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

Nations with no available data are not listed.

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.

 
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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.