NationMaster - Literacy > Male (most recent) by country

Rank	Countries	Amount (top to bottom)
#1	Liechtenstein:	100 %
#2	Georgia:	100 %
#3	Greenland:	100 %
#4	Luxembourg:	100 %
#5	Finland:	100 %
#6	Norway:	100 %
#7	Latvia:	99.8 %
#8	Cuba:	99.8 %
#9	Belarus:	99.8 %
#10	Kazakhstan:	99.8 %
#11	Estonia:	99.8 %
#12	Poland:	99.8 %
#13	Ukraine:	99.7 %
#14	Russia:	99.7 %
#15	Barbados:	99.7 %
#16	Moldova:	99.7 %
#17	Slovakia:	99.7 %
#18	Tajikistan:	99.7 %
#19	Armenia:	99.7 %
#20	Uzbekistan:	99.6 %
#21	Samoa:	99.6 %
#22	Lithuania:	99.6 %
#23	Hungary:	99.5 %
#24	Azerbaijan:	99.5 %
#25	Croatia:	99.3 %
#26	Turkmenistan:	99.3 %
#27	Kyrgyzstan:	99.3 %
#28	Albania:	99.2 %
#29	Korea, South:	99.2 %
#30	Guyana:	99.1 %
#31	Trinidad and Tobago:	99.1 %
#32	Sweden:	99 %
#33	Monaco:	99 %
#34	Japan:	99 %
#35	Australia:	99 %
#36	New Zealand:	99 %
#37	Guam:	99 %
#38	United States:	99 %
#39	Belgium:	99 %
#40	Bosnia and Herzegovina:	99 %
#41	Iceland:	99 %
#42	Canada:	99 %
#43	Korea, North:	99 %
#44	Denmark:	99 %
#45	Netherlands:	99 %
#46	Ireland:	99 %
#47	Saint Pierre and Miquelon:	99 %
#48	France:	99 %
#49	Switzerland:	99 %
#50	Germany:	99 %
#51	United Kingdom:	99 %
#52	Turks and Caicos Islands:	99 %
#53	Serbia and Montenegro:	98.9 %
#54	Cyprus:	98.9 %
#55	Tonga:	98.8 %
#56	Italy:	98.8 %
#57	Bulgaria:	98.7 %
#58	Spain:	98.7 %
#59	Israel:	98.5 %
#60	Romania:	98.4 %
#61	Macedonia, Republic of:	98.2 %
#62	Cayman Islands:	98 %
#63	Bermuda:	98 %
#64	American Samoa:	98 %
#65	Mongolia:	98 %
#66	French Polynesia:	98 %
#67	Greece:	97.8 %
#68	Uruguay:	97.6 %
#69	Argentina:	97.2 %
#70	Northern Mariana Islands:	97 %
#71	Montserrat:	97 %
#72	San Marino:	97 %
#73	Saint Helena:	97 %
#74	Hong Kong:	96.9 %
#75	New Caledonia:	96.8 %
#76	West Bank:	96.7 %
#77	Netherlands Antilles:	96.7 %
#78	Gaza Strip:	96.7 %
#79	Singapore:	96.6 %
#80	Maldives:	96.2 %
#81	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:	96 %
#82	Costa Rica:	95.9 %
#83	Chile:	95.8 %
#84	Portugal:	95.5 %
#85	Fiji:	95.5 %
#86	Macau:	95.3 %
#87	Turkey:	95.3 %
#88	Brunei:	95.2 %
#89	Jordan:	95.1 %
#90	China:	95.1 %
#91	Anguilla:	95 %
#92	Thailand:	94.9 %
#93	Paraguay:	94.9 %
#94	Bahamas, The:	94.7 %
#95	Kuwait:	94.4 %
#96	Zimbabwe:	94.2 %
#97	Dominica:	94 %
#98	Indonesia:	94 %
#99	Vietnam:	93.9 %
#100	Puerto Rico:	93.9 %
#101	Burma:	93.9 %
#102	Marshall Islands:	93.6 %
#103	Peru:	93.5 %
#104	Venezuela:	93.3 %
#105	Equatorial Guinea:	93.3 %
#106	Bolivia:	93.1 %
#107	Lebanon:	93.1 %
#108	Palau:	93 %
#109	Colombia:	92.9 %
#110	Philippines:	92.5 %
#111	Panama:	92.5 %
#112	Libya:	92.4 %
#113	Mexico:	92.4 %
#114	Sri Lanka:	92.3 %
#115	Ecuador:	92.3 %
#116	São Tomé and Príncipe:	92.2 %
#117	Malta:	92 %
#118	Malaysia:	92 %
#119	Suriname:	92 %
#120	Seychelles:	91.4 %
#121	Micronesia, Federated States of:	91 %
#122	Kenya:	90.6 %
#123	Congo, Republic of the:	89.6 %
#124	Saint Lucia:	89.5 %
#125	Qatar:	89.1 %
#126	Bahrain:	88.6 %
#127	Brazil:	88.4 %
#128	Mauritius:	88.4 %
#129	South Africa:	87 %
#130	Dominican Republic:	86.8 %
#131	Zambia:	86.8 %
#132	Namibia:	86.8 %
#133	Syria:	86 %
#134	Cape Verde:	85.8 %
#135	Saudi Arabia:	84.7 %
#136	Cambodia:	84.7 %
#137	Jamaica:	84.1 %
#138	Iraq:	84.1 %
#139	Iran:	83.5 %
#140	Tunisia:	83.4 %
#141	Egypt:	83 %
#142	Angola:	82.9 %
#143	El Salvador:	82.8 %
#144	Swaziland:	82.6 %
#145	Botswana:	80.4 %
#146	Honduras:	79.8 %
#147	Algeria:	79.6 %
#148	Djibouti:	78 %
#149	Tanzania:	77.5 %
#150	Cameroon:	77 %
#151	Laos:	77 %
#152	Uganda:	76.8 %
#153	Belize:	76.7 %
#154	Rwanda:	76.3 %
#155	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	76.2 %
#156	Malawi:	76.1 %
#157	United Arab Emirates:	76.1 %
#158	Nigeria:	75.7 %
#159	Madagascar:	75.5 %
#160	Guatemala:	75.4 %
#161	Togo:	75.4 %
#162	Lesotho:	74.5 %
#163	Gabon:	73.7 %
#164	India:	73.4 %
#165	Liberia:	73.3 %
#166	Sudan:	71.8 %
#167	Yemen:	70.5 %
#168	Eritrea:	69.9 %
#169	Burundi:	67.3 %
#170	Nicaragua:	67.2 %
#171	Ghana:	66.4 %
#172	Morocco:	65.7 %
#173	Comoros:	63.6 %
#174	Mozambique:	63.5 %
#175	Papua New Guinea:	63.4 %
#176	Central African Republic:	63.3 %
#177	Pakistan:	63 %
#178	Nepal:	62.7 %
#179	Bhutan:	60 %
#180	Mauritania:	59.5 %
#181	Guinea-Bissau:	58.1 %
#182	Côte d'Ivoire:	57.9 %
#183	Chad:	56 %
#184	Haiti:	54.8 %
#185	Bangladesh:	53.9 %
#186	Mali:	53.5 %
#187	Senegal:	51.1 %
#188	Ethiopia:	50.3 %
#189	Wallis and Futuna:	50 %
#190	Somalia:	49.7 %
#191	Benin:	47.9 %
#192	Gambia, The:	47.8 %
#193	Sierra Leone:	46.9 %
#194	Afghanistan:	43.1 %
#195	Niger:	42.9 %
#196	Guinea:	42.6 %
#197	Burkina Faso:	29.4 %
	Weighted average:	87.0 %

DEFINITION: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.

SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007

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