname	97.7%
101	American Samoa	97.7%
102	Montenegro	97.4%
103	India	97.3%
104	South Africa	97.2%
105	Equatorial Guinea	97.1%
106	Lebanon	96.7%
107	Cambodia	96.6%
108	Lesotho	96.5%
109	Myanmar	96.4%
110	Marshall Islands	96.4%
111	Belize	96.2%
112	Honduras	95.8%
113	Reunion	95.7%
114	Sao Tome and Principe	95.5%
115	Guatemala	95.4%
116	Nicaragua	95.3%
117	Egypt	95.2%
118	Nepal	94.2%
119	Gabon	94.0%
120	Botswana	94.0%
121	Vanuatu	93.9%
122	Indonesia	93.8%
123	Algeria	93.8%
124	Jamaica	93.6%
125	Bangladesh	93.5%
126	Kenya	93.2%
127	Zimbabwe	92.5%
128	Puerto Rico	92.4%
129	Iraq	92.4%
130	Türkiye	92.2%
131	Namibia	92.1%
132	Trinidad and Tobago	92.0%
133	Papua New Guinea	91.9%
134	Nauru	91.7%
135	Ghana	91.5%
136	French Guiana	91.3%
137	Comoros	90.8%
138	Kiribati	90.4%
139	Lao People's Democratic Republic	90.4%
140	Togo	90.4%
141	Rwanda	90.0%
142	Libya	89.3%
143	Morocco	89.1%
144	Haiti	88.9%
145	Burundi	88.4%
146	United Republic of Tanzania	87.1%
147	Eritrea	87.0%
148	Timor-Leste	86.1%
149	Uganda	85.2%
150	Ethiopia	84.7%
151	Solomon Islands	84.6%
152	Madagascar	82.4%
153	Guinea-Bissau	82.2%
154	Cameroon	81.9%
155	Nigeria	81.4%
156	Malawi	80.7%
157	Angola	80.7%
158	Costa Rica	80.6%
159	Djibouti	79.6%
160	Republic of the Congo	78.6%
161	Democratic Republic of the Congo	77.9%
162	Zambia	77.7%
163	Liberia	75.1%
164	Pakistan	73.1%
165	Sierra Leone	73.0%
166	Mozambique	71.4%
167	Benin	71.3%
168	Mauritania	70.9%
169	Somalia	70.7%
170	Republic of The Gambia	67.5%
171	Senegal	67.5%
172	Cote d'Ivoire	66.8%
173	Sudan	65.8%
174	Burkina Faso	62.8%
175	Afghanistan	62.7%
176	Yemen	60.2%
177	Guinea	53.9%
178	Niger	53.9%
179	Central African Republic	50.6%
180	Mali	50.3%
181	Chad	45.1%
182	South Sudan	36.7%

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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