# | Flag | Country | 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 |