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Education Statistics > Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Niger: 82.4%  2003 Time series
# 2     Burkina Faso: 73.4%  2003 Time series
# 3     Mali: 72%  2003 Time series
# 4     Gambia, The: 59.9%  2003 Time series
# 5     Senegal: 59.8%  2003 Time series
# 6     Iraq: 59.6%  2003 Time series
# 7     Benin: 59.1%  2003 Time series
# 8     Bangladesh: 58.4%  2003 Time series
# 9     Mauritania: 58.3%  2003 Time series
# 10     Guinea-Bissau: 57.7%  2003 Time series
# 11     Ethiopia: 57.3%  2003 Time series
# 12     Nepal: 54.9%  2003 Time series
# 13     Pakistan: 54.3%  2003 Time series
# 14     Chad: 52.5%  2003 Time series
# 15     Mozambique: 52.2%  2003 Time series
# 16     Yemen: 49.7%  2003 Time series
# 17     Central African Republic: 48.9%  2003 Time series
# 18     Burundi: 48.4%  2003 Time series
= 19     Morocco: 48.3%  2003 Time series
= 19     Côte d'Ivoire: 48.3%  2003 Time series
# 21     Haiti: 47.1%  2003 Time series
# 22     Comoros: 43.6%  2003 Time series
# 23     Liberia: 43%  2003 Time series
# 24     Egypt: 42.3%  2003 Time series
# 25     Eritrea: 41.4%  2003 Time series
# 26     India: 40.5%  2003 Time series
# 27     Togo: 39.1%  2003 Time series
# 28     Sudan: 39%  2003 Time series
# 29     Malawi: 37.3%  2003 Time series
# 30     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 34.5%  2003 Time series
# 31     Papua New Guinea: 34%  2003 Time series
# 32     Laos: 32.7%  2003 Time series
# 33     Nicaragua: 32.5%  2003 Time series
# 34     Djibouti: 32.1%  2003 Time series
# 35     Nigeria: 31.9%  2003 Time series
# 36     Madagascar: 31.1%  2003 Time series
# 37     Uganda: 30.2%  2003 Time series
# 38     Algeria: 30.1%  2003 Time series
# 39     Cambodia: 29.9%  2003 Time series
# 40     Rwanda: 29.6%  2003 Time series
# 41     Guatemala: 29.5%  2003 Time series
# 42     Tunisia: 25.8%  2003 Time series
# 43     Cameroon: 25.4%  2003 Time series
# 44     Ghana: 25.1%  2003 Time series
# 45     Oman: 24.2%  2003 Time series
# 46     Cape Verde: 23.5%  2003 Time series
# 47     Honduras: 23.2%  2003 Time series
# 48     Syria: 23.1%  2003 Time series
# 49     United Arab Emirates: 22.2%  2003 Time series
# 50     Tanzania: 21.9%  2003 Time series
# 51     Saudi Arabia: 21.3%  2003 Time series
# 52     Iran: 20.9%  2003 Time series
# 53     Botswana: 20.2%  2003 Time series
# 54     El Salvador: 19.9%  2003 Time series
# 55     Zambia: 19.3%  2003 Time series
# 56     Swaziland: 18.4%  2003 Time series
= 57     Qatar: 17.5%  2003 Time series
= 57     Libya: 17.5%  2003 Time series
# 59     Kuwait: 16.5%  2003 Time series
# 60     Congo, Republic of the: 16.2%  2003 Time series
# 61     Namibia: 16%  2003 Time series
# 62     Dominican Republic: 15.3%  2003 Time series
# 63     Lesotho: 15.2%  2003 Time series
# 64     Kenya: 14.9%  2003 Time series
= 65     Burma: 14.4%  2003 Time series
= 65     Mauritius: 14.4%  2003 Time series
# 67     Equatorial Guinea: 14.3%  2003 Time series
# 68     South Africa: 13.6%  2003 Time series
= 69     Turkey: 13.5%  2003 Time series
= 69     Albania: 13.5%  2003 Time series
# 71     China: 13%  2003 Time series
# 72     Bolivia: 12.8%  2003 Time series
# 73     Lebanon: 12.6%  2003 Time series
# 74     Jamaica: 12%  2003 Time series
# 75     Brazil: 11.9%  2003 Time series
# 76     Indonesia: 11.6%  2003 Time series
# 77     Réunion: 11.2%  2003 Time series
# 78     Malaysia: 11.1%  2003 Time series
# 79     Bahrain: 10.9%  2003 Time series
# 80     Zimbabwe: 9.3%  2003 Time series
# 81     Peru: 9.1%  2003 Time series
# 82     Jordan: 8.7%  2003 Time series
# 83     Brunei: 8.2%  2003 Time series
# 84     Mexico: 8%  2003 Time series
# 85     Sri Lanka: 7.7%  2003 Time series
= 86     Ecuador: 7.6%  2003 Time series
= 86     Colombia: 7.6%  2003 Time series
# 88     Panama: 7.5%  2003 Time series
# 89     Malta: 7.2%  2003 Time series
# 90     Vietnam: 7%  2003 Time series
# 91     Singapore: 6.9%  2003 Time series
# 92     Portugal: 6.7%  2003 Time series
# 93     Venezuela: 6.6%  2003 Time series
# 94     Fiji: 6.3%  2003 Time series
= 95     Hong Kong: 6%  2003 Time series
= 95     Paraguay: 6%  2003 Time series
# 97     Belize: 5.9%  2003 Time series
# 98     Puerto Rico: 5.7%  2003 Time series
# 99     Macau: 5.5%  2003 Time series
= 100     Israel: 4.4%  2003 Time series
= 100     Philippines: 4.4%  2003 Time series
# 102     Bahamas, The: 4.3%  2003 Time series
= 103     Costa Rica: 4%  2003 Time series
= 103     Thailand: 4%  2003 Time series
# 105     Chile: 3.8%  2003 Time series
# 106     Netherlands Antilles: 3.2%  2003 Time series
# 107     Cuba: 3%  2003 Time series
# 108     Argentina: 2.9%  2003 Time series
# 109     Maldives: 2.6%  2003 Time series
# 110     Greece: 2.5%  2003 Time series
# 111     Cyprus: 2.4%  2003 Time series
# 112     Martinique: 2.3%  2003 Time series
# 113     Uruguay: 2.2%  2003 Time series
# 114     Spain: 2.1%  2003 Time series
# 115     Korea, South: 1.9%  2003 Time series
# 116     Romania: 1.6%  2003 Time series
# 117     Croatia: 1.5%  2003 Time series
= 118     Bulgaria: 1.4%  2003 Time series
= 118     Mongolia: 1.4%  2003 Time series
= 118     Italy: 1.4%  2003 Time series
= 118     Trinidad and Tobago: 1.4%  2003 Time series
= 118     Armenia: 1.4%  2003 Time series
# 123     Samoa: 1.3%  2003 Time series
# 124     Guyana: 1.2%  2003 Time series
# 125     Moldova: 0.9%  2003 Time series
# 126     Uzbekistan: 0.7%  2003 Time series
= 127     Tajikistan: 0.6%  2003 Time series
= 127     Hungary: 0.6%  2003 Time series
# 129     Kazakhstan: 0.5%  2003 Time series
= 130     Ukraine: 0.4%  2003 Time series
= 130     Lithuania: 0.4%  2003 Time series
= 130     Russia: 0.4%  2003 Time series
= 133     Slovenia: 0.3%  2003 Time series
= 133     Belarus: 0.3%  2003 Time series
= 133     Poland: 0.3%  2003 Time series
= 133     Barbados: 0.3%  2003 Time series
= 137     Latvia: 0.2%  2003 Time series
= 137     Estonia: 0.2%  2003 Time series
Weighted average: 20.1%  

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

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"Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ by country", UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/edu_ill_rat_by_sex_age_15-illiteracy-rates-sex-aged-15

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