List of countries by literacy rate

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World literacy rates by country, based on The World
Factbook.

List of countries by literacy rate, as included
in the United Nations
Development Programme Report 2005[1].

Rank

Country

Literacy rate

1

Australia

99.9

1

Austria

99.9

1

Belgium

99.9

1

Canada

99.9

1

Czech Republic

99.9

1

Denmark

99.9

1

Finland

99.9

1

France

99.9

1

Georgia

99.9

1

Germany

99.9

1

Iceland

99.9

1

Ireland

99.9

1

Japan

99.9

1

Luxembourg

99.9

1

Netherlands

99.9

1

New Zealand

99.9

1

Norway

99.9

1

Sweden

99.9

1

Switzerland

99.9

1

United Kingdom

99.9

1

United States

99.9

1

Trinidad and
Tobago

99.9

22

Estonia

99.8

23

Barbados

99.7

23

Latvia

99.7

23

Poland

99.7

23

Slovenia

99.7

27

Belarus

99.6

27

Lithuania

99.6

27

Slovakia

99.6

30

Kazakhstan

99.5

30

Tajikistan

99.5

32

Armenia

99.4

32

Russian
Federation

99.4

32

Ukraine

99.4

35

Hungary

99.3

35

Uzbekistan

99.3

37

Tonga

98.9

38

Azerbaijan

98.8

38

Turkmenistan

98.8

40

Albania

98.7

40

Kyrgyzstan

98.7

40

Samoa

98.7

43

Italy

98.5

45

Bulgaria

98.2

46

Croatia

98.1

47

South Korea

97.9

48

Mongolia

97.8

48

Greece

97.8

50

Spain

97.7

51

Uruguay

97.7

53

Argentina

97.5

54

Romania

97.3

56

Cuba

96.9

56

Israel

96.9

58

Cyprus

96.8

59

Guyana

96.5

60

Moldova

96.2

61

Republic of
Macedonia

96.1

61

Taiwan

96.1

62

Grenada

96.0

63

Costa Rica

95.8

64

Chile

95.7

65

Bahamas

95.5

66

Bosnia and
Herzegovina

94.6

67

Colombia

94.2

68

Hong Kong S.A.R. of the
People's
Republic of China

93.5

69

Venezuela

93.0

70

Fiji

92.9

71

Brunei

92.7

72

Philippines

92.6

72

Thailand

92.6

74

Malta

92.5

74

Portugal

92.5

74

Singapore

92.5

75

Palestinian
territories

91.9

75

Panama

91.9

75

Seychelles

91.9

78

Paraguay

91.6

79

Ecuador

91.0

80

People's
Republic of China (mainland only)

90.9

81

Sri
Lanka

90.4

82

Mexico

90.3

82

Vietnam

90.3

84

Saint Lucia

90.1

85

Zimbabwe

90.0

86

Jordan

89.9

87

Myanmar

89.7

88

Qatar

89.2

89

Malaysia

88.7

90

Brazil

88.4

91

Turkey

88.3

92

Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines

88.1

93

Dominica

88.0

93

Suriname

88.0

95

Indonesia

87.9

96

Bahrain

87.7

96

Dominican
Republic

87.7

96

Peru

87.7

99

Jamaica

87.6

100

Bolivia

86.5

100

Lebanon

86.5

102

Antigua and
Barbuda

85.8

103

Namibia

85.0

104

Mauritius

84.3

105

Equatorial
Guinea

84.2

106

São
Tomé and Principe

83.1

107

Kuwait

82.9

107

Syria

82.9

109

Congo

82.8

110

South Africa

82.4

111

Libya

81.7

112

Lesotho

81.4

113

Iran

80.0

113

Honduras

80.0

115

El Salvador

79.7

116

Saudi Arabia

79.4

117

Swaziland

79.2

118

Botswana

78.9

119

United Arab
Emirates

77.3

120

Belize

76.9

121

Nicaragua

76.7

122

Solomon Islands

76.6

123

Cape Verde

75.7

124

Oman

74.4

125

Tunisia

74.3

126

Vanuatu

74.0

127

Cambodia

73.6

127

Kenya

73.6

129

Gabon

71.0

130

Madagascar

70.6

131

Algeria

69.8

132

Tanzania

69.4

133

Guatemala

69.1

134

Uganda

68.9

135

Laos

68.7

136

Cameroon

67.9

136

Zambia

67.9

138

Angola

66.8

138

Nigeria

66.8

140

Djibouti

65.5

141

Democratic
Republic of Congo

65.3

142

Malawi

64.1

143

Rwanda

64.0

144

India

61.0

145

Sudan

59.0

146

Burundi

58.9

147

Timor-Leste

58.6

148

Papua New
Guinea

57.3

149

Eritrea

56.7

150

Comoros

56.2

151

Egypt

55.6

152

Ghana

54.1

153

Togo

53.0

154

Haiti

51.9

155

Mauritania

51.2

156

Morocco

50.7

157

Yemen

49.0

158

Pakistan

48.7

159

Central
African Republic

48.6

159

Nepal

48.6

161

Côte
d’Ivoire

48.1

162

Bhutan

47.0

163

Mozambique

46.5

164

Ethiopia

41.5

165

Bangladesh

41.1

166

Guinea

41.0

167

Guinea-Bissau

39.6

168

Senegal

39.3

169

Gambia

37.8

170

Afghanistan

36.0

171

Benin

33.6

172

Sierra Leone

29.6

173

Chad

25.5

174

Mali

19.0

175

Niger

14.4

176

Burkina Faso

12.8

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See also

Literacy

International
Literacy Day

Literacy in India

v • d • e

Lists of
countries with rankings

Articles that include one or more maps are shown in
italics.

Geography

Area · Coastline · Highest point · Lowest point · Compactness · Coast/area ratio · Northernmost point · Southernmost point · Continent

Demographics

Population (graphical •
by density) · Population growth rate · Life expectancy · Infant mortality rate · Fertility rate · Birth rate · Death rate · Homicide rate · Human Development Index · Income equality · Literacy rate · HIV/AIDS adult
prevalence rate · Unemployment rate · Employment rate · Population living
in poverty · Immigrant population · Suicide rate · Undernourishment rate

Economy

Current account balance · Foreign
exchange reserves · Imports · Exports (per capita)

GDP

nominal (per capita) · PPP (per capita •
per capita
per hour) · past (nominal •
PPP) · future (nominal •
PPP •
PPP per capita) · growth (real •
per
capita) · sector
composition · demographics
comparison

Debt

external · public

Consumption

electricity · natural gas

Politics
and society

Political rights
and civil liberties · Press
freedom · Privacy · Perception
of corruption · Bribe Payers
Index · Property
Rights · Economic
freedom · Ease of
doing business · Economic
competitiveness · Date
of independence · Legal drinking
age

Military

Military expenditures · Number of
active troops · Possession of
nuclear weapons · UN peacekeepers
currently deployed

Environment

Carbon dioxide emissions (per capita) · GDP per emissions

[edit]
Notes

^
United Nations Development Programme Report 2005, Table
12PDF (1.31 MiB),
(undp.org)

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