Education > Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Women: Countries Compared
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | India | 179.8 million | 2003 | ||
2 | China | 96.41 million | 2003 | ||
3 | Pakistan | 30.4 million | 2003 | ||
4 | Bangladesh | 30.15 million | 2003 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 13.83 million | 2003 | |||
5 | Nigeria | 13.31 million | 2003 | ||
6 | Egypt | 12.57 million | 2003 | ||
7 | Indonesia | 12.44 million | 2003 | ||
8 | Ethiopia | 12.15 million | 2003 | ||
9 | Brazil | 7.81 million | 2003 | ||
10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.55 million | 2003 | ||
11 | Iran | 6.51 million | 2003 | ||
12 | Morocco | 6.41 million | 2003 | ||
13 | Iraq | 5.53 million | 2003 | ||
14 | Nepal | 5.22 million | 2003 | ||
15 | Turkey | 5.2 million | 2003 | ||
16 | Sudan | 5 million | 2003 | ||
17 | Algeria | 4.16 million | 2003 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 4 million | 2003 | |||
18 | Mozambique | 3.7 million | 2003 | ||
19 | Yemen | 3.64 million | 2003 | ||
20 | Mexico | 3.55 million | 2003 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 3.26 million | 2003 | |||
21 | Tanzania | 3.14 million | 2003 | ||
22 | Burma | 3.1 million | 2003 | ||
23 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.88 million | 2003 | ||
24 | Burkina Faso | 2.88 million | 2003 | ||
25 | Mali | 2.78 million | 2003 | ||
26 | Niger | 2.71 million | 2003 | ||
27 | Uganda | 2.57 million | 2003 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 2.52 million | 2003 | |||
28 | Vietnam | 2.42 million | 2003 | ||
29 | South Africa | 2.17 million | 2003 | ||
30 | Ghana | 2.06 million | 2003 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 2.03 million | 2003 | |||
31 | Senegal | 2.01 million | 2003 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 1.97 million | 2003 | |||
32 | Kenya | 1.94 million | 2003 | ||
33 | Syria | 1.93 million | 2003 | ||
34 | Madagascar | 1.83 million | 2003 | ||
35 | Saudi Arabia | 1.73 million | 2003 | ||
36 | Cambodia | 1.7 million | 2003 | ||
37 | Malawi | 1.66 million | 2003 | ||
38 | Cameroon | 1.49 million | 2003 | ||
39 | Chad | 1.43 million | 2003 | ||
40 | Benin | 1.41 million | 2003 | ||
41 | Thailand | 1.33 million | 2003 | ||
42 | Haiti | 1.33 million | 2003 | ||
43 | Guatemala | 1.3 million | 2003 | ||
44 | Tunisia | 1.26 million | 2003 | ||
45 | Peru | 1.25 million | 2003 | ||
46 | Colombia | 1.16 million | 2003 | ||
47 | Philippines | 1.15 million | 2003 | ||
48 | Malaysia | 1.14 million | 2003 | ||
49 | Burundi | 1.07 million | 2003 | ||
50 | Rwanda | 828,700 | 2003 | ||
51 | Zambia | 742,800 | 2003 | ||
52 | Togo | 741,300 | 2003 | ||
53 | Laos | 726,000 | 2003 | ||
54 | Sri Lanka | 714,900 | 2003 | ||
55 | Central African Republic | 696,800 | 2003 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 649,935 | 2003 | |||
56 | Eritrea | 628,200 | 2003 | ||
57 | Papua New Guinea | 601,300 | 2003 | ||
58 | Venezuela | 598,600 | 2003 | ||
59 | South Korea | 583,400 | 2003 | ||
60 | Liberia | 582,500 | 2003 | ||
61 | Mauritania | 562,900 | 2003 | ||
62 | Nicaragua | 526,900 | 2003 | ||
63 | Libya | 515,200 | 2003 | ||
64 | Bolivia | 513,200 | 2003 | ||
65 | Spain | 503,500 | 2003 | ||
66 | El Salvador | 502,000 | 2003 | ||
67 | Zimbabwe | 474,700 | 2003 | ||
68 | Honduras | 473,000 | 2003 | ||
69 | Italy | 447,300 | 2003 | ||
70 | Dominican Republic | 446,300 | 2003 | ||
71 | Argentina | 420,500 | 2003 | ||
72 | Ecuador | 409,200 | 2003 | ||
73 | Portugal | 385,800 | 2003 | ||
74 | Russia | 325,100 | 2003 | ||
75 | The Gambia | 287,600 | 2003 | ||
76 | Hong Kong | 282,600 | 2003 | ||
77 | Guinea-Bissau | 268,200 | 2003 | ||
78 | Oman | 239,800 | 2003 | ||
79 | Lebanon | 239,600 | 2003 | ||
80 | Chile | 230,200 | 2003 | ||
81 | Albania | 229,300 | 2003 | ||
82 | Romania | 221,400 | 2003 | ||
83 | Jordan | 206,200 | 2003 | ||
84 | Congo, Republic of the | 196,700 | 2003 | ||
85 | Singapore | 175,000 | 2003 | ||
86 | Greece | 167,600 | 2003 | ||
87 | Israel | 147,800 | 2003 | ||
88 | Cuba | 140,700 | 2003 | ||
89 | Paraguay | 127,100 | 2003 | ||
90 | United Arab Emirates | 116,400 | 2003 | ||
91 | Comoros | 113,300 | 2003 | ||
92 | Kuwait | 110,900 | 2003 | ||
93 | Ukraine | 96,800 | 2003 | ||
94 | Puerto Rico | 89,200 | 2003 | ||
95 | Uzbekistan | 88,100 | 2003 | ||
96 | Namibia | 87,400 | 2003 | ||
97 | Djibouti | 85,700 | 2003 | ||
98 | Panama | 84,600 | 2003 | ||
99 | Botswana | 83,600 | 2003 | ||
100 | Jamaica | 79,100 | 2003 | ||
101 | Mauritius | 78,500 | 2003 | ||
102 | Bulgaria | 61,500 | 2003 | ||
103 | Costa Rica | 58,000 | 2003 | ||
104 | Swaziland | 55,200 | 2003 | ||
105 | Cape Verde | 48,200 | 2003 | ||
106 | Kazakhstan | 45,400 | 2003 | ||
107 | Croatia | 45,100 | 2003 | ||
108 | Poland | 42,400 | 2003 | ||
109 | Lesotho | 35,500 | 2003 | ||
110 | Hungary | 32,700 | 2003 | ||
111 | Armenia | 31,800 | 2003 | ||
112 | Equatorial Guinea | 30,800 | 2003 | ||
113 | Bahrain | 30,000 | 2003 | ||
114 | Reunion | 26,500 | 2003 | ||
115 | Uruguay | 24,000 | 2003 | ||
116 | Moldova | 23,100 | 2003 | ||
117 | Fiji | 22,600 | 2003 | ||
118 | Qatar | 20,600 | 2003 | ||
119 | Tajikistan | 18,400 | 2003 | ||
120 | Belarus | 17,100 | 2003 | ||
121 | Macau | 15,300 | 2003 | ||
122 | Mongolia | 13,300 | 2003 | ||
123 | Brunei | 13,100 | 2003 | ||
124 | Cyprus | 11,900 | 2003 | ||
125 | Malta | 10,400 | 2003 | ||
126 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10,200 | 2003 | ||
127 | Lithuania | 7,300 | 2003 | ||
128 | Belize | 4,500 | 2003 | ||
129 | Guyana | 4,300 | 2003 | ||
130 | The Bahamas | 4,100 | 2003 | ||
131 | Slovenia | 3,300 | 2003 | ||
132 | Martinique | 3,100 | 2003 | ||
133 | Netherlands Antilles | 2,800 | 2003 | ||
134 | Maldives | 2,400 | 2003 | ||
135 | Latvia | 2,300 | 2003 | ||
136 | Estonia | 1,300 | 2003 | ||
137 | Samoa | 700 | 2003 | ||
138 | Barbados | 300 | 2003 |