THE GLOBAL INDEX #062
Youth literacy2020
Literacy rate among people aged 15 to 24.
Palau100 %Top 10
% · 2020Complete ranking
Download CSV ↓| Rank | Country / territory | Value (%) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Palau | 100 | 2020 |
| 02 |  Turks & Caicos Islands | 99.94 | 2020 |
| 03 |  Armenia | 99.87 | 2020 |
| 04 |  Indonesia | 99.78 | 2020 |
| 05 |  China | 99.76 | 2020 |
| 06 |  Georgia | 99.76 | 2020 |
| 07 |  Singapore | 99.73 | 2020 |
| 08 |  Argentina | 99.68 | 2020 |
| 08 |  Oman | 99.68 | 2020 |
| 10 |  Spain | 99.62 | 2020 |
| 11 |  Bolivia | 99.56 | 2020 |
| 12 |  Saudi Arabia | 99.5 | 2020 |
| 13 |  Peru | 99.44 | 2020 |
| 14 |  Kuwait | 99.3 | 2020 |
| 15 |  Palestinian Territories | 99.23 | 2020 |
| 16 |  Philippines | 99.22 | 2020 |
| 17 |  Brazil | 99.2 | 2020 |
| 18 |  Guyana | 99.14 | 2020 |
| 19 |  Mexico | 99.08 | 2020 |
| 20 |  Mongolia | 99.07 | 2020 |
| 21 |  Uruguay | 99.03 | 2020 |
| 22 |  Colombia | 99.01 | 2020 |
| 23 |  Dominican Republic | 98.9 | 2020 |
| 24 |  Sri Lanka | 98.86 | 2020 |
| 25 |  Ecuador | 98.77 | 2020 |
| 26 |  Paraguay | 98.64 | 2020 |
| 27 |  El Salvador | 98.52 | 2020 |
| 28 |  Iran | 98.45 | 2020 |
| 29 |  Vietnam | 98.2 | 2020 |
| 30 |  Myanmar (Burma) | 96.36 | 2020 |
| 31 |  India | 95.68 | 2020 |
| 32 |  Bangladesh | 94.46 | 2020 |
| 33 |  Cambodia | 94.32 | 2020 |
| 34 |  Rwanda | 91.51 | 2020 |
| 35 |  Vanuatu | 88.66 | 2020 |
| 36 |  Burundi | 88.4 | 2020 |
| 37 |  Tanzania | 87.55 | 2020 |
| 38 |  Zambia | 85.86 | 2020 |
| 39 |  Malawi | 80.73 | 2020 |
| 40 |  Mauritania | 70.86 | 2020 |
| 41 |  Mozambique | 70.08 | 2020 |
| 42 |  Afghanistan | 53.97 | 2020 |
| 43 |  Mali | 53.35 | 2020 |
No matching countries.
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Source & definition
- Indicator definition
- Literacy rate among people aged 15 to 24.
- Unit
- %
- Source & definition
- World Bank ·
SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS
Original metadata
Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
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"id": "SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS",
"name": "Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)",
"unit": "",
"source": {
"id": "2",
"value": "World Development Indicators"
},
"sourceNote": "Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.",
"sourceOrganization": "Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Detailed documentation is available at: https://api.uis.unesco.org/api/public/documentation/, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), type: Excel (bulk file), date accessed: 2026-03-19, date published: 2026-02",
"topics": [
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"id": "4",
"value": "Education "
}
]
}