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List of countries by literacy rate

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World map indicating literacy by country in 2013 (2013 UN Human Development Report and Individual statistics departments) Grey = no data

This is a list of countries by literacy rate. The figures represent a mixture of data collected by the CIA World Factbook,[1] 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.

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According to the CIA World Factbook, almost 75% of the world's 775 million illiterate adults are concentrated in ten countries (in descending order: India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, Brazil, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo). Women represent two-thirds of all illiterate adults globally. Extremely low literacy rates are focused in three regions: South Asia, West Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. The global literacy rate for all people aged 15 and over is 84.1%. The global literacy rate for all males is 88.6% and the rate for all females is 79.7%.[2]

Country Literacy rate (all) Male Literacy Female Literacy Gender Difference Criteria
 World 84.1% 88.6% 79.7% 8.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Afghanistan 28.1% 43.1% 12.6% 30.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2000 est.)[1]
 Albania 96.8% 98% 95.7% 2.3% age 9 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Algeria 86% 86% 86% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.) [3]
 American Samoa 97% 98% 97% 1% age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)[1]
 Andorra 100% 100% 100% 0% age 15 and over can read and write[1]
 Angola 71.1% 82.0% 60.7% 21.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Antigua and Barbuda 99% 98.4% 99.4% -1.0% age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling (2011 est.)[1]
 Argentina 97.9% 97.8% 97.9% -0.1% age 10 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Armenia 99.6% 99.7% 99.5% 0.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Aruba 96.8% 96.9% 96.7% 0.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Australia 96% 96% 96% 0% age 15 and over can read brief texts on familiar topics (2011-2)[4]
 Austria 98% N/A N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write[1]
 Azerbaijan 99.8% 99.9% 99.7% 0.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1]
 Bahamas, The 95.6% 94.7% 96.5% -1.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Bahrain 94.6% 96.1% 91.6% 4.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1]
 Bangladesh 71% 66% 77% 8.6% age 10 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[5][6]
 Barbados 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 0.0% age 15 and over has ever attended school (2002 est.)[1]
 Belarus 99.6% 99.8% 99.5% 0.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2009 census)[1]
 Belgium 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Belize 79.7% 75.2% 84.1% -8.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[7]
 Benin 42.4% 55.2% 30.3% 24.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1]
 Bermuda 98% 98% 99% -1% age 15 and over can read and write (2005 est.)[1]
 Bhutan 64.9% 73.1% 55% 18.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Bolivia 95.7% 97.8% 93.6% 4.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 99.4% 99.8% 98.9% 0.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Botswana 88.5% 88% 88.9% -0.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Brazil 91.33% 91.02% 91.63% N/A age 15 and over can read and write (2012 est.)[8][9][10]
 British Virgin Islands 97.8% N/A N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write (1991 est.)[1]
 Brunei 95.4% 97% 93.9% 3.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Bulgaria 98.4% 98.7% 98% 0.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2011)[1]
 Burkina Faso 36% 43% 29.3% 13.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Burma 93.1% 95.2% 91.2% 4% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Burundi 85.6% 88.2% 83.1% 5.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Cambodia 77.2% 84.5% 70.5% 14% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Cameroon 75% 81.2% 68.9% 12.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Canada 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Cape Verde 87.6% 92.1% 83.1% 9% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Cayman Islands 98.9% 98.7% 99% -0.3% age 15 and over has ever attended school (2007 est.)[1]
 Central African Republic 56.6% 69.6% 44.2% 25.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Chad 35.4% 45.6% 25.4% 20.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Chile 98.6% 98.6% 98.5% 0.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2009 est.)[1]
 China 95.1% 97.5% 92.7% 4.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Christmas Island N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Colombia 94.7% 94.6% 94.8% -0.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est)[1]
 Comoros 75.5% 80.5% 70.6% 9.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 66.8% 76.9% 57% 19.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Congo, Republic of the 83.8% 89.6% 78.4% 11.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Cook Islands 95% N/A N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write[1]
 Costa Rica 97.8% 97.7% 97.8% -0.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Croatia 99.2% 99.4% 98.7% 0.7% age 10 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[11]
 Cuba 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 0.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Cyprus 98.7% 99.3% 98.1% 1.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Czech Republic 99% 99% 99% 0% (2011 est.)[1]
 Denmark 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Djibouti 70% N/A N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write (2012 est.)[12]
 Dominica 94% 94% 94% 0% age 15 and over has ever attended school (2003 est.)[1]
 Dominican Republic 91.8% 91.2% 92.3% -1.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Ecuador 94.5% 95.4% 93.5% 1.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Egypt 73.8% 82.2% 65.4% 16.8% age 10 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 El Salvador 88% 90.4% 86% 4.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Equatorial Guinea 95.3% 97.4% 93% 4.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Eritrea 80% N/A N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write (2013 est.)[13]
 Estonia 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 0.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Ethiopia 49.1% 57.2% 41.1% 16.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Falkland Islands N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Faroe Islands N/A N/A N/A N/A Note – probably 99%, the same as Denmark proper[1]
 Fiji 93.7% 95.5% 91.9% 3.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Finland 100% 100% 100% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2000 est.)[1]
 France 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 French Polynesia 98% 98% 98% 0% age 14 and over can read and write (1977 est.)[1]
 Gabon 88.4% 91.9% 84.9% 7.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Gambia, The 50% 60% 40.4% 19.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Georgia 99.8% 99.8% 99.7% 0.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Germany 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Ghana 76.6% 82% 71.4% 10.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Gibraltar >80% N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Greece 98.9% 98.8% 99% -0.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census)[1]
 Greenland 100% 100% 100% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2001 est.)[1]
 Grenada 96% N/A N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Guam 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)[1]
 Guatemala 83.4% N/A N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write (2012 est.)[14]
 Guernsey N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Guinea 30.4% 38.1% 22.8% 15.33% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Guinea-Bissau 59.9% 71.8% 48.3% 23.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Guyana 91.8% 92% 91.6% 0.4% age 15 and over has ever attended school (2002 census)[1]
 Haiti 60.7% 64.3% 57.3% 7% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Honduras 88.5% 88.4% 88.6% -0.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Hong Kong 93.5% 96.9% 89.6% 7.3% age 15 and over has ever attended school (2002)[1]
 Hungary 99% 99.2% 98.9% 0.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Iceland 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 India 74.4% 82.1% 65.5% 16.6% age 7 and over can read and write (2011 census)[15]
 Indonesia 92.8% 97% 89.6% 7.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Iran 86.8% 91.2% 82.5% 8.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Iraq 80.2% 89% 73.6% 15.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2012 est.)[1]
 Ireland 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Isle of Man N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Israel 97.8% 98.7% 95.8% 2.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Italy 99% 99.2% 98.7% 0.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 census)[1]
 Ivory Coast 56.2% 65.2% 46.6% 18.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Jamaica 88.7% 84.0% 93.1% -9.1% age 15 and over has ever attended school (2015 est.)[1]
 Japan 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census)[1]
 Jersey N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Jordan 93.4% 96.6% 90.2% 6.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Kazakhstan 99.5% 99.8% 99.3% 0.5% age 15 and over can read and write (1999 est.)[1]
 Kenya 87.4% 90.6% 84.2% 6.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Kiribati N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Korea, North 100% 100% 100% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2008 est.)[1]
 Korea, South 97.9% 99.2% 96.6% 2.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2002)[1]
 Kosovo, Republic of 91.9% 96.6% 87.5% 9.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2007 census)[1]
 Kuwait 94% 94.4% 97% -2.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2007-2011 census)[16]
 Kyrgyzstan 98.7% 99.3% 98.1% 1.2% age 15 and over can read and write (1999 census)[1]
 Laos 79.9% 87.1% 72.8% 14.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Latvia 99.9% 99.9% 99.9% 0.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Lebanon 93.9% 96.0% 91.8% 4.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Lesotho 89.6% 83.3% 95.6% -12.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Liberia 60.8% 64.8% 56.8% 10.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Libya 94.2% 98.6% 90.7% 7.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Liechtenstein 100% 100% 100% 0% age 10 and over can read and write[1]
 Lithuania 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 0.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Luxembourg 100% 100% 100% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2000 est.)[1]
 Macau 91.3% 95.3% 87.8% 7.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census)[1]
 Macedonia, Republic of 97.3% 98.7% 95.9% 2.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Madagascar 64.7% 66.7% 62.6% 4.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Malawi 74.8% 81.1% 68.5% 12.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Malaysia 93.1% 95.4% 90.7% 4.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1]
 Maldives 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2006 census)[1]
 Mali 27.7% 36.1% 19.8% 16.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2009 census)[1]
 Malta 92.8% 91.7% 93.9% -2.2% age 10 and over can read and write (2005 census)[1]
 Marshall Islands 93.7% 93.6% 93.7% -0.1% age 15 and over can read and write (1999 est.)[1]
 Mauritania 52.1% 62.6% 41.6% 21% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Mauritius 89.8% 92.3% 87.3% 5.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 census)[17]
 Mexico 95.1% 96.2% 94.2% 2% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 estimate)[1]
 Micronesia, Federated States of 89% 91% 88% 3% age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)[1]
 Moldova 98.5% 99.1% 98.1% 1.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Monaco 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Mongolia 97.4% 96.9% 97.9% -1.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Montenegro 98.4% 99.4% 97.4% 2.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Montserrat 97% 97% 97% 0% age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970 est.)[1]
 Morocco 72%[18] 76.1% 57.6% 18.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2012 est.)
 Mozambique 58.8% 73.3% 45.4% 27.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Namibia 88.8% 89% 88.5% 0.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Nauru N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
   Nepal 66% 75.1% 57.4% 17.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1]
 Netherlands 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 New Caledonia 96.2% 96.8% 95.5% 1.3% age 15 and over can read and write (1996 census)[1]
 New Zealand 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Nicaragua 82.8% 82.4% 83.2% -0.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Niger 28.7% 42.9% 15.1% 27.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2005 est.)[1]
 Nigeria 78.6% 84.4% 72.7% 11.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[19]
 Niue 95% N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Norfolk Island 100% 100% 100% 0% [1]
 Northern Mariana Islands 97% 97% 96% 1% age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)[1]
 Norway 100% 100% 100% 0% [1]
 Oman 81.4% 86.8% 73.5% 13.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 census)[1]
 Pakistan 61% 67% 42% 25% age 15 and over can read and write.[3][4]
 Palau 92% 93% 90% 3% age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)[1]
 Palestine 96.5% 98.4% 94.5% 3.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[20]
 Panama 95% 95.7% 94.4% 1.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Papua New Guinea 64.2% 65.6% 62.8% 2.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Paraguay 94% 94.9% 93% 1.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Peru 94.5% 97.3% 91.7% 5.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Philippines 96.3% 95.8% 96.8% -1% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Pitcairn Islands N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Poland 99.7% 99.9% 99.6% 0.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Portugal 95.4% 97% 94% 3% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Puerto Rico 94.1% 93.9% 94.4% -0.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 est.)[1]
 Qatar 96.3% 96.5% 95.4% 1.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Romania 97.7% 98.3% 97.1% 1.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Russia 99.7% 99.7% 99.6% 0.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Rwanda 71.1% 74.8% 67.5% 7.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 97% 97% 98% -1% age 20 and over can read and write (1987 est.)[1]
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 97.8% N/A N/A N/A age 15 and over has ever attended school (2003 est.)[1]
 Saint Lucia 90.1% 89.5% 90.6% -1.1% age 15 and over has ever attended school (2001 est.)[1]
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (1982 est.)[1]
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 96% 96% 96% 0% age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970 est.)[1]
 Samoa 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% -0.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 San Marino 96% 97% 95% 2% age 10 and over can read and write[1]
 Sao Tome and Principe 84.9% 92.2% 77.9% 14.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census)[1]
 Saudi Arabia 86.6% 90.4% 81.3% 9.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Senegal 39.3% 51.1% 29.2% 21.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 est.)[1]
 Serbia 98% 99.2% 96.9% 2.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Seychelles 91.8% 91.4% 92.3% -0.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census)[1]
 Sierra Leone 35.1% 46.9% 24.4% 22.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2004 est.)[1]
 Singapore 95.9% 98.0% 93.8% 4.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Slovakia 99.6% 99.7% 99.6% 0.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2004)[1]
 Slovenia 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 0.0% (2010 est.)[1]
 Solomon Islands 84.1% 88.9% 79.2% 9.7% [1]
 Somalia N/A N/A N/A N/A [21]
 South Africa 94.3% 95.5% 93.1% 2.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 South Sudan 27% 40% 16% 24% age 15 and over can read and write[1]
 Spain 97.7% 98.5% 97% 1.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Sri Lanka 98.1% 97.7% 98.6% -0.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1]
 Sudan 75.9% 83.3% 68.6% 14.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.) [1]
 Suriname 95.6% 96.1% 95% 1.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Svalbard N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Swaziland 87.5% 87.4% 87.5% -0.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Sweden 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
  Switzerland 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Syria 79.6% 86% 73.6% 12.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2004 census)[1]
 Taiwan 98.29% 99.62% 96.97% 2.65% age 15 and over can read and write (2012)[22]
 Tajikistan 99.7% 99.8% 99.6% 0.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Tanzania 70.6% 75.9% 65.4% 10.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Thailand 96.7% 96.6% 96.7% -0.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Timor-Leste 67.5% 71.5% 63.4% 8.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Togo 60.9% 75.4% 46.9% 28.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Tokelau N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Tonga 98.9% 98.8% 99% -0.2% can read and write Tongan and/or English (1999 est.)[1]
 Trinidad and Tobago 98.6% 99.1% 98% 1.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Tunisia 88.3% 95.1% 80.3% 14.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1]
 Turkey 95.4% 98.5% 92.4% 6.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2014 est.)[23]
 Turkmenistan 98.8% 99.3% 98.3% 1.0% age 15 and over can read and write (1999 est.)[1]
 Turks and Caicos Islands 98% 99% 98% 1% age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970 est.)[1]
 Tuvalu N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Uganda 78.4% 85.3% 71.5% 13.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
 Ukraine 99.7% 99.8% 99.6% 0.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 United Arab Emirates 76.9% 76.1% 81.7% -5.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 United Kingdom 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling (2003 est.)[1][not in citation given]
 United States 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1][not in citation given]
 United States Virgin Islands 90-95% est. N/A N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write (2005 est.)[1]
 Uruguay 98.5% 98.2% 98.8% -0.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[24]
 Uzbekistan 99.3% 99.6% 99% 0.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Vanuatu 85.2% 86.6% 83.8% 2.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)[1]
  Vatican City 99% 99% 99% 0% [1]
 Venezuela 95.5% 95.7% 95.4% 0.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2009 est.)[25]
 Vietnam 94% 96.1% 92% 4.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 est.)[1]
 Wallis and Futuna 50% 50% 50% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (1969 est.)[1]
 Western Sahara N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Yemen 63.9% 81.2% 46.8% 34.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Zambia 80.6% 86.8% 74.8% 12% age 15 and over can read and write English (2003 est.)[1]
 Zimbabwe 90.7% 94.2% 87.2% 7.0% age 15 and over can read and write English (2003 est.)[1]

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  5. ^ "Bangladesh Education for All: CRI Publication". Retrieved 28 September 2015. 
  6. ^ "Bangladesh’s literacy rate rises to 70 percent, education minister says". Retrieved 28 September 2015. 
  7. ^ "Belize Population and Housing Census 2010: Country Report" (PDF). Statistical Institute of Belize. Retrieved 11 December 2014. 
  8. ^ "Population Composition (Composição da População), Brazil, 2012" (PDF). Ministério da Fazenda (Brazilian Ministry of Finance), Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílio(Brazilian National Sample Survey of Households) (PNAD/IBGE). September 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-12. 
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  21. ^ No reliable data on nationwide literacy rate. 2013 FSNAU survey indicates considerable differences per region, with the autonomous northeastern Puntland region having the highest registered literacy rate (72%) [1]
  22. ^ https://stats.moe.gov.tw/files/main_statistics/age15up.xls
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