NationMaster - Literacy > Total population (most recent) by country

Rank	Countries	Amount (top to bottom)
#1	Greenland:	100 %
#2	Luxembourg:	100 %
#3	Georgia:	100 %
#4	Liechtenstein:	100 %
#5	Norway:	100 %
#6	Finland:	100 %
#7	Cuba:	99.8 %
#8	Estonia:	99.8 %
#9	Poland:	99.8 %
#10	Samoa:	99.7 %
#11	Latvia:	99.7 %
#12	Barbados:	99.7 %
#13	Lithuania:	99.6 %
#14	Slovakia:	99.6 %
#15	Belarus:	99.6 %
#16	Tajikistan:	99.5 %
#17	Kazakhstan:	99.5 %
#18	Armenia:	99.4 %
#19	Hungary:	99.4 %
#20	Russia:	99.4 %
#21	Ukraine:	99.4 %
#22	Uzbekistan:	99.3 %
#23	Moldova:	99.1 %
#24	Korea, North:	99 %
#25	Saint Pierre and Miquelon:	99 %
#26	Australia:	99 %
#27	United States:	99 %
#28	Netherlands:	99 %
#29	Iceland:	99 %
#30	Switzerland:	99 %
#31	Canada:	99 %
#32	Denmark:	99 %
#33	Japan:	99 %
#34	Ireland:	99 %
#35	Monaco:	99 %
#36	France:	99 %
#37	New Zealand:	99 %
#38	Germany:	99 %
#39	Sweden:	99 %
#40	Guam:	99 %
#41	United Kingdom:	99 %
#42	Belgium:	99 %
#43	Tonga:	98.9 %
#44	Azerbaijan:	98.8 %
#45	Guyana:	98.8 %
#46	Turkmenistan:	98.8 %
#47	Albania:	98.7 %
#48	Kyrgyzstan:	98.7 %
#49	Trinidad and Tobago:	98.6 %
#50	Italy:	98.4 %
#51	Bulgaria:	98.2 %
#52	Croatia:	98.1 %
#53	Cayman Islands:	98 %
#54	Austria:	98 %
#55	Uruguay:	98 %
#56	French Polynesia:	98 %
#57	Bermuda:	98 %
#58	Turks and Caicos Islands:	98 %
#59	Spain:	97.9 %
#60	Korea, South:	97.9 %
#61	Saint Kitts and Nevis:	97.8 %
#62	Mongolia:	97.8 %
#63	British Virgin Islands:	97.8 %
#64	Cyprus:	97.6 %
#65	Romania:	97.3 %
#66	Argentina:	97.2 %
#67	Israel:	97.1 %
#68	American Samoa:	97 %
#69	Northern Mariana Islands:	97 %
#70	Montserrat:	97 %
#71	Saint Helena:	97 %
#72	Bosnia and Herzegovina:	96.7 %
#73	Netherlands Antilles:	96.7 %
#74	Serbia and Montenegro:	96.4 %
#75	Maldives:	96.3 %
#76	New Caledonia:	96.2 %
#77	Taiwan:	96.1 %
#78	Macedonia, Republic of:	96.1 %
#79	San Marino:	96 %
#80	Grenada:	96 %
#81	Costa Rica:	96 %
#82	Greece:	96 %
#83	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:	96 %
#84	Chile:	95.7 %
#85	Bahamas, The:	95.6 %
#86	Anguilla:	95 %
#87	Puerto Rico:	94.1 %
#88	Dominica:	94 %
#89	Paraguay:	94 %
#90	Marshall Islands:	93.7 %
#91	Fiji:	93.7 %
#92	Hong Kong:	93.5 %
#93	Kuwait:	93.3 %
#94	Portugal:	93.3 %
#95	Venezuela:	93 %
#96	Colombia:	92.8 %
#97	Malta:	92.8 %
#98	Brunei:	92.7 %
#99	Philippines:	92.6 %
#100	Thailand:	92.6 %
#101	Singapore:	92.5 %
#102	Gaza Strip:	92.4 %
#103	West Bank:	92.4 %
#104	Palau:	92 %
#105	Panama:	91.9 %
#106	Seychelles:	91.8 %
#107	Macau:	91.3 %
#108	Ecuador:	91 %
#109	Mexico:	91 %
#110	China:	90.9 %
#111	Sri Lanka:	90.7 %
#112	Zimbabwe:	90.7 %
#113	Indonesia:	90.4 %
#114	Vietnam:	90.3 %
#115	Saint Lucia:	90.1 %
#116	Burma:	89.9 %
#117	Jordan:	89.9 %
#118	Suriname:	89.6 %
#119	Micronesia, Federated States of:	89 %
#120	Qatar:	89 %
#121	Malaysia:	88.7 %
#122	Brazil:	88.6 %
#123	Jamaica:	87.9 %
#124	Peru:	87.7 %
#125	Lebanon:	87.4 %
#126	Turkey:	87.4 %
#127	Dominican Republic:	87 %
#128	Bolivia:	86.7 %
#129	Bahrain:	86.5 %
#130	South Africa:	86.4 %
#131	Antigua and Barbuda:	85.8 %
#132	Equatorial Guinea:	85.7 %
#133	Kenya:	85.1 %
#134	Namibia:	85 %
#135	São Tomé and Príncipe:	84.9 %
#136	Lesotho:	84.8 %
#137	Mauritius:	84.4 %
#138	Congo, Republic of the:	83.8 %
#139	Libya:	82.6 %
#140	Swaziland:	81.6 %
#141	Botswana:	81.2 %
#142	Zambia:	80.6 %
#143	El Salvador:	80.2 %
#144	Honduras:	80 %
#145	Syria:	79.6 %
#146	Saudi Arabia:	78.8 %
#147	United Arab Emirates:	77.9 %
#148	Iran:	77 %
#149	Belize:	76.9 %
#150	Cape Verde:	76.6 %
#151	Tunisia:	74.3 %
#152	Iraq:	74.1 %
#153	Vanuatu:	74 %
#154	Cambodia:	73.6 %
#155	Egypt:	71.4 %
#156	Rwanda:	70.4 %
#157	Algeria:	69.9 %
#158	Tanzania:	69.4 %
#159	Guatemala:	69.1 %
#160	Madagascar:	68.9 %
#161	Laos:	68.7 %
#162	Nigeria:	68 %
#163	Djibouti:	67.9 %
#164	Cameroon:	67.9 %
#165	Nicaragua:	67.5 %
#166	Angola:	67.4 %
#167	Uganda:	66.8 %
#168	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	65.5 %
#169	Gabon:	63.2 %
#170	Malawi:	62.7 %
#171	Sudan:	61.1 %
#172	India:	61 %
#173	Togo:	60.9 %
#174	Burundi:	59.3 %
#175	Eritrea:	58.6 %
#176	East Timor:	58.6 %
#177	Ghana:	57.9 %
#178	Liberia:	57.5 %
#179	Papua New Guinea:	57.3 %
#180	Comoros:	56.5 %
#181	Haiti:	52.9 %
#182	Morocco:	52.3 %
#183	Mauritania:	51.2 %
#184	Central African Republic:	51 %
#185	Côte d'Ivoire:	50.9 %
#186	Yemen:	50.2 %
#187	Wallis and Futuna:	50 %
#188	Pakistan:	49.9 %
#189	Nepal:	48.6 %
#190	Mozambique:	47.8 %
#191	Chad:	47.5 %
#192	Bhutan:	47 %
#193	Mali:	46.4 %
#194	Bangladesh:	43.1 %
#195	Ethiopia:	42.7 %
#196	Guinea-Bissau:	42.4 %
#197	Gambia, The:	40.1 %
#198	Senegal:	39.3 %
#199	Somalia:	37.8 %
#200	Sierra Leone:	35.1 %
#201	Benin:	34.7 %
#202	Guinea:	29.5 %
#203	Niger:	28.7 %
#204	Afghanistan:	28.1 %
#205	Burkina Faso:	21.8 %
	Weighted average:	83.5 %

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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