Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, rural, female (%) by country
Number of females age 15 to 24 years in rural areas who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life, divided by the female population in that age group. Generally, ‘literacy’ also encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. Divide the...
What the numbers show
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, rural, female (%) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 99.9% in Azerbaijan; the lowest is 31.5% in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 97.9%, and the mean is 88.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 145.9%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 2.7%).
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, rural, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 99.9% | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 2 | Republic of Moldova | 99.9% | 2014 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 3 | Spain | 99.6% | 2018 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 4 | Uruguay | 99.6% | 2018 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 5 | Indonesia | 99.4% | 2018 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 6 | Ecuador | 98.9% | 2017 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | 98.9% | 2018 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 8 | Mexico | 98.9% | 2018 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 9 | Palestine, State of | 98.8% | 2018 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 10 | Kuwait | 98.8% | 2018 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 11 | Türkiye | 98.7% | 2015 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 12 | Brazil | 98.7% | 2018 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 13 | Chile | 98.7% | 2017 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 14 | Greece | 98.6% | 2011 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 15 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 98.6% | 2015 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 98.4% | 2016 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 17 | Thailand | 98.4% | 2018 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 18 | Colombia | 98.0% | 2018 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 19 | Paraguay | 97.8% | 2018 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 20 | Peru | 97.5% | 2018 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 21 | El Salvador | 97.3% | 2017 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 22 | Honduras | 96.8% | 2018 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 23 | Malaysia | 96.3% | 2018 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 24 | Bangladesh | 96.1% | 2019 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 25 | South Africa | 95.9% | 2017 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 26 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 95.9% | 2016 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 27 | Cambodia | 91.0% | 2015 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 28 | Guatemala | 90.4% | 2014 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 29 | Egypt | 82.8% | 2017 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 30 | Uganda | 78.6% | 2012 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 31 | Morocco | 77.2% | 2012 | up 113.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Pakistan | 56.2% | 2017 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 33 | Mozambique | 53.7% | 2017 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 34 | Senegal | 50.7% | 2017 | up 73.2% | rising |
| 35 | Burkina Faso | 31.6% | 2014 | up 145.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Mali | 31.5% | 2018 | up 83.3% | rising |
About this data
Number of females age 15 to 24 years in rural areas who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life, divided by the female population in that age group. Generally, ‘literacy’ also encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. Divide the number of people aged 15 to 24 years who are literate by the total population in the same age group and multiply the result by 100. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/