NationMaster - Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males (most recent) by country

Rank	Countries	Amount (top to bottom)
#1	Lesotho:	129
#2	Jamaica:	109
#3	Botswana:	107
#4	United Arab Emirates:	106
#5	Antigua and Barbuda:	104
#6	Niue:	103
#7	Malta:	102
#8	Bahamas, The:	102
#9	Uruguay:	101
#10	Micronesia, Federated States of:	101
#11	Belize:	100
#12	Latvia:	100
#13	Barbados:	100
#14	Russia:	100
#15	Honduras:	100
#16	Philippines:	100
#17	Qatar:	100
#18	Dominican Republic:	100
#19	Maldives:	100
#20	Georgia:	100
#21	Hungary:	100
#22	Nicaragua:	100
#23	Slovenia:	100
#24	Chile:	100
#25	Mongolia:	100
#26	Colombia:	100
#27	Slovakia:	100
#28	Brazil:	100
#29	Cuba:	100
#30	Belarus:	100
#31	Poland:	100
#32	Costa Rica:	100
#33	Estonia:	100
#34	Lithuania:	100
#35	Ukraine:	100
#36	Argentina:	100
#37	Uzbekistan:	99
#38	Tajikistan:	99
#39	Panama:	99
#40	Italy:	99
#41	Kazakhstan:	99
#42	Venezuela:	99
#43	Trinidad and Tobago:	99
#44	Guyana:	99
#45	Moldova:	99
#46	Samoa:	99
#47	Bulgaria:	99
#48	Romania:	98
#49	Paraguay:	98
#50	Spain:	98
#51	Serbia and Montenegro:	98
#52	Croatia:	98
#53	Armenia:	98
#54	South Africa:	98
#55	Namibia:	98
#56	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:	97
#57	Azerbaijan:	97
#58	Greece:	97
#59	Suriname:	97
#60	Korea, South:	97
#61	Thailand:	97
#62	Korea, North:	97
#63	Cyprus:	97
#64	Swaziland:	97
#65	Israel:	96
#66	Vietnam:	96
#67	Fiji:	96
#68	Ecuador:	96
#69	Mexico:	95
#70	Kuwait:	95
#71	Portugal:	95
#72	Sri Lanka:	94
#73	El Salvador:	93
#74	Singapore:	92
#75	Haiti:	92
#76	Mauritius:	92
#77	Bahrain:	91
#78	Malaysia:	91
#79	Bosnia and Herzegovina:	91
#80	Burma:	91
#81	Zimbabwe:	91
#82	Peru:	90
#83	Indonesia:	89
#84	Jordan:	89
#85	Lebanon:	87
#86	Bolivia:	86
#87	China:	85
#88	Kenya:	85
#89	Zambia:	84
#90	Iran:	83
#91	Turkey:	82
#92	Rwanda:	82
#93	Saudi Arabia:	81
#94	Madagascar:	81
#95	Cameroon:	81
#96	Equatorial Guinea:	80
#97	Guatemala:	80
#98	Papua New Guinea:	80
#99	Ghana:	79
#100	Cape Verde:	78
#101	Gabon:	78
#102	Nigeria:	78
#103	Comoros:	77
#104	Oman:	77
#105	Libya:	75
#106	Tunisia:	74
#107	Uganda:	73
#108	Djibouti:	72
#109	Burundi:	72
#110	Cambodia:	71
#111	Laos:	70
#112	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	69
#113	Gambia, The:	68
#114	Algeria:	68
#115	Syria:	68
#116	Sudan:	67
#117	Chad:	66
#118	Egypt:	66
#119	Eritrea:	66
#120	Ethiopia:	66
#121	India:	66
#122	Cote d'Ivoire:	63
#123	Malawi:	62
#124	Bangladesh:	61
#125	Mauritania:	59
#126	Senegal:	59
#127	Togo:	59
#128	Morocco:	58
#129	Central African Republic:	58
#130	Bhutan:	55
#131	Liberia:	52
#132	Pakistan:	49
#133	Guinea:	49
#134	Mozambique:	48
#135	Sierra Leone:	45
#136	Benin:	45
#137	Mali:	45
#138	Guinea-Bissau:	43
#139	Burkina Faso:	42
#140	Iraq:	42
#141	Afghanistan:	41
#142	Nepal:	40
#143	Yemen:	37
#144	Niger:	36
	Weighted average:	84.8

DEFINITION: People - Women - Adult literacy rate: females as a % of males 2000

SOURCE: UNICEF

People Statistics > Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males (most recent) by country

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