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World Youth Report: Youth and Climate Change

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Annex table 3: Youth literacy rates, 1985-2008 continued Percentage of youth population that is literate, by age and sex Youth literacy rate (1995-2004)

Youth literacy rate (1985-1994) Region, country or territory

Percentage of youth population that is literate, by age and sex

Western Sahara

..

Southern Africa Botswana

..

..

..

..

93

94

92

94

..

93

93

86

89

..

..

..

2000

97

85

91

2008

98

86

92

**

1991

90

86

88

2001

93

91

92

2008

95

91

93

**

..

..

..

1996

94

93

94

2008

98

96

97

**

1986

84

83

84

2000

93

91

92

2008

95

92

93

**

48

68

58

52

68

60

59

72

65

Western Africa

94

..

94

2003

96

..

92

South Africa Swaziland

..

1991

Lesotho Namibia

Youth literacy rate (20052008)

2008

97

95

96

96

94

95

Benin

1992

27

55

40

2002

33

59

45

2008

42

64

53

Burkina Faso

1991

14

27

20

2003

25

38

31

2007

33

47

39

**

**

**

Cape Verde

1990

86

90

88

2004

98

96

97

2008

99

97

98

**

Côte d’Ivoire

1988

38

60

49

2000

52

71

61

2008

60

72

66

** **

Gambia

..

..

..

2000

41

64

53

2008

58

70

64

Ghana

..

..

..

2000

65

76

71

2008

78

81

79

**

Guinea

..

..

..

2003

34

59

47

2008

51

67

59

**

Guinea-Bissau

..

..

..

2000

46

75

59

2008

62

78

70

**

54

66

60

2004

73

69

71

2008

80

70

75

**

..

..

..

2006

31

47

39

2000

55

68

61

2008

63

71

67

Liberia

1994

Mali

..

..

..

Mauritania

..

..

..

Niger Nigeria

1991

Saint Helena Senegal

1988

Sierra Leone

..

..

2001

14

14

14

2005

23

52

37

81

71

2003

61

78

69

2008

65

78

72

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

28

49

38

2002

41

58

49

2006

45

58

51

..

..

..

2004

37

60

48

2008

46

66

56

**

2000

64

84

74

2008

**

83

91

87

..

..

..

76

87

82

92

97

95

91

97

94

Hong Kong, China SAR

..

..

Japan

..

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Republic of

1990

99

99

99

99

99

99

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

2000

80

87

84

87

93

90

99

99

99

99

99

99

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

100

100

100

..

..

..

..

..

..

2008

2008

Macao, China SAR

..

..

..

2001 100

99

100

2006

100

100

100

Mongolia

..

..

..

2000

98

97

98

2008

97

93

95

South-central Asia

50

73

62

67

82

75

74

86

80

Afghanistan

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

38

52

45

60

67

64

76

73

74

Bangladesh

1991

**

..

Togo Eastern Asia

**

62

ASIA China

**

2001

2008

**

**

**

**

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