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) | Subregion | Region | Both | Male | Female | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 58.21 | 69.59 | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.03 | 98.98 | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 95.59 | 95.65 | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 72.93 | 78.63 | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.91 | - | - | |||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.30 | 99.13 | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.84 | 99.82 | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | 99.99 | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | 99.99 | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.96 | 99.98 | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.76 | 99.78 | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 94.18 | 90.61 | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.84 | 99.82 | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | 99.99 | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 88.62 | 87.32 | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 52.55 | 62.58 | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 88.64 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.04 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.65 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 97.85 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.93 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.60 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.20 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 45.43 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 87.61 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 91.48 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 83.80 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 36.36 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.34 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 52.75 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.34 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.73 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.66 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 87.55 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 80.91 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 86.04 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.32 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 50.23 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.74 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.86 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.91 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 97.93 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.83 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 93.28 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 97.69 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.26 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 93.25 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.97 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 69.48 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 89.12 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 73.18 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.79 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 90.60 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.45 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 93.25 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 45.24 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 77.28 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 94.38 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 82.07 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 97.17 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.84 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 89.65 | 91.83 | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.98 | 98.87 | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.36 | 98.53 | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 81.54 | 82.42 | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.93 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 96.50 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.22 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.84 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 85.90 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | |||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.05 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.75 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 90.23 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.83 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.09 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 85.09 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 54.47 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.95 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.91 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.61 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 65.07 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 75.06 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.42 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.76 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 54.08 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.16 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 94.45 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 62.63 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.72 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.74 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 81.12 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.61 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.15 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 95.10 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 76.67 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 96.32 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 89.91 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 89.88 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 91.62 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 26.56 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 72.79 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.13 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 75.59 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.37 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.13 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 72.35 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.03 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.94 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 97.94 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.59 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.62 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.29 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.77 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 80.37 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.16 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 83.15 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.34 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 69.77 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.50 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.05 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 67.57 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.90 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.45 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.86 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 90.23 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.02 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 44.33 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.74 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.76 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 89.57 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.03 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 94.77 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 96.35 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.88 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 87.31 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.24 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 82.37 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 85.14 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.45 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.61 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.06 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.25 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.84 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 64.51 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 87.00 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.76 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.43 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.99 | - | - | 2015(Approx) | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.91 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 99.95 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 95.74 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 97.73 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 98.06 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 90.23 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 65.76 | - | - | 2015 | ||||
| style=text-align:center | style=text-align:center | 91.73 | - | - | 2015 |