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Afghanistan

Youth Literacy Rate

55.93
ages 15-24
Source: IMF
144
Sierra Leone66.65
145
Mauritania63.95
146
Benin60.95
148
Burkina Faso58.87
149
Afghanistan55.93
150
Liberia55.4
151
Guinea53.94
152
Mali46.16
153
Niger43.46
10
Qatar95.46
11
Bahrain95.45
12
Iraq93.5
13
Syria92.45
14
Yemen77

Definition of Youth Literacy Rate

Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

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