Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) - Outcomes - Education - World Development Indicators



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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) - Outcomes - Education - World Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Estonia99.80
2Latvia99.80
3Cuba99.80
4Tajikistan99.70
5Lithuania99.70
6Ukraine99.70
7Belarus99.70
8Slovenia99.70
9Kazakhstan99.70
10Georgia99.70
11Poland99.50
12Armenia99.50
13Russia99.50
14Turkmenistan99.50
15Uzbekistan99.30
16Kyrgyzstan99.30
17Albania99
18Hungary99
19Italy98.80
20Samoa98.70
21Trinidad and Tobago98.70
22Croatia98.70
23Chile98.65
24Moldova98.30
25Bulgaria98.30
26Uruguay98.16
27Aruba98.10
28Cyprus97.80
29Argentina97.70
30Europe & Central Asia97.70
31Spain97.63
32Romania97.60
33Bosnia and Herzegovina97.60
34Mongolia97.30
35Macedonia97
36Greece97
37Netherlands Antilles96.30
38New Caledonia96.30
39Costa Rica96
40Brunei Darussalam95
41Portugal94.60
42Singapore94.50
43West Bank and Gaza94.06
44China93.70
45Philippines93.60
46Panama93.50
47Colombia93.38
48Upper middle income93.23
49East Asia & Pacific93.13
50Equatorial Guinea93
51Mexico92.93
52Vietnam92.50
53Malaysia92.10
54Burma91.90
55Latin America & Caribbean91.58
56Zimbabwe91.40
57Bahrain90.80
58Suriname90.70
59Sri Lanka90.56
60Puerto Rico90.10
61Lesotho89.50
62South Africa89
63Libya88.40
64Sao Tome and Principe88.30
65Namibia88.20
66Mauritius87.50
67Gabon87
68Oman86.65
69Swaziland86.50
70Kenya86.50
71Jamaica85.90
72Saudi Arabia85.50
73Cape Verde84.10
74El Salvador83.95
75Syria83.60
76Botswana83.30
77Middle income82.69
78Vanuatu81.30
79Low & middle income80.97
80Lower middle income79.88
81Tunisia78
82Iraq77.60
83Cambodia77
84Cameroon75.90
85Uganda74.60
86Guatemala73.80
87Comoros73.60
88Middle East & North Africa73.48
89Malawi72.80
90Tanzania72.60
91Zambia70.70
92Rwanda70.30
93Angola69.60
94Sudan69.30
95Low income69.28
96Democratic Republic of the Congo66.60
97Burundi65.90
98Ghana65.80
99Sub-Saharan Africa65.70
100Eritrea65.30
101Togo64.90
102Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)62.79
103Least developed countries: UN classification62.39
104South Asia61.34
105Yemen60.90
106Nigeria60.10
107Papua New Guinea59.60
108Liberia58.10
109Nepal57.90
110Mauritania56.80
111Morocco56.40
112Bangladesh55
113Ivory Coast54.60
114Central African Republic54.60
115Mozambique54
116Pakistan53.70
117Guinea-Bissau51
118Gambia45.30
119Benin40.80
120Sierra Leone39.80
121Chad32.70
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