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Adult Literacy by Country

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This map shows adult literacy by country.

Adult (15+) literacy rate (%). Total is the percentage of the population age 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life. Generally, ‘literacy’ also encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of literates aged 15 years and over by the corresponding age group population and multiplying the result by 100.

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Country	Total	Male	Female
Afghanistan	28.1	43.1	12.6
Albania	96.8	98	95.7
Algeria	91.8	91.8	91.8
American Samoa	97	98	97
Andorra	100	100	100
Angola	70.4	82.6	58.6
Antigua and Barbuda	99	98.4	99.4
Argentina	97.9	97.8	97.9
Armenia	99.6	99.7	99.5
Aruba	96.8	96.9	96.7
Australia	96	96	96
Austria	98
Azerbaijan	99.8	99.9	99.7
Bahamas, The	95.6	94.7	96.5
Bahrain	94.6	96.1	91.6
Bangladesh	57.7	62	53.4
Barbados	99.7	99.7	99.7
Belarus	99.6	99.8	99.5
Belgium	99	99	99
Belize	76.9	76.7	77.1
Benin	42.4	55.2	30.3
Bermuda	98	98	99
Bhutan	52.8	65	38.7
Bolivia	91.2	95.8	86.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina	99.4	99.8	98.9
Botswana	85.1	84.6	85.6
Brazil	95.8
British Virgin Islands	97.8
Brunei	95.4	97	93.9
Bulgaria	98.4	98.7	98
Burkina Faso	28.7	36.7	21.6
Burma	92.7	95.1	90.4
Burundi	67.2	72.9	61.8
Cambodia	73.9	82.8	65.9
Cameroon	71.3	78.3	64.8
Canada	99	99	99
Cape Verde	84.9	89.7	80.3
Cayman Islands	98.9	98.7	99
Central African Republic	56.6	69.6	44.2
Chad	35.4	45.6	25.4
Chile	98.6	98.6	98.5
China	95.1	97.5	92.7
Colombia	93.6	93.5	93.7
Comoros	75.5	80.5	70.6
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	66.8	76.9	57
Congo, Republic of the	83.8	89.6	78.4
Costa Rica	96.3	96	96.5
Croatia	99.2	99.4	98.7
Cuba	99.8	99.8	99.8
Cyprus	98.7	99.3	98.1
Czech Republic	99	99	99
Denmark	99	99	99
Djibouti	70
Dominica	94	94	94
Dominican Republic	90.1	90	90.2
Ecuador	91.6	93.1	90.2
Egypt	73.9	81.7	65.8
El Salvador	84.5	87.1	82.3
Equatorial Guinea	94.2	97.1	91.1
Eritrea	80
Estonia	99.8	99.8	99.8
Ethiopia	39	49.1	28.9
Fiji	93.7	95.5	91.9
Finland	100	100	100
France	99	99	99
French Polynesia	98	98	98
Gabon	88.4	91.9	84.9
Gambia, The	50	60	40.4
Gaza Strip	96.4	98.3	94.3
Georgia	99.7	99.8	99.7
Germany	99	99	99
Ghana	71.5	78.3	65.3
Gibraltar	80
Greece	98.9	98.8	99
Greenland	100	100	100
Grenada	96
Guam	99	99	99
Guatemala	83.4
Guernsey
Guinea	41	52	30
Guinea-Bissau	55.3	68.9	42.1
Guyana	91.8	92	91.6
Haiti	52.9	54.8	51.2
Honduras	83.4	79.8	80.2
Hong Kong	93.5	96.9	89.6
Hungary	99	99.2	98.9
Iceland	99	99	99
India	74.4	82.1	65.5
Indonesia	92.8	97	89.6
Iran	85	89.3	80.7
Iraq	80.2	89	73.6
Ireland	99	99	99
Isle of Man
Israel	97.1	98.5	95.9
Italy	99	99.2	98.7
Ivory Coast	56.2	65.2	46.6
Jamaica	87.9	84.1	91.6
Japan	99	99	99
Jersey
Jordan	93.4	96.6	90.2
Kazakhstan	99.5	99.8	99.3
Kenya	87.4	90.6	84.2
Kiribati
Korea, North	100	100	100
Korea, South	97.9	99.2	96.6
Kosovo, Republic of	91.9	96.6	87.5
Kuwait	94	94.4	97
Kyrgyzstan	98.7	99.3	98.1
Laos	73	83	63
Latvia	99.8	99.8	99.8
Lebanon	89.6	93.4	86
Lesotho	89.6	83.3	95.6
Liberia	60.8	64.8	56.8
Libya	94.2	98.6	90.7
Liechtenstein	100	100	100
Lithuania	99.7	99.7	99.7
Luxembourg	100	100	100
Macau	91.3	95.3	87.8
Macedonia, Republic of	97.3	98.7	95.9
Madagascar	64.5	67.4	61.6
Malawi	74.8	81.1	68.5
Malaysia	93.1	95.4	90.7
Maldives	99	99	99
Mali	27.7	36.1	19.8
Malta	92.8	91.7	93.9
Marshall Islands	93.7	93.6	93.7
Mauritania	58	64.9	51.2
Mauritius	89.8	92.3	87.3
Mexico	93.4	93.7	93.1
Micronesia, Federated States of	89	91	88
Moldova	98.5	99.1	98.1
Monaco	99	99	99
Mongolia	97.4	96.9	97.9
Montenegro	98.4	99.4	97.4
Montserrat	97	97	97
Morocco	67.1	76.1	57.6
Mozambique	56.1	70.8	42.8
Namibia	88.8	89	88.5
Nauru
Nepal	66	75.1	57.4
Netherlands	99	99	99
New Caledonia	96.2	96.8	95.5
New Zealand	99	99	99
Nicaragua	67.5	67.2	67.8
Niger	28.7	42.9	15.1
Nigeria	61.3	72.1	50.4
Niue	95
Norfolk Island	100	100	100
Northern Mariana Islands	97	97	96
Norway	100	100	100
Oman	81.4	86.8	73.5
Pakistan	55	67	42
Palau	92	93	90
Palestine	95.6	98.1	93.1
Panama	91.9	92.5	91.2
Papua New Guinea	57.3	63.4	50.9
Paraguay	94	94.9	93
Peru	92.9	96.4	89.4
Philippines	95.4	95	95.8
Pitcairn Islands
Poland	99.7	99.9	99.6
Portugal	95.4	97	94
Puerto Rico	94.1	93.9	94.4
Qatar	96.3	96.5	95.4
Romania	97.7	98.3	97.1
Russia	99.7	99.7	99.6
Rwanda	71.1	74.8	67.5
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	97	97	98
Saint Kitts and Nevis	97.8
Saint Lucia	90.1	89.5	90.6
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	99	99	99
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	96	96	96
Samoa	99.7	99.6	99.7
San Marino	96	97	95
Sao Tome and Principe	84.9	92.2	77.9
Saudi Arabia	86.6	90.4	81.3
Senegal	39.3	51.1	29.2
Serbia	98	99.2	96.9
Seychelles	91.8	91.4	92.3
Sierra Leone	35.1	46.9	24.4
Singapore	95.9	98	93.8
Slovakia	99.6	99.7	99.6
Slovenia	99.7	99.7	99.7
Solomon Islands	84.1	88.9	79.2
Somalia
South Africa	93.1	93.9	92.2
South Sudan	27	40	16
Spain	97.7	98.5	97
Sri Lanka	98.1	97.7	98.6
Sudan	71.9	80.7	63.2
Suriname	92.6	95	90.2
Svalbard
Swaziland	81.6	82.6	80.8
Sweden	99	99	99
Switzerland	99	99	99
Syria	79.6	86	73.6
Taiwan	98.29	99.62	96.97
Tajikistan	99.7	99.8	99.6
Tanzania	69.4	77.5	62.2
Thailand	93.5	95.6	91.5
Timor-Leste	58.6
Togo	60.9	75.4	46.9
Tokelau
Tonga	98.9	98.8	99
Trinidad and Tobago	98.6	99.1	98
Tunisia	88.3	95.1	80.3
Turkey	98.78	99.3	98.2
Turkmenistan	98.8	99.3	98.3
Turks and Caicos Islands	98	99	98
Tuvalu
Uganda	66.8	76.8	57.7
Ukraine	99.7	99.8	99.6
United Arab Emirates	77.9	76.1	81.7
United Kingdom	99	99	99
United States	99	99	99
United States Virgin Islands	90
Uruguay	98	97.6	98.4
Uzbekistan	99.3	99.6	99
Vanuatu	74
Vatican City	99	99	99
Venezuela	95.5	95.7	95.4
Vietnam	94	96.1	92
Wallis and Futuna	50	50	50
Western Sahara
Yemen	63.9	81.2	46.8
Zambia	80.6	86.8	74.8
Zimbabwe	90.7	94.2	87.2

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