Education > Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Women > Per capita: Countries Compared
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Burkina Faso | 231.55 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
2 | Iraq | 224.21 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
3 | Bangladesh | 220.73 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
4 | Mali | 218.1 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
5 | Morocco | 217.2 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
6 | Niger | 207.63 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
7 | Pakistan | 204.83 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
8 | Nepal | 200.25 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
9 | The Gambia | 200.04 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
10 | Comoros | 196.82 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
11 | Mauritania | 194.58 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
12 | Mozambique | 194.43 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
13 | Yemen | 184.72 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
14 | Senegal | 180.78 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
15 | Liberia | 180.76 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
16 | Guinea-Bissau | 179.54 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
17 | Benin | 177.59 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
18 | Ethiopia | 177.11 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
19 | Central African Republic | 177 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
20 | Egypt | 176.4 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
21 | India | 168.92 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
22 | Cote d'Ivoire | 163.4 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
23 | Haiti | 160.86 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
24 | Chad | 156.23 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
25 | Eritrea | 154.98 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
26 | Burundi | 152.5 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 149.13 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
27 | Sudan | 143.37 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
28 | Malawi | 134.82 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
29 | Laos | 132.31 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
30 | Algeria | 130.47 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
31 | Tunisia | 128.12 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
32 | Togo | 127.03 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 126.22 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
33 | Cambodia | 125.3 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
34 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 120.78 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 114.08 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
35 | Djibouti | 112.05 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
36 | Guatemala | 108.41 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
37 | Syria | 106.33 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
38 | Papua New Guinea | 106.32 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
39 | Madagascar | 103.69 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
40 | Nicaragua | 103.39 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 99.99 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
41 | Cape Verde | 99.65 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
42 | Nigeria | 98.82 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
43 | Iran | 98.05 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
44 | Ghana | 96.88 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
45 | Uganda | 95.62 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
46 | Oman | 95.51 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
47 | Rwanda | 94.62 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
48 | Cameroon | 94.31 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
49 | Libya | 91.53 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
50 | Tanzania | 85.91 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 84.8 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
51 | Saudi Arabia | 78.39 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
52 | El Salvador | 75.56 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
53 | China | 74.83 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
54 | Albania | 74.12 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
55 | Turkey | 73.54 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
56 | Honduras | 68.62 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
57 | Zambia | 65.79 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
58 | Mauritius | 64.2 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
59 | Equatorial Guinea | 64.01 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
60 | Burma | 62.72 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
61 | Lebanon | 61.16 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
62 | Kenya | 59.12 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
63 | Bolivia | 58.09 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
64 | Indonesia | 57.95 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
65 | Congo, Republic of the | 52.19 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
66 | Swaziland | 49.93 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
67 | Dominican Republic | 48.62 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
68 | South Africa | 47.33 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
69 | Botswana | 47.19 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
70 | Malaysia | 46.69 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
71 | Kuwait | 46.28 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
72 | Peru | 45.86 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
73 | Namibia | 44.01 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
74 | Brazil | 43.07 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
75 | Bahrain | 42.5 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
76 | Singapore | 41.81 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
77 | Hong Kong | 41.54 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 40.63 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
78 | Jordan | 39.93 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 37.59 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
79 | Sri Lanka | 37.13 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
80 | Portugal | 36.95 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
81 | Zimbabwe | 36.9 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
82 | Brunei | 36.64 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
83 | Mexico | 35.13 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
84 | Reunion | 35.09 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
85 | Macau | 33.68 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
86 | Ecuador | 31.84 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
87 | Jamaica | 30.07 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
88 | Vietnam | 29.95 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
89 | United Arab Emirates | 28.8 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
90 | Qatar | 28.09 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
91 | Panama | 27.12 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
92 | Fiji | 27.11 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
93 | Colombia | 26.67 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
94 | Malta | 26.09 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
95 | Venezuela | 23.32 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
96 | Puerto Rico | 23 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
97 | Paraguay | 22.39 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
98 | Israel | 22.09 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
99 | Thailand | 21.12 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
100 | Lesotho | 19.72 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
101 | Cyprus | 16.46 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
102 | Belize | 16.44 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
103 | Netherlands Antilles | 15.66 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
104 | Greece | 15.2 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
105 | Chile | 14.43 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
106 | Philippines | 14.39 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
107 | Costa Rica | 13.89 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
108 | The Bahamas | 13.04 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
109 | Cuba | 12.54 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
110 | South Korea | 12.19 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
111 | Spain | 11.99 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
112 | Argentina | 11.06 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
113 | Armenia | 10.47 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
114 | Romania | 10.18 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
115 | Croatia | 10.15 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
116 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.86 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
117 | Bulgaria | 7.86 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
118 | Italy | 7.76 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
119 | Maldives | 7.66 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
120 | Martinique | 7.28 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
121 | Uruguay | 7.26 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
122 | Moldova | 5.81 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
123 | Guyana | 5.74 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
124 | Mongolia | 5.36 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
125 | Samoa | 3.84 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
126 | Uzbekistan | 3.45 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
127 | Hungary | 3.23 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
128 | Kazakhstan | 3.04 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
129 | Tajikistan | 2.88 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
130 | Russia | 2.25 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
131 | Lithuania | 2.11 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
132 | Ukraine | 2.02 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
133 | Belarus | 1.73 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
134 | Slovenia | 1.65 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
135 | Barbados | 1.12 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
136 | Poland | 1.11 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
137 | Latvia | 0.989 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
138 | Estonia | 0.96 per 1,000 people | 2003 |