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