Education > Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Men > Per capita: Countries Compared
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Niger | 171.88 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
2 | Bangladesh | 170.02 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
3 | Mali | 157.84 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
4 | Burkina Faso | 154.44 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
5 | The Gambia | 151.15 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
6 | Comoros | 139.32 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
7 | Haiti | 136.3 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
8 | Iraq | 134.16 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
9 | Mauritania | 133.01 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
10 | Ethiopia | 132.73 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
11 | Senegal | 127.25 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
12 | Morocco | 127.22 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
13 | Pakistan | 124.22 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
14 | Cote d'Ivoire | 112.89 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
15 | Chad | 108.83 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
16 | Nepal | 107.23 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
17 | Egypt | 106.72 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
18 | Burundi | 105.38 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
19 | India | 103.29 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
20 | Mozambique | 102.18 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
21 | Nicaragua | 101.23 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
22 | Benin | 100.3 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
23 | Guinea-Bissau | 100.02 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
24 | Central African Republic | 99.75 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 90.33 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
25 | Lesotho | 88.72 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
26 | United Arab Emirates | 87.16 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
27 | Eritrea | 86.64 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
28 | Liberia | 82.14 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
29 | Sudan | 81.87 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 80.2 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
30 | Papua New Guinea | 79.3 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
31 | Qatar | 76.24 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
32 | Yemen | 74.55 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 72.81 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
33 | Algeria | 71.75 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
34 | Honduras | 69.75 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
35 | Madagascar | 66.49 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
36 | Laos | 65.5 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
37 | Guatemala | 64.97 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 64.09 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
38 | Nigeria | 62.49 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
39 | Malawi | 62.26 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
40 | Rwanda | 62.05 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
41 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 61.59 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 60.67 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
42 | Oman | 58.79 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
43 | Botswana | 58.09 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
44 | Kuwait | 57.84 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
45 | Tunisia | 57.79 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
46 | Togo | 57.28 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
47 | Cambodia | 54.16 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
48 | El Salvador | 54.16 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
49 | Jamaica | 54.02 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
50 | Iran | 53.99 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
51 | Cameroon | 53.18 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
52 | Dominican Republic | 50.53 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
53 | Ghana | 50.38 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
54 | Saudi Arabia | 49.6 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
55 | Uganda | 49.15 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
56 | Djibouti | 48.25 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
57 | Reunion | 46.08 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
58 | Swaziland | 43.33 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
59 | Mauritius | 41.38 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
60 | Brazil | 41.28 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
61 | South Africa | 41.11 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
62 | Namibia | 40.43 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
63 | Tanzania | 40.03 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
64 | Cape Verde | 37.22 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
65 | Burma | 35.86 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
66 | Zambia | 34.75 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
67 | Bahrain | 34.14 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
68 | Malta | 31.61 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
69 | Syria | 30.8 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 29.9 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
70 | Kenya | 26.89 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
71 | Libya | 26.74 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
72 | China | 26.62 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
73 | Indonesia | 25.9 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
74 | Colombia | 25.71 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
75 | Albania | 25.28 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
76 | Malaysia | 24.68 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
77 | Congo, Republic of the | 23.43 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
78 | Panama | 22.92 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
79 | Puerto Rico | 22.43 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
80 | Lebanon | 22.11 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 22.07 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
81 | Ecuador | 21.37 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
82 | Bolivia | 21.04 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
83 | Venezuela | 20.93 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
84 | Mexico | 20.75 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
85 | Sri Lanka | 20.28 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
86 | Turkey | 19.9 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
87 | Equatorial Guinea | 18.91 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
88 | Brunei | 18.74 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
89 | Vietnam | 18.37 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
90 | The Bahamas | 18.13 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
91 | Portugal | 17.15 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
92 | Belize | 16.81 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
93 | Paraguay | 16.61 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
94 | Zimbabwe | 16.59 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
95 | Peru | 15.77 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
96 | Fiji | 15.59 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
97 | Costa Rica | 14.82 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
98 | Netherlands Antilles | 14.54 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
99 | Jordan | 13.81 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
100 | Philippines | 13.78 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
101 | Singapore | 13.48 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
102 | Chile | 12.9 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
103 | Hong Kong | 12.88 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
104 | Cuba | 11.47 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
105 | Macau | 11.01 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
106 | Argentina | 10.51 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
107 | Uruguay | 9.84 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
108 | Thailand | 9.45 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
109 | Martinique | 9.16 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
110 | Israel | 8.74 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
111 | Maldives | 7.66 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
112 | Greece | 5.54 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
113 | Spain | 5.12 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
114 | Mongolia | 4.76 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
115 | Cyprus | 4.57 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
116 | Italy | 4.14 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
117 | Romania | 3.66 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
118 | Bulgaria | 3.62 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
119 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.55 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
120 | Guyana | 3.2 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
121 | Armenia | 3.06 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
122 | South Korea | 2.94 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
123 | Samoa | 2.74 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
124 | Croatia | 2.41 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
125 | Hungary | 1.86 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
126 | Moldova | 1.51 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
127 | Lithuania | 1.3 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
128 | Uzbekistan | 1.27 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
129 | Slovenia | 1.25 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
130 | Kazakhstan | 1.21 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
131 | Barbados | 1.12 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
132 | Tajikistan | 1.09 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
133 | Russia | 1.04 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
134 | Poland | 0.956 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
135 | Ukraine | 0.914 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
136 | Estonia | 0.887 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
137 | Belarus | 0.861 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
138 | Latvia | 0.774 per 1,000 people | 2003 |