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Nation	Literacy Rate	Male Literacy Rate	Female Literacy Rate	Fertility Rate
Niger	17.6%	25.8%	9.7%	7.46
Mali	46.4%	53.5%	39.6%	7.42
Somalia	37.8%	49.7%	25.8%	6.76
Uganda	69.9%	79.5%	60.4%	6.71
Afghanistan	36.0%	51.0%	21.0%	6.69
Yemen	50.2%	70.5%	30.0%	6.58
Burundi	51.6%	58.5%	45.2%	6.55
Burkina Faso	26.6%	36.9%	16.6%	6.47
Democratic Republic of the Congo	65.5%	76.2%	55.1%	6.45
Angola	66.8%	82.1%	53.8%	6.35
Chad	47.5%	56.0%	39.3%	6.25
Sierra Leone	29.6%	39.8%	20.5%	6.08
Republic of the Congo	83.8%	89.6%	78.4%	6.07
Liberia	57.5%	73.3%	41.6%	6.02
Malawi	62.7%	76.1%	49.8%	5.92
Mauritania	41.7%	51.8%	31.9%	5.86
Guinea	35.9%	49.9%	21.9%	5.79
Gaza Strip	91.9%	96.3%	87.4%	5.78
Oman	75.8%	83.1%	67.2%	5.77
Madagascar	68.9%	75.5%	62.5%	5.62
Sao Tome and Principe	79.3%	85.0%	62.0%	5.62
Nigeria	68.0%	75.7%	60.6%	5.49
Rwanda	70.4%	76.3%	64.7%	5.43
Zambia	80.6%	86.8%	74.8%	5.39
Djibouti	67.9%	78.0%	58.4%	5.31
Gambia, The	40.1%	47.8%	32.8%	5.30
Ethiopia	42.7%	50.3%	35.1%	5.22
Benin	33.6%	46.4%	22.6%	5.20
Eritrea	58.6%	69.9%	47.6%	5.08
Comoros	56.5%	63.6%	49.3%	5.03
Tanzania	78.2%	85.9%	70.7%	4.97
Togo	60.9%	75.4%	46.9%	4.96
Haiti	52.9%	54.8%	51.2%	4.94
Kenya	85.1%	90.6%	79.7%	4.91
Maldives	97.2%	97.1%	97.3%	4.90
Guinea-Bissau	42.4%	58.1%	27.4%	4.86
Bhutan	47.0%	30.0%	64.0%	4.74
Gabon	63.2%	73.7%	53.3%	4.74
Sudan	61.1%	71.8%	50.5%	4.72
Laos	66.4%	77.4%	55.5%	4.68
Mozambique	47.8%	63.5%	32.7%	4.62
Equatorial Guinea	85.7%	93.3%	78.4%	4.55
Cote d'Ivoire	50.9%	57.9%	43.6%	4.50
Central African Republic	51.0%	63.3%	39.3%	4.41
Cameroon	79.0%	84.7%	73.4%	4.39
Senegal	40.2%	50.0%	30.7%	4.38
West Bank	91.9%	96.3%	87.4%	4.28
Iraq	40.4%	55.9%	24.4%	4.18
Nepal	48.6%	62.7%	34.9%	4.10
Tajikistan	99.4%	99.6%	99.1%	4.00
Saudi Arabia	78.8%	84.7%	70.8%	4.00
Pakistan	48.7%	61.7%	35.2%	4.00
Ghana	74.8%	82.7%	67.1%	3.99
Paraguay	94.0%	94.9%	93.0%	3.89
Papua New Guinea	64.6%	71.1%	57.7%	3.88
Marshall Islands	93.7%	93.6%	93.7%	3.85
Guatemala	70.6%	78.0%	63.3%	3.82
Belize	94.1%	94.1%	94.1%	3.60
Honduras	76.2%	76.1%	76.3%	3.59
Swaziland	81.6%	82.6%	80.8%	3.53
East Timor	58.6%	no data	no data	3.53
Syria	76.9%	89.7%	64.0%	3.40
Cape Verde	76.6%	85.8%	69.2%	3.38
Turkmenistan	98.8%	99.3%	98.3%	3.37
Cambodia	73.6%	84.7%	64.1%	3.37
Lesotho	84.8%	75.4%	94.5%	3.28
Libya	82.6%	92.4%	72.0%	3.28
American Samoa	97.0%	98.0%	97.0%	3.16
Micronesia	89.0%	91.0%	88.0%	3.16
Zimbabwe	90.7%	94.2%	87.2%	3.13
El Salvador	80.2%	82.8%	77.7%	3.12
Philippines	92.6%	92.5%	92.7%	3.11
Bangladesh	43.1%	53.9%	31.8%	3.11
Namibia	84.0%	84.4%	83.7%	3.06
Turks and Caicos Islands	98.0%	99.0%	98.0%	3.05
Malaysia	88.7%	92.0%	85.4%	3.04
Tonga	98.9%	98.8%	99.0%	3.00
French Guiana	83.0%	84.0%	82.0%	2.98
Samoa	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	2.94
Uzbekistan	99.3%	99.6%	99.0%	2.91
Kuwait	83.5%	85.1%	81.7%	2.91
United Arab Emirates	77.9%	76.1%	81.7%	2.88
Bolivia	87.2%	93.1%	81.6%	2.85
Dominican Republic	84.7%	84.6%	84.8%	2.83
Egypt	57.7%	68.3%	46.9%	2.83
Qatar	89.0%	89.1%	88.6%	2.81
Botswana	79.8%	76.9%	82.4%	2.79
Nicaragua	67.5%	67.2%	67.8%	2.75
Fiji	93.7%	95.5%	91.9%	2.73
India	59.5%	70.2%	48.3%	2.73
Vanuatu	74.0%	no data	no data	2.70
Kyrgyzstan	98.7%	99.3%	98.1%	2.69
Panama	92.6%	93.2%	91.9%	2.68
Ecuador	92.5%	94.0%	91.0%	2.68
Morocco	51.7%	64.1%	39.4%	2.68
Jordan	91.3%	95.9%	86.3%	2.63
Bahrain	89.1%	91.9%	85.0%	2.60
Guam	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%	2.58
Colombia	92.5%	92.4%	92.6%	2.54
Peru	87.7%	93.5%	82.1%	2.51
Azerbaijan	98.8%	99.5%	98.2%	2.46
Palau	92.0%	93.0%	90.0%	2.46
Reunion	88.9%	87.0%	90.8%	2.45
Mexico	92.2%	94.0%	90.5%	2.42
Israel	95.4%	97.3%	93.6%	2.41
Jamaica	87.9%	84.1%	91.6%	2.41
Greenland	100%	100%	100%	2.40
Indonesia	87.9%	92.5%	83.4%	2.40
Grenada	96.0%	no data	no data	2.34
Suriname	88.0%	92.3%	84.1%	2.32
Saint Kitts and Nevis	97.8%	no data	no data	2.31
Brunei	93.9%	96.3%	91.4%	2.28
New Caledonia	91.0%	92.0%	90.0%	2.28
Mongolia	97.8%	98.0%	97.5%	2.25
Costa Rica	96.0%	95.9%	96.1%	2.24
Antigua and Barbuda	85.8%	no data	no data	2.24
Venezuela	93.4%	93.8%	93.1%	2.23
South Africa	86.4%	87.0%	85.7%	2.20
The Bahamas	95.6%	94.7%	96.5%	2.18
Saint Lucia	90.1%	89.5%	90.6%	2.18
Virgin Islands	92.5%	no data	no data	2.17
Argentina	97.1%	97.1%	97.1%	2.16
North Korea	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%	2.10
United States	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%	2.09
Guyana	98.8%	99.1%	98.5%	2.04
Albania	86.5%	93.3%	79.5%	2.03
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%	2.01
French Polynesia	98.0%	98.0%	98.0%	2.01
Chile	96.2%	96.4%	96.1%	2.00
Netherlands Antilles	96.7%	96.7%	96.8%	1.99
Burma	85.3%	89.2%	81.4%	1.98
Mauritius	85.6%	88.6%	82.7%	1.95
Dominica	94.0%	94.0%	94.0%	1.94
Iceland	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%	1.92
Turkey	86.5%	94.3%	78.7%	1.92
Vietnam	90.3%	93.9%	86.9%	1.91
Brazil	86.4%	86.1%	86.6%	1.91
Cayman Islands	98.0%	98.0%	98.0%	1.90
Guadeloupe	90.0%	90.0%	90.0%	1.90
Lebanon	87.4%	93.1%	82.2%	1.90
Uruguay	98.0%	97.6%	98.4%	1.89
Bermuda	98.0%	98.0%	98.0%	1.89
Kazakhstan	98.4%	99.1%	97.7%	1.89
Algeria	70.0%	78.8%	61.0%	1.89
Ireland	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%	1.86
Moldova	99.1%	99.6%	98.7%	1.85
France	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%	1.84
Sri Lanka	92.3%	94.8%	90.0%	1.84
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	96.0%	96.0%	96.0%	1.83
Cyprus	97.6%	98.9%	96.3%	1.82
Iran	79.4%	85.6%	73.0%	1.80
New Zealand	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%	1.79
Martinique	97.7%	97.4%	98.1%	1.79
Aruba	97.0%	no data	no data	1.79
Norway	100%	100%	100%	1.78
Luxembourg	100%	100%	100%	1.78
Montserrat	97.0%	97.0%	97.0%	1.77
Australia	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%	1.76
Monaco	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%	1.76
Puerto Rico	94.1%	93.9%	94.4%	1.75
Denmark	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%	1.74
Trinidad and Tobago	98.6%	99.1%	98.0%	1.74
Seychelles	91.9%	91.4%	92.3%	1.74
Tunisia	74.3%	83.4%	65.3%	1.74
Finland	100%	100%	100%	1.73
Anguilla	95.0%	95.0%	95.0%	1.73
China	90.9%	95.1%	86.5%	1.73
British Virgin Islands	97.8%	no data	no data	1.72
Serbia and Montenegro	96.4%	98.9%	94.1%	1.68
Sweden	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%	1.66
United Kingdom	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%	1.66
Netherlands	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%	1.66
Cuba	97.0%	97.2%	96.9%	1.66
Barbados	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	1.65
Belgium	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%	1.64
Thailand	92.6%	94.9%	90.5%	1.64
Canada	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%	1.61
Macedonia	96.1%	98.2%	94.1%	1.57
Taiwan	96.1%	no data	no data	1.57
Saint Helena	97.0%	97.0%	98.0%	1.55
Liechtenstein	100%	100%	100%	1.51
Malta	92.8%	92.0%	93.6%	1.50
Portugal	93.3%	95.5%	91.3%	1.47
Belarus	99.6%	99.8%	99.5%	1.43
Switzerland	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%	1.43
Georgia	100%	100%	100%	1.42
Estonia	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	1.40
Japan	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%	1.40
Croatia	98.5%	99.4%	97.8%	1.40
Germany	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%	1.39
Bulgaria	98.6%	99.1%	98.2%	1.38
Romania	98.4%	99.1%	97.7%	1.37
Austria	98.0%	no data	no data	1.36
Greece	97.5%	98.6%	96.8%	1.34
San Marino	96.0%	97.0%	95.0%	1.34
Slovakia	99.6%	99.7%	99.6%	1.33
Armenia	98.6%	99.4%	98.0%	1.33
Hungary	99.4%	99.5%	99.3%	1.32
Andorra	100%	100%	100%	1.30
Russia	99.6%	99.7%	99.5%	1.28
Italy	98.6%	99.0%	98.3%	1.28
Spain	97.9%	98.7%	97.2%	1.28
Latvia	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	1.27
South Korea	97.9%	99.2%	96.6%	1.27
Poland	99.8%	99.8%	99.7%	1.25
Slovenia	99.7%	99.7%	99.6%	1.25
Northern Mariana Islands	97.0%	97.0%	96.0%	1.24
Bosnia and Herzegovina	94.6%	98.4%	91.1%	1.22
Czech Republic	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%	1.21
Lithuania	99.6%	99.7%	99.6%	1.20
Ukraine	99.7%	99.8%	99.6%	1.17
Singapore	92.5%	96.6%	88.6%	1.06
Macau	94.5%	97.2%	92.0%	1.02
Hong Kong	93.5%	96.9%	89.6%	0.95

No data available for: Holy See (Vatican City, Wallis and Futuna, Niue, and Cook Islands

Sortable Categories

Literacy Rate -- the percentage of the population 15 years and older who can read and write. Nations often have unique methods to define literacy. These figures are only a rough estimate. Click on the Literacy Rate category to sort the nations.

Male Literacy Rate -- the percentage of the adult male population 15 years and older who can read and write. Nations often have unique methods to define literacy. These figures are only a rough estimate. Click on the Literacy Rate category to sort the nations.

Female Literacy Rate -- the percentage of the adult female population 15 years and older who can read and write. Nations often have unique methods to define literacy. These figures are only a rough estimate. Click on the Literacy Rate category to sort the nations.

Fertility Rate -- the number of children a typical woman gives birth to.

To cite this page:
Dowling, Mike, "Mr. Dowling's Interactive Table of the Nations of the World," available from http://www.mrdowling.com/800nations.html; Internet; updated Thursday, June 29, 2006 . ©2008, Mike Dowling. All rights reserved.