Youth literacy rate is the percentage of literates in the age group 15–24. UNESCO updates this data every year. The table below contains the data published for the year 2015 by UNESCO .[1]


* indicates "Literacy in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" or "Education in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.

Country (or dependent territory)SubregionRegionBothMaleFemaleYear
 Afghanistan *South AsiaAsia58.2169.59-2015
 Albania *Southern EuropeEurope99.0398.98-2015
 Algeria *Northern AfricaAfrica95.5995.65-2015
 Angola *Middle AfricaAfrica72.9378.63-2015
 Antigua and Barbuda *CaribbeanAmericas98.91--
 Argentina *South AmericaAmericas99.3099.13-2015
 Armenia *Western AsiaAsia99.8499.82-2015
 Australia *Australia, New ZealandOceania99.9999.99-2015(Approx)
 Austria *Western EuropeEurope99.9999.99-2015(Approx)
 Azerbaijan *Western AsiaAsia99.9699.98-2015
 BahamasCaribbeanAmericas99.99--2015(Approx)
 Bahrain *Western AsiaAsia99.7699.78-2015
 Bangladesh *Southern AsiaAsia94.1890.61-2015
 Barbados *CaribbeanAmericas99.99--2015(Approx)
 Belarus *Eastern EuropeEurope99.8499.82-2015
 Belgium *Western EuropeEurope99.9999.99-2015(Approx)
 Belize *Central AmericaAmericas88.6287.32-2015
 Benin *Western AfricaAfrica52.5562.58-2015
 Bhutan *Southern AsiaAsia88.64--2015
 Bolivia *South AmericaAmericas99.04--2015
 Bosnia and Herzegovina *Southern EuropeEurope99.65--2015
 Botswana *Southern AfricaAfrica97.85--2015
 Brazil *South AmericaAmericas99.93--2015
 Brunei *South-eastern AsiaAsia99.60--2015
 Bulgaria *Eastern EuropeEurope98.20--2015
 Burkina Faso *Western AfricaAfrica45.43--2015
 Burundi *Eastern AfricaAfrica87.61--2015
 Cambodia *South-eastern AsiaAsia91.48--2015
 Cameroon *Middle AfricaAfrica83.80--2015
 Canada *Northern AmericaAmericas99.99--2015(Approx)
 Central African Republic *Middle AfricaAfrica36.36--2015
 Cape Verde *Western AfricaAfrica98.34--2015
 Chad *Middle AfricaAfrica52.75--2015
 Chile *South AmericaAmericas99.34--2015
 China *Eastern AsiaAsia99.73--2015
 Colombia *South AmericaAmericas98.66--2015
 Comoros *Eastern AfricaAfrica87.55--2015
 DR Congo *Middle AfricaAfrica80.91--2015
 Congo *Middle AfricaAfrica86.04--2015
 Costa Rica *Central AmericaAmericas99.32--2015
 Ivory Coast *Western AfricaAfrica50.23--2015
 Croatia *Southern EuropeEurope99.74--2015
 Cyprus *Western AsiaAsia99.86--2015
 Czech Republic *Eastern EuropeEurope99.99--2015(Approx)
 Denmark *Northern EuropeEurope99.99--2015
 Djibouti *Eastern AfricaAfrica98.91--2015
 Dominica *CaribbeanAmericas99.99--2015(Approx)
 Dominican Republic *CaribbeanAmericas97.93--2015
 Ecuador *South AmericaAmericas98.83--2015
 Egypt *Northern AfricaAfrica93.28--2015
 El Salvador *Central AmericaAmericas97.69--2015
 Equatorial Guinea *Middle AfricaAfrica98.26--2015
 Eritrea *Eastern AfricaAfrica93.25--2015
 Estonia *Northern EuropeEurope99.97--2015
 Ethiopia *Eastern AfricaAfrica69.48--2015
 Fiji *MelanesiaOceania99.99--2015(Approx)
 Finland *Northern EuropeEurope99.99--2015(Approx)
 France *Western EuropeEurope99.99--2015(Approx)
 Gabon *Middle AfricaAfrica89.12--2015
 Gambia *Western AfricaAfrica73.18--2015
 Georgia *Western AsiaAsia99.79--2015
 Germany *Western EuropeEurope99.99--2015(Approx)
 Ghana *Western AfricaAfrica90.60--2015
 Greece *Southern EuropeEurope99.45--2015
 Grenada *CaribbeanAmericas99.99--2015(Approx)
 Guatemala *Central AmericaAmericas93.25--2015
 Guinea *Western AfricaAfrica45.24--2015
 Guinea-Bissau *Western AfricaAfrica77.28--2015
 Guyana *South AmericaAmericas94.38--2015
 Haiti *CaribbeanAmericas82.07--2015
 Honduras *Central AmericaAmericas97.17--2015
 Hong Kong *Eastern AsiaAsia99.99--2015(Approx)
 Hungary *Eastern EuropeEurope98.84--2015
 Iceland *Northern EuropeEurope99.99--2015(Approx)
 India *Southern AsiaAsia89.6591.83-2015
 Indonesia *South-eastern AsiaAsia98.9898.87-2015
 Iran *Southern AsiaAsia98.3698.53-2015
 Iraq *Western AsiaAsia81.5482.42-2015
 Ireland *Northern EuropeEurope99.99--2015(Approx)
 Israel *Western AsiaAsia99.99--2015(Approx)
 Italy *Southern EuropeEurope99.93--2015
 Jamaica *CaribbeanAmericas96.50--2015
 Japan *Eastern AsiaAsia99.99--2015(Approx)
 Jordan *Western AsiaAsia99.22--2015
 Kazakhstan *Central AsiaAsia99.84--2015
 Kenya *Eastern AfricaAfrica85.90--2015
 Kiribati *MicronesiaOceania99.99--
 South Korea *Eastern AsiaAsia99.99--2015
 Kosovo *Eastern EuropeEurope99.99--2015(Approx)
 Kuwait *Western AsiaAsia99.05--2015
 Kyrgyzstan *Central AsiaAsia99.75--2015
 Laos *South-eastern AsiaAsia90.23--2015
 Latvia *Northern EuropeEurope99.83--2015
 Lebanon *Western AsiaAsia99.09--2015
 Lesotho *Southern AfricaAfrica85.09--2015
 Liberia *Western AfricaAfrica54.47--2015
 Libya *Northern AfricaAfrica99.95--2015
 Lithuania *Northern EuropeEurope99.91--2015
 Luxembourg *Western EuropeEurope99.99--2015(Approx)
 North Macedonia *Southern EuropeEurope98.61--2015
 Madagascar *Eastern AfricaAfrica65.07--2015
 Malawi *Eastern AfricaAfrica75.06--2015
 Malaysia *South-eastern AsiaAsia98.42--2015
 Maldives *Southern AsiaAsia99.76--2015
 Mali *Western AfricaAfrica54.08--2015
 Malta *Southern EuropeEurope99.16--2015
 Marshall Islands *MicronesiaOceania94.45--2015
 Mauritania *Western AfricaAfrica62.63--2015
 Mauritius *Eastern AfricaAfrica98.72--2015
 Mexico *Central AmericaAmericas98.74--2015
 Micronesia *MicronesiaOceania81.12--2015
 Moldova *Eastern EuropeEurope99.99--2015
 Mongolia *Eastern AsiaAsia98.61--2015
 Montenegro *Southern EuropeEurope99.15--2015
 Morocco *Northern AfricaAfrica95.10--2015
 Mozambique *Eastern AfricaAfrica76.67--2015
 Myanmar *South-eastern AsiaAsia96.32--2015
 Namibia *Southern AfricaAfrica89.91--2015
 Nepal *Southern AsiaAsia89.88--2015
 Netherlands *Western EuropeEurope99.99--2015(Approx)
 New Zealand *Australia, New ZealandOceania99.99--2015(Approx)
 Nicaragua *Central AmericaAmericas91.62--2015
 Niger *Western AfricaAfrica26.56--2015
 Nigeria *Western AfricaAfrica72.79--2015
 Norway *Northern EuropeEurope99.99--2015(Approx)
 Oman *Western AsiaAsia99.13--2015
 Pakistan *Southern AsiaAsia75.59--2015
 Palau *MicronesiaOceania99.37--2015
 Panama *Central AmericaAmericas98.13--2015
 Papua New Guinea *MelanesiaOceania72.35--2015
 Paraguay *South AmericaAmericas99.03--2015
 Peru *South AmericaAmericas98.94--2015
 Philippines *South-eastern AsiaAsia97.94--2015
 Poland *Eastern EuropeEurope99.99--2015
 Portugal *Southern EuropeEurope99.59--2015
 Qatar *Western AsiaAsia98.62--2015
 Romania *Eastern EuropeEurope99.29--2015
 Russia *Eastern EuropeEurope99.77--2015
 Rwanda *Eastern AfricaAfrica80.37--2015
 Western Samoa *PolynesiaOceania99.16--2015
 San Marino *Southern EuropeEurope99.99--2015(Approx)
 São Tomé and Príncipe *Middle AfricaAfrica83.15--2015
 Saudi Arabia *Western AsiaAsia99.34--2015
 Senegal *Western AfricaAfrica69.77--2015
 Serbia *Southern EuropeEurope98.50--2015
 SeychellesEastern AfricaAfrica99.05--2015
 Sierra Leone *Western AfricaAfrica67.57--2015
 Singapore *South-eastern AsiaAsia99.90--2015
 Slovakia *Eastern EuropeEurope99.45--2015
 Slovenia *Southern EuropeEurope99.86--2015
 Solomon Islands *MelanesiaOceania90.23--2015
 South Africa *Southern AfricaAfrica99.02--2015
 South Sudan *Eastern AfricaAfrica44.33--2015
 Spain *Southern EuropeEurope99.74--2015
 Sri Lanka *Southern AsiaAsia98.76--2015
 Saint Kitts and Nevis *CaribbeanAmericas99.99--2015(Approx)
 Saint Lucia *CaribbeanAmericas99.99--2015(Approx)
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *CaribbeanAmericas99.99--2015(Approx)
 Sudan *Northern AfricaAfrica89.57--2015
 Suriname *South AmericaAmericas99.03--2015
 Eswatini *Southern AfricaAfrica94.77--2015
 Sweden *Northern EuropeEurope99.99--2015
 Switzerland *Western EuropeEurope99.99--2015
 Syria *Western AsiaAsia96.35--2015
 Taiwan *Eastern AsiaAsia99.99--2015(Approx)
 Tajikistan *Central AsiaAsia99.88--2015
 Tanzania *Eastern AfricaAfrica87.31--2015
 Thailand *South-eastern AsiaAsia98.24--2015
 East Timor *South-eastern AsiaAsia82.37--2015
 Togo *Western AfricaAfrica85.14--2015
 Tonga *PolynesiaOceania99.45--2015
 Trinidad and Tobago *CaribbeanAmericas99.61--2015
 Tunisia *Northern AfricaAfrica98.06--2015
 Turkey *Western AsiaAsia99.25--2015
 Turkmenistan *Central AsiaAsia99.84--2015
 Tuvalu *PolynesiaOceania64.51--2015
 Uganda *Eastern AfricaAfrica87.00--2015
 Ukraine *Eastern EuropeEurope99.76--2015
 United Arab Emirates *Western AsiaAsia99.43--2015
 Great Britain *Northern EuropeEurope99.99--2015(Approx)
 United States *Northern AmericaAmericas99.99--2015(Approx)
 Uruguay *South AmericaAmericas98.91--2015
 Uzbekistan *Central AsiaAsia99.95--2015
 Vanuatu *MelanesiaOceania95.74--2015
 Venezuela *South AmericaAmericas97.73--2015
 Vietnam *South-eastern AsiaAsia98.06--2015
 Yemen *Western AsiaAsia90.23--2015
 Zambia *Eastern AfricaAfrica65.76--2015
 Zimbabwe *Eastern AfricaAfrica91.73--2015

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