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Education Statistics > Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ (1984) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Niger: 90.8%  1984 Time series
# 2     Burkina Faso: 87.2%  1984 Time series
# 3     Mali: 84.4%  1984 Time series
# 4     Gambia, The: 80.4%  1984 Time series
# 5     Chad: 79.3%  1984 Time series
# 6     Benin: 78.8%  1984 Time series
# 7     Guinea-Bissau: 78.2%  1984 Time series
# 8     Ethiopia: 76.8%  1984 Time series
# 9     Senegal: 76.2%  1984 Time series
# 10     Yemen: 75.3%  1984 Time series
# 11     Nepal: 74.2%  1984 Time series
# 12     Central African Republic: 73.3%  1984 Time series
# 13     Mozambique: 72%  1984 Time series
# 14     Pakistan: 69.3%  1984 Time series
# 15     Bangladesh: 69%  1984 Time series
# 16     Mauritania: 68.8%  1984 Time series
# 17     Burundi: 68.6%  1984 Time series
# 18     Liberia: 67.7%  1984 Time series
# 19     Morocco: 67.5%  1984 Time series
# 20     Côte d'Ivoire: 67%  1984 Time series
# 21     Iraq: 66.7%  1984 Time series
# 22     Haiti: 65.9%  1984 Time series
# 23     Togo: 63%  1984 Time series
# 24     Sudan: 61.4%  1984 Time series
# 25     Nigeria: 60.8%  1984 Time series
# 26     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 60.7%  1984 Time series
# 27     Eritrea: 59%  1984 Time series
# 28     Egypt: 57.5%  1984 Time series
# 29     Algeria: 56.7%  1984 Time series
# 30     Oman: 56.3%  1984 Time series
# 31     India: 55.6%  1984 Time series
# 32     Rwanda: 54.8%  1984 Time series
# 33     Djibouti: 54.8%  1984 Time series
# 34     Malawi: 52.5%  1984 Time series
# 35     Cameroon: 50.9%  1984 Time series
# 36     Ghana: 50.4%  1984 Time series
# 37     Uganda: 50.1%  1984 Time series
# 38     Tunisia: 48.9%  1984 Time series
# 39     Laos: 48.4%  1984 Time series
# 40     Madagascar: 48.3%  1984 Time series
# 41     Papua New Guinea: 48.1%  1984 Time series
# 42     Comoros: 47.5%  1984 Time series
# 43     Iran: 45.4%  1984 Time series
# 44     Tanzania: 45.3%  1984 Time series
# 45     Cape Verde: 44.1%  1984 Time series
# 46     Guatemala: 43.8%  1984 Time series
# 47     Congo, Republic of the: 42.8%  1984 Time series
# 48     Cambodia: 42.5%  1984 Time series
# 49     Saudi Arabia: 42.4%  1984 Time series
# 50     Syria: 41.7%  1984 Time series
# 51     Libya: 40.8%  1984 Time series
# 52     Nicaragua: 39.6%  1984 Time series
# 53     Botswana: 37.9%  1984 Time series
# 54     Kenya: 37.8%  1984 Time series
# 55     Zambia: 37.7%  1984 Time series
# 56     Honduras: 36.6%  1984 Time series
# 57     Swaziland: 35.2%  1984 Time series
# 58     Equatorial Guinea: 34.8%  1984 Time series
# 59     United Arab Emirates: 31.9%  1984 Time series
# 60     El Salvador: 31.7%  1984 Time series
# 61     Namibia: 30.1%  1984 Time series
# 62     Albania: 29.3%  1984 Time series
# 63     Kuwait: 28.8%  1984 Time series
# 64     China: 27.8%  1984 Time series
# 65     Bolivia: 27.5%  1984 Time series
# 66     Turkey: 27.1%  1984 Time series
# 67     Indonesia: 26.5%  1984 Time series
# 68     Qatar: 26%  1984 Time series
# 69     Lesotho: 25.9%  1984 Time series
# 70     Jordan: 25.7%  1984 Time series
# 71     Zimbabwe: 25.3%  1984 Time series
# 72     Malaysia: 24.7%  1984 Time series
# 73     Bahrain: 24.6%  1984 Time series
# 74     Lebanon: 24.5%  1984 Time series
# 75     Dominican Republic: 23.6%  1984 Time series
# 76     Mauritius: 23.4%  1984 Time series
# 77     Burma: 22.4%  1984 Time series
# 78     Réunion: 21.9%  1984 Time series
# 79     South Africa: 21.7%  1984 Time series
# 80     Brazil: 21.5%  1984 Time series
# 81     Jamaica: 20.9%  1984 Time series
# 82     Brunei: 19.6%  1984 Time series
# 83     Peru: 17.9%  1984 Time series
# 84     Portugal: 16.2%  1984 Time series
# 85     Mexico: 16.1%  1984 Time series
# 86     Ecuador: 15.6%  1984 Time series
# 87     Singapore: 15%  1984 Time series
# 88     Fiji: 14.6%  1984 Time series
# 89     Malta: 14.5%  1984 Time series
# 90     Belize: 14.4%  1984 Time series
# 91     Colombia: 14%  1984 Time series
# 92     Venezuela: 13.9%  1984 Time series
# 93     Panama: 13.3%  1984 Time series
# 94     Sri Lanka: 13.3%  1984 Time series
# 95     Hong Kong: 12.8%  1984 Time series
# 96     Paraguay: 12.1%  1984 Time series
# 97     Macau: 11.8%  1984 Time series
# 98     Israel: 11.8%  1984 Time series
# 99     Vietnam: 11.2%  1984 Time series
# 100     Philippines: 10.4%  1984 Time series
# 101     Thailand: 10.3%  1984 Time series
# 102     Puerto Rico: 10%  1984 Time series
# 103     Cyprus: 8%  1984 Time series
# 104     Chile: 7.4%  1984 Time series
# 105     Greece: 7.3%  1984 Time series
# 106     Costa Rica: 7.3%  1984 Time series
# 107     Maldives: 6.6%  1984 Time series
# 108     Bahamas, The: 6.4%  1984 Time series
# 109     Cuba: 6.3%  1984 Time series
# 110     Martinique: 6.1%  1984 Time series
# 111     Korea, South: 5.8%  1984 Time series
# 112     Argentina: 5.1%  1984 Time series
# 113     Netherlands Antilles: 5.1%  1984 Time series
# 114     Spain: 4.9%  1984 Time series
# 115     Croatia: 4.5%  1984 Time series
# 116     Uruguay: 4.3%  1984 Time series
# 117     Trinidad and Tobago: 4.3%  1984 Time series
# 118     Guyana: 4.2%  1984 Time series
# 119     Bulgaria: 4%  1984 Time series
# 120     Moldova: 3.9%  1984 Time series
# 121     Romania: 3.8%  1984 Time series
# 122     Armenia: 3.4%  1984 Time series
# 123     Tajikistan: 3.1%  1984 Time series
# 124     Italy: 3.1%  1984 Time series
# 125     Mongolia: 2.7%  1984 Time series
# 126     Samoa: 2.4%  1984 Time series
# 127     Uzbekistan: 1.8%  1984 Time series
# 128     Kazakhstan: 1.8%  1984 Time series
# 129     Hungary: 1.2%  1984 Time series
# 130     Russia: 1%  1984 Time series
# 131     Barbados: 1%  1984 Time series
# 132     Lithuania: 0.9%  1984 Time series
# 133     Ukraine: 0.8%  1984 Time series
# 134     Belarus: 0.7%  1984 Time series
# 135     Poland: 0.7%  1984 Time series
# 136     Slovenia: 0.5%  1984 Time series
# 137     Latvia: 0.2%  1984 Time series
# 138     Estonia: 0.2%  1984 Time series
Weighted average: 31.8%  

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

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"Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ (1984) 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&date=1984

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