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Nationor Region |
TotalLiteracyRate |
MaleLiteracyRate |
FemaleLiteracyRate |
| World | 82% | 87% | 77% |
| Andorra | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Armenia | 99% | 100% | 99% |
| Azerbaijan | 99% | 100% | 98% |
| Barbados | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Belarus | 100% | 100% | 99% |
| Cuba | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Estonia | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Finland | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Georgia | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Greenland | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Grenada | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Hungary | 99% | 100% | 99% |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 100% | 99% |
| Latvia | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Liechtenstein | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Lithuania | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Moldova | 99% | 100% | 99% |
| Norway | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Poland | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Russia | 99% | 100% | 99% |
| Samoa | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Slovakia | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Slovenia | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 100% | 99% |
| Ukraine | 99% | 100% | 99% |
| Uzbekistan | 99% | 100% | 99% |
| Albania | 99% | 99% | 98% |
| Australia | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Belgium | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 97% | 99% | 94% |
| Bulgaria | 98% | 99% | 98% |
| Canada | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Croatia | 98% | 99% | 97% |
| Cyprus | 98% | 99% | 96% |
| Czech Republic | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Denmark | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Faroe Islands | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| France | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Germany | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Guam | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Iceland | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Ireland | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Israel | 97% | 99% | 96% |
| Italy | 98% | 99% | 98% |
| Japan | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Korea, North | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Korea, South | 98% | 99% | 97% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 99% | 99% | 98% |
| Monaco | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Netherlands | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| New Zealand | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Serbia | 96% | 99% | 94% |
| Spain | 98% | 99% | 97% |
| Sweden | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Switzerland | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Tonga | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 99% | 99% | 98% |
| Turkmenistan | 99% | 99% | 98% |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 98% | 99% | 98% |
| United Kingdom | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| United States | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| American Samoa | 97% | 98% | 97% |
| Aruba | 97% | 98% | 97% |
| Austria | 98% | 98% | 98% |
| Bermuda | 98% | 98% | 98% |
| British Virgin Islands | 98% | 98% | 98% |
| Cayman Islands | 98% | 98% | 98% |
| French Polynesia | 98% | 98% | 98% |
| Greece | 96% | 98% | 94% |
| Macedonia | 96% | 98% | 94% |
| Mongolia | 98% | 98% | 98% |
| Romania | 97% | 98% | 99% |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 98% | 98% | 98% |
| Uruguay | 98% | 98% | 98% |
| Argentina | 97% | 97% | 97% |
| Gaza Strip | 92% | 97% | 88% |
| Hong Kong | 94% | 97% | 90% |
| Kosovo | 92% | 97% | 88% |
| Montserrat | 97% | 97% | 97% |
| New Caledonia | 96% | 97% | 96% |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 97% | 97% | 96% |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 97% | 97% | 98% |
| San Marino | 96% | 97% | 95% |
| Singapore | 93% | 97% | 89% |
| West Bank | 92% | 97% | 88% |
| Chile | 96% | 96% | 96% |
| China | 92% | 96% | 89% |
| Fiji | 94% | 96% | 92% |
| Peru | 93% | 96% | 89% |
| Portugal | 95% | 96% | 91% |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 96% | 96% | 96% |
| Taiwan | 96% | 96% | 96% |
| Vietnam | 94% | 96% | 92% |
| Anguilla | 95% | 95% | 95% |
| Bahamas | 96% | 95% | 97% |
| Brunei | 93% | 95% | 90% |
| Cook Islands | 95% | 95% | 95% |
| Costa Rica | 95% | 95% | 95% |
| Jordan | 90% | 95% | 85% |
| Macau | 91% | 95% | 88% |
| Niue | 95% | 95% | 95% |
| Paraguay | 94% | 95% | 93% |
| Thailand | 93% | 95% | 91% |
| Turkey | 87% | 95% | 80% |
| Burma | 90% | 94% | 86% |
| Dominica | 94% | 94% | 94% |
| Indonesia | 90% | 94% | 87% |
| Kuwait | 93% | 94% | 91% |
| Marshall Islands | 94% | 94% | 94% |
| Puerto Rico | 94% | 94% | 94% |
| Zimbabwe | 91% | 94% | 87% |
| Bolivia | 87% | 93% | 81% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 87% | 93% | 81% |
| Lebanon | 87% | 93% | 82% |
| Maldives | 94% | 93% | 95% |
| Palau | 92% | 93% | 90% |
| Panama | 92% | 93% | 91% |
| Philippines | 93% | 93% | 93% |
| Venezuela | 93% | 93% | 93% |
| Virgin Islands | 93% | 93% | 93% |
| Ecuador | 91% | 92% | 90% |
| Guyana | 92% | 92% | 92% |
| Libya | 83% | 92% | 72% |
| Malaysia | 89% | 92% | 85% |
| Malta | 93% | 92% | 94% |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 85% | 92% | 78% |
| Sri Lanka | 91% | 92% | 89% |
| Suriname | 90% | 92% | 87% |
| Kenya | 85% | 91% | 80% |
| Micronesia | 89% | 91% | 88% |
| Seychelles | 92% | 91% | 92% |
| Colombia | 90% | 90% | 91% |
| Congo, Republic of the | 84% | 90% | 78% |
| Saint Lucia | 90% | 90% | 91% |
| Bahrain | 87% | 89% | 84% |
| Mauritius | 84% | 89% | 81% |
| Qatar | 89% | 89% | 89% |
| Brazil | 89% | 88% | 89% |
| Dominican Republic | 87% | 87% | 87% |
| Mexico | 86% | 87% | 85% |
| Namibia | 85% | 87% | 84% |
| Oman | 81% | 87% | 74% |
| South Africa | 86% | 87% | 86% |
| Zambia | 81% | 87% | 75% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 86% | 86% | 86% |
| Cape Verde | 77% | 86% | 69% |
| Syria | 80% | 86% | 74% |
| Cambodia | 74% | 85% | 64% |
| Gibraltar | 85% | 85% | 85% |
| Saudi Arabia | 79% | 85% | 71% |
| Iran | 77% | 84% | 70% |
| Iraq | 74% | 84% | 64% |
| Jamaica | 88% | 84% | 92% |
| Angola | 67% | 83% | 54% |
| Egypt | 71% | 83% | 59% |
| El Salvador | 81% | 83% | 80% |
| Laos | 73% | 83% | 63% |
| Swaziland | 82% | 83% | 81% |
| Tunisia | 74% | 83% | 65% |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 67% | 81% | 54% |
| Algeria | 70% | 80% | 60% |
| Botswana | 81% | 80% | 82% |
| Honduras | 80% | 80% | 80% |
| Djibouti | 68% | 78% | 58% |
| Tanzania | 69% | 78% | 62% |
| Belize | 77% | 77% | 77% |
| Cameroon | 68% | 77% | 60% |
| Uganda | 67% | 77% | 58% |
| Madagascar | 69% | 76% | 63% |
| Malawi | 63% | 76% | 50% |
| Nigeria | 68% | 76% | 61% |
| Rwanda | 70% | 76% | 65% |
| United Arab Emirates | 78% | 76% | 82% |
| Guatemala | 69% | 75% | 63% |
| Lesotho | 85% | 75% | 95% |
| Togo | 61% | 75% | 47% |
| Gabon | 63% | 74% | 53% |
| Vanuatu | 74% | 74% | 74% |
| India | 61% | 73% | 48% |
| Liberia | 58% | 73% | 42% |
| Sudan | 61% | 72% | 51% |
| Yemen | 50% | 71% | 30% |
| Eritrea | 59% | 70% | 48% |
| Burundi | 59% | 67% | 52% |
| Nicaragua | 68% | 67% | 68% |
| Ghana | 58% | 66% | 50% |
| Central African Republic | 49% | 65% | 34% |
| Morocco | 52% | 65% | 40% |
| Comoros | 57% | 64% | 49% |
| Mozambique | 48% | 64% | 33% |
| Nepal | 49% | 63% | 35% |
| Pakistan | 50% | 63% | 36% |
| Papua New Guinea | 57% | 63% | 51% |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 49% | 61% | 39% |
| Bhutan | 47% | 60% | 34% |
| Mauritania | 51% | 60% | 43% |
| Timor-Leste | 59% | 59% | 59% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 42% | 58% | 27% |
| Haiti | 53% | 55% | 51% |
| Bangladesh | 48% | 54% | 41% |
| Mali | 47% | 54% | 39% |
| Senegal | 39% | 51% | 29% |
| Ethiopia | 43% | 50% | 35% |
| Somalia | 38% | 50% | 26% |
| Wallis and Futuna | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| Benin | 35% | 48% | 23% |
| The Gambia | 40% | 48% | 33% |
| Sierra Leone | 35% | 47% | 24% |
| Afghanistan | 28% | 43% | 13% |
| Guinea | 30% | 43% | 18% |
| Niger | 29% | 43% | 15% |
| Chad | 26% | 41% | 13% |
| South Sudan | 27% | 40% | 16% |
| Burkina Faso | 22% | 29% | 15% |
Source: CIA World Factbook, accessed July 15, 2011
Nation or region can refer to a wide variety of dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, uninhabited islands, and other entities in addition to the traditional countries or independent states.
Literacy Rate is an estimate of the number of people in a nation or region who are able to read. Each nation defines literacy by their own standard and sets the minimum age for literacy.
Dowling, Mike. "Sort the Nations of the World by Male Literacy Rate at mrdowling.com." www.mrdowling.com. Updated August 8, 2011 . Web. Date of Access. <http://www.mrdowling.com/800literacymale.html>