Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, rural, male (%) by country
Number of males 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 male population in that age group. Generally, ‘literacy’ also encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. Divide the number...
What the numbers show
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, rural, male (%) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Azerbaijan; the lowest is 45.8% in Burkina Faso.
The median across all reporting countries is 97.3%, and the mean is 91.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 78.0%), and the largest decrease in Mozambique (down 7.0%).
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, rural, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 100.0% | 2017 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 2 | Moldova | 99.8% | 2014 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 3 | Turkey | 99.7% | 2015 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 99.5% | 2018 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 5 | Spain | 99.4% | 2018 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Uruguay | 99.3% | 2018 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 7 | Palestine | 99.1% | 2018 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 8 | Bolivia | 98.9% | 2015 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 9 | Ecuador | 98.9% | 2017 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 10 | Chile | 98.8% | 2017 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 11 | Mexico | 98.6% | 2018 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 12 | Peru | 98.5% | 2018 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 13 | Sri Lanka | 98.3% | 2018 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 14 | Greece | 98.2% | 2011 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 15 | Kuwait | 97.8% | 2018 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 16 | Brazil | 97.7% | 2018 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 17 | Colombia | 97.5% | 2018 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 18 | Paraguay | 97.5% | 2018 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 19 | Dominican Republic | 97.1% | 2016 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 20 | Thailand | 97.1% | 2018 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 21 | El Salvador | 97.0% | 2017 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 22 | Iran | 96.9% | 2016 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 23 | Malaysia | 96.0% | 2018 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 24 | Guatemala | 94.0% | 2014 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 93.0% | 2019 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 26 | Honduras | 91.8% | 2018 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 27 | South Africa | 90.8% | 2017 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 28 | Morocco | 90.8% | 2012 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 29 | Cambodia | 90.2% | 2015 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 30 | Egypt | 87.3% | 2017 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 31 | Uganda | 83.9% | 2012 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 32 | Pakistan | 76.5% | 2017 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 33 | Mozambique | 68.7% | 2017 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 34 | Senegal | 68.0% | 2017 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 35 | Mali | 47.6% | 2018 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 36 | Burkina Faso | 45.8% | 2014 | up 78.0% | rising |
About this data
Number of males 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 male 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/