FIELD LISTING :: LITERACY
| Country | LITERACY(%) |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 38.2% male: 52% female: 24.2% (2015 est.) |
| Albania | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.6% male: 98.4% female: 96.9% (2015 est.) |
| Algeria | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 80.2% male: 87.2% female: 73.1% (2015 est.) |
| Angola | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 71.1% male: 82% female: 60.7% (2015 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling total population: 99% male: 98.4% female: 99.4% (2012 est.) |
| Argentina | definition: age 10 and over can read and write total population: 98.1% male: 98% female: 98.1% (2015 est.) |
| Armenia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.7% female: 99.6% (2015 est.) |
| Aruba | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.5% male: 97.5% female: 97.5% (2015 est.) |
| Azerbaijan | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.9% female: 99.8% (2015 est.) |
| Bahrain | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.7% male: 96.9% female: 93.5% (2015 est.) |
| Bangladesh | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 61.5% male: 64.6% female: 58.5% (2015 est.) |
| Belarus | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2015 est.) |
| Benin | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 38.4% male: 49.9% female: 27.3% (2015 est.) |
| Bhutan | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 64.9% male: 73.1% female: 55% (2015 est.) |
| Bolivia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.7% male: 97.8% female: 93.6% (2015 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.5% male: 99.5% female: 97.5% (2015 est.) |
| Botswana | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 88.5% male: 88% female: 88.9% (2015 est.) |
| Brazil | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.6% male: 92.2% female: 92.9% (2015 est.) |
| Brunei | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96% male: 97.5% female: 94.5% (2015 est.) |
| Bulgaria | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.4% male: 98.7% female: 98.1% (2015 est.) |
| Burkina Faso | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 36% male: 43% female: 29.3% (2015 est.) |
| Burma | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.1% male: 95.2% female: 91.2% (2015 est.) |
| Burundi | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 85.6% male: 88.2% female: 83.1% (2015 est.) |
| Cabo Verde | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 87.6% male: 92.1% female: 83.1% (2015 est.) |
| Cambodia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 77.2% male: 84.5% female: 70.5% (2015 est.) |
| Cameroon | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 75% male: 81.2% female: 68.9% (2015 est.) |
| Cayman Islands | definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 98.9% male: 98.7% female: 99% (2007 est.) |
| Central African Republic | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 36.8% male: 50.7% female: 24.4% (2015 est.) |
| Chad | definition: age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic total population: 40.2% male: 48.5% female: 31.9% (2015 est.) |
| Chile | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.5% male: 97.6% female: 97.4% (2015 est.) |
| China | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.4% male: 98.2% female: 94.5% (2015 est.) |
| Colombia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.7% male: 94.6% female: 94.8% (2015 est.) |
| Comoros | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 77.8% male: 81.8% female: 73.7% (2015 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | definition: age 15 and over can read and write French, Lingala, Kingwana, or Tshiluba total population: 63.8% male: 78.1% female: 50% (2015 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 79.3% male: 86.4% female: 72.9% (2015 est.) |
| Costa Rica | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.8% male: 97.7% female: 97.8% (2015 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 43.1% male: 53.1% female: 32.5% (2015 est.) |
| Croatia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.3% male: 99.7% female: 98.9% (2015 est.) |
| Cuba | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.9% female: 99.8% (2015 est.) |
| Cyprus | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.1% male: 99.5% female: 98.7% (2015 est.) |
| Czechia | definition: NA total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2011 est.) |
| Dominican Republic | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.8% male: 91.2% female: 92.3% (2015 est.) |
| Ecuador | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.5% male: 95.4% female: 93.5% (2015 est.) |
| Egypt | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 73.8% male: 82.2% female: 65.4% (2015 est.) |
| El Salvador | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 88% male: 90.4% female: 86% (2015 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.3% male: 97.4% female: 93% (2015 est.) |
| Eritrea | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 73.8% male: 82.4% female: 65.5% (2015 est.) |
| Estonia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.8% (2015 est.) |
| Ethiopia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 49.1% male: 57.2% female: 41.1% (2015 est.) |
| Gabon | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 83.2% male: 85.3% female: 81% (2015 est.) |
| Gambia, The | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 55.5% male: 63.9% female: 47.6% (2015 est.) |
| Gaza Strip | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.5% male: 98.4% female: 94.5% note: estimates are for Gaza and the West Bank (2015 est.) |
| Georgia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2015 est.) |
| Ghana | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 76.6% male: 82% female: 71.4% (2015 est.) |
| Greece | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.7% male: 98.5% female: 96.9% (2015 est.) |
| Guatemala | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 81.5% male: 87.4% female: 76.3% (2015 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 59.9% male: 71.8% female: 48.3% (2015 est.) |
| Guinea | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 30.4% male: 38.1% female: 22.8% (2015 est.) |
| Guyana | definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 88.5% male: 87.2% female: 89.8% (2015 est.) |
| Haiti | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 60.7% male: 64.3% female: 57.3% (2015 est.) |
| Honduras | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 88.5% male: 88.4% female: 88.6% (2015 est.) |
| Hungary | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.1% male: 99.1% female: 99% (2015 est.) |
| India | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 71.2% male: 81.3% female: 60.6% (2015 est.) |
| Indonesia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.9% male: 96.3% female: 91.5% (2015 est.) |
| Iran | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86.8% male: 91.2% female: 82.5% (2015 est.) |
| Iraq | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 79.7% male: 85.7% female: 73.7% (2015 est.) |
| Israel | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.8% male: 98.7% female: 96.8% (2011 est.) |
| Italy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.2% male: 99.4% female: 99% (2015 est.) |
| Jamaica | definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 88.7% male: 84% female: 93.1% (2015 est.) |
| Jordan | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.4% male: 97.7% female: 92.9% (2015 est.) |
| Kazakhstan | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.8% (2015 est.) |
| Kenya | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 78% male: 81.1% female: 74.9% (2015 est.) |
| Korea, North | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2015 est.) |
| Kosovo | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.9% male: 96.6% female: 87.5% (2003 est.) |
| Kuwait | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.3% male: 96.5% female: 95.8% (2015 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.5% male: 99.6% female: 99.4% (2015 est.) |
| Laos | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 79.9% male: 87.1% female: 72.8% (2015 est.) |
| Latvia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.9% male: 99.9% female: 99.9% (2015 est.) |
| Lebanon | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.9% male: 96% female: 91.8% (2015 est.) |
| Lesotho | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 79.4% male: 70.1% female: 88.3% (2015 est.) |
| Liberia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 47.6% male: 62.4% female: 32.8% (2015 est.) |
| Libya | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91% male: 96.7% female: 85.6% (2015 est.) |
| Lithuania | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.8% (2015 est.) |
| Macau | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.2% male: 98% female: 94.6% (2015 est.) |
| Macedonia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.8% male: 98.8% female: 96.8% (2015 est.) |
| Madagascar | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 64.7% male: 66.7% female: 62.6% (2015 est.) |
| Malawi | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 65.8% male: 73% female: 58.6% (2015 est.) |
| Malaysia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.6% male: 96.2% female: 93.2% (2015 est.) |
| Maldives | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.3% male: 99.8% female: 98.8% (2015 est.) |
| Mali | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 38.7% male: 48.2% female: 29.2% (2015 est.) |
| Malta | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.4% male: 93.1% female: 95.8% (2015 est.) |
| Mauritania | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 52.1% male: 62.6% female: 41.6% (2015 est.) |
| Mauritius | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 90.6% male: 92.9% female: 88.5% (2015 est.) |
| Mexico | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.1% male: 96.2% female: 94.2% (2012 est.) |
| Moldova | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.7% female: 99.1% (2015 est.) |
| Mongolia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.4% male: 98.2% female: 98.6% (2015 est.) |
| Montenegro | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.7% male: 99.5% female: 98% (2015 est.) |
| Morocco | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 68.5% male: 78.6% female: 58.8% (2015 est.) |
| Mozambique | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 58.8% male: 73.3% female: 45.4% (2015 est.) |
| Namibia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 81.9% male: 79.2% female: 84.5% (2015 est.) |
| Nepal | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 63.9% male: 76.4% female: 53.1% (2015 est.) |
| New Caledonia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.9% male: 97.3% female: 96.5% (2015 est.) |
| Nicaragua | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 82.8% male: 82.4% female: 83.2% (2015 est.) |
| Nigeria | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 59.6% male: 69.2% female: 49.7% (2015 est.) |
| Niger | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 19.1% male: 27.3% female: 11% (2015 est.) |
| Oman | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.1% male: 93.6% female: 85.6% (2015 est.) |
| Pakistan | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 57.9% male: 69.5% female: 45.8% (2015 est.) |
| Palau | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.5% male: 99.5% female: 99.6% (2015 est.) |
| Panama | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95% male: 95.7% female: 94.4% (2015 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 64.2% male: 65.6% female: 62.8% (2015 est.) |
| Paraguay | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.9% male: 94.8% female: 92.9% (2010 est.) |
| Peru | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.5% male: 97.3% female: 91.7% (2015 est.) |
| Philippines | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.3% male: 95.8% female: 96.8% (2015 est.) |
| Poland | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.9% female: 99.7% (2015 est.) |
| Portugal | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.7% male: 97.1% female: 94.4% (2015 est.) |
| Puerto Rico | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.3% male: 92.8% female: 93.8% (2015 est.) |
| Qatar | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.3% male: 97.4% female: 96.8% (2015 est.) |
| Romania | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.8% male: 99.1% female: 98.5% (2015 est.) |
| Russia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.7% female: 99.6% (2015 est.) |
| Rwanda | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 70.5% male: 73.2% female: 68% (2015 est.) |
| Samoa | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99.1% female: 98.8% (2015 est.) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 74.9% male: 81.8% female: 68.4% (2015 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.7% male: 97% female: 91.1% (2015 est.) |
| Senegal | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 57.7% male: 69.7% female: 46.6% (2015 est.) |
| Serbia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.1% male: 99.1% female: 97.2% (2015 est.) |
| Seychelles | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.8% male: 91.4% female: 92.3% (2012 est.) |
| Sierra Leone | definition: age 15 and over can read and write English, Mende, Temne, or Arabic total population: 48.1% male: 58.7% female: 37.7% (2015 est.) |
| Singapore | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.8% male: 98.6% female: 95% (2015 est.) |
| Slovenia | definition: NA total population: 99.7% male: 99.7% female: 99.7% (2015 est.) |
| Solomon Islands | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 84.1% male: 88.9% female: 79.2% (2009 est.) |
| South Africa | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.3% male: 95.5% female: 93.1% (2015 est.) |
| South Sudan | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 27% male: 40% female: 16% (2009 est.) |
| Spain | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.1% male: 98.7% female: 97.5% (2015 est.) |
| Sri Lanka | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.6% male: 93.6% female: 91.7% (2015 est.) |
| Sudan | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 75.9% male: 83.3% female: 68.6% (2015 est.) |
| Suriname | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.6% male: 96.1% female: 95% (2015 est.) |
| Swaziland | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 87.5% male: 87.4% female: 87.5% (2015 est.) |
| Syria | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86.4% male: 91.7% female: 81% (2015 est.) |
| Taiwan | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.5% male: 99.7% female: 97.3% (2014 est.) |
| Tajikistan | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2015 est.) |
| Tanzania | definition: age 15 and over can read and write Kiswahili (Swahili), English, or Arabic total population: 70.6% male: 75.9% female: 65.4% (2015 est.) |
| Thailand | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.7% male: 96.6% female: 96.7% (2015 est.) |
| Timor-Leste | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 67.5% male: 71.5% female: 63.4% (2015 est.) |
| Togo | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 66.5% male: 78.3% female: 55.3% (2015 est.) |
| Tonga | definition: can read and write Tongan and/or English total population: 99.4% male: 99.3% female: 99.4% (2015 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99.2% female: 98.7% (2015 est.) |
| Tunisia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 81.8% male: 89.6% female: 74.2% (2015 est.) |
| Turkey | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95% male: 98.4% female: 91.8% (2015 est.) |
| Turkmenistan | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.8% female: 99.6% (2015 est.) |
| Uganda | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 78.4% male: 85.3% female: 71.5% (2015 est.) |
| Ukraine | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2015 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.8% male: 93.1% female: 95.8% (2015 est.) |
| Uruguay | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.5% male: 98.2% female: 98.8% (2015 est.) |
| Uzbekistan | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.7% female: 99.5% (2015 est.) |
| Vanuatu | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 85.2% male: 86.6% female: 83.8% (2015 est.) |
| Venezuela | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.3% male: 96.4% female: 96.2% (2015 est.) |
| Vietnam | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.5% male: 96.3% female: 92.8% (2015 est.) |
| West Bank | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.5% male: 98.4% female: 94.5% notes: estimates are for Gaza and West Bank (2015 est.) |
| World | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86.1% male: 89.9% female: 82.2% (2015 est.) note: more than three-quarters of the world's 781 million illiterate adults are found in South and West Asia and sub-Saharan Africa; of all the illiterate adults in the world, almost two-thirds are women (2012) |
| Yemen | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 70.1% male: 85.1% female: 55% (2015 est.) |
| Zambia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write English total population: 63.4% male: 70.9% female: 56% (2015 est.) |
| Zimbabwe | definition: age 15 and over can read and write English total population: 86.5% male: 88.5% female: 84.6% (2015 est.) |
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