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World literacy rates by country, based on The World Factbook.

List of countries by literacy rate, as included in the United Nations Development Programme Report 2005.[1]

Rank Country Literacy rate
1 Finland 100.0[1]
1 Georgia 100.0[2]
1 Luxembourg 100.0[3]
1 Norway 100.0[4]
5 Cuba 99.8 [2]
5 Estonia 99.8
7 Barbados 99.7
7 Latvia 99.7
7 Poland 99.7
7 Slovenia 99.7
11 Belarus 99.6
11 Lithuania 99.6
11 Slovakia 99.6
14 Kazakhstan 99.5
14 Tajikistan 99.5
16 Armenia 99.4
16 Russian Federation 99.4
16 Ukraine 99.4
19 Hungary 99.3
20 Uzbekistan 99.3
21 Switzerland 99.0
21 Sweden 99.0
21 New Zealand 99.0
21 Netherlands 99.0
21 Japan 99.0
21 Ireland (Republic of) 99.0
21 Iceland 99.0
21 United States 99.0 [5]
21 United Kingdom 99.0 [6]
21 Denmark 99.0
21 Germany 99.0
21 France 99.0
21 Czech Republic 99.0
21 Belgium 99.0
21 Canada 99.0
21 Australia 99.0[7]
35 Tonga 98.9
36 Azerbaijan 98.8
36 Turkmenistan 98.8
38 Albania 98.7
38 Kyrgyzstan 98.7
38 Samoa 98.7
41 Trinidad and Tobago 98.6
42 Italy 98.5
43 Romania 98.4 [3]
44 Bulgaria 98.2
45 Croatia 98.1
46 Austria 98.0
47 South Korea 97.9
48 Mongolia 97.8
48 Greece 97.8
50 Spain 97.7
50 Uruguay 97.7
52 Argentina 97.5
53 Maldives 97.2
54 Israel 96.9
55 Cyprus 96.8
56 Guyana 96.5
57 Montenegro 96.4[8]
58 Moldova 96.2
59 Republic of Macedonia 96.1
59 Taiwan 96.1
61 Grenada 96.0
61 Vietnam 96.0
63 Costa Rica 95.8
64 Chile 95.7
65 Bahamas 95.5
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 94.6
67 Philippines 93.9
68 Hong Kong S.A.R. of the People's Republic of China 93.5
69 Venezuela 93.0
70 Fiji 92.9
71 Brunei 92.7
72 Colombia 92.6
72 Thailand 92.6
74 Malta 92.5
73 Portugal 92.5
73 Singapore 92.5
76 Palestinian territories 91.9
76 Panama 91.9
76 Seychelles 91.9
77 Jordan 91.7
79 Paraguay 91.6
80 Ecuador 91.0
81 People's Republic of China (mainland only) 90.9
82 Sri Lanka 90.4
83 Mexico 90.3
85 Saint Lucia 90.1
86 Zimbabwe 90.0
88 Myanmar 89.7
89 Qatar 89.2
90 Malaysia 88.7
91 Brazil 88.4
92 Turkey 88.3
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 88.1
94 Dominica 88.0
94 Suriname 88.0
96 Indonesia 87.9
97 Bahrain 87.7
97 Dominican Republic 87.7
97 Peru 87.7
100 Jamaica 87.6
93 Bolivia 86.5
93 Lebanon 86.5
94 Antigua and Barbuda 85.8
95 Namibia 85.0
96 Mauritius 84.3
97 Equatorial Guinea 84.2
98 São Tomé and Principe 83.1
99 Kuwait 82.9
99 Syria 82.9
100 Congo 82.8
110 South Africa 82.4
111 Libya 81.7
112 Lesotho 81.4
113 Iran 80.0
113 Honduras 80.0
115 El Salvador 79.7
116 Saudi Arabia 79.4
117 Swaziland 79.2
118 Botswana 78.9
118 Tanzania 78.2
119 United Arab Emirates 77.3
120 Belize 76.9
121 Nicaragua 76.7
122 Solomon Islands 76.6
123 Cape Verde 75.7
124 Oman 74.4
125 Tunisia 74.3
126 Vanuatu 74.0
127 Cambodia 73.6
127 Kenya 73.6
129 Gabon 71.0
130 Madagascar 70.6
131 Algeria 69.8
133 Guatemala 69.1
134 Uganda 68.9
135 Laos 68.7
136 Cameroon 67.9
136 Zambia 67.9
138 Angola 66.8
138 Nigeria 66.8
140 Djibouti 65.5
141 Democratic Republic of Congo 65.3
142 Malawi 64.1
143 Rwanda 64.0
144 Morocco 61.6 [4]
145 India 61.0
146 Sudan 59.0
147 Burundi 58.9
148 Timor-Leste 58.6
149 Papua New Guinea 57.3
150 Eritrea 56.7
151 Comoros 56.2
152 Egypt 55.6
153 Pakistan 54.2
154 Ghana 54.1
155 Togo 53.0
156 Haiti 51.9
157 Mauritania 51.2
158 Yemen 49.0
159 Central African Republic 48.6
160 Nepal 48.6
161 Côte d’Ivoire 48.1
162 Bhutan 47.0
163 Mozambique 46.5
164 Ethiopia 41.5
165 Bangladesh 41.1
166 Guinea 41.0
167 Guinea-Bissau 39.6
168 Senegal 39.3
169 Gambia 37.8
170 Afghanistan 36.0
171 Benin 33.6
172 Sierra Leone 29.6
173 Chad 25.5
174 Mali 19.0
175 Niger 14.4
176 Burkina Faso 12.8

[edit] Notes

  1. ^  United Nations Development Programme Report 2005, Table 12PDF (6.16 MiB), (undp.org)
  2. ^  Romania illiteracy rate (2003)
  3. ^  Leconomiste.com
  4. ^  United Nations Development Programme Report 2006, Table 12 PDF (7.88 MiB), (undp.org)

[edit] References

  1. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fi.html
  2. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gg.html
  3. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/lu.html
  4. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/no.html
  5. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
  6. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uk.html
  7. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
  8. ^ http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/HDR_2006_Tables.pdf

[edit] See also

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Human Development Index List of countries by Human Development Index
Human Poverty Index List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty
Literacy rate List of countries by literacy rate
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