# List of countries by youth literacy rate

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 .
* indicates "Literacy in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" or "Education in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.
| Country (or dependent territory) | Subregion | Region | Both | Male | Female | Year |
| Afghanistan * | South Asia | Asia | 58.21 | 69.59 | - | 2015 |
| Albania * | Southern Europe | Europe | 99.03 | 98.98 | - | 2015 |
| Algeria * | Northern Africa | Africa | 95.59 | 95.65 | - | 2015 |
| Angola * | Middle Africa | Africa | 72.93 | 78.63 | - | 2015 |
| Antigua and Barbuda * | Caribbean | Americas | 98.91 | - | - | |
| Argentina * | South America | Americas | 99.30 | 99.13 | - | 2015 |
| Armenia * | Western Asia | Asia | 99.84 | 99.82 | - | 2015 |
| Australia * | Australia, New Zealand | Oceania | 99.99 | 99.99 | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Austria * | Western Europe | Europe | 99.99 | 99.99 | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Azerbaijan * | Western Asia | Asia | 99.96 | 99.98 | - | 2015 |
| Bahamas | Caribbean | Americas | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Bahrain * | Western Asia | Asia | 99.76 | 99.78 | - | 2015 |
| Bangladesh * | Southern Asia | Asia | 94.18 | 90.61 | - | 2015 |
| Barbados * | Caribbean | Americas | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Belarus * | Eastern Europe | Europe | 99.84 | 99.82 | - | 2015 |
| Belgium * | Western Europe | Europe | 99.99 | 99.99 | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Belize * | Central America | Americas | 88.62 | 87.32 | - | 2015 |
| Benin * | Western Africa | Africa | 52.55 | 62.58 | - | 2015 |
| Bhutan * | Southern Asia | Asia | 88.64 | - | - | 2015 |
| Bolivia * | South America | Americas | 99.04 | - | - | 2015 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina * | Southern Europe | Europe | 99.65 | - | - | 2015 |
| Botswana * | Southern Africa | Africa | 97.85 | - | - | 2015 |
| Brazil * | South America | Americas | 99.93 | - | - | 2015 |
| Brunei * | South-eastern Asia | Asia | 99.60 | - | - | 2015 |
| Bulgaria * | Eastern Europe | Europe | 98.20 | - | - | 2015 |
| Burkina Faso * | Western Africa | Africa | 45.43 | - | - | 2015 |
| Burundi * | Eastern Africa | Africa | 87.61 | - | - | 2015 |
| Cambodia * | South-eastern Asia | Asia | 91.48 | - | - | 2015 |
| Cameroon * | Middle Africa | Africa | 83.80 | - | - | 2015 |
| Canada * | Northern America | Americas | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Central African Republic * | Middle Africa | Africa | 36.36 | - | - | 2015 |
| Cape Verde * | Western Africa | Africa | 98.34 | - | - | 2015 |
| Chad * | Middle Africa | Africa | 52.75 | - | - | 2015 |
| Chile * | South America | Americas | 99.34 | - | - | 2015 |
| China * | Eastern Asia | Asia | 99.73 | - | - | 2015 |
| Colombia * | South America | Americas | 98.66 | - | - | 2015 |
| Comoros * | Eastern Africa | Africa | 87.55 | - | - | 2015 |
| DR Congo * | Middle Africa | Africa | 80.91 | - | - | 2015 |
| Congo * | Middle Africa | Africa | 86.04 | - | - | 2015 |
| Costa Rica * | Central America | Americas | 99.32 | - | - | 2015 |
| Ivory Coast * | Western Africa | Africa | 50.23 | - | - | 2015 |
| Croatia * | Southern Europe | Europe | 99.74 | - | - | 2015 |
| Cyprus * | Western Asia | Asia | 99.86 | - | - | 2015 |
| Czech Republic * | Eastern Europe | Europe | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Denmark * | Northern Europe | Europe | 99.99 | - | - | 2015 |
| Djibouti * | Eastern Africa | Africa | 98.91 | - | - | 2015 |
| Dominica * | Caribbean | Americas | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Dominican Republic * | Caribbean | Americas | 97.93 | - | - | 2015 |
| Ecuador * | South America | Americas | 98.83 | - | - | 2015 |
| Egypt * | Northern Africa | Africa | 93.28 | - | - | 2015 |
| El Salvador * | Central America | Americas | 97.69 | - | - | 2015 |
| Equatorial Guinea * | Middle Africa | Africa | 98.26 | - | - | 2015 |
| Eritrea * | Eastern Africa | Africa | 93.25 | - | - | 2015 |
| Estonia * | Northern Europe | Europe | 99.97 | - | - | 2015 |
| Ethiopia * | Eastern Africa | Africa | 69.48 | - | - | 2015 |
| Fiji * | Melanesia | Oceania | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Finland * | Northern Europe | Europe | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| France * | Western Europe | Europe | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Gabon * | Middle Africa | Africa | 89.12 | - | - | 2015 |
| Gambia * | Western Africa | Africa | 73.18 | - | - | 2015 |
| Georgia * | Western Asia | Asia | 99.79 | - | - | 2015 |
| Germany * | Western Europe | Europe | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Ghana * | Western Africa | Africa | 90.60 | - | - | 2015 |
| Greece * | Southern Europe | Europe | 99.45 | - | - | 2015 |
| Grenada * | Caribbean | Americas | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Guatemala * | Central America | Americas | 93.25 | - | - | 2015 |
| Guinea * | Western Africa | Africa | 45.24 | - | - | 2015 |
| Guinea-Bissau * | Western Africa | Africa | 77.28 | - | - | 2015 |
| Guyana * | South America | Americas | 94.38 | - | - | 2015 |
| Haiti * | Caribbean | Americas | 82.07 | - | - | 2015 |
| Honduras * | Central America | Americas | 97.17 | - | - | 2015 |
| Hong Kong * | Eastern Asia | Asia | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Hungary * | Eastern Europe | Europe | 98.84 | - | - | 2015 |
| Iceland * | Northern Europe | Europe | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| India * | Southern Asia | Asia | 89.65 | 91.83 | - | 2015 |
| Indonesia * | South-eastern Asia | Asia | 98.98 | 98.87 | - | 2015 |
| Iran * | Southern Asia | Asia | 98.36 | 98.53 | - | 2015 |
| Iraq * | Western Asia | Asia | 81.54 | 82.42 | - | 2015 |
| Ireland * | Northern Europe | Europe | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Israel * | Western Asia | Asia | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Italy * | Southern Europe | Europe | 99.93 | - | - | 2015 |
| Jamaica * | Caribbean | Americas | 96.50 | - | - | 2015 |
| Japan * | Eastern Asia | Asia | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Jordan * | Western Asia | Asia | 99.22 | - | - | 2015 |
| Kazakhstan * | Central Asia | Asia | 99.84 | - | - | 2015 |
| Kenya * | Eastern Africa | Africa | 85.90 | - | - | 2015 |
| Kiribati * | Micronesia | Oceania | 99.99 | - | - | |
| South Korea * | Eastern Asia | Asia | 99.99 | - | - | 2015 |
| Kosovo * | Eastern Europe | Europe | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Kuwait * | Western Asia | Asia | 99.05 | - | - | 2015 |
| Kyrgyzstan * | Central Asia | Asia | 99.75 | - | - | 2015 |
| Laos * | South-eastern Asia | Asia | 90.23 | - | - | 2015 |
| Latvia * | Northern Europe | Europe | 99.83 | - | - | 2015 |
| Lebanon * | Western Asia | Asia | 99.09 | - | - | 2015 |
| Lesotho * | Southern Africa | Africa | 85.09 | - | - | 2015 |
| Liberia * | Western Africa | Africa | 54.47 | - | - | 2015 |
| Libya * | Northern Africa | Africa | 99.95 | - | - | 2015 |
| Lithuania * | Northern Europe | Europe | 99.91 | - | - | 2015 |
| Luxembourg * | Western Europe | Europe | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| North Macedonia * | Southern Europe | Europe | 98.61 | - | - | 2015 |
| Madagascar * | Eastern Africa | Africa | 65.07 | - | - | 2015 |
| Malawi * | Eastern Africa | Africa | 75.06 | - | - | 2015 |
| Malaysia * | South-eastern Asia | Asia | 98.42 | - | - | 2015 |
| Maldives * | Southern Asia | Asia | 99.76 | - | - | 2015 |
| Mali * | Western Africa | Africa | 54.08 | - | - | 2015 |
| Malta * | Southern Europe | Europe | 99.16 | - | - | 2015 |
| Marshall Islands * | Micronesia | Oceania | 94.45 | - | - | 2015 |
| Mauritania * | Western Africa | Africa | 62.63 | - | - | 2015 |
| Mauritius * | Eastern Africa | Africa | 98.72 | - | - | 2015 |
| Mexico * | Central America | Americas | 98.74 | - | - | 2015 |
| Micronesia * | Micronesia | Oceania | 81.12 | - | - | 2015 |
| Moldova * | Eastern Europe | Europe | 99.99 | - | - | 2015 |
| Mongolia * | Eastern Asia | Asia | 98.61 | - | - | 2015 |
| Montenegro * | Southern Europe | Europe | 99.15 | - | - | 2015 |
| Morocco * | Northern Africa | Africa | 95.10 | - | - | 2015 |
| Mozambique * | Eastern Africa | Africa | 76.67 | - | - | 2015 |
| Myanmar * | South-eastern Asia | Asia | 96.32 | - | - | 2015 |
| Namibia * | Southern Africa | Africa | 89.91 | - | - | 2015 |
| Nepal * | Southern Asia | Asia | 89.88 | - | - | 2015 |
| Netherlands * | Western Europe | Europe | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| New Zealand * | Australia, New Zealand | Oceania | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Nicaragua * | Central America | Americas | 91.62 | - | - | 2015 |
| Niger * | Western Africa | Africa | 26.56 | - | - | 2015 |
| Nigeria * | Western Africa | Africa | 72.79 | - | - | 2015 |
| Norway * | Northern Europe | Europe | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Oman * | Western Asia | Asia | 99.13 | - | - | 2015 |
| Pakistan * | Southern Asia | Asia | 75.59 | - | - | 2015 |
| Palau * | Micronesia | Oceania | 99.37 | - | - | 2015 |
| Panama * | Central America | Americas | 98.13 | - | - | 2015 |
| Papua New Guinea * | Melanesia | Oceania | 72.35 | - | - | 2015 |
| Paraguay * | South America | Americas | 99.03 | - | - | 2015 |
| Peru * | South America | Americas | 98.94 | - | - | 2015 |
| Philippines * | South-eastern Asia | Asia | 97.94 | - | - | 2015 |
| Poland * | Eastern Europe | Europe | 99.99 | - | - | 2015 |
| Portugal * | Southern Europe | Europe | 99.59 | - | - | 2015 |
| Qatar * | Western Asia | Asia | 98.62 | - | - | 2015 |
| Romania * | Eastern Europe | Europe | 99.29 | - | - | 2015 |
| Russia * | Eastern Europe | Europe | 99.77 | - | - | 2015 |
| Rwanda * | Eastern Africa | Africa | 80.37 | - | - | 2015 |
| Western Samoa * | Polynesia | Oceania | 99.16 | - | - | 2015 |
| San Marino * | Southern Europe | Europe | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| São Tomé and Príncipe * | Middle Africa | Africa | 83.15 | - | - | 2015 |
| Saudi Arabia * | Western Asia | Asia | 99.34 | - | - | 2015 |
| Senegal * | Western Africa | Africa | 69.77 | - | - | 2015 |
| Serbia * | Southern Europe | Europe | 98.50 | - | - | 2015 |
| Seychelles | Eastern Africa | Africa | 99.05 | - | - | 2015 |
| Sierra Leone * | Western Africa | Africa | 67.57 | - | - | 2015 |
| Singapore * | South-eastern Asia | Asia | 99.90 | - | - | 2015 |
| Slovakia * | Eastern Europe | Europe | 99.45 | - | - | 2015 |
| Slovenia * | Southern Europe | Europe | 99.86 | - | - | 2015 |
| Solomon Islands * | Melanesia | Oceania | 90.23 | - | - | 2015 |
| South Africa * | Southern Africa | Africa | 99.02 | - | - | 2015 |
| South Sudan * | Eastern Africa | Africa | 44.33 | - | - | 2015 |
| Spain * | Southern Europe | Europe | 99.74 | - | - | 2015 |
| Sri Lanka * | Southern Asia | Asia | 98.76 | - | - | 2015 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis * | Caribbean | Americas | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Saint Lucia * | Caribbean | Americas | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * | Caribbean | Americas | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Sudan * | Northern Africa | Africa | 89.57 | - | - | 2015 |
| Suriname * | South America | Americas | 99.03 | - | - | 2015 |
| Eswatini * | Southern Africa | Africa | 94.77 | - | - | 2015 |
| Sweden * | Northern Europe | Europe | 99.99 | - | - | 2015 |
| Switzerland * | Western Europe | Europe | 99.99 | - | - | 2015 |
| Syria * | Western Asia | Asia | 96.35 | - | - | 2015 |
| Taiwan * | Eastern Asia | Asia | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Tajikistan * | Central Asia | Asia | 99.88 | - | - | 2015 |
| Tanzania * | Eastern Africa | Africa | 87.31 | - | - | 2015 |
| Thailand * | South-eastern Asia | Asia | 98.24 | - | - | 2015 |
| East Timor * | South-eastern Asia | Asia | 82.37 | - | - | 2015 |
| Togo * | Western Africa | Africa | 85.14 | - | - | 2015 |
| Tonga * | Polynesia | Oceania | 99.45 | - | - | 2015 |
| Trinidad and Tobago * | Caribbean | Americas | 99.61 | - | - | 2015 |
| Tunisia * | Northern Africa | Africa | 98.06 | - | - | 2015 |
| Turkey * | Western Asia | Asia | 99.25 | - | - | 2015 |
| Turkmenistan * | Central Asia | Asia | 99.84 | - | - | 2015 |
| Tuvalu * | Polynesia | Oceania | 64.51 | - | - | 2015 |
| Uganda * | Eastern Africa | Africa | 87.00 | - | - | 2015 |
| Ukraine * | Eastern Europe | Europe | 99.76 | - | - | 2015 |
| United Arab Emirates * | Western Asia | Asia | 99.43 | - | - | 2015 |
| Great Britain * | Northern Europe | Europe | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| United States * | Northern America | Americas | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) |
| Uruguay * | South America | Americas | 98.91 | - | - | 2015 |
| Uzbekistan * | Central Asia | Asia | 99.95 | - | - | 2015 |
| Vanuatu * | Melanesia | Oceania | 95.74 | - | - | 2015 |
| Venezuela * | South America | Americas | 97.73 | - | - | 2015 |
| Vietnam * | South-eastern Asia | Asia | 98.06 | - | - | 2015 |
| Yemen * | Western Asia | Asia | 90.23 | - | - | 2015 |
| Zambia * | Eastern Africa | Africa | 65.76 | - | - | 2015 |
| Zimbabwe * | Eastern Africa | Africa | 91.73 | - | - | 2015 |