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Education > Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 70-74: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 70 to 74. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 India 9.7 million 2001
2 China 7.71 million 2010
3 Indonesia 1.44 million 2005
4 Pakistan 1.13 million 1998
5 Brazil 1.05 million 2010
6 Nigeria 779,876 2006
7 Iran 769,729 2011
8 Ethiopia 592,455 2007
9 Mexico 519,147 2010
10 Morocco 441,004 2004
11 Turkey 349,000 2011
12 Thailand 302,736 2000
13 Algeria 276,860 1998
14 Ghana 228,382 2010
15 South Africa 218,897 1996
16 Egypt 204,617 2006
17 Colombia 183,558 2005
18 Spain 132,328 2001
19 Burkina Faso 132,236 2006
20 Italy 120,484 2001
21 Mozambique 118,229 2007
22 Peru 114,440 2007
23 Mali 97,498 1998
24 Portugal 88,332 2011
25 Cambodia 83,918 2008
26 Ecuador 63,502 2010
27 Bolivia 61,273 2001
28 Romania 60,545 2002
29 Greece 55,054 2001
30 Burundi 54,663 2008
31 Zimbabwe 50,987 2002
32 Dominican Republic 50,232 2010
33 Chile 47,599 2002
34 Sierra Leone 46,428 2004
35 El Salvador 45,270 2007
36 Laos 36,257 2005
37 Honduras 34,182 2001
38 Russia 28,589 2010
39 Nicaragua 27,478 2005
40 Lesotho 25,100 2006
41 Liberia 21,064 2008
42 Paraguay 14,879 2002
43 Oman 14,871 2003
44 Serbia 13,012 2011
45 Croatia 12,305 2001
46 Panama 12,192 2010
47 Republic of Macedonia 11,251 2002
48 Palestine 11,015 2007
49 Mauritius 10,206 2000
50 Namibia 9,986 2001
51 Bulgaria 7,770 2011
52 Uruguay 7,594 1996
53 Bhutan 7,255 2005
54 Costa Rica 7,133 2011
55 Albania 6,679 2011
56 Kyrgyzstan 5,490 1999
57 Swaziland 4,171 2007
58 Turkmenistan 3,807 1995
59 Hungary 3,690 2001
60 Azerbaijan 3,062 2009
61 Suriname 2,786 2004
62 Belarus 2,755 2009
63 Malta 2,749 2005
64 Armenia 2,351 2001
65 Fiji 2,285 1996
66 Mongolia 1,339 2010
67 Qatar 1,320 2010
68 Belize 1,178 2000
69 Cyprus 1,131 2011
70 Sao Tome and Principe 1,014 2001
71 Saint Lucia 928 2001
72 Montenegro 792 2011
73 Lithuania 743 2011
74 Seychelles 495 2002
75 Aruba 122 2000
76 Kiribati 92 2010
77 Latvia 72 2011
78 Estonia 59 2011
79 North Korea 36 2008
80 Tonga 31 2006
81 Tokelau 0.0 2011

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