Youth literacy rate

(%)

Bangladesh is the top country by youth literacy rate in the world. As of 2019, youth literacy rate in Bangladesh was 94.9 %. The top 5 countries also includes .

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What is youth literacy rate?

Youth (15-24) literacy rate (%). Total is the number of people age 15 to 24 years who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life, divided by the population in that age group. Generally, ‘literacy’ also encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations.