Education > Adult literacy rate > Female: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
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.".
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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=1 | Estonia | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
=1 | Cuba | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
=1 | Latvia | 99.8 | 2008 | ||
=4 | Georgia | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
=4 | Lithuania | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
=4 | Slovenia | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
=4 | Belarus | 99.7 | 2008 | ||
8 | Ukraine | 99.6 | 2008 | ||
=9 | Tajikistan | 99.5 | 2008 | ||
=9 | Kazakhstan | 99.5 | 2008 | ||
11 | Antigua and Barbuda | 99.42 | 2008 | ||
=12 | Armenia | 99.4 | 2008 | ||
=12 | Russia | 99.4 | 2008 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 99.37 | 2008 | |||
=14 | Turkmenistan | 99.3 | 2008 | ||
=14 | Poland | 99.3 | 2008 | ||
16 | Azerbaijan | 99.22 | 2007 | ||
17 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.1 | 2008 | ||
18 | Tonga | 99.08 | 2006 | ||
19 | Cayman Islands | 99.02 | 2007 | ||
=20 | Uzbekistan | 98.9 | 2008 | ||
=20 | Hungary | 98.9 | 2008 | ||
=22 | Albania | 98.7 | 2008 | ||
=22 | Chile | 98.7 | 2008 | ||
=24 | Italy | 98.5 | 2008 | ||
=24 | Samoa | 98.5 | 2008 | ||
26 | Uruguay | 98.46 | 2008 | ||
27 | Maldives | 98.43 | 2006 | ||
28 | Trinidad and Tobago | 98.2 | 2008 | ||
=29 | Aruba | 98 | 2008 | ||
=29 | Croatia | 98 | 2008 | ||
31 | Bulgaria | 97.9 | 2008 | ||
=32 | Moldova | 97.8 | 2008 | ||
=32 | Mongolia | 97.8 | 2008 | ||
34 | Argentina | 97.7 | 2008 | ||
35 | Romania | 96.9 | 2008 | ||
36 | Spain | 96.89 | 2008 | ||
37 | Cyprus | 96.7 | 2008 | ||
38 | Guam | 96.46 | 1980 | ||
39 | Netherlands Antilles | 96.3 | 2008 | ||
40 | Costa Rica | 96.2 | 2008 | ||
=41 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 95.9 | 2008 | ||
=41 | Greece | 95.9 | 2008 | ||
43 | New Caledonia | 95.8 | 2008 | ||
44 | Lesotho | 95.1 | 2008 | ||
45 | Venezuela | 94.93 | 2007 | ||
46 | Philippines | 93.9 | 2008 | ||
47 | Malta | 93.5 | 2005 | ||
48 | Paraguay | 93.45 | 2007 | ||
49 | Colombia | 93.44 | 2008 | ||
50 | Brunei | 93.3 | 2008 | ||
51 | Kuwait | 93.12 | 2007 | ||
52 | Portugal | 92.9 | 2008 | ||
53 | Panama | 92.8 | 2008 | ||
54 | Seychelles | 92.26 | 2008 | ||
55 | Singapore | 91.6 | 2008 | ||
56 | Thailand | 91.53 | 2005 | ||
57 | United Arab Emirates | 91.47 | 2005 | ||
58 | Mexico | 91.45 | 2008 | ||
59 | Jamaica | 90.8 | 2008 | ||
=60 | China | 90.5 | 2008 | ||
=60 | Palau | 90.5 | 1980 | ||
62 | Qatar | 90.44 | 2007 | ||
63 | Puerto Rico | 90.4 | 2008 | ||
64 | Brazil | 90.23 | 2007 | ||
65 | Vietnam | 90.2 | 2008 | ||
66 | Malaysia | 89.8 | 2008 | ||
67 | Bahrain | 89.4 | 2008 | ||
68 | Burma | 89.2 | 2008 | ||
69 | Equatorial Guinea | 89.1 | 2008 | ||
70 | Sri Lanka | 89.07 | 2008 | ||
71 | Jordan | 88.9 | 2007 | ||
72 | Zimbabwe | 88.8 | 2008 | ||
73 | Indonesia | 88.79 | 2006 | ||
74 | Israel | 88.67 | 1983 | ||
75 | Suriname | 88.4 | 2008 | ||
76 | Dominican Republic | 88.28 | 2007 | ||
77 | South Africa | 88.1 | 2008 | ||
78 | Namibia | 87.7 | 2008 | ||
79 | Bolivia | 85.99 | 2007 | ||
80 | Lebanon | 85.97 | 2007 | ||
81 | Swaziland | 85.6 | 2008 | ||
82 | Mauritius | 84.8 | 2008 | ||
83 | Peru | 84.65 | 2007 | ||
84 | Botswana | 83.5 | 2008 | ||
85 | Honduras | 83.45 | 2007 | ||
86 | Sao Tome and Principe | 83.3 | 2008 | ||
87 | Gabon | 83.2 | 2008 | ||
88 | Kenya | 82.8 | 2008 | ||
89 | Ecuador | 81.68 | 2007 | ||
90 | El Salvador | 81.36 | 2008 | ||
91 | Libya | 81.3 | 2008 | ||
92 | Turkey | 81.26 | 2007 | ||
93 | Oman | 80.9 | 2008 | ||
94 | Saudi Arabia | 80.2 | 2008 | ||
95 | Vanuatu | 79.5 | 2008 | ||
96 | Cape Verde | 79.3 | 2008 | ||
97 | Nicaragua | 77.92 | 2005 | ||
98 | Syria | 77.2 | 2008 | ||
99 | Cambodia | 70.86 | 2008 | ||
100 | Belize | 70.33 | 1991 | ||
101 | Tunisia | 69.6 | 2008 | ||
102 | Iraq | 69.2 | 2008 | ||
103 | Solomon Islands | 69 | 1999 | ||
104 | Guatemala | 68.7 | 2008 | ||
=105 | Cameroon | 67.8 | 2008 | ||
=105 | Comoros | 67.8 | 2008 | ||
107 | Uganda | 66.8 | 2008 | ||
108 | Tanzania | 66.3 | 2008 | ||
109 | Rwanda | 66.1 | 2008 | ||
110 | Malawi | 65.8 | 2008 | ||
111 | Madagascar | 65.26 | 2008 | ||
112 | Algeria | 63.92 | 2006 | ||
113 | Laos | 63.23 | 2005 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 61.62 | 2008 | |||
114 | Zambia | 61 | 2008 | ||
115 | Burundi | 59.9 | 2008 | ||
116 | Sudan | 59.6 | 2008 | ||
117 | Ghana | 59.3 | 2008 | ||
118 | Angola | 57 | 2008 | ||
119 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 56.1 | 2008 | ||
120 | Papua New Guinea | 55.6 | 2008 | ||
121 | Eritrea | 54.5 | 2008 | ||
122 | Togo | 53.7 | 2008 | ||
123 | Liberia | 53 | 2008 | ||
124 | India | 50.82 | 2006 | ||
125 | Bangladesh | 49.8 | 2008 | ||
126 | Mauritania | 49.5 | 2008 | ||
127 | Nigeria | 48.8 | 2008 | ||
128 | Nepal | 45.4 | 2008 | ||
129 | Cote d'Ivoire | 44.3 | 2008 | ||
130 | Morocco | 44.1 | 2008 | ||
131 | Central African Republic | 41.1 | 2008 | ||
132 | Mozambique | 40.1 | 2008 | ||
133 | Pakistan | 39.97 | 2008 | ||
134 | Bhutan | 38.68 | 2005 | ||
135 | Guinea-Bissau | 36.5 | 2008 | ||
136 | The Gambia | 34.3 | 2008 | ||
137 | Senegal | 32.99 | 2006 | ||
138 | Haiti | 32.52 | 1982 | ||
139 | Sierra Leone | 28.9 | 2008 | ||
140 | Benin | 28.1 | 2008 | ||
141 | Guinea | 26.4 | 2008 | ||
142 | Ethiopia | 22.8 | 2008 | ||
143 | Chad | 21.9 | 2008 | ||
144 | Burkina Faso | 21.58 | 2007 | ||
145 | Mali | 18.19 | 2006 | ||
146 | Niger | 15.08 | 2005 |