Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, urban, female (%) by country
Number of females age 15 to 24 years in urban 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, urban, female (%) is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Kuwait; the lowest is 68.3% in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 99.1%, and the mean is 95.7%.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 30.3%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 2.9%).
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, urban, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2018 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 2 | Singapore | 99.9% | 2018 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 99.9% | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 4 | Indonesia | 99.9% | 2018 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | Spain | 99.8% | 2018 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Argentina | 99.8% | 2018 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Moldova | 99.7% | 2014 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 8 | Bolivia | 99.7% | 2015 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 99.7% | 2018 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 10 | Ecuador | 99.6% | 2017 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 11 | Brazil | 99.6% | 2018 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 99.5% | 2018 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 13 | Palestine | 99.5% | 2018 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 14 | Paraguay | 99.5% | 2018 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 15 | Colombia | 99.4% | 2018 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 16 | Peru | 99.3% | 2018 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 17 | Honduras | 99.2% | 2018 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 18 | Turkey | 99.2% | 2015 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 19 | Uruguay | 99.1% | 2018 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 20 | Chile | 99.1% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 21 | Greece | 99.0% | 2011 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 99.0% | 2016 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 23 | Thailand | 98.9% | 2018 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 24 | Iran | 98.7% | 2016 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 25 | El Salvador | 98.6% | 2018 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 26 | Cambodia | 97.7% | 2015 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 27 | South Africa | 97.5% | 2017 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 28 | Malaysia | 97.2% | 2018 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 29 | Guatemala | 96.5% | 2014 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 30 | Morocco | 96.2% | 2012 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 31 | Qatar | 96.1% | 2017 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 32 | Bangladesh | 96.1% | 2019 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 33 | Egypt | 92.4% | 2017 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 34 | Uganda | 89.1% | 2012 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 35 | Mozambique | 85.7% | 2017 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 36 | Pakistan | 85.2% | 2017 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 37 | Senegal | 75.7% | 2017 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 72.2% | 2014 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 39 | Mali | 68.3% | 2018 | up 30.3% | rising |
About this data
Number of females age 15 to 24 years in urban 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/