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Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
Education Statistics > Literacy rate, adult female > % of females ages 15 and above (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
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Date
#1
Cuba :
99.79 %
2006 ...
#2
Estonia :
99.76 %
2006 ...
#3
Latvia :
99.71 %
2006 ...
#4
Lithuania :
99.65 %
2006 ...
#5
Slovakia :
99.61 %
2006 ...
#6
Slovenia :
99.51 %
1990 ...
#7
Belarus :
99.42 %
2006 ...
#8
Barbados :
99.32 %
1990 ...
#9
Kazakhstan :
99.29 %
2006 ...
#10
Russia :
99.23 %
2006 ...
#11
Tajikistan :
99.22 %
2006 ...
#12
Ukraine :
99.17 %
2006 ...
#13
Armenia :
99.16 %
2006 ...
#14
Tonga :
98.98 %
2006 ...
#15
Hungary :
98.87 %
1990 ...
#16
Turkmenistan :
98.26 %
2006 ...
#17
Albania :
98.25 %
2006 ...
#18
Azerbaijan :
98.17 %
2006 ...
#19
Kyrgyzstan :
98.13 %
2006 ...
#20
Italy :
98.04 %
2006 ...
#21
Uzbekistan :
97.89 %
1990 ...
#22
Bulgaria :
97.71 %
2006 ...
#23
Moldova :
97.69 %
2006 ...
#24
Mongolia :
97.53 %
2006 ...
#25
Samoa :
97.4 %
1990 ...
#26
Argentina :
97.19 %
2006 ...
#27
Croatia :
97.08 %
2006 ...
#28
Aruba :
97.07 %
2006 ...
#29
Uruguay :
96.96 %
1990 ...
#30
Maldives :
96.44 %
2006 ...
#31
Guyana :
96.39 %
1990 ...
#32
Romania :
96.27 %
2006 ...
#33
Israel :
95.91 %
2006 ...
#34
Netherlands Antilles :
95.68 %
1990 ...
#35
Chile :
95.64 %
2006 ...
#36
Trinidad and Tobago :
95.62 %
1990 ...
#37
New Caledonia :
95.5 %
2006 ...
#38
Bahamas, The :
95.23 %
1990 ...
#39
Costa Rica :
95.08 %
2006 ...
#40
Cyprus :
95.08 %
2006 ...
#41
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
94.36 %
2006 ...
#42
Greece :
94.24 %
2006 ...
#43
Serbia and Montenegro :
94.07 %
2006 ...
#44
Macedonia, Republic of :
94.06 %
2006 ...
#45
Venezuela :
92.72 %
2006 ...
#46
Colombia :
92.71 %
2006 ...
#47
Philippines :
92.65 %
2006 ...
#48
Seychelles :
92.26 %
2006 ...
#49
Panama :
91.25 %
2006 ...
#50
Kuwait :
91.04 %
2006 ...
#51
Thailand :
90.52 %
2006 ...
#52
Lesotho :
90.3 %
2006 ...
#53
Brunei :
90.16 %
2006 ...
#54
Ecuador :
89.7 %
2006 ...
#55
Mexico :
89.63 %
2006 ...
#56
Malta :
89.24 %
2006 ...
#57
Sri Lanka :
89.14 %
2006 ...
#58
Brazil :
88.81 %
2006 ...
#59
Singapore :
88.65 %
2006 ...
#60
Qatar :
88.61 %
2006 ...
#61
Paraguay :
88.28 %
1990 ...
#62
Macau :
87.77 %
2006 ...
#63
Suriname :
87.2 %
2006 ...
#64
Dominican Republic :
87.18 %
2006 ...
#65
Vietnam :
86.92 %
2006 ...
#66
Indonesia :
86.8 %
2006 ...
#67
China :
86.53 %
2006 ...
#68
Burma :
86.37 %
2006 ...
#69
Jamaica :
85.9 %
2006 ...
#70
Fiji :
85.5 %
1990 ...
#71
Malaysia :
85.35 %
2006 ...
#72
Jordan :
84.71 %
2006 ...
#73
Bahrain :
83.56 %
2006 ...
#74
Namibia :
83.49 %
2006 ...
#75
Peru :
82.06 %
2006 ...
#76
Botswana :
81.81 %
2006 ...
#77
South Africa :
80.93 %
2006 ...
#78
Bolivia :
80.65 %
2006 ...
#79
Mauritius :
80.5 %
2006 ...
#80
Equatorial Guinea :
80.46 %
2006 ...
#81
Honduras :
80.22 %
2006 ...
#82
Turkey :
79.58 %
2006 ...
#83
Swaziland :
78.35 %
2006 ...
#84
Nicaragua :
76.6 %
2006 ...
#85
Zimbabwe :
74.97 %
1990 ...
#86
Syria :
73.63 %
2006 ...
#87
Oman :
73.52 %
2006 ...
#88
Lebanon :
73.13 %
1990 ...
#89
United Arab Emirates :
70.57 %
1990 ...
#90
Iran :
70.4 %
2006 ...
#91
Kenya :
70.23 %
2006 ...
#92
Saudi Arabia :
69.29 %
2006 ...
#93
El Salvador :
69.09 %
1990 ...
#94
Tunisia :
65.35 %
2006 ...
#95
Madagascar :
65.26 %
2006 ...
#96
Iraq :
64.17 %
2006 ...
#97
Cambodia :
64.05 %
2006 ...
#98
Guatemala :
63.34 %
2006 ...
#99
Tanzania :
62.17 %
2006 ...
#100
Laos :
60.9 %
2006 ...
#101
Algeria :
60.08 %
2006 ...
#102
Zambia :
59.8 %
2006 ...
#103
Cameroon :
59.8 %
2006 ...
#104
Rwanda :
59.76 %
2006 ...
#105
Egypt :
59.36 %
2006 ...
#106
Congo, Republic of the :
57.91 %
1990 ...
#107
Uganda :
57.71 %
2006 ...
#108
Cape Verde :
54.31 %
1990 ...
#109
Angola :
54.21 %
2006 ...
#110
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
54.07 %
2006 ...
#111
Malawi :
54 %
2006 ...
#112
Burundi :
52.24 %
2006 ...
#113
Sudan :
51.78 %
2006 ...
#114
Libya :
51.13 %
1990 ...
#115
Papua New Guinea :
50.92 %
2006 ...
#116
Ghana :
49.79 %
2006 ...
#117
Bhutan :
48.7 %
2005 ...
#118
India :
47.84 %
2006 ...
#119
Comoros :
46.39 %
1990 ...
#120
Mauritania :
43.42 %
2006 ...
#121
Djibouti :
39.72 %
1990 ...
#122
Morocco :
39.62 %
2006 ...
#123
Côte d'Ivoire :
38.62 %
2006 ...
#124
Togo :
38.46 %
2006 ...
#125
Nigeria :
38.38 %
1990 ...
#126
Haiti :
36.91 %
1990 ...
#127
Pakistan :
35.98 %
2006 ...
#128
Nepal :
34.89 %
2006 ...
#129
Eritrea :
34.77 %
1990 ...
#130
Central African Republic :