Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics



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Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (2009)

Rank

Country

Value

1Cuba99.84
2Kazakhstan99.80
3Ukraine99.79
4Tajikistan99.79
5Belarus99.79
6Georgia99.78
7Estonia99.77
8Latvia99.77
9Turkmenistan99.71
10Slovenia99.71
11Russia99.70
12Armenia99.70
13Lithuania99.68
14Poland99.67
15Uzbekistan99.59
16Kyrgyzstan99.52
17Croatia99.48
18Hungary99.40
19Bosnia and Herzegovina99.40
20Trinidad and Tobago99.17
21Italy99.16
22High income: OECD99.10
23Cyprus99.07
24Moldova99.02
25Western Samoa99.01
26Europe & Central Asia (developing only)98.97
27High income98.73
28Bulgaria98.68
29Macedonia98.65
30Spain98.46
31Romania98.34
32Greece98.27
33Aruba98.21
34Argentina97.71
35Uruguay97.58
36Singapore97.46
37West Bank and Gaza97.43
38Mongolia97.06
39Equatorial Guinea97.01
40China96.89
41New Caledonia96.89
42Brunei Darussalam96.82
43Portugal96.72
44Netherlands Antilles96.42
45Turkey96.38
46East Asia & Pacific (developing only)96.29
47Costa Rica95.85
48Libya95.19
49Vietnam95.18
50Qatar95.12
51Mexico94.92
52Burma94.73
53Zimbabwe94.66
54Malaysia94.58
55Panama94.24
56High income: nonOECD93.89
57Upper middle income93.87
58Sao Tome and Principe93.73
59Colombia93.06
60Bahrain92.16
61Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)91.88
62Gabon91.40
63Mauritius90.61
64Kenya90.50
65Syria90.37
66Cape Verde90.06
67Saudi Arabia89.96
68Puerto Rico89.91
69Namibia88.91
70Middle income88.43
71Swaziland87.76
72Ecuador87.12
73Lower middle income86.93
74El Salvador86.83
75Iraq86.26
76Low & middle income86.02
77Botswana83.78
78Vanuatu83.71
79Angola82.88
80Lesotho82.85
81Middle East & North Africa (developing only)82.45
82Jamaica81.22
83Malawi80.64
84Zambia80.60
85Guatemala80.02
86Yemen79.90
87Comoros79.69
88Sudan79.62
89Democratic Republic of the Congo79.53
90Tanzania79.01
91Eritrea77.87
92Rwanda74.95
93Ghana72.78
94South Asia72.71
95Burundi72.61
96Nepal72.05
97Nigeria71.96
98Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)71.26
99Mozambique70.13
100Central African Republic69.08
101Low income69.08
102Morocco68.92
103Guinea-Bissau66.90
104Ivory Coast64.67
105Mauritania64.52
106Liberia63.74
107Papua New Guinea63.64
108Senegal61.81
109Bangladesh60.70
110Gambia57.59
111Benin54.18
112Sierra Leone52.71
113Guinea50.76
114Chad44.46
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