Youth literacy of World increased from 0.93 % in 2003 to 0.97 % in 2022 growing at an average annual rate of 0.23%.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.| Adult | 87.01 % in 2022 | WB |
| Macro Region |
| Africa | 213 timeseries | |
| Asia | 80 timeseries | |
| Central America and the Caribbean | 68 timeseries | |
| Europe | 92 timeseries | |
| Middle East | 64 timeseries | |
| North America | 1 % in 2022 | WB |
| Oceania | 28 timeseries | |
| South America | 48 timeseries | |
| Southeast Asia | 48 timeseries |
| Country (%) |
| Afghanistan | 0.58 in 2021 | WB |
| Albania | 1.01 in 2022 | WB |
| Algeria | 1.23 in 2019 | WB |
| Angola | 0.94 in 2022 | WB |
| Argentina | 1 in 2001 | WB |
| Armenia | 1 in 2020 | WB |
| Azerbaijan | 1 in 2019 | WB |
| Bahrain | 1 in 2011 | WB |
| Bangladesh | 1.03 in 2020 | WB |
| Barbados | 1 in 2012 | WB |
| Belarus | 1 in 2019 | WB |
| Belize | 1.02 in 2001 | WB |
| Benin | 0.8 in 2022 | WB |
| Bhutan | 1 in 2022 | WB |
| Bolivia | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 in 2022 | WB |
| Botswana | 1.03 in 2013 | WB |
| Brazil | 1 in 2022 | WB |
| Brunei Darussalam | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Bulgaria | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Burkina Faso | 0.93 in 2022 | WB |
| Burundi | 0.99 in 2022 | WB |
| Cabo Verde | 1.01 in 2022 | WB |
| Cambodia | 1.01 in 2022 | WB |
| Cameroon | 0.95 in 2020 | WB |
| Central African Republic | 0.61 in 2020 | WB |
| Chad | 0.74 in 2022 | WB |
| Chile | 1 in 2022 | WB |
| China | 1 in 2020 | WB |
| Colombia | 1.01 in 2021 | WB |
| Comoros | 1.03 in 2022 | WB |
| Congo | 0.93 in 2021 | WB |
| Costa Rica | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 0.82 in 2019 | WB |
| Croatia | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Cuba | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Cyprus | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1 in 2018 | WB |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.94 in 2022 | WB |
| Djibouti Female | 1 timeseries | |
| Dominican Republic | 1 in 2022 | WB |
| Ecuador | 1 in 2022 | WB |
| Egypt | 0.99 in 2022 | WB |
| El Salvador | 1 in 2020 | WB |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1.01 in 2010 | WB |
| Eritrea | 0.99 in 2018 | WB |
| Estonia | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Eswatini | 1.02 in 2020 | WB |
| Ethiopia | 0.98 in 2017 | WB |
| Fiji | 1.03 in 2021 | WB |
| Gabon | 1.04 in 2022 | WB |
| Gambia | 1.13 in 2022 | WB |
| Georgia | 1 in 2022 | WB |
| Ghana | 1 in 2020 | WB |
| Greece | 1 in 2009 | WB |
| Grenada | 1.01 in 1980 | WB |
| Guatemala | 0.99 in 2022 | WB |
| Guinea | 0.69 in 2021 | WB |
| Guinea Bissau | 0.83 in 2022 | WB |
| Guyana | 1.01 in 2022 | WB |
| Haiti | 0.99 in 2016 | WB |
| Honduras | 1.03 in 2019 | WB |
| Hungary | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| India | 0.98 in 2022 | WB |
| Indonesia | 1 in 2020 | WB |
| Iran | 1 in 2022 | WB |
| Iraq | 0.97 in 2017 | WB |
| Israel | 0.99 in 1983 | WB |
| Italy | 1 in 2019 | WB |
| Jamaica | 1.09 in 1999 | WB |
| Jordan | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Kazakhstan | 1 in 2020 | WB |
| Kenya | 1.02 in 2022 | WB |
| Kuwait | 1 in 2020 | WB |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 in 2019 | WB |
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 0.98 in 2022 | WB |
| Latvia | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Lebanon | 1 in 2019 | WB |
| Lesotho | 1.12 in 2022 | WB |
| Liberia | 0.83 in 2019 | WB |
| Libya | 0.97 in 1994 | WB |
| Lithuania | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Macau | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Madagascar | 1 in 2022 | WB |
| Malawi | 1.08 in 2022 | WB |
| Malaysia | 0.99 in 1991 | WB |
| Maldives | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Mali | 0.7 in 2020 | WB |
| Malta | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Marshall Islands | 1.01 in 2011 | WB |
| Mauritania | 0.96 in 2021 | WB |
| Mauritius | 1.01 in 2021 | WB |
| Mexico | 1 in 2020 | WB |
| Mongolia | 1 in 2020 | WB |
| Montenegro | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Morocco | 1 in 2022 | WB |
| Mozambique | 0.84 in 2020 | WB |
| Myanmar | 1 in 2019 | WB |
| Namibia | 1.02 in 2021 | WB |
| Nepal | 0.98 in 2021 | WB |
| Nicaragua | 1.04 in 2015 | WB |
| Niger | 0.72 in 2022 | WB |
| Nigeria | 0.84 in 2018 | WB |
| North Macedonia | 1 in 2012 | WB |
| Oman | 1 in 2022 | WB |
| Pakistan | 0.82 in 2019 | WB |
| Palau | 1.01 in 2015 | WB |
| Palestine | 1.13 in 2020 | WB |
| Panama | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Papua New Guinea | 1.1 in 2010 | WB |
| Paraguay | 1.01 in 2021 | WB |
| Peru | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Philippines | 1.01 in 2019 | WB |
| Poland | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Portugal | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Puerto Rico | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Qatar | 1.01 in 2014 | WB |
| Republic of Korea | 1 in 2018 | WB |
| Republic of Moldova | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Romania | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Russian Federation | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Rwanda | 1.08 in 2021 | WB |
| Saint Lucia | 1 in 2012 | WB |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 in 1980 | WB |
| Samoa | 1.01 in 2021 | WB |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 1 in 2022 | WB |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 in 2020 | WB |
| Senegal | 0.93 in 2022 | WB |
| Serbia | 1 in 2019 | WB |
| Seychelles | 1.01 in 2020 | WB |
| Sierra Leone | 0.95 in 2022 | WB |
| Singapore | 1 in 2020 | WB |
| Slovenia | 1 in 2001 | WB |
| Somalia | 0.85 in 2022 | WB |
| South Africa | 1.02 in 2021 | WB |
| South Sudan | 0.98 in 2018 | WB |
| Spain | 1 in 2020 | WB |
| Sri Lanka | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Sudan | 1.01 in 2018 | WB |
| Suriname | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 0.98 in 2014 | WB |
| Tajikistan | 0.98 in 2017 | WB |
| Thailand | 1.01 in 2021 | WB |
| Timor-Leste | 1.03 in 2020 | WB |
| Togo | 0.91 in 2019 | WB |
| Tonga | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 in 2000 | WB |
| Tunisia | 1 in 2022 | WB |
| Turkey | 1 in 2019 | WB |
| Turkmenistan | 1 in 2005 | WB |
| Uganda | 1.03 in 2022 | WB |
| Ukraine | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 in 2022 | WB |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 1.02 in 2022 | WB |
| United States of America | 8 timeseries | |
| Uruguay | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Uzbekistan | 1 in 2022 | WB |
| Vanuatu | 1.01 in 2021 | WB |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.01 in 2022 | WB |
| Viet Nam | 1 in 2019 | WB |
| Yemen | 0.65 in 2004 | WB |
| Zambia | 0.99 in 2020 | WB |
| Zimbabwe | 1.08 in 2022 | WB |
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