Literacy rate, adult female (% of females 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 female (% of females ages 15 and above) - Outcomes - Education - World Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Estonia99.80
2Cuba99.80
3Latvia99.80
4Lithuania99.70
5Georgia99.70
6Slovenia99.70
7Belarus99.70
8Ukraine99.60
9Kazakhstan99.50
10Tajikistan99.50
11Armenia99.40
12Russia99.40
13Turkmenistan99.30
14Poland99.30
15Kyrgyzstan99.10
16Uzbekistan99
17Hungary98.90
18Albania98.70
19Chile98.70
20Italy98.50
21Samoa98.50
22Uruguay98.46
23Trinidad and Tobago98.20
24Croatia98
25Aruba98
26Bulgaria97.90
27Moldova97.80
28Mongolia97.80
29Argentina97.70
30Romania96.90
31Spain96.89
32Cyprus96.70
33Europe & Central Asia96.56
34Netherlands Antilles96.30
35Costa Rica96.20
36Bosnia and Herzegovina95.90
37Greece95.90
38New Caledonia95.80
39Macedonia95.40
40Lesotho95.10
41Philippines93.90
42Colombia93.44
43Brunei Darussalam93.30
44Portugal92.90
45Panama92.80
46Upper middle income92.05
47Singapore91.60
48Mexico91.45
49West Bank and Gaza90.90
50Latin America & Caribbean90.85
51Jamaica90.80
52China90.50
53Puerto Rico90.40
54Vietnam90.20
55East Asia & Pacific90.12
56Malaysia89.80
57Bahrain89.40
58Burma89.20
59Equatorial Guinea89.10
60Sri Lanka89.07
61Zimbabwe88.80
62Suriname88.40
63South Africa88.10
64Namibia87.70
65Swaziland85.60
66Mauritius84.80
67Botswana83.50
68Sao Tome and Principe83.30
69Gabon83.20
70Kenya82.80
71El Salvador81.36
72Libya81.30
73Oman80.90
74Saudi Arabia80.20
75Vanuatu79.50
76Cape Verde79.30
77Middle income77.43
78Syria77.20
79Low & middle income75.55
80Lower middle income73.33
81Tunisia69.60
82Iraq69.20
83Guatemala68.70
84Cambodia68.60
85Cameroon67.80
86Comoros67.80
87Uganda66.80
88Tanzania66.30
89Rwanda66.10
90Malawi65.80
91Middle East & North Africa65.08
92Low income63.01
93Zambia61
94Burundi59.90
95Sudan59.60
96Ghana59.30
97Sub-Saharan Africa57.31
98Angola57
99Democratic Republic of the Congo56.10
100Papua New Guinea55.60
101Eritrea54.50
102Least developed countries: UN classification54.45
103Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)54.16
104Togo53.70
105Liberia53
106South Asia50.12
107Bangladesh49.80
108Mauritania49.50
109Nigeria48.80
110Nepal45.40
111Ivory Coast44.30
112Morocco44.10
113Yemen42.80
114Central African Republic41.10
115Mozambique40.10
116Pakistan39.97
117Guinea-Bissau36.50
118Gambia34.30
119Sierra Leone28.90
120Benin28.10
121Chad21.90
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