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 .Unesco Youth Literacy Rates

* indicates "Literacy in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" or "Education in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.

Country (or dependent territory)SubregionRegionBothMaleFemaleYear South Asia Asia 58.21 69.59 - 2015 Southern Europe Europe 99.03 98.98 - 2015 Northern Africa Africa 95.59 95.65 - 2015 Middle Africa Africa 72.93 78.63 - 2015 Caribbean Americas 98.91 - - South America Americas 99.30 99.13 - 2015 Western Asia Asia 99.84 99.82 - 2015 Australia, New Zealand Oceania 99.99 99.99 - 2015(Approx) Western Europe Europe 99.99 99.99 - 2015(Approx) Western Asia Asia 99.96 99.98 - 2015 Caribbean Americas 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Western Asia Asia 99.76 99.78 - 2015 Southern Asia Asia 94.18 90.61 - 2015 Caribbean Americas 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Eastern Europe Europe 99.84 99.82 - 2015 Western Europe Europe 99.99 99.99 - 2015(Approx) Central America Americas 88.62 87.32 - 2015 Western Africa Africa 52.55 62.58 - 2015 Southern Asia Asia 88.64 - - 2015 South America Americas 99.04 - - 2015 Southern Europe Europe 99.65 - - 2015 Southern Africa Africa 97.85 - - 2015 South America Americas 99.93 - - 2015 South-eastern Asia Asia 99.60 - - 2015 Eastern Europe Europe 98.20 - - 2015 Western Africa Africa 45.43 - - 2015 Eastern Africa Africa 87.61 - - 2015 South-eastern Asia Asia 91.48 - - 2015 Middle Africa Africa 83.80 - - 2015 Northern America Americas 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Middle Africa Africa 36.36 - - 2015 Western Africa Africa 98.34 - - 2015 Middle Africa Africa 52.75 - - 2015 South America Americas 99.34 - - 2015 Eastern Asia Asia 99.73 - - 2015 South America Americas 98.66 - - 2015 Eastern Africa Africa 87.55 - - 2015 Middle Africa Africa 80.91 - - 2015 Middle Africa Africa 86.04 - - 2015 Central America Americas 99.32 - - 2015 Western Africa Africa 50.23 - - 2015 Southern Europe Europe 99.74 - - 2015 Western Asia Asia 99.86 - - 2015 Eastern Europe Europe 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Northern Europe Europe 99.99 - - 2015 Eastern Africa Africa 98.91 - - 2015 Caribbean Americas 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Caribbean Americas 97.93 - - 2015 South America Americas 98.83 - - 2015 Northern Africa Africa 93.28 - - 2015 Central America Americas 97.69 - - 2015 Middle Africa Africa 98.26 - - 2015 Eastern Africa Africa 93.25 - - 2015 Northern Europe Europe 99.97 - - 2015 Eastern Africa Africa 69.48 - - 2015 Melanesia Oceania 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Northern Europe Europe 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Western Europe Europe 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Middle Africa Africa 89.12 - - 2015 Western Africa Africa 73.18 - - 2015 Western Asia Asia 99.79 - - 2015 Western Europe Europe 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Western Africa Africa 90.60 - - 2015 Southern Europe Europe 99.45 - - 2015 Caribbean Americas 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Central America Americas 93.25 - - 2015 Western Africa Africa 45.24 - - 2015 Western Africa Africa 77.28 - - 2015 South America Americas 94.38 - - 2015 Caribbean Americas 82.07 - - 2015 Central America Americas 97.17 - - 2015 Eastern Asia Asia 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Eastern Europe Europe 98.84 - - 2015 Northern Europe Europe 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Southern Asia Asia 89.65 91.83 - 2015 South-eastern Asia Asia 98.98 98.87 - 2015 Southern Asia Asia 98.36 98.53 - 2015 Western Asia Asia 81.54 82.42 - 2015 Northern Europe Europe 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Western Asia Asia 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Southern Europe Europe 99.93 - - 2015 Caribbean Americas 96.50 - - 2015 Eastern Asia Asia 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Western Asia Asia 99.22 - - 2015 Central Asia Asia 99.84 - - 2015 Eastern Africa Africa 85.90 - - 2015 Micronesia Oceania 99.99 - - Eastern Asia Asia 99.99 - - 2015 Eastern Europe Europe 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Western Asia Asia 99.05 - - 2015 Central Asia Asia 99.75 - - 2015 South-eastern Asia Asia 90.23 - - 2015 Northern Europe Europe 99.83 - - 2015 Western Asia Asia 99.09 - - 2015 Southern Africa Africa 85.09 - - 2015 Western Africa Africa 54.47 - - 2015 Northern Africa Africa 99.95 - - 2015 Northern Europe Europe 99.91 - - 2015 Western Europe Europe 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Southern Europe Europe 98.61 - - 2015 Eastern Africa Africa 65.07 - - 2015 Eastern Africa Africa 75.06 - - 2015 South-eastern Asia Asia 98.42 - - 2015 Southern Asia Asia 99.76 - - 2015 Western Africa Africa 54.08 - - 2015 Southern Europe Europe 99.16 - - 2015 Micronesia Oceania 94.45 - - 2015 Western Africa Africa 62.63 - - 2015 Eastern Africa Africa 98.72 - - 2015 Central America Americas 98.74 - - 2015 Micronesia Oceania 81.12 - - 2015 Eastern Europe Europe 99.99 - - 2015 Eastern Asia Asia 98.61 - - 2015 Southern Europe Europe 99.15 - - 2015 Northern Africa Africa 95.10 - - 2015 Eastern Africa Africa 76.67 - - 2015 South-eastern Asia Asia 96.32 - - 2015 Southern Africa Africa 89.91 - - 2015 Southern Asia Asia 89.88 - - 2015 Western Europe Europe 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Australia, New Zealand Oceania 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Central America Americas 91.62 - - 2015 Western Africa Africa 26.56 - - 2015 Western Africa Africa 72.79 - - 2015 Northern Europe Europe 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Western Asia Asia 99.13 - - 2015 Southern Asia Asia 75.59 - - 2015 Micronesia Oceania 99.37 - - 2015 Central America Americas 98.13 - - 2015 Melanesia Oceania 72.35 - - 2015 South America Americas 99.03 - - 2015 South America Americas 98.94 - - 2015 South-eastern Asia Asia 97.94 - - 2015 Eastern Europe Europe 99.99 - - 2015 Southern Europe Europe 99.59 - - 2015 Western Asia Asia 98.62 - - 2015 Eastern Europe Europe 99.29 - - 2015 Eastern Europe Europe 99.77 - - 2015 Eastern Africa Africa 80.37 - - 2015 Polynesia Oceania 99.16 - - 2015 Southern Europe Europe 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Middle Africa Africa 83.15 - - 2015 Western Asia Asia 99.34 - - 2015 Western Africa Africa 69.77 - - 2015 Southern Europe Europe 98.50 - - 2015 Eastern Africa Africa 99.05 - - 2015 Western Africa Africa 67.57 - - 2015 South-eastern Asia Asia 99.90 - - 2015 Eastern Europe Europe 99.45 - - 2015 Southern Europe Europe 99.86 - - 2015 Melanesia Oceania 90.23 - - 2015 Southern Africa Africa 99.02 - - 2015 Eastern Africa Africa 44.33 - - 2015 Southern Europe Europe 99.74 - - 2015 Southern Asia Asia 98.76 - - 2015 Caribbean Americas 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Caribbean Americas 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Caribbean Americas 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Northern Africa Africa 89.57 - - 2015 South America Americas 99.03 - - 2015 Southern Africa Africa 94.77 - - 2015 Northern Europe Europe 99.99 - - 2015 Western Europe Europe 99.99 - - 2015 Western Asia Asia 96.35 - - 2015 Eastern Asia Asia 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Central Asia Asia 99.88 - - 2015 Eastern Africa Africa 87.31 - - 2015 South-eastern Asia Asia 98.24 - - 2015 South-eastern Asia Asia 82.37 - - 2015 Western Africa Africa 85.14 - - 2015 Polynesia Oceania 99.45 - - 2015 Caribbean Americas 99.61 - - 2015 Northern Africa Africa 98.06 - - 2015 Western Asia Asia 99.25 - - 2015 Central Asia Asia 99.84 - - 2015 Polynesia Oceania 64.51 - - 2015 Eastern Africa Africa 87.00 - - 2015 Eastern Europe Europe 99.76 - - 2015 Western Asia Asia 99.43 - - 2015 Northern Europe Europe 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) Northern America Americas 99.99 - - 2015(Approx) South America Americas 98.91 - - 2015 Central Asia Asia 99.95 - - 2015 Melanesia Oceania 95.74 - - 2015 South America Americas 97.73 - - 2015 South-eastern Asia Asia 98.06 - - 2015 Western Asia Asia 90.23 - - 2015 Eastern Africa Africa 65.76 - - 2015 Eastern Africa Africa 91.73 - - 2015

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