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| {{flag|Vietnam}} || 94% || 96.1% || 92% || age 15 and over can read and write (2002 est.)
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World map indicating literacy by country (2011 UN Human Development Report) Grey = no data

This is a list of countries by literacy rate.

The figures from the report represent a mixture of data collected by the CIA World Book [1][2] and national self-reported data. Where data was unavailable older figures were used. For highly developed/high income countries where literacy statistics were not collected, a rate of 99% was assumed.

List

Over two-thirds of the world's 793 million illiterate adults are found in only eight countries (Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Pakistan). Of all the illiterate adults in the world, two-thirds are women; extremely low literacy rates are concentrated in three regions (the Arab states, South and West Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa), where around one-third of the men and half of all women are illiterate.

Country Literacy rate (all) Male Literacy Female Literacy Criteria
-9e99 -9e99 !a -9e99
World 83.7% 88.3% 79.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2005 est.)
 Afghanistan 28.1% 43.1% 12.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2000 est.)
 Albania 98.7% 99.2% 98.3% age 9 and over can read and write (2001 Census)
 Algeria 69.9% 79.6% 60.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 est.)
 American Samoa 97% 98% 97% age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)
 Andorra 100% 100% 100% age 15 and over can read and write
 Angola 70.1% 82.7 58.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Anguilla 95% 95% 95% age 12 and over can read and write (1984 est.)
 Antigua and Barbuda 85.8% N/A N/A age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling (2003 est.)
 Argentina 97.2% 97.2% 97.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census)
 Armenia 99.6% 99.7% 99.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Aruba 97.3% 97.5% 97.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2000 census)
 Australia 99% 99% 99% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Austria 98% N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write
 Azerbaijan 99.8% 99.9% 99.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)
 Bahamas, The 95.6% 94.7% 96.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Bahrain 94.6% 96.1% 91.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)
 Bangladesh 56.8% 61.3% 52.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Barbados 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% age 15 and over has ever attended school (2002 est.)
 Belarus 99.6% 99.8% 99.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2009 census)
 Belgium 99% 99% 99% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Belize 76.9% 76.7% 77.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2000 census)
 Benin 42.4% 55.2% 30.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)
 Bermuda 98% 98% 99% age 15 and over can read and write (2005 est.)
 Bhutan 47% 60% 34% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Bolivia 86.7% 93.1% 80.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 97.9% 99.4% 96.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Botswana 84.5% 84% 84.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Brazil 88.6% 88.4% 88.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2004 est.)
 British Virgin Islands 97.8% N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write (1991 est.)
 Brunei 92.7% 95.2% 90.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census)
 Bulgaria 98.4% 98.7% 98% age 15 and over can read and write (2011)
 Burkina Faso 21.8% 29.4% 15.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Burma 89.9% 93.9% 86.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2006 est.)
 Burundi 67.2% 72.9% 61.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Cambodia 73.6% 84.7% 64.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2004 est.)
 Cameroon 75.9% 84% 67.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2001 est.)
 Canada 99% 99% 99% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Cape Verde 84.3% 89.3% 79.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Cayman Islands 98% 98% 98% age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970 est.)
 Central African Republic 56% 69.3% 43.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Chad 34.5% 45% 24.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Chile 95.7% 95.8% 95.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census)
 China 92.2% 96% 88.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2007)
 Christmas Island N/A N/A N/A
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands N/A N/A N/A
 Colombia 90.4% 90.1% 90.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2005 census)
 Comoros 74.9% 80.2% 69.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 66.8% 76.9% 57% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Congo, Republic of the 83.8% 89.6% 78.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Cook Islands 95% N/A N/A
 Costa Rica 94.9% 94.7% 95.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2000 census)
 Croatia 98.8% 99.5% 98.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Cuba 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census)
 Cyprus 97.6% 98.9% 96.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census)
 Czech Republic 99% 99% 99% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Denmark 99% 99% 99% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Djibouti 67.9% 78% 58.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Dominica 94% 94% 94% age 15 and over has ever attended school (2003 est.)
 Dominican Republic 87% 86.8% 87.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census)
 Ecuador 91% 92.3% 89.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census)
 Egypt 72% 80.3% 63.5% age 10 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 El Salvador 81.1% 82.8% 79.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2007 census)
 Equatorial Guinea 93.9% 97.1% 90.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Eritrea 80.0% 90.2% 69.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2013 est.)
 Estonia 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)
 Ethiopia 42.7% 50.3% 35.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Falkland Islands N/A N/A N/A
 Faroe Islands N/A N/A N/A Note - probably 99%, the same as Denmark proper
 Fiji 93.7% 95.5% 91.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Finland 99% 99% 99% age 21 and over can read and write (2000 est.)
 France 99% 99% 99% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 French Polynesia 98% 98% 98% age 14 and over can read and write (1977 est.)
 Gabon 88.4% 91.9% 84.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Gambia, The 50% 60% 40.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Gaza Strip 92.4% 96.7% 88% age 15 and over can read and write (2004 est.)
 Georgia 99.7% 99.8% 99.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Germany 99% 99% 99% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Ghana 67.3% 73.2% 61.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)
 Gibraltar 80% or greater N/A N/A
 Greece 96% 97.8% 94.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census)
 Greenland 100% 100% 100% age 15 and over can read and write (2001 est.)
 Grenada 96% NA NA age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Guam 99% 99% 99% age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
 Guatemala 69.1% 75.4% 63.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census)
 Guernsey N/A N/A N/A
 Guinea 41% 52% 30% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Guinea-Bissau 54.2% 68.2% 40.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Guyana 91.8% 92% 91.6% age 15 and over has ever attended school (2002 Census)
 Haiti 52.9% 54.8% 51.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City) 100% 100% 100%
 Honduras 80% 79.8% 80.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census)
 Hong Kong 93.5% 96.9% 89.6% age 15 and over has ever attended school (2002 census)
 Hungary 99% 99.2% 98.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Iceland 99% 99% 99% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 India 74.04% 82.14% 65.46% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 census)
 Indonesia 92.81% 95.59% 90.07% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 census)[1]
 Iran 77% 83.5% 70.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 est.)
 Iraq 78.2% 86% 70.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Ireland, Republic of 99% 99% 99% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Isle of Man N/A N/A N/A
 Israel 97.1% 98.5% 95.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2004 est.)
 Italy 98.4% 98.8% 98% age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census)
 Ivory Coast 56.2% 65.2% 46.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Jamaica 87.9% 84.1% 91.6% age 15 and over has ever attended school (2003 est.)
 Japan 99% 99% 99% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census)
 Jersey N/A N/A N/A
 Jordan 92.6% 95.8% 89.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Kazakhstan 99.5% 99.8% 99.3% age 15 and over can read and write (1999 est.)
 Kenya 87.4% 90.6% 84.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Kiribati N/A N/A N/A
 Korea, North 99% 99% 99% age 15 and over can read and write (1991 est.)
 Korea, South 97.9% 99.2% 96.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2002)
 Kosovo, Republic of 91.9% 96.6% 87.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2007 Census)
 Kuwait 93.3% 94.4% 91% age 15 and over can read and write (2005 census)
 Kyrgyzstan 98.7% 99.3% 98.1% (1999 census)
 Laos 73% 83% 63% age 15 and over can read and write (2005 Census)
 Latvia 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Lebanon 87.4% 93.1% 82.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Lesotho 89.6% 83.3% 95.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Liberia 60.8% 64.8% 56.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Libya 89.2% 95.6% 82.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Liechtenstein 100% 100% 100% age 10 and over can read and write
 Lithuania 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Luxembourg 100% 100% 100% age 15 and over can read and write (2000 est.)
 Macau 91.3% 95.3% 87.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census)
 Macedonia, Republic of 97.3% 98.7% 95.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Madagascar 64.5% 67.4% 61.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2009 est.)
 Malawi 74.8% 81.1% 68.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Malaysia 92.1% 92% 89.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2009 census)[2]
 Maldives 93.8% 93% 94.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2006 Census)
 Mali 31.1% 43.4% 20.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Malta 92.8% 91.7% 93.9% age 10 and over can read and write (2005 Census)
 Marshall Islands 93.7% 93.6% 93.7% age 15 and over can read and write (1999 est.)
 Mauritania 58% 64.9% 51.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Mauritius 89.8% 92.3% 87.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 Census)
 Mexico 86.1% 86.9% 85.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2005 Census)
 Micronesia, Federated States of 89% 91% 88% age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)
 Moldova 98.5% 99.1% 98.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Monaco 99% 99% 99% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Mongolia 97.4% 96.9% 97.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Montenegro 98.4% 99.4% 97.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Montserrat 97% 97% 97% age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970 est.)
 Morocco 56.1% 68.9% 43.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2009 est.)
 Mozambique 56.1% 70.8% 42.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Namibia 88.8% 89% 88.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Nauru N/A N/A N/A
   Nepal 60.3% 73% 48.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)
 Netherlands 99% 99% 99% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 New Caledonia 96.2% 96.8% 95.5% age 15 and over can read and write (1996 census)
 New Zealand 99% 99% 99% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Nicaragua 67.5% 67.2% 67.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Niger 28.7% 42.9% 15.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2005 est.)
 Nigeria 61.3% 72.1% 50.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Niue 95% N/A N/A
 Norfolk Island N/A N/A N/A
 Northern Mariana Islands 97% 97% 96% age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)
 Norway 100% 100% 100%
 Oman 81.4% 86.8% 73.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 census)
 Pakistan 54.9% 68.6% 30.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2009 est.)
 Palau 92% 93% 90% age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)
 Panama 91.9% 92.5% 91.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2000 census)
 Papua New Guinea 57.3% 63.4% 50.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2000 census)
 Paraguay 94% 94.9% 93% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Peru 92.9% 96.4% 89.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2007 Census)
 Philippines 92.6% 92.5% 92.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2000 census)
 Pitcairn Islands N/A N/A N/A
 Poland 99.5% 99.7% 99.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Portugal 95.2% 96.9% 93.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Puerto Rico 94.1% 93.9% 94.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 est.)
 Qatar 96.3% 96.5% 95.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Romania 97.7% 98.3% 97.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Russia 99.6% 99.7% 99.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Rwanda 71.1% 74.8% 67.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 97% 97% 98% age 20 and over can read and write (1987 est.)
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 97.8% N/A N/A age 15 and over has ever attended school (2003 est.)
 Saint Lucia 90.1% 89.5% 90.6% age 15 and over has ever attended school (2001 est.)
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 99% 99% 99% age 15 and over can read and write (1982 est.)
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 96% 96% 96% age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970 est.)
 Samoa 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 San Marino 96% 97% 95% age 10 and over can read and write
 Sao Tome and Principe 84.9% 92.2% 77.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census)
 Saudi Arabia 86.6% 90.4% 81.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Senegal 39.3% 51.1% 29.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 est.)
 Serbia 97.9% 99.2% 96.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Seychelles 91.8% 91.4% 92.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census)
 Sierra Leone 35.1% 46.9% 24.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2004 est.)
 Singapore 92.5% 96.6% 88.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2000 census)
 Slovakia 99.6% 99.7% 99.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2004)
 Slovenia 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Solomon Islands N/A N/A N/A
 Somalia 37.8% 49.7% 25.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2001 est.)
 South Africa 86.4% 87% 85.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 South Sudan 27% 40% 16%
 Spain 97.7% 98.5% 97% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Sri Lanka 91.2% 92.6% 90% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)
 Sudan 61.1% 71.8% 50.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Suriname 89.6% 92% 87.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2004 census)
 Svalbard N/A N/A N/A
 Swaziland 81.6% 82.6% 80.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Sweden 99% 99% 99% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
  Switzerland 99% 99% 99% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Syria 79.6% 86% 73.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2004 census)
 Taiwan 98.2% 99.6% 96.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2012)
 Tajikistan 99.7% 99.8% 99.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Tanzania 69.4% 77.5% 62.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census)
 Thailand 92.6% 94.9% 90.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2000 census)
 Timor-Leste 58.6% N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write (2002)
 Togo 60.9% 75.4% 46.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Tokelau N/A N/A N/A
 Tonga 98.9% 98.8% 99% can read and write Tongan and/or English (1999 est.)
 Trinidad and Tobago 98.6% 99.1% 98% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Tunisia 74.3% 83.4% 65.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2004 census)
 Turkey[3] 94.1% 97.9% 90.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 census)
 Turkmenistan 98.8% 99.3% 98.3% age 15 and over can read and write (1999 est.)
 Turks and Caicos Islands 98% 99% 98% age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970 est.)
 Tuvalu N/A N/A N/A
 Uganda 66.8% 76.8% 57.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census)
 Ukraine 99.7% 99.8% 99.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 United Arab Emirates 77.9% 76.1% 81.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 United Kingdom 99% 99% 99% age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling (2003 est.)
 United States 99% 99% 99% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Uruguay 98% 97.6% 98.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Uzbekistan 99.3% 99.6% 99% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)
 Vanuatu 74% N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write (1999 census)
 Venezuela 95.1% 95.1% 95.1% age 6 and over can read and write (2011 census)
 Vietnam 94% 96.1% 92% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 est.)
Virgin Islands 90-95% est. N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write (2005 est.)
 Wallis and Futuna 50% 50% 50% age 15 and over can read and write (1969 est.)
 West Bank 92.4% 96.7% 88% age 15 and over can read and write (2004 est.)
 Western Sahara N/A N/A N/A
 Yemen 63.9% 81.2% 46.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)
 Zambia 80.6% 86.8% 74.8% age 15 and over can read and write English (2003 est.)
 Zimbabwe 90.7% 94.2% 87.2% age 15 and over can read and write English (2003 est.)

See also

Notes

  • ^ CIA World Book
  • ^ Tables can be found [3]

References

  1. ^ BPS
  2. ^ Literacy rate; youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in Malaysia www.tradingeconomics.com/malaysia/literacy-rate-youth-male-percent-of-males-ages-15-24-wb-data.html
  3. ^ Turkish Statistical Institute
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