Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ statistics - countries compared

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

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

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