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Literacy rate adult total percentage of people 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 total (% of people ages 15 and above)Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)Year
1
North Korea
100%
2008
2
Uzbekistan
99.99%
2016
3
Ukraine
99.97%
2012
4
Latvia
99.9%
2011
5
Estonia
99.89%
2011
6
Lithuania
99.82%
2011
7
Tajikistan
99.8%
2014
8
Azerbaijan
99.79%
2016
9
Kazakhstan
99.78%
2010
10
Cuba
99.75%
2012
11
Armenia
99.74%
2011
12
Turkmenistan
99.7%
2014
13
Slovenia
99.7%
2014
14
Russia
99.68%
2010
15
Belarus
99.62%
2009
16
Barbados
99.6%
2014
17
Georgia
99.59%
2014
18
Tonga
99.39%
2011
19
Guam
99.37%
1990
20
Kyrgyzstan
99.24%
2009
21
Moldova
99.14%
2012
22
Croatia
99.13%
2011
23
Argentina
99.13%
2016
24
Hungary
99.1%
2014
25
Samoa
98.97%
2011
26
Antigua and Barbuda
98.95%
2015
27
Cayman Islands
98.87%
2007
28
Italy
98.85%
2011
29
Serbia
98.84%
2016
30
Poland
98.74%
2008
31
Trinidad and Tobago
98.7%
2010
32
Cyprus
98.68%
2011
33
Uruguay
98.62%
2017
34
Maldives
98.61%
2014
35
Romania
98.6%
2011
36
Grenada
98.6%
2014
37
Montenegro
98.44%
2011
38
Bulgaria
98.35%
2011
39
Marshall Islands
98.27%
2011
40
Mongolia
98.26%
2010
41
Spain
98.25%
2016
42
Jordan
97.89%
2012
43
New Caledonia
97.8%
2014
44
Republic of Macedonia
97.8%
2014
45
Costa Rica
97.41%
2011
46
Greece
97.37%
2011
47
American Samoa
97.34%
1980
48
Albania
97.25%
2012
49
Venezuela
97.13%
2016
50
Singapore
97.05%
2016
51
Bosnia and Herzegovina
96.99%
2013
52
Chile
96.87%
2015
53
Aruba
96.82%
2010
54
Palau
96.59%
2015
55
Macao
96.54%
2016
56
Philippines
96.4%
2013
57
Turkey
96.17%
2016
58
Oman
96.11%
2017
59
Brunei
96.09%
2011
60
Kuwait
96.06%
2018
61
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
95.63%
1970
62
Indonesia
95.38%
2016
63
China
95.12%
2010
64
Equatorial Guinea
95%
2014
65
Bahrain
94.89%
2016
66
Mexico
94.86%
2016
67
Colombia
94.65%
2016
68
Paraguay
94.65%
2016
69
Portugal
94.48%
2011
70
Saudi Arabia
94.43%
2013
71
South Africa
94.37%
2015
72
Ecuador
94.35%
2016
73
Peru
94.15%
2017
74
Panama
94.09%
2010
75
Seychelles
93.95%
2010
76
Dominican Republic
93.78%
2016
77
Malaysia
93.73%
2016
78
Vietnam
93.52%
2009
79
Malta
93.31%
2011
80
Mauritius
93.16%
2016
81
Qatar
93.15%
2016
82
Suriname
92.87%
2012
83
Thailand
92.87%
2015
84
Bolivia
92.46%
2015
85
Puerto Rico
92.39%
2017
86
Brazil
92.05%
2015
87
Sri Lanka
91.9%
2017
88
Israel
91.75%
1983
89
Lebanon
91.18%
2009
90
São Tomé and Príncipe
90.14%
2012
91
United Arab Emirates
90.03%
2005
92
Honduras
88.99%
2016
93
Zimbabwe
88.69%
2014
94
El Salvador
88.48%
2017
95
Namibia
88.27%
2011
96
Jamaica
88.1%
2014
97
Botswana
87.7%
2014
98
Cape Verde
86.79%
2015
99
Libya
86.1%
2004
100
Guyana
85.64%
2014
101
Iran
85.54%
2016
102
Vanuatu
84.7%
2014
103
Laos
84.66%
2015
104
Swaziland
83.1%
2010
105
Zambia
83.01%
2010
106
Gabon
82.28%
2012
107
Guatemala
81.29%
2014
108
Syria
80.84%
2004
109
Cambodia
80.53%
2015
110
Republic of the Congo
79.31%
2011
111
Tunisia
79.04%
2014
112
Kenya
78.73%
2014
113
Nicaragua
78%
2005
114
Tanzania
77.89%
2015
115
Democratic Republic Of Congo
77.04%
2016
116
Lesotho
76.64%
2014
117
Solomon Islands
76.6%
1999
118
Myanmar
75.55%
2016
119
Algeria
75.14%
2008
120
Bangladesh
72.89%
2017
121
Madagascar
71.57%
2012
122
Ghana
71.5%
2010
123
Cameroon
71.29%
2010
124
Egypt
71.17%
2017
125
Rwanda
70.8%
2014
126
Belize
70.3%
1991
127
Uganda
70.2%
2012
128
Morocco
69.43%
2012
129
India
69.3%
2011
130
Angola
66.03%
2014
131
Eritrea
64.66%
2008
132
Togo
63.75%
2015
133
Malawi
62.14%
2015
134
Papua New Guinea
61.6%
2010
135
Burundi
61.57%
2014
136
Nepal
59.63%
2011
137
East Timor
58.31%
2010
138
Bhutan
57.03%
2012
139
Pakistan
56.98%
2014
140
Mozambique
56.04%
2015
141
Yemen
54.1%
2004
142
Sudan
53.52%
2008
143
Senegal
51.9%
2017
144
Nigeria
51.08%
2008
145
Comoros
49.2%
2012
146
Haiti
48.69%
2006
147
Guinea-Bissau
45.58%
2014
148
Mauritania
45.5%
2007
149
Ivory Coast
43.91%
2014
150
Iraq
43.68%
2013
151
Liberia
42.94%
2007
152
Gambia
41.95%
2013
153
Ethiopia
39%
2007
154
Central African Republic
36.75%
2010
155
Burkina Faso
34.6%
2014
156
Mali
33.07%
2015
157
Benin
32.95%
2012
158
Sierra Leone
32.43%
2013
159
Guinea
32%
2014
160
Afghanistan
31.74%
2011
161
Niger
30.56%
2012
162
South Sudan
26.83%
2008
163
Chad
22.31%
2016
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