List of countries by literacy rate - Wikipedia

The global literacy rate for all people aged 15 and above is 86.3%. The global literacy rate for all males is 90.0%, and the rate for all females is 82.7%. The ... Listofcountriesbyliteracyrate FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Thisisthelatestacceptedrevision,reviewedon28June2022. Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Thisarticleneedstobeupdated.Pleasehelpupdatethisarticletoreflectrecenteventsornewlyavailableinformation.(March2022) Worldmapofcountriesshadedaccordingtotheliteracyrateforallpeopleaged15andover Thisisalistofcountriesbyliteracyrate.ThefiguresrepresentedarealmostentirelycollectedbytheUNESCOInstituteforStatistics(UIS)onbehalfofUNESCO,with2015estimatesbasedonpeopleaged15oroverwhocanreadandwrite.Wheredataistakenfromadifferentsource,notesareprovided.Thedataiscollatedbymostlyusingsurveyswithinthelasttenyearswhichareself-declaredbythepersonsinquestion.[1]UISprovideestimatesbasedonthesefortheyear2015withaGlobalAge-specificLiteracyProjectionsModel(GALP).[2] Thegloballiteracyrateforallpeopleaged15andaboveis86.3%.Thegloballiteracyrateforallmalesis90.0%,andtherateforallfemalesis82.7%.Theratevariesthroughouttheworld,withdevelopednationshavingarateof99.2%(2013),SouthandWestAsiahaving70.2%(2015),andsub-SaharanAfricaat64.0%(2015).[3]Over75%oftheworld's781millionilliterateadultsarefoundinSouthAsia,WestAsia,andsub-SaharanAfrica,andwomenrepresentalmosttwo-thirdsofallilliterateadultsglobally.[4] Contents 1ListofUNmemberstatesbyagegroupandgenderdisparity 2ListofUNmemberandobserverstatesbyadultliteracyrate 3Listofotherstatesandterritories 4Seealso 5Notes 6References 7Externallinks ListofUNmemberstatesbyagegroupandgenderdisparity[edit] DatapublishedbyUNESCOin2018(lastinformedratesandyear),usingthefollowingdefinitions:[5]Youth:Percentageofpeopleaged15to24yearswhocanbothreadandwritewithunderstandingashortsimplestatementontheireverydaylife.Generally,"literacy"alsoencompasses"numeracy",theabilitytomakesimplearithmeticcalculations.Adult:Percentageofthepopulationaged15yearsandoverwhocanbothreadandwrite,withunderstandingashortsimplestatementonhis/hereverydaylife.Generally,"literacy"alsoencompasses"numeracy",theabilitytomakesimplearithmeticcalculations.Elderly:Percentageofthepopulationaged65yearsandoverwhocanbothreadandwrite,withunderstandingashortsimplestatementontheireverydaylife.Generally,"literacy"alsoencompasses"numeracy",theabilitytomakesimplearithmeticcalculations.GenderParityIndex(GPI):Thegenderparityindex(GPI)oftheyouthliteracyrateistheratioofthefemaletomaleliteracyratesofthepopulationaged15to24years.AGPIvaluebetween0.97and1.03isusuallyinterpretedtoindicategenderparity. *indicates"LiteracyinCOUNTRYorTERRITORY"or"EducationinCOUNTRYorTERRITORY"links. Country Youth(15to24) Adult(25+) Elderly(65+) YouthGenderParityIndex Rate Year Rate Year Rate Year Rate Year  Afghanistan * 47.0 2011 31.7 2011 20.3 2011 0.5 2011  Albania * 99.2 2012 97.2 2012 86.9 2012 1.0 2012  Algeria * 93.8 2008 75.1 2008 19.5 2008 1.0 2008  AmericanSamoa * 97.7 1980 97.3 1980 92.7 1980 1.0 1980  Andorra *  Angola * 77.4 2014 66.0 2014 27.0 2014 0.8 2014  Anguilla * 99.1 1984 95.4 1984 88.0 1984 1.0 1984  AntiguaandBarbuda * 98.9 2015  Argentina * 99.5 2016 99.1 2016 97.9 2016 1.0 2016  Armenia * 99.8 2011 99.7 2011 98.9 2011 1.0 2011  Aruba * 99.1 2010 96.8 2010 88.9 2010 1.0 2010  Australia *  Austria *  Azerbaijan * 99.9 2016 99.8 2016 98.4 2016 1.0 2016  Bahamas  Bahrain * 97.0 2001 86.5 2001 42.3 2001 1.0 2001  Bangladesh * 94.9 2019 74.7 2019 39.4 2019 1.03 2019  Barbados * 99.9 2014 99.6 2014 98.5 2014 1.0 2014  Belarus * 99.8 2009 99.6 2009 98.6 2009 1.0 2009  Belgium *  Belize * 77.6 1991 70.3 1991 44.8 1991 1.0 1991  Benin * 52.5 2012 32.9 2012 7.0 2012 0.6 2012  Bermuda *  Bhutan * 87.3 2012 57.0 2012 14.9 2012 0.9 2012  Bolivia * 99.4 2015 92.5 2015 67.5 2015 1.0 2015  Bonaire  BosniaandHerzegovina * 99.7 2013 97.0 2013 86.0 2013 1.0 2013  Botswana * 97.7 2014 87.7 2014 40.7 2014 1.0 2014  Brazil * 99.0 2015 92.0 2015 74.3 2015 1.0 2015  BritishVirginIslands *  Brunei * 99.4 2011 96.1 2011 61.6 2011 1.0 2011  Bulgaria * 97.9 2011 98.4 2011 97.5 2011 1.0 2011  BurkinaFaso * 50.1 2014 34.6 2014 8.4 2014 0.8 2014  Burundi * 79.6 2014 61.6 2014 24.9 2014 0.9 2014  CapeVerde * 98.1 2015 86.8 2015 36.8 2015 1.0 2015  Cambodia * 92.2 2015 80.5 2015 53.1 2015 1.0 2015  Cameroon * 80.6 2010 71.3 2010 26.1 2010 0.9 2010  Canada *  CaymanIslands * 98.9 2007 98.9 2007 94.7 2007 1.0 2007  CentralAfricanRepublic * 36.4 2010 36.8 2010 35.7 2010 0.6 2010  Chad * 30.8 2016 22.3 2016 7.0 2016 0.6 2016  Chile * 99.4 2015 96.9 2015 89.9 2015 1.0 2015  China * 99.8[6] 2018 96.8[7] 2018 73.9 2010 1.0[8] 2018  HongKong *  Macau * 99.8 2016 96.5 2016 81.2 2016 1.0 2016  Colombia * 98.7 2016 94.7 2016 81.4 2016 1.0 2016  Comoros * 71.6 2012 49.2 2012 12.8 2012 0.9 2012  Congo * 80.9 2011 79.3 2011 73.1 2011 0.9 2011  DRCongo * 85.0 2016 77.0 2016 48.0 2016 0.9 2016  CookIslands *  CostaRica * 99.1 2011 97.4 2011 90.4 2011 1.0 2011  Croatia * 99.7 2011 99.1 2011 97.1 2011 1.0 2011  Cuba * 99.9 2012 99.8 2012 99.2 2012 1.0 2012  Curaçao  Cyprus * 99.8 2011 98.7 2011 93.8 2011 1.0 2011  CzechRepublic *  IvoryCoast * 53.0 2014 43.9 2014 18.0 2014 0.8 2014  Denmark *  Djibouti *  Dominica *  DominicanRepublic * 98.8 2016 93.8 2016 79.8 2016 1.0 2016  Ecuador * 99.1 2016 94.4 2016 77.7 2016 1.0 2016  Egypt * 93.9 2017 71.2 2017 43.2 2013 1.0 2017  ElSalvador * 98.0 2016 88.5 2017 65.7 2016 1.0 2016  EquatorialGuinea * 98.2 2014 95.0 2014 67.2 2014 1.0 2014  Eritrea * 87.0 2008 64.7 2008 20.9 2008 0.9 2008  Estonia * 99.9 2011 99.9 2011 99.7 2011 1.0 2011  Eswatini * 93.5 2010 83.1 2010 45.2 2010 1.0 2010  Ethiopia * 55.0 2007 39.0 2007 13.6 2007 0.7 2007  FaroeIslands *  FalklandIslands *  Fiji *  Finland *  France *  FrenchGuiana * 91.3 1982 82.9 1982 69.7 1982  FrenchPolynesia *  Gabon * 88.5 2012 82.3 2012 60.6 2012 1.0 2012  Gambia * 60.8 2013 42.0 2013 10.4 2013 0.9 2013  Georgia * 99.7 2014 99.6 2014 99.1 2014 1.0 2014  Germany *  Ghana * 85.7 2010 71.5 2010 34.9 2010 0.9 2010  Gibraltar *  Greece * 98.8 2011 97.4 2011 92.5 2011 1.0 2011  Greenland  Grenada * 99.2 2014 98.6 2014 96.2 2014 1.0 2014  Guadeloupe 99.8 2014 96.0 2014 82.9 2014 1.0 2014  Guam * 99.9 1990 99.4 1990 95.9 1990 1.0 1990  Guatemala * 94.4 2014 81.3 2014 50.7 2014 1.0 2014  Guinea * 46.3 2014 32.0 2014 13.1 2014 0.7 2014  Guinea-Bissau * 60.4 2014 45.6 2014 19.5 2014 0.7 2014  Guyana * 96.7 2014 85.6 2014 49.9 2014 1.0 2014  Haiti * 72.3 2006 48.7 2006 8.5 2006 0.9 2006  HolySee  Honduras * 96.1 2016 89.0 2016 66.3 2016 1.0 2016  Hungary * 98.8 2014 99.1 2014 99.1 2014 1.0 2014  Iceland *  India * 95.7 2018 75.4 2018 45.4 2018 0.97 2018  Indonesia * 99.7 2016 95.4 2016 70.1 2016 1.0 2016  Iran * 98.1 2016 85.5 2016 36.8 2016 1.0 2016  Iraq * 93.5 2017 85.6 2017 20.4 2013 0.9 2013  Ireland *  IsleofMan *  Israel * 98.6 1983 91.8 1983 79.8 1983 1.0 1983  Italy * 99.9 2011 98.8 2011 96.7 2011 1.0 2011  Jamaica * 96.3 2014 88.1 2014 66.6 2014 1.1 2014  Japan *  Jordan * 99.1 2012 97.9 2012 87.7 2012 1.0 2012  Kazakhstan * 99.9 2010 99.8 2010 99.5 2010 1.0 2010  Kenya * 86.5 2014 78.7 2014 54.0 2014 1.0 2014  Kiribati *  NorthKorea * 100.0 2008 100.0 2008 100.0 2008 1.0 2008  SouthKorea *  Kuwait * 99.2 2017 96.1 2018 69.5 2015 1.0 2017  Kyrgyzstan * 99.8 2009 99.2 2009 92.5 2009 1.0 2009  Laos * 92.5 2015 84.7 2015 58.6 2015 1.0 2015  Latvia * 99.8 2011 99.9 2011 99.9 2011 1.0 2011  Lebanon * 99.2 2009 91.2 2009 60.2 2009 1.0 2009  Lesotho * 86.6 2014 76.6 2014 51.4 2014 1.2 2014  Liberia * 49.1 2007 42.9 2007 32.8 2007 0.6 2007  Libya * 99.6 2004 86.1 2004 24.2 2004 1.0 2004  Liechtenstein *  Lithuania * 99.9 2011 99.8 2011 99.8 2011 1.0 2011  Luxembourg *  Madagascar * 76.8 2012 71.6 2012 49.4 2012 1.0 2012  Malawi * 72.9 2015 62.1 2015 35.1 2015 1.0 2015  Malaysia * 98.2 2001 89.5 2001 47.1 2001 1.0 2001  Maldives * 99.3 2014 98.6 2014 92.8 2014 1.0 2014  Mali * 49.4 2015 33.1 2015 13.6 2015 0.6 2015  Malta * 98.9 2011 93.3 2011 85.8 2011 1.0 2011  MarshallIslands * 98.5 2011 98.3 2011 89.4 2011 1.0 2011  Martinique 99.8 2014 96.9 2014 88.1 2014 1.0 2014  Mauritania * 56.1 2007 45.5 2007 26.6 2007 0.7 2007  Mauritius * 98.1 2011 93.2 2016 64.6 2011 1.0 2011  Mayotte  Mexico * 99.1 2016 94.9 2016 78.9 2016 1.0 2016  Micronesia *  Monaco *  Mongolia * 98.5 2010 98.3 2010 94.6 2010 1.0 2010  Montenegro * 99.2 2011 98.4 2011 93.9 2011 1.0 2011  Montserrat *  Morocco * 97.7[9] 2018 73.8[9] 2018 34.1[9] 2018 0.99[10] 2018  Mozambique * 70.5 2015 56.0 2015 26.0 2015 0.8 2015  Myanmar * 84.8 2016 75.6 2016 58.2 2016 1.0 2016  Namibia * 94.4 2011 88.3 2011 56.7 2011 1.0 2011  Nauru *  Nepal * 84.8 2011 68 2018 20.8 2011 0.9 2011  Netherlands *  NewCaledonia 99.2 2014 97.8 2014 90.6 2014 1.0 2014  NewZealand *  Nicaragua * 87.0 2005 78.0 2005 49.2 2005 1.0 2005  Niger * 39.8 2012 30.6 2012 13.7 2012 0.7 2012  Nigeria * 66.4 2008 51.1 2008 21.6 2008 0.8 2008  Niue *  NorthernMarianaIslands *  Norway *  Oman * 98.7 2017 96.1 2017 41.9 2016 1.0 2017  Pakistan * 74.5 2017 59.1 2017 27.1 2017 0.83 2017  Palau * 98.7 2015 96.6 2015 84.7 2015 1.0 2015  Palestine * 99.4 2016 96.9 2016 63.9 2016 1.0 2016  Panama * 97.6 2010 94.1 2010 80.9 2010 1.0 2010  PapuaNewGuinea * 67.9 2010 61.6 2010 33.0 2010 1.1 2010  Paraguay * 98.5 2016 94.7 2016 77.8 2016 1.0 2016  Peru * 98.9 2016 94.1 2017 77.7 2016 1.0 2016  Philippines * 98.1 2013 96.4 2013 90.1 2013 1.0 2013  PitcairnIslands  Poland * 99.8 2008 98.7 2008 93.0 2008 1.0 2008  Portugal * 99.4 2011 94.5 2011 80.5 2011 1.0 2011  PuertoRico * 98.8 2010 92.4 2017 84.5 2010 1.0 2010  Qatar * 95.9 2004 89.0 2004 41.0 2004 1.0 2004  Moldova * 99.5 2012 99.1 2012 95.8 2012 1.0 2012  Romania * 99.0 2011 98.6 2011 96.8 2011 1.0 2011  Russia * 99.7 2010 99.7 2010 99.2 2010 1.0 2010  Rwanda * 85.1 2014 70.8 2014 24.3 2014 1.0 2014  Réunion 95.7 1982 78.6 1982 42.0 1982 1.0 1982  SaintHelena * 96.0 1998  SaintKittsandNevis *  SaintLucia *  SaintPierreandMiquelon 99.5 1982 99.3 1982 98.5 1982 1.0 1982  SaintMartin  Samoa * 99.2 2011 99.0 2011 96.3 2011 1.0 2011  SanMarino  SãoToméandPríncipe * 96.7 2012 90.1 2012 49.6 2012 1.0 2012  SaudiArabia * 99.2 2013 94.4 2013 51.4 2013 1.0 2013  Senegal * 69.5 2017 51.9 2017 21.5 2013 0.8 2017  Serbia * 99.7 2016 98.8 2016 96.6 2016 1.0 2016  Seychelles 99.0 2010 94.0 2010 71.5 2010 1.0 2010  SierraLeone * 57.0 2013 32.4 2013 3.7 2013 0.8 2013  Singapore * 99.9 2016 97.0 2016 84.0 2015 1.0 2016  SintMaarten  Slovakia *  Slovenia * 99.8 2014 99.7 2014 99.3 2014 1.0 2014  SolomonIslands * 76.6 1999  Somalia *  SouthAfrica * 99.0 2015 94.4 2015 72.1 2015 1.0 2015  SouthSudan * 36.7 2008 26.8 2008 11.0 2008 0.7 2008  Spain * 99.6 2016 98.3 2016 94.7 2016 1.0 2016  SriLanka * 98.9 2017 91.9 2017 81.0 2016 1.0 2017  SaintVincentandtheGrenadines * 98.0 1970 95.6 1970 91.0 1970 1.0 1970  Sudan * 65.8 2008 53.5 2008 24.3 2008 0.9 2008  Suriname * 97.7 2012 92.9 2012 76.0 2012 1.0 2012  SvalbardandJanMayen  Sweden *  Switzerland *  Syria * 92.5 2004 80.8 2004 39.0 2004 1.0 2004  Macedonia * 98.7 2002 96.1 2002 82.5 2002 1.0 2002  Tajikistan * 99.9 2014 99.8 2014 98.1 2014 1.0 2014  Tanzania * 85.8 2015 77.9 2015 43.5 2015 1.0 2015  Thailand * 98.1 2015 92.9 2015 78.7 2015 1.0 2015  EastTimor * 79.5 2010 58.3 2010 11.2 2010 1.0 2010  Togo * 84.3 2015 63.7 2015 20.4 2015 0.9 2015  Tokelau *  Tonga * 99.4 2011 99.4 2011 98.9 2011 1.0 2011  TrinidadandTobago * 99.3 1990 96.9 1990 82.8 1990 1.0 1990  Tunisia * 96.2 2014 79.0 2014 39.8 2014 1.0 2014  Turkey * 99.6 2016 96.2 2016 88.1 2016 1.0 2016  Turkmenistan * 99.8 2014 99.7 2014 97.6 2014 1.0 2014  TurksandCaicosIslands  Tuvalu *  Uganda * 83.7 2012 70.2 2012 36.1 2012 1.0 2012  Ukraine * 100.0 2012 100.0 2012 100.0 2012 1.0 2012  UnitedArabEmirates * 95.0 2005 90.0 2005 42.1 2005 1.0 2005  UnitedKingdom *  UnitedStates *  Uruguay * 98.9 2017 98.6 2017 97.1 2016 1.0 2017  Uzbekistan * 100.0 2016 100.0 2016 99.8 2016 1.0 2016  Vanuatu * 95.3 2014 84.7 2014 44.2 2014 1.0 2014  Venezuela * 98.8 2016 97.1 2016 88.1 2016 1.0 2016  Vietnam * 97.1 2009 95.8 2019 76.9 2009 1.0 2009  U.S.VirginIslands *  WallisandFutuna  WesternSahara  Yemen * 77.0 2004 54.1 2004 13.7 2004 0.7 2004  Zambia * 88.7 2010 83.0 2010 52.3 2010 0.9 2010  Zimbabwe * 90.4 2014 88.7 2014 81.1 2014 1.1 2014 ListofUNmemberandobserverstatesbyadultliteracyrate[edit] *indicates"LiteracyinCOUNTRYorTERRITORY"or"EducationinCOUNTRYorTERRITORY"links. Literacyratebycountry Country UNESCO[3] Non-UNESCOliteracyrate Both Male Female Gendergap[note1]  World 86.3% 90.0% 82.7% 7.3%  Afghanistan * 38.2% 52.0% 24.2% 27.8%  Albania * 97.6% 98.4% 96.8% 1.6%  Algeria * 80.2% 87.2% 73.1% 14.0% 92.06%[11]  Andorra * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Angola * 71.1% 82.0% 60.7% 21.3%  AntiguaandBarbuda * notreportedbyUNESCO2015 99.0%(2013)[3][note2]  Argentina * 98.1% 98.0% 98.1% -0.1%  Armenia * 99.8% 99.8% 99.7% 0.1%  Australia * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Austria * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Azerbaijan * 99.8% 99.9% 99.7% 0.2%  Bahamas notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Bahrain * 95.7% 96.9% 93.5% 3.5%  Bangladesh * [note3]76% 78% 74.2% 5.5% 73.9%(BangladeshBureauofStatisticssamplevitalstatisticsfor2018)  Barbados * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Belarus * 99.7% 99.8% 99.7% 0.1%  Belgium * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Belize * 82.7% 82.3% 83.0% -0.7%  Benin * 38.4% 49.9% 27.3% 22.6%  Bhutan * 64.9% 73.1% 55.0% 18.1%  Bolivia * 95.7% 97.8% 93.6% 4.2%  BosniaandHerzegovina * 98.5% 99.5% 97.5% 2.1% 97.2%(2013)[12][note4]  Botswana * 88.5% 88.0% 88.9% -0.9%  Brazil * 91.7% 91.4% 92.1% -0.7%  Brunei * 96.4% 97.7% 95.1% 2.6%  Bulgaria * 98.4% 98.7% 98.1% 0.7%  BurkinaFaso * 36% 43.0% 29.3% 13.7%  Burundi * 85.6% 88.2% 83.1% 5.1%  CapeVerde * 87.6% 92.1% 83.1% 9.0%  Cambodia * 77.2% 84.5% 70.5% 13.9%  Cameroon * 75% 81.2% 68.9% 12.3%  Canada * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  CentralAfricanRepublic * 36.8% 50.7% 24.4% 26.4%  Chad * 40.2% 48.5% 31.9% 16.6%  Chile * 97.3% 97.4% 97.2% 0.2%  China * 96.4% 98.2% 94.5% 3.7%  Colombia * 94.7% 94.6% 94.8% -0.2%  Comoros * 77.8% 81.8% 73.7% 8.1%  Congo * 79.3% 86.4% 72.9% 13.6%  DRCongo * 77.3% 88.9% 66.0% 22.8%  CostaRica * 97.8% 97.7% 97.8% -0.1%  IvoryCoast * 43.1% 53.1% 32.5% 20.6%  Croatia * 99.3% 99.7% 98.9% 0.7%  Cuba * 99.7% 99.7% 99.8% -0.1%  Cyprus * 99.1% 99.5% 98.7% 0.8%  CzechRepublic * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Denmark * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Djibouti * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Dominica * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  DominicanRepublic * 91.8% 91.2% 92.3% -1.1%  Ecuador * 94.5% 95.4% 93.5% 1.8%  Egypt * 75.2% 83.2% 67.3% 16.0%  ElSalvador * 88.4% 90.7% 86.4% 4.3%  EquatorialGuinea * 95.3% 97.4% 93.0% 4.4%  Eritrea * 73.8% 82.4% 65.5% 16.9%  Estonia * 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 0.0%  Ethiopia * 49.1% 57.2% 41.1% 16.1%  Fiji * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Finland * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  France * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Gabon * 83.2% 85.3% 81.0% 4.3%  Gambia * 55.5% 63.9% 47.6% 16.3%  Georgia * 99.8% 99.8% 99.7% 0.1%  Germany * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Ghana * 76.6% 82.0% 71.4% 10.7%  Greece * 97.7% 98.5% 96.9% 1.6%  Grenada * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Guatemala * 79.3% 84.7% 74.4% 10.4%  Guinea * 30.4% 38.1% 22.8% 15.3%  Guinea-Bissau * 59.9% 71.8% 48.3% 23.5%  Guyana * 88.5% 87.2% 89.8% -2.6%  Haiti * 60.7% 64.3% 57.3% 7.0%  Honduras * 88.5% 88.4% 88.6% -0.1%  Hungary * 99.1% 99.1% 99.0% 0.2%  Iceland * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  India * [note5]74.3% 82.3% 65.8% 16.6% 77.7%(NationalStatisticalCommission2018Survey)[13]  Indonesia * 93.9% 96.3% 91.5% 4.7%  Iran * 86.8% 91.2% 82.5% 8.7%  Iraq * 43.7% 43.0% 38.0% 5.0% 78.5%[14]  Ireland * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Israel * notreportedbyUNESCO2015 97.8%(2011)[4][note6]  Italy * 99.2% 99.4% 99.0% 0.4%  Jamaica * 88.7% 84.0% 93.1% -9.1%  Japan * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Jordan * 97.9%(in2012) 98.4% 97.4% 1.0%  Kazakhstan * 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 0.0%  Kenya * 78% 81.1% 74.9% 6.2%  Kiribati * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  NorthKorea * 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%  SouthKorea * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Kuwait * 96.2% 96.9% 95.0% 1.9%  Kyrgyzstan * 99.5% 99.6% 99.4% 0.2%  Laos * 79.9% 87.1% 72.8% 14.3%  Latvia * 99.9% 99.9% 99.9% 0.0%  Lebanon * 93.9% 96.0% 91.8% 4.1%  Lesotho * 79.4% 70.1% 88.3% -18.2%  Liberia * 47.6% 62.4% 32.8% 29.6%  Libya * 91% 96.7% 85.6% 11.1%  Liechtenstein * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Lithuania * 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 0.0%  Luxembourg * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Macedonia * 97.8% 98.8% 96.8% 2.0%  Madagascar * 64.7% 66.7% 62.6% 4.1%  Malawi * 65.8% 73.0% 58.6% 14.4%  Malaysia * 94.6% 96.2% 93.2% 3.0%  Maldives * 99.3% 99.8% 98.8% 0.9%  Mali * 38.7% 48.2% 29.2% 19.0%  Malta * 94.1% 92.5% 95.7% -3.2%  MarshallIslands * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Mauritania * 52.1% 62.6% 41.6% 21.0%  Mauritius * 90.6% 92.9% 88.5% 4.4%  Mexico * 94.4% 95.6% 93.3% 2.2%  Micronesia * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Moldova * 99.4% 99.7% 99.1% 0.7%  Monaco * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Mongolia * 98.4% 98.2% 98.6% -0.4%  Montenegro * 98.7% 99.5% 98.0% 1.4%  Morocco * 73.8%[9] 83.3%[9] 64.6%[9] 18.7%[9]  Mozambique * 58.8% 73.3% 45.4% 27.9%  Myanmar * 75.6%[note7] 80.0% 71.9% 8.1%  Namibia * 81.9% 79.2% 84.5% -5.3%  Nauru * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Nepal * 64.7% 75.6% 55.1% 20.5%  Netherlands * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  NewZealand * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Nicaragua * 82.8% 82.4% 83.2% -0.9%  Niger * 19.1% 27.3% 11.0% 16.3%  Nigeria * 59.6% 69.2% 49.7% 19.5% 71.6%(2010)[16][note8]  Norway * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Oman * 94.8% 96.9% 90.0% 6.9%  Pakistan * 59.1%(Year- 2017) 71.1% 46.5% 24.6% 62.3%(2018)[17][note9]  Palau * 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% -0.1%  Panama * 95% 95.7% 94.4% 1.2%  PapuaNewGuinea * 64.2% 65.6% 62.8% 2.8%  Paraguay * 95.6% 96.1% 95.0% 1.1%  Peru * 94.5% 97.3% 91.7% 5.6%  Philippines * 96.3% 95.8% 96.8% -1.0%  Poland * 99.8% 99.9% 99.7% 0.2%  Portugal * 95.4% 96.9% 94.1% 2.8%  Palestine * 96.7% 98.5% 94.8% 3.7% 2015;[3]UNObserverState[18]  Qatar * 97.8% 97.9% 97.3% 0.6%  Romania * 98.8% 99.1% 98.5% 0.6%  Russia * 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 0.0%  Rwanda * 70.5% 73.2% 68.0% 5.2%  SaintKittsandNevis * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  SaintLucia * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  SaintVincentandtheGrenadines * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Samoa * 99% 98.9% 99.1% -0.2%  SanMarino notreportedbyUNESCO2015  SãoToméandPríncipe * 74.9% 81.8% 68.4% 13.4%  SaudiArabia * 94.7% 97.0% 91.1% 5.9%  Senegal * 55.7% 68.5% 43.8% 24.6%  Serbia * 98.1% 99.1% 97.2% 1.9%  Seychelles 95.2% 94.7% 95.7% -1.0%  SierraLeone * 48.1% 58.7% 37.7% 21.1%  Singapore * 96.8% 98.7% 95.1% 3.6%  Slovakia * 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 0.0%  Slovenia * 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 0.0%  SolomonIslands * notreportedbyUNESCO2015 84.1%(2015)[4][note10]  Somalia * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  SouthAfrica * 94.4% 95.5% 93.1% 2.4%  SouthSudan * 26.8% 34.8% 19.2% 15.6%  Spain * 98.1% 98.7% 97.5% 1.3%  SriLanka * 92.6% 93.6% 91.7% 1.9%  Sudan * 53.5% 59.80% 46.7% 13.1%  Suriname * 95.6% 96.1% 95.0% 1.1%  Eswatini * 87.5% 87.4% 87.5% -0.1%  Sweden * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Switzerland * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Syria * 86.4% 91.7% 81.0% 10.7%  Tajikistan * 99.8% 99.8% 99.7% 0.1%  Tanzania * 80.3% 84.8% 75.9% 9.0%  Thailand * 96.7% 96.6% 96.7% -0.1%  EastTimor * 67.5% 71.5% 63.4% 8.1%  Togo * 66.5% 78.3% 55.3% 23.0%  Tonga * 99.4% 99.3% 99.4% -0.1%  TrinidadandTobago * 99% 99.2% 98.7% 0.5%  Tunisia * 81.8% 89.6% 74.2% 15.4%  Turkey * 95% 98.4% 91.8% 6.6%  Turkmenistan * 99.7% 99.8% 99.6% 0.1%  Tuvalu * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Uganda * 73.9% 80.8% 66.9% 14.0%  Ukraine * 99.8% 99.8% 99.7% 0.1%  UnitedArabEmirates * 93.8% 93.1% 95.8% -2.6%  UnitedKingdom * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  UnitedStates * notreportedbyUNESCO2015  Uruguay * 98.4% 98.1% 98.7% -0.6%  Uzbekistan * 99.6% 99.7% 99.5% 0.3%  Vanuatu * 85.2% 86.6% 83.8% 2.8%  Venezuela * 95.4% 95.0% 95.7% -0.7%  Vietnam * 94.5% 96.3% 92.8% 3.4%  Yemen * 70.1% 85.1% 55.0% 30.1%  Zambia * 63.4% 70.9% 56.0% 14.9%  Zimbabwe * 86.5% 88.5% 84.6% 4.0% Listofotherstatesandterritories[edit] Territory Literacyrate(all) Maleliteracy Femaleliteracy Genderdifference Year Notes  Aruba 97.5% 97.5% 97.5% 0.0% 2015[3] AconstituentcountryoftheKingdomoftheNetherlands.  CaymanIslands 98.9% 98.7% 99.0% -0.3% 2007[3] AnoverseasterritoryoftheUnitedKingdom.  Guadeloupe 96.5% 96.4% 96.6% -0.2% 2015[3] Overseasregion/departmentofFrance.  Guam 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 0.0% 2015[3] AnunincorporatedandorganizedterritoryoftheUnitedStates.  Kosovo 91.9% 96.6% 87.5% 9.1% 2003[4] MemberoftwoUNspecializedagencies(WorldBankGroupandInternationalMonetaryFund).ItisclaimedbySerbia.  Macau 96.2% 98.0% 94.6% 3.4% 2015[3] AspecialadministrativeregionofChina.  Martinique 97.0% 97.6% 96.4% 1.2% 2015[3] Overseasregion/departmentofFrance.  NewCaledonia 96.9% 97.3% 96.5% 0.8% 2015[3] Overseasregion/departmentofFrance.  PuertoRico 93.3% 92.8% 93.8% -1.0% 2015[3] UnincorporatedterritoryoftheUnitedStates.  Réunion 93.9% 93.2% 94.5% -1.3% 2015[3] Overseasregion/departmentofFrance.  Taiwan 98.70% 99.73% 97.69% 2.05% 2017[19] Taiwan-Penghu-Kinmen-MatsuArea Seealso[edit] InternationalLiteracyDay Compulsoryeducation ListofIndianstatesandunionterritoriesbyliteracyrate ListofBrazilianstatesbyliteracyrate ProgrammeforInternationalStudentAssessment,whichfocusesondevelopedcountries Notes[edit] ^Gendergapiscalculatedasthemaleliteracyrateminusthefemaleliteracyrate.Negativevaluesshowscountrieswithhigherfemaleratesthanmale. ^Thebreakdownbygenderis98.4%male,99.4%female(differenceof-1.0%) ^Adultrate:73.91%.Bygender:M=76.67%,F=71.18%.Allfigures2018,NationalestimatesaspublishedonUNESCOsite.[3] ^Genderbreakdownis99.2%maleand95.2forfemales."Dataonliteracywerecollectedforpersonsaged10ormoreyearswhodidnotreceiveanykindofformaleducationorwithincompleteprimaryeducation.Apersoncapableofreadingwithunderstandingandwritingastatementonhis/herdailyroutineshallbeconsideredtobealiterateperson." ^Adultrate:74.37%.Bygender:M=82.37%,F=65.79%.Allfigures2018,UISestimatesaspublishedonUNESCOsite.[3] ^Thebreakdownbygenderis98.7%male,95.8%female(differenceof2.9%) ^Adultrate:75.55%.Bygender:M=80.01%,F=71.85%.Allfigures2016.[15] ^Thebreakdownbygenderis79.3%male,63.7%female(differenceis15.6%) ^Thebreakdownbygenderis72.5%male,51.8%female(differenceis20.7%) ^Thebreakdownbygenderis88.9%male,79.2%female(differenceis9.7%) References[edit] ^"LiteracyStatisticsMetadataInformationTable".UNESCOInstituteforStatistics.September2015.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2June2017.Retrieved19November2015. 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