Religious countries Compared by People > Literacy > Total population

DEFINITION: This entry is derived from People > Literacy, which includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of the Factbook. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons. Low levels of literacy, and education in general, can impede the economic development of a country in the current rapidly changing, technology-driven world.
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Gibraltar: above 80% (2013)

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
=1	Poland	99.7%	2013
=1	Georgia	99.7%	2013
3	Armenia	99.6%	2013
4	Uzbekistan	99.4%	2013
5	Moldova	99%	2013
6	Serbia	98%	2013
7	Romania	97.7%	2013
8	Republic of Macedonia	97.4%	2013
9	Fiji	93.7%	2013
10	Colombia	93.6%	2013
11	Malaysia	93.1%	2013
12	Brazil	90.4%	2013
13	Peru	89.6%	2013
14	Kenya	87.4%	2013
15	Saudi Arabia	87.2%	2013
16	Tunisia	79.1%	2013
17	Iraq	78.5%	2013
18	Ghana	71.5%	2013
19	Cameroon	71.3%	2013
20	India	62.8%	2013
21	Nigeria	61.3%	2013
22	Pakistan	54.9%	2013
23	Afghanistan	28.1%	2013
24	South Sudan	27%	2013

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