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Language Statistics > Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Germany: 99.9  
#2   Switzerland: 99.9  
#3   Luxembourg: 99.9  
#4   France: 99.9  
#5   Netherlands: 99.9  
#6   Canada: 99.9  
#7   Norway: 99.9  
#8   Czech Republic: 99.9  
#9   Iceland: 99.9  
#10   New Zealand: 99.9  
#11   Austria: 99.9  
#12   Sweden: 99.9  
#13   Ireland: 99.9  
#14   Georgia: 99.9  
#15   Australia: 99.9  
#16   Finland: 99.9  
#17   Japan: 99.9  
#18   United Kingdom: 99.9  
#19   Belgium: 99.9  
#20   Denmark: 99.9  
#21   Estonia: 99.8  
#22   Poland: 99.7  
#23   Latvia: 99.7  
#24   Barbados: 99.7  
#25   Slovenia: 99.7  
#26   Lithuania: 99.6  
#27   Belarus: 99.6  
#28   Slovakia: 99.6  
#29   Tajikistan: 99.5  
#30   Kazakhstan: 99.5  
#31   Russia: 99.4  
#32   Ukraine: 99.4  
#33   Armenia: 99.4  
#34   Uzbekistan: 99.3  
#35   Hungary: 99.3  
#36   Tonga: 98.9  
#37   Turkmenistan: 98.8  
#38   Azerbaijan: 98.8  
#39   Albania: 98.7  
#40   Kyrgyzstan: 98.7  
#41   Samoa: 98.7  
#42   Italy: 98.5  
#43   Trinidad and Tobago: 98.5  
#44   Bulgaria: 98.2  
#45   Croatia: 98.1  
#46   Korea, South: 97.9  
#47   Mongolia: 97.8  
#48   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 97.8  
#49   Spain: 97.7  
#50   Uruguay: 97.7  
#51   Greece: 97.5  
#52   Romania: 97.3  
#53   Argentina: 97.2  
#54   Maldives: 97.2  
#55   United States: 97  
#56   Cuba: 96.9  
#57   Israel: 96.9  
#58   Cyprus: 96.8  
#59   Guyana: 96.5  
#60   Moldova: 96.2  
#61   Macedonia, Republic of: 96.1  
#62   Grenada: 96  
#63   Costa Rica: 95.8  
#64   Chile: 95.7  
#65   Bahamas, The: 95.5  
#66   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 94.6  
#67   Colombia: 94.2  
#68   Venezuela: 93  
#69   Fiji: 92.9  
#70   Brunei: 92.7  
#71   Thailand: 92.6  
#72   Philippines: 92.6  
#73   Portugal: 92.5  
#74   Malta: 92.5  
#75   Singapore: 92.5  
#76   Panama: 91.9  
#77   Seychelles: 91.9  
#78   Paraguay: 91.6  
#79   Ecuador: 91  
#80   China: 90.9  
#81   Sri Lanka: 90.4  
#82   Mexico: 90.3  
#83   Vietnam: 90.3  
#84   Saint Lucia: 90.1  
#85   Zimbabwe: 90  
#86   Jordan: 89.9  
#87   Burma: 89.7  
#88   Qatar: 89.2  
#89   Malaysia: 88.7  
#90   Brazil: 88.4  
#91   Turkey: 88.3  
#92   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 88.1  
#93   Suriname: 88  
#94   Dominica: 88  
#95   Indonesia: 87.9  
#96   Dominican Republic: 87.7  
#97   Peru: 87.7  
#98   Bahrain: 87.7  
#99   Jamaica: 87.6  
#100   Bolivia: 86.5  
#101   Lebanon: 86.5  
#102   Antigua and Barbuda: 85.8  
#103   Namibia: 85  
#104   Mauritius: 84.3  
#105   Equatorial Guinea: 84.2  
#106   São Tomé and Príncipe: 83.1  
#107   Kuwait: 82.9  
#108   Syria: 82.9  
#109   Congo, Republic of the: 82.8  
#110   South Africa: 82.4  
#111   Libya: 81.7  
#112   Lesotho: 81.4  
#113   Honduras: 80  
#114   El Salvador: 79.7  
#115   Saudi Arabia: 79.4  
#116   Swaziland: 79.2  
#117   Botswana: 78.9  
#118   United Arab Emirates: 77.3  
#119   Iran: 77  
#120   Belize: 76.9  
#121   Nicaragua: 76.7  
#122   Solomon Islands: 76.6  
#123   Cape Verde: 75.7  
#124   Oman: 74.4  
#125   Tunisia: 74.3  
#126   Vanuatu: 74  
#127   Kenya: 73.6  
#128   Cambodia: 73.6  
#129   Gabon: 71  
#130   Madagascar: 70.6  
#131   Algeria: 69.8  
#132   Tanzania: 69.4  
#133   Guatemala: 69.1  
#134   Uganda: 68.9  
#135   Laos: 68.7  
#136   Zambia: 67.9  
#137   Cameroon: 67.9  
#138   Nigeria: 66.8  
#139   Angola: 66.8  
#140   Djibouti: 65.5  
#141   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 65.3  
#142   Malawi: 64.1  
#143   Rwanda: 64  
#144   India: 61  
#145   Sudan: 59  
#146   Burundi: 58.9  
#147   East Timor: 58.6  
#148   Papua New Guinea: 57.3  
#149   Eritrea: 56.7  
#150   Comoros: 56.2  
#151   Egypt: 55.6  
#152   Ghana: 54.1  
#153   Togo: 53  
#154   Haiti: 51.9  
#155   Mauritania: 51.2  
#156   Morocco: 50.7  
#157   Yemen: 49  
#158   Pakistan: 48.7  
#159   Central African Republic: 48.6  
#160   Nepal: 48.6  
#161   Bhutan: 47  
#162   Mozambique: 46.5  
#163   Ethiopia: 41.5  
#164   Bangladesh: 41.1  
#165   Guinea: 41  
#166   Guinea-Bissau: 39.6  
#167   Senegal: 39.3  
#168   Gambia, The: 37.8  
#169   Benin: 33.6  
#170   Sierra Leone: 29.6  
#171   Chad: 25.5  
#172   Mali: 19  
#173   Niger: 14.4  
#174   Burkina Faso: 12.8  
Weighted average: 81.7   


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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union

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