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Email this page Printer friendly Last update: Jan 2012 Literacy Download File Countries and territories Youth literacy rate (15–24 years)(%) 2005–2010 Adult literacy rate (15 years and older) (%) 2005-2010 Male Female Total Total Afghanistan Albania 99 99 99 96 Algeria 94 89 92 73 Andorra Angola 81 66 73 70 Antigua and Barbuda 99 Argentina 99 99 99 98 Armenia 100 100 100 100 Australia Austria Azerbaijan 100 100 100 100 Bahamas Bahrain 100 100 100 91 Bangladesh 74 77 75 56 Barbados Belarus 100 100 100 100 Belgium Belize Benin 65 43 54 42 Bhutan 80 68 74 53 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 99 99 99 91 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100 100 100 98 Botswana 94 97 95 84 Brazil 97 99 98 90 Brunei Darussalam 100 100 100 95 Bulgaria 98 97 97 98 Burkina Faso 47 33 39 29 Burundi 77 76 77 67 Cambodia 89 86 87 78 Cameroon 89 77 83 71 Canada Cape Verde 97 99 98 85 Central African Republic 72 57 65 55 Chad 54 39 46 34 Chile 99 99 99 99 China 99 99 99 94 Colombia 97 98 98 93 Comoros 86 85 85 74 Congo 87 78 80 Cook Islands Costa Rica 98 99 98 96 Côte d'Ivoire 72 61 67 55 Croatia 100 100 100 99 Cuba 100 100 100 100 Cyprus 100 100 100 98 Czech Republic Democratic People's Republic of Korea 100 100 100 100 Democratic Republic of the Congo 69 62 65 67 Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic 95 97 96 88 Ecuador 97 97 97 84 Egypt 88 82 85 66 El Salvador 95 95 95 84 Equatorial Guinea 98 98 98 93 Eritrea 92 86 89 67 Estonia 100 100 100 100 Ethiopia 56 33 45 30 Fiji Finland France Gabon 99 97 98 88 Gambia 71 60 65 46 Georgia 100 100 100 100 Germany Ghana 81 79 80 67 Greece 99 99 99 97 Grenada Guatemala 89 84 87 74 Guinea 68 54 61 39 Guinea-Bissau 78 64 71 52 Guyana Haiti 74 70 72 49 Holy See Honduras 93 95 94 84 Hungary 99 99 99 99 Iceland India 88 74 81 63 Indonesia 100 99 99 92 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 99 99 99 85 Iraq 85 80 83 78 Ireland Israel Italy 100 100 100 99 Jamaica 92 98 95 86 Japan Jordan 99 99 99 92 Kazakhstan 100 100 100 100 Kenya 92 94 93 87 Kiribati Kuwait 99 99 99 94 Kyrgyzstan 100 100 100 99 Lao People's Democratic Republic 89 79 84 73 Latvia 100 100 100 100 Lebanon 98 99 99 90 Lesotho 86 98 92 90 Liberia 70 81 76 59 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 100 100 100 89 Liechtenstein Lithuania 100 100 100 100 Luxembourg Madagascar 66 64 65 64 Malawi 87 86 86 74 Malaysia 98 99 99 92 Maldives 99 99 99 98 Mali 47 31 39 26 Malta 97 99 98 92 Marshall Islands Mauritania 71 64 68 57 Mauritius 96 98 97 88 Mexico 99 98 99 93 Micronesia (Federated States of) Monaco Mongolia 95 97 96 97 Montenegro Morocco 87 72 79 56 Mozambique 78 64 71 55 Myanmar 96 95 96 92 Namibia 91 95 93 89 Nauru Nepal 87 77 82 59 Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua 85 89 87 78 Niger 52 23 37 29 Nigeria 78 65 72 61 Niue Norway Occupied Palestinian Territory 99 99 99 95 Oman 98 98 98 87 Pakistan 79 61 71 56 Palau Panama 97 96 96 94 Papua New Guinea 65 70 67 60 Paraguay 99 99 99 95 Peru 98 97 97 90 Philippines 97 98 98 95 Poland 100 100 100 100 Portugal 100 100 100 95 Qatar 98 98 98 95 Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova 99 100 99 98 Romania 97 98 97 98 Russian Federation 100 100 100 100 Rwanda 77 77 77 71 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa 99 100 99 99 San Marino Sao Tome and Principe 95 96 95 89 Saudi Arabia 99 97 98 86 Senegal 74 56 65 50 Serbia 99 99 99 98 Seychelles 99 99 99 92 Sierra Leone 68 48 58 41 Singapore 100 100 100 95 Slovakia Slovenia 100 100 100 100 Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa 97 98 98 89 Spain 100 100 100 98 Sri Lanka 97 99 98 91 Sudan 89 83 86 70 Suriname 99 99 99 95 Swaziland 92 95 93 87 Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic 96 93 94 84 Tajikistan 100 100 100 100 Thailand 98 98 98 94 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 99 99 99 97 Timor-Leste 51 Togo 85 68 76 57 Tonga 99 100 99 99 Trinidad and Tobago 100 100 100 99 Tunisia 98 96 97 78 Turkey 99 97 98 91 Turkmenistan 100 100 100 100 Tuvalu Uganda 90 85 87 73 Ukraine 100 100 100 100 United Arab Emirates 94 97 95 90 United Kingdom United Republic of Tanzania 78 76 77 73 United States Uruguay 98 100 99 98 Uzbekistan 100 100 100 99 Vanuatu 94 94 94 82 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 98 99 98 95 Viet Nam 97 96 97 93 Yemen 96 72 84 62 Zambia 82 67 75 71 Zimbabwe 98 99 99 92     Regions Youth literacy rate (15–24 years)(%) 2005–2010 Adult literacy rate (15 years and older)(%) 2005-2010 Male Female Total Total Africa 79 70 74 63 Sub-Saharan Africa 77 67 72 62 Eastern and Southern Africa 79 72 76 67 West and Central Africa 73 61 67 57 Middle East and North Africa 93 87 90 75 Asia 92 86 89 80 South Asia 85 72 79 61 East Asia and Pacific 99 99 99 94 Latin America and Caribbean 97 97 97 91 CEE/CIS 99 99 99 98 Industrialized countries 100 100 100 99 Developing countries 91 85 88 80 Least developed countries 75 66 70 58 World 92 87 89 84

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