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Literacy rate adult male percentage of males ages 15 and above

Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.Source:
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Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above)Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above)Year
1
North Korea
100%
2008
2
Uzbekistan
99.99%
2016
3
Ukraine
99.99%
2012
4
Latvia
99.88%
2011
5
Azerbaijan
99.86%
2016
6
Estonia
99.86%
2011
7
Kazakhstan
99.83%
2010
8
Tajikistan
99.82%
2014
9
Armenia
99.81%
2011
10
Lithuania
99.79%
2011
11
Belarus
99.76%
2009
12
Turkmenistan
99.75%
2014
13
Russia
99.73%
2010
14
Cuba
99.71%
2012
15
Slovenia
99.69%
2014
16
Georgia
99.67%
2014
17
Croatia
99.63%
2011
18
Barbados
99.6%
2014
19
Kyrgyzstan
99.52%
2009
20
Serbia
99.5%
2016
21
Montenegro
99.43%
2011
22
Guam
99.42%
1990
23
Moldova
99.37%
2012
24
Tonga
99.34%
2011
25
Cyprus
99.29%
2011
26
Poland
99.28%
2008
27
Bosnia and Herzegovina
99.18%
2013
28
Hungary
99.16%
2014
29
Italy
99.14%
2011
30
Trinidad and Tobago
99.14%
2010
31
Argentina
99.1%
2016
32
Romania
99.03%
2011
33
Samoa
98.88%
2011
34
Spain
98.84%
2016
35
Republic of Macedonia
98.81%
2014
36
Turkey
98.78%
2016
37
Bulgaria
98.75%
2011
38
Singapore
98.73%
2016
39
Cayman Islands
98.72%
2007
40
Grenada
98.58%
2014
41
Maldives
98.52%
2014
42
Jordan
98.44%
2012
43
Antigua and Barbuda
98.4%
2015
44
Albania
98.35%
2012
45
Marshall Islands
98.33%
2011
46
Greece
98.28%
2011
47
Uruguay
98.23%
2017
48
Macao
98.19%
2016
49
Mongolia
98.17%
2010
50
New Caledonia
98.14%
2014
51
China
97.48%
2010
52
American Samoa
97.47%
1980
53
Brunei
97.43%
2011
54
Oman
97.37%
2017
55
Costa Rica
97.31%
2011
56
Equatorial Guinea
97.29%
2014
57
Indonesia
97.17%
2016
58
Peru
97.04%
2017
59
Venezuela
97.04%
2016
60
Chile
97.02%
2015
61
Aruba
96.94%
2010
62
Palau
96.81%
2015
63
Kuwait
96.67%
2018
64
Saudi Arabia
96.53%
2013
65
Bolivia
96.52%
2015
66
Malaysia
96.3%
2016
67
Portugal
96.29%
2011
68
Philippines
96.01%
2013
69
Bahrain
95.91%
2016
70
Mexico
95.84%
2016
71
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
95.8%
1970
72
Vietnam
95.79%
2009
73
Paraguay
95.48%
2016
74
Ecuador
95.45%
2016
75
Mauritius
95.44%
2016
76
South Africa
95.4%
2015
77
Israel
94.96%
1983
78
São Tomé and Príncipe
94.96%
2012
79
Suriname
94.87%
2012
80
Panama
94.71%
2010
81
Thailand
94.66%
2015
82
Colombia
94.4%
2016
83
Lebanon
94.27%
2009
84
Libya
93.85%
2004
85
Dominican Republic
93.79%
2016
86
Seychelles
93.46%
2010
87
Sri Lanka
92.98%
2017
88
Qatar
92.88%
2016
89
Puerto Rico
92.39%
2017
90
Malta
91.79%
2011
91
Brazil
91.73%
2015
92
Cape Verde
91.69%
2015
93
El Salvador
90.63%
2017
94
Iran
90.35%
2016
95
Laos
89.96%
2015
96
United Arab Emirates
89.48%
2005
97
Zimbabwe
89.19%
2014
98
Honduras
89.05%
2016
99
Zambia
88.68%
2010
100
Namibia
88.63%
2011
101
Democratic Republic Of Congo
88.52%
2016
102
Syria
87.76%
2004
103
Guatemala
86.76%
2014
104
Botswana
86.74%
2014
105
Cambodia
86.53%
2015
106
Republic of the Congo
86.43%
2011
107
Guyana
86.31%
2014
108
Vanuatu
86.18%
2014
109
Tunisia
86.06%
2014
110
Gabon
84.87%
2012
111
Swaziland
83.9%
2010
112
Kenya
83.78%
2014
113
Solomon Islands
83.7%
1999
114
Jamaica
83.44%
2014
115
Tanzania
83.2%
2015
116
Algeria
82.62%
2008
117
Morocco
80.38%
2012
118
Myanmar
80.01%
2016
119
Angola
79.97%
2014
120
Uganda
79.12%
2012
121
India
78.88%
2011
122
Ghana
78.35%
2010
123
Cameroon
78.33%
2010
124
Nicaragua
78.1%
2005
125
Togo
77.26%
2015
126
Egypt
76.5%
2017
127
Rwanda
76.15%
2014
128
Bangladesh
75.7%
2017
129
Eritrea
75.07%
2008
130
Madagascar
75.03%
2012
131
Yemen
73.16%
2004
132
Nepal
71.71%
2011
133
Mozambique
70.76%
2015
134
Belize
70.27%
1991
135
Malawi
69.75%
2015
136
Burundi
69.69%
2014
137
Pakistan
69.07%
2014
138
Lesotho
67.75%
2014
139
Bhutan
66%
2012
140
Papua New Guinea
65.29%
2010
141
Senegal
64.81%
2017
142
East Timor
63.59%
2010
143
Guinea-Bissau
62.16%
2014
144
Nigeria
61.25%
2008
145
Liberia
60.77%
2007
146
Sudan
59.8%
2008
147
Mauritania
57.4%
2007
148
Comoros
56.48%
2012
149
Haiti
53.36%
2006
150
Iraq
53.01%
2013
151
Gambia
51.42%
2013
152
Central African Republic
50.71%
2010
153
Ivory Coast
50.7%
2014
154
Ethiopia
49.13%
2007
155
Afghanistan
45.42%
2011
156
Mali
45.07%
2015
157
Benin
44.96%
2012
158
Burkina Faso
44.38%
2014
159
Guinea
43.64%
2014
160
Sierra Leone
41.33%
2013
161
Niger
39.06%
2012
162
South Sudan
34.84%
2008
163
Chad
31.33%
2016
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