FACTOID # 6: There are 22 countries where more than half the population is illiterate. Fifteen of them are in Africa.
 
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Education Statistics > Education, percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
= 1   Japan: 100%  1991 Time series
= 1   Norway: 100%  2004 Time series
= 3   Israel: 99.9%  2004 Time series
= 3   Spain: 99.9%  2004 Time series
= 5   Sweden: 99.8%  1991 Time series
= 5   Italy: 99.8%  2004 Time series
# 7   Ireland: 99.7%  1991 Time series
= 8   Cyprus: 99.6%  2004 Time series
= 8   Croatia: 99.6%  2002 Time series
= 8   Iceland: 99.6%  2002 Time series
= 11   Finland: 99.5%  2004 Time series
= 11   Kazakhstan: 99.5%  2004 Time series
# 13   Kuwait: 99.4%  2004 Time series
= 14   Belarus: 99.3%  2004 Time series
= 14   Oman: 99.3%  2005 Time series
= 14   Hong Kong: 99.3%  2004 Time series
= 17   Poland: 99.2%  2004 Time series
= 17   Brunei: 99.2%  2004 Time series
= 17   Germany: 99.2%  2004 Time series
# 20   Seychelles: 99.1%  2002 Time series
# 21   Malta: 99%  2002 Time series
= 22   Greece: 98.9%  2004 Time series
= 22   Slovenia: 98.9%  2002 Time series
= 24   Australia: 98.8%  1991 Time series
= 24   Estonia: 98.8%  2004 Time series
# 26   Bahrain: 98.7%  2004 Time series
# 27   Korea, South: 98.6%  2005 Time series
# 28   Austria: 98.5%  2003 Time series
= 29   Czech Republic: 98.4%  2004 Time series
= 29   Chile: 98.4%  2003 Time series
= 31   Barbados: 98.3%  2004 Time series
= 31   Netherlands: 98.3%  2002 Time series
= 33   Latvia: 98.2%  2004 Time series
= 33   Macedonia, Republic of: 98.2%  2004 Time series
= 33   Georgia: 98.2%  2002 Time series
# 36   Azerbaijan: 98.1%  2004 Time series
= 37   Tajikistan: 98%  2004 Time series
= 37   Hungary: 98%  2004 Time series
= 37   France: 98%  1999 Time series
# 40   Lithuania: 97.9%  2004 Time series
# 41   Malaysia: 97.7%  2002 Time series
= 42   Aruba: 97.5%  2004 Time series
= 42   Ukraine: 97.5%  2000 Time series
# 44   Slovakia: 97.4%  2004 Time series
# 45   Saudi Arabia: 97.1%  2004 Time series
# 46   Cuba: 97%  2004 Time series
# 47   Kyrgyzstan: 96.9%  2004 Time series
# 48   United Arab Emirates: 96.8%  2004 Time series
# 49   Canada: 96.5%  1991 Time series
# 50   Armenia: 96.3%  2002 Time series
# 51   Uzbekistan: 96.1%  2002 Time series
# 52   Saint Lucia: 96%  2004 Time series
= 53   Samoa: 95.9%  2000 Time series
= 53   Mauritius: 95.9%  2004 Time series
# 55   Fiji: 95.8%  2003 Time series
# 56   Argentina: 95.7%  2003 Time series
# 57   Serbia and Montenegro: 95.6%  2000 Time series
# 58   Jordan: 95.4%  2004 Time series
# 59   Romania: 94.9%  2004 Time series
# 60   Tonga: 94.6%  2000 Time series
# 61   Egypt: 94.5%  2004 Time series
# 62   Syria: 94.2%  2004 Time series
# 63   Turkey: 94.1%  2004 Time series
# 64   Tunisia: 93.7%  2004 Time series
= 65   Algeria: 93.2%  2004 Time series
= 65   Anguilla: 93.2%  2004 Time series
# 67   Bulgaria: 92.3%  2004 Time series
= 68   Sri Lanka: 92.2%  1991 Time series
= 68   New Zealand: 92.2%  1990 Time series
# 70   Denmark: 92.1%  2004 Time series
# 71   Mexico: 91.6%  2004 Time series
# 72   Belize: 91.5%  2000 Time series
# 73   British Virgin Islands: 91.1%  2000 Time series
# 74   Mongolia: 90.9%  2003 Time series
# 75   Moldova: 90.7%  2004 Time series
# 76   Albania: 89.9%  2003 Time series
= 77   Lebanon: 89.6%  2004 Time series
= 77   Uruguay: 89.6%  2003 Time series
# 79   Venezuela: 89%  2004 Time series
= 80   Dominica: 88.9%  2004 Time series
= 80   Bermuda: 88.9%  2004 Time series
= 82   Cape Verde: 88.1%  2004 Time series
= 82   San Marino: 88.1%  1991 Time series
# 84   Iran: 87.8%  2002 Time series
# 85   Zambia: 87.5%  2001 Time series
# 86   Djibouti: 87.3%  1990 Time series
= 87   Belgium: 87.2%  1991 Time series
= 87   Jamaica: 87.2%  2001 Time series
# 89   Vietnam: 86.8%  2002 Time series
# 90   China: 86%  1991 Time series
# 91   Côte d'Ivoire: 85.6%  2000 Time series
= 92   Botswana: 85.5%  2003 Time series
= 92   Indonesia: 85.5%  2004 Time series
# 94   Peru: 85.3%  2004 Time series
= 95   Costa Rica: 83.6%  2004 Time series
= 95   Trinidad and Tobago: 83.6%  2004 Time series
= 95   Kenya: 83.6%  2004 Time series
= 98   Dominican Republic: 82.9%  2004 Time series
= 98   Monaco: 82.9%  1991 Time series
# 100   Grenada: 82.6%  2002 Time series
= 101   Bolivia: 82.4%  2003 Time series
= 101   Panama: 82.4%  2004 Time series
# 103   Luxembourg: 81.8%  2002 Time series
# 104   Kiribati: 81.4%  2003 Time series
# 105   Bhutan: 81.3%  2000 Time series
# 106   Colombia: 80.9%  2004 Time series
# 107   Brazil: 80.5%  2003 Time series
# 108   Mali: 79.8%  2004 Time series
# 109   Switzerland: 79.7%  1990 Time series
# 110   Tanzania: 79.2%  2005 Time series
= 111   Eritrea: 79.1%  2004 Time series
= 111   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 79.1%  2002 Time series
# 113   Nepal: 78.5%  2005 Time series
# 114   Netherlands Antilles: 78.4%  2001 Time series
# 115   Cayman Islands: 78.1%  2004 Time series
# 116   Solomon Islands: 78%  1991 Time series
# 117   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 77.6%  2000 Time series
# 118   South Africa: 77%  2003 Time series
# 119   Paraguay: 76.5%  2003 Time series
# 120   Namibia: 76.2%  2004 Time series
# 121   Sudan: 74.3%  2004 Time series
# 122   India: 73%  2004 Time series
= 123   Morocco: 72.6%  2004 Time series
= 123   Ecuador: 72.6%  2003 Time series
# 125   Comoros: 71.7%  2004 Time series
# 126   Philippines: 71.5%  2004 Time series
= 127   Guinea: 70.6%  2004 Time series
= 127   Vanuatu: 70.6%  2004 Time series
# 129   Iraq: 70.1%  2004 Time series
# 130   Burma: 69.9%  2004 Time series
# 131   Pakistan: 69.7%  2004 Time series
# 132   Burkina Faso: 68.9%  2004 Time series
# 133   Ethiopia: 68.4%  2005 Time series
# 134   Togo: 68.3%  2004 Time series
# 135   São Tomé and Príncipe: 68%  2004 Time series
# 136   Yemen: 67.3%  2003 Time series
# 137   El Salvador: 66.4%  2004 Time series
# 138   Bangladesh: 65.1%  2003 Time series
# 139   Senegal: 63.7%  2004 Time series
# 140   Laos: 63%  2004 Time series
= 141   Guatemala: 62.6%  2004 Time series
= 141   Nigeria: 62.6%  2003 Time series
= 141   Tuvalu: 62.6%  2001 Time series
# 144   Zimbabwe: 62.1%  2002 Time series
# 145   Honduras: 61.7%  2004 Time series
# 146   Swaziland: 61%  2002 Time series
# 147   Lesotho: 60.9%  2004 Time series
# 148   Ghana: 60%  2002 Time series
# 149   Niger: 59.7%  2004 Time series
# 150   Burundi: 58.9%  2004 Time series
= 151   Guyana: 58.8%  2001 Time series
= 151   Cameroon: 58.8%  2002 Time series
# 153   Papua New Guinea: 58.2%  2002 Time series
= 154   Qatar: 56.8%  1991 Time series
= 154   Cambodia: 56.8%  2004 Time series
# 156   Gabon: 55.5%  2002 Time series
# 157   Congo, Republic of the: 55.4%  2002 Time series
# 158   Nicaragua: 50.8%  2004 Time series
# 159   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 47.3%  1991 Time series
# 160   Benin: 46.1%  2004 Time series
# 161   Mozambique: 45.6%  2004 Time series
# 162   Turks and Caicos Islands: 44.8%  2002 Time series
# 163   Madagascar: 42.7%  2004 Time series
# 164   Mauritania: 39.4%  2004 Time series
# 165   Angola: 39%  1991 Time series
# 166   Malawi: 33.6%  2004 Time series
# 167   Equatorial Guinea: 32.6%  2001 Time series
# 168   Rwanda: 30.9%  2003 Time series
# 169   Chad: 25.6%  2004 Time series
= 170   Uganda: 25.4%  2004 Time series
= 170   Nauru: 25.4%  2001 Time series
# 172   Central African Republic: 15.2%  1991 Time series
Weighted average: 81.2%  


SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics

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