Education > Literacy > Adult literacy: Countries Compared

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Adult Adults with at least moderate

Select year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007

• Totals

#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE	GRAPH	HISTORY
=1	EstoniaEstonia	99.8%	2007
=1	CubaCuba	99.8%	2007
=1	LatviaLatvia	99.8%	2006
=4	LithuaniaLithuania	99.7%	2007
=4	SloveniaSlovenia	99.7%	2007
=4	UkraineUkraine	99.7%	2007
=4	BelarusBelarus	99.7%	2007
=8	TajikistanTajikistan	99.6%	2007
=8	KazakhstanKazakhstan	99.6%	2007
=10	TurkmenistanTurkmenistan	99.5%	2007
=10	ArmeniaArmenia	99.5%	2007
=10	RussiaRussia	99.5%	2007
13	AzerbaijanAzerbaijan	99.4%	2007
=14	PolandPoland	99.3%	2007
=14	KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan	99.3%	2007
=16	MoldovaMoldova	99.2%	2007
=16	TongaTonga	99.2%	2007
18	AlbaniaAlbania	99%	2007
=19	ItalyItaly	98.9%	2007
=19	HungaryHungary	98.9%	2007
=21	Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad+	98.7%	2007
=21	SamoaSamoa	98.7%	2007
=21	CroatiaCroatia	98.7%	2007
24	BulgariaBulgaria	98.3%	2007
25	UruguayUruguay	98%	2007
26	CyprusCyprus	97.7%	2007
=27	ArgentinaArgentina	97.6%	2007
=27	RomaniaRomania	97.6%	2007
29	SpainSpain	97.4%	2007
30	MongoliaMongolia	97.3%	2007
31	GreeceGreece	97.1%	2007
=32	MaldivesMaldives	97%	2007
=32	Republic of MacedoniaMacedonia Rep.	97%	2007
34	UzbekistanUzbekistan	96.9%	2000
35	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina	96.7%	2000
36	ChileChile	96.5%	2007
37	Costa RicaCosta Rica	95.9%	2007
=38	PortugalPortugal	94.9%	2007
=38	BruneiBrunei	94.9%	2007
40	SingaporeSingapore	94.4%	2007
41	ThailandThailand	94.1%	2007
42	KuwaitKuwait	93.9%	2007
43	ParaguayParaguay	93.7%	2007
44	ColombiaColombia	93.6%	2007
=45	PanamaPanama	93.4%	2007
=45	PhilippinesPhilippines	93.4%	2007
47	ChinaChina	93.3%	2007
48	JordanJordan	93.1%	2007
49	VenezuelaVenezuela	93%	2001
50	EcuadorEcuador	92.6%	2007
51	MexicoMexico	92.4%	2007
52	MalaysiaMalaysia	91.9%	2007
53	SeychellesSeychelles	91.8%	2002
54	MaltaMalta	91.6%	2007
55	Sri LankaSri Lanka	91.5%	2007
56	IndonesiaIndonesia	91.4%	2007
57	ZimbabweZimbabwe	91.2%	2007
=58	PeruPeru	90.5%	2007
=58	BrazilBrazil	90.5%	2007
=60	SurinameSuriname	90.4%	2007
=60	United Arab EmiratesUAE	90.4%	2007
=62	BoliviaBolivia	90.3%	2007
=62	VietnamVietnam	90.3%	1999
64	QatarQatar	90.2%	2007
65	BurmaBurma	89.9%	2000
66	Dominican RepublicDominican Rep.	89.1%	2007
67	BahrainBahrain	88.8%	2007
68	TurkeyTurkey	88.7%	2007
=69	South AfricaSouth Africa	88%	2007
=69	NamibiaNamibia	88%	2007
71	Sao Tome and PrincipeSoa Tome+	87.9%	2007
72	MauritiusMauritius	87.4%	2007
73	Equatorial GuineaEqu. Guinea	87%	2000
=74	LibyaLibya	86.8%	2007
=74	Democratic Republic of the CongoCongo, DR.	86.8%	2007
76	GabonGabon	86.2%	2007
77	JamaicaJamaica	86%	2007
78	El SalvadorEl Salvador	85.5%	2007
79	Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia	85%	2007
80	IranIran	84.7%	2007
81	OmanOman	84.4%	2007
82	Cape VerdeCape Verde	83.8%	2007
=83	SyriaSyria	83.1%	2007
=83	HondurasHonduras	83.1%	2007
85	BotswanaBotswana	82.9%	2007
86	LesothoLesotho	82.2%	2001
87	NicaraguaNicaragua	80.5%	2007
88	SwazilandSwaziland	79.6%	2000
89	VanuatuVanuatu	78.1%	2007
90	TunisiaTunisia	77.7%	2007
91	CambodiaCambodia	76.3%	2007
92	AlgeriaAlgeria	75.4%	2007
93	ComorosComoros	75.1%	2007
94	IraqIraq	74.1%	2000
=95	UgandaUganda	73.6%	2007
=95	KenyaKenya	73.6%	2000
=97	GuatemalaGuatemala	73.2%	2007
=97	LaosLaos	73.2%	2007
99	TanzaniaTanzania	72.3%	2007
=100	NigeriaNigeria	72%	2007
=100	EgyptEgypt	72%	2007
102	MalawiMalawi	71.8%	2007
103	MadagascarMadagascar	70.7%	2000
104	BelizeBelize	70.3%	1991
105	ZambiaZambia	68%	1999
106	CameroonCameroon	67.9%	2001
107	AngolaAngola	67.4%	2001
108	IndiaIndia	66%	2007
109	GhanaGhana	65%	2007
110	RwandaRwanda	64.9%	2000
111	Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau	64.6%	2007
112	HaitiHaiti	62.1%	2007
113	SudanSudan	60.9%	2000
114	BurundiBurundi	59.3%	2000
115	YemenYemen	58.9%	2007
116	Papua New GuineaPapua NG	57.8%	2007
117	NepalNepal	56.5%	2007
118	MauritaniaMauritania	55.8%	2007
=119	MoroccoMorocco	55.6%	2007
=119	BhutanBhutan	55.6%	2007
121	LiberiaLiberia	55.5%	2007
122	PakistanPakistan	54.9%	2007
123	BangladeshBangladesh	53.5%	2007
124	TogoTogo	53.2%	2000
125	Central African RepublicCentral Africa	48.6%	2000
126	MozambiqueMozambique	44.4%	2007
127	SenegalSenegal	42.6%	2007
128	BeninBenin	40.5%	2007
129	Sierra LeoneSierra Leone	38.1%	2007
130	EthiopiaEthiopia	35.9%	2004
131	NigerNiger	30.4%	2007
132	GuineaGuinea	29.5%	2003
133	Burkina FasoBurkina Faso	28.7%	2007
134	AfghanistanAfghanistan	28%	2000
135	ChadChad	25.7%	2000
136	MaliMali	23.3%	2007

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