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List of Countries By Literacy Rate Information

List of countries by literacy rate, as included in the United Nations Development Programme Report 2009.[1][2]

Adult literacy rate.

This Report uses data on adult literacy rates from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics (UIS) April 2007 Assessment (UNESCO Institute for Statistics 2007a), that combines direct national estimates with recent estimates based on its Global age-specific literacy projections model developed in 2007. The national estimates, made available through targeted effort by UIS to collect recent literacy data from countries, are obtained from national censuses or surveys between 1995 and 2005. Where recent estimates are not available, older UIS estimates, produced in July 2002 and based mainly on national data collected before 1995, have been used instead.

Many high-income countries, having attained high levels of literacy, no longer collect basic literacy statistics and thus are not included in the UIS data. In calculating the Human Development Index (HDI), a literacy rate of 99.0% is assumed for high-income countries that do not report adult literacy information.

In collecting literacy data, many countries estimate the number of literate people based on self-reported data. Some use educational attainment data as a proxy, but measures of school attendance or grade completion may differ. Because definitions and data collection methods vary across countries, literacy estimates should be used with caution.

— United Nations Development Programme Report 2009.[3][4] page 171

Contents

List

# Rank Country Literacy rate [b]
1 1 Georgia ˜100.0
2 2 Cuba 99.8
3 2 Estonia 99.8
4 2 Latvia 99.8
5 5 Barbados 99.7 [j]
6 5 Slovenia 99.7 [l]
7 5 Belarus 99.7
8 5 Lithuania 99.7
9 5 Ukraine 99.7
10 5 Armenia 99.7
11 11 Kazakhstan 99.6
12 11 Tajikistan 99.6
13 13 Azerbaijan 99.5
14 13 Turkmenistan 99.5
15 13 Russia 99.5
16 16 Hungary 99.4 [j]
17 17 Kyrgyzstan 99.3
18 17 Poland 99.3 [j]
19 19 Tonga 99.2
20 20 Albania 99.0
21 20 Antigua and Barbuda 99.0 [q]
22 20 Australia 99.0 [d]
23 20 Austria 99.0 [d]
24 20 Belgium 99.0 [d]
25 20 Canada 99.0 [d]
26 20 Czech Republic 99.0 [d]
27 20 North Korea 99.0 [d]
28 20 Denmark 99.0 [d]
29 20 Finland 99.0 [d]
30 20 France 99.0 [d]
31 20 Germany 99.0 [d]
32 20 Guyana 99.0 [j]
33 20 Iceland 99.0 [d]
34 20 Ireland 99.0 [d]
35 20 Japan 00.0 [d]
36 20 South Korea 99.0 [d]
37 20 Luxembourg 99.0 [d]
38 20 Netherlands 99.0 [d]
39 20 New Zealand 99.0 [d]
40 20 Norway 99.0 [d]
41 20 Slovakia 99.0 [d]
42 20 Sweden 99.0 [d]
43 20 Switzerland 99.0 [d]
44 20 United Kingdom 99.0 [d]
45 20 United States See also: Literacy in the United States 99.0 [d]
46 46 Italy 98.9
47 47 Samoa 98.7 [l]
48 47 Trinidad and Tobago 98.7 [l]
49 47 Croatia 98.7
50 50 Bulgaria 98.3
51 51 Spain 97.9 [d]
52 51 Uruguay 97.9
53 53 Saint Kitts and Nevis 97.8 [k]
54 54 Cyprus 97.7
55 55 Romania 97.6
56 55 Argentina 97.6
57 57 Mongolia 97.3
58 58 Israel 97.1 [k]
59 59 Greece 97.1
60 60 Maldives 97.0
61 60 Macedonia 97.0
62 62 Uzbekistan 96.9 [j]
63 63 Bosnia and Herzegovina 96.7
64 64 Chile 96.5
65 65 Serbia 96.4
66 66 Grenada 96.0 [q]
67 67 Singapore 95.9
68 68 China 95.9 [k]
69 69 Costa Rica 95.9
70 70 Bahamas 95.8 [j]
71 71 Venezuela 95.2
72 72 Brunei Darussalam 94.9
73 73 Portugal 94.9 [l]
74 74 Saint Lucia 94.8 [q]
75 75 Hong Kong 94.6 [j]
76 76 Paraguay 94.6 [l]
77 77 Kuwait 94.5
78 77 Fiji 94.4 [j]
79 79 Thailand 94.1
80 80 Panama 93.4
81 80 Philippines 93.4
82 82 Palestinian Authority 93.3 [p]
83 83 Qatar 93.1
84 84 Mexico 92.8
85 85 Colombia 92.7
86 86 Malta 92.4
87 87 Indonesia 92.0
88 88 Malaysia 91.9
89 89 Seychelles 91.8
90 90 Zimbabwe 91.2 [l]
91 91 Jordan 91.1
92 92 Ecuador 91.0
93 93 Sri Lanka 94.2[w]
94 94 Bolivia 90.7
95 95 Suriname 90.4
96 96 Vietnam 90.3
97 97 United Arab Emirates 90.0 [l]
98 97 Brazil 90.0
99 99 Myanmar 89.9
100 100 Peru 89.6
101 100 Lebanon 89.6 [j]
102 102 Dominican Republic 89.1
103 103 Bahrain 88.8
104 104 Turkey 88.7
105 105 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 88.1 [q]
106 106 Dominica 88.0 [q]
107 106 Namibia 88.0
108 106 South Africa 88.0
109 109 Sao Tome and Principe 87.9
110 110 Mauritius 87.4
111 111 Equatorial Guinea 87.0
112 112 Libya 86.8 [l]
113 113 Gabon 86.2 [l]
114 114 Jamaica 86.0
115 115 Saudi Arabia 85.0
116 116 Cape Verde 83.8 [l]
117 117 Honduras 83.6
118 118 Syria 83.1
119 119 Botswana 82.9
120 120 Iran 82.3
121 121 Lesotho 82.2
122 122 El Salvador 82.0 [l]
123 123 Oman 81.4
124 124 Republic of the Congo 81.1 [l]
125 125 Swaziland 79.6
126 126 Vanuatu 78.1
127 127 Tunisia 77.7
128 128 Nicaragua 78.0
129 129 Solomon Islands 76.6 [k]
130 130 Cambodia 76.3
131 131 Algeria 75.4
132 132 Belize 75.1 [q]
133 133 Comoros 75.1 [j]
134 134 India 74.04
135 135 Kenya 73.6
136 135 Uganda - 137 137 Guatemala 73.2
138 138 Tanzania 72.3
139 139 Nigeria 72.0 [l]
140 140 Malawi 71.8
141 141 Madagascar 70.7
142 142 Zambia 70.6
143 143 Djibouti 70.3 [j]
144 144 Laos 68.7
145 145 Cameroon 67.9
146 146 Angola 67.4
147 147 Democratic Republic of the Congo 67.2
148 148 Egypt 66.4
149 149 Ghana 65.0
150 150 Rwanda 64.9
151 151 Guinea-Bissau 64.6 [j]
152 152 Eritrea 67.2 [j]
153 153 Haiti 62.1 [j]
154 154 Sudan 60.9 [aa]
155 155 Burundi 59.3
156 156 Yemen 58.9 [l]
157 157 Pakistan 58.2
158 158 Papua New Guinea 57.8
159 159 Nepal 56.5
160 160 Mauritania 55.8
161 161 Morocco 55.6
162 162 Bangladesh 53.5
163 163 Togo 53.2
164 164 Bhutan 52.8 [v]
165 165 Timor-Leste 50.1 [ab]
166 166 Côte d'Ivoire 48.7
167 167 Central African Republic 48.6
168 168 Mozambique 44.4
169 169 Gambia 42.5 [j]
170 170 Senegal 41.9
171 171 Benin 40.5
172 172 Sierra Leone 38.1
173 173 Ethiopia 35.9
174 174 Chad 31.8
175 175 Guinea 29.5
176 176 Burkina Faso 28.7
177 176 Niger 28.7
178 178 South Sudan 27.0
179 179 Mali 26.2

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Literacy Rate in Palestinian Territories - 2007 Census", Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2009. Retrieved on 2011-01-11.
  2. ^ "The Population, Housing and Establishment Census - 2007, Press Conference on the Preliminary Findings, (Population, Buildings, Housing Units and Establishments)", Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Ramallah, February 2008. Retrieved on 2011-01-11.
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