Literacy rate, adult total (% of people 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 total (% of people ages 15 and above) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (2009)

Rank

Country

Value

1Cuba99.83
2Estonia99.79
3Latvia99.78
4Belarus99.73
5Georgia99.72
6Lithuania99.70
7Ukraine99.69
8Slovenia99.68
9Kazakhstan99.68
10Tajikistan99.67
11Russia99.56
12Turkmenistan99.56
13Armenia99.53
14Poland99.51
15Hungary99.37
16Uzbekistan99.34
17Kyrgyzstan99.24
18Italy98.87
19High income: OECD98.85
20Western Samoa98.78
21Croatia98.76
22Trinidad and Tobago98.74
23Moldova98.46
24High income98.43
25Bulgaria98.32
26Uruguay98.27
27Aruba98.15
28Cyprus97.93
29Europe & Central Asia (developing only)97.85
30Bosnia and Herzegovina97.81
31Argentina97.73
32Spain97.68
33Romania97.65
34Mongolia97.49
35Greece97.16
36Macedonia97.12
37New Caledonia96.43
38Netherlands Antilles96.39
39Costa Rica96.06
40Brunei Darussalam95.29
41Portugal94.91
42Qatar94.72
43Singapore94.71
44West Bank and Gaza94.60
45China93.98
46Panama93.61
47East Asia & Pacific (developing only)93.52
48Mexico93.44
49Equatorial Guinea93.33
50Colombia93.24
51Vietnam92.78
52Malaysia92.46
53High income: nonOECD92.26
54Upper middle income92.17
55Burma92.03
56Zimbabwe91.86
57Bahrain91.35
58Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)91.07
59Turkey90.82
60Puerto Rico90.48
61Lesotho89.66
62Libya88.86
63Sao Tome and Principe88.78
64Namibia88.51
65Mauritius87.90
66Gabon87.71
67Kenya87.01
68Swaziland86.93
69Jamaica86.36
70Saudi Arabia86.13
71Cape Verde84.80
72Ecuador84.21
73Syria84.19
74El Salvador84.10
75Botswana84.08
76Middle income83.02
77Vanuatu82.03
78Lower middle income80.36
79Low & middle income80.34
80Iraq78.06
81Guatemala74.47
82Middle East & North Africa (developing only)74.40
83Comoros74.15
84Malawi73.69
85Tanzania72.90
86Zambia70.88
87Rwanda70.67
88Sudan70.21
89Angola69.96
90Democratic Republic of the Congo66.99
91Ghana66.62
92Eritrea66.58
93Burundi66.57
94Yemen62.39
95Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)62.29
96Low income61.77
97South Asia61.10
98Nigeria60.82
99Papua New Guinea60.10
100Nepal59.14
101Liberia59.05
102Mauritania57.45
103Morocco56.08
104Bangladesh55.90
105Ivory Coast55.26
106Central African Republic55.23
107Mozambique55.06
108Guinea-Bissau52.20
109Senegal49.70
110Gambia46.50
111Benin41.65
112Sierra Leone40.92
113Guinea39.46
114Chad33.61
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