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 > Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ (1987) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Niger: 89.7%  1987 Time series
# 2     Burkina Faso: 85.4%  1987 Time series
# 3     Mali: 82.8%  1987 Time series
# 4     Gambia, The: 77.5%  1987 Time series
# 5     Benin: 76.2%  1987 Time series
# 6     Chad: 76%  1987 Time series
# 7     Guinea-Bissau: 75.5%  1987 Time series
# 8     Ethiopia: 74.1%  1987 Time series
# 9     Senegal: 74%  1987 Time series
# 10     Nepal: 71.9%  1987 Time series
# 11     Yemen: 71.5%  1987 Time series
# 12     Central African Republic: 70.1%  1987 Time series
# 13     Mozambique: 69.3%  1987 Time series
# 14     Bangladesh: 67.4%  1987 Time series
# 15     Pakistan: 67%  1987 Time series
# 16     Mauritania: 67%  1987 Time series
# 17     Burundi: 65.8%  1987 Time series
# 18     Iraq: 65.5%  1987 Time series
# 19     Morocco: 64.4%  1987 Time series
# 20     Côte d'Ivoire: 64.3%  1987 Time series
# 21     Liberia: 64.2%  1987 Time series
# 22     Haiti: 63.1%  1987 Time series
# 23     Togo: 59.4%  1987 Time series
# 24     Sudan: 57.8%  1987 Time series
# 25     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 56.7%  1987 Time series
# 26     Eritrea: 56.3%  1987 Time series
# 27     Nigeria: 56%  1987 Time series
# 28     Egypt: 55.2%  1987 Time series
# 29     India: 53.1%  1987 Time series
# 30     Algeria: 51.9%  1987 Time series
# 31     Djibouti: 50.9%  1987 Time series
# 32     Rwanda: 50.7%  1987 Time series
# 33     Oman: 50.6%  1987 Time series
# 34     Malawi: 50.4%  1987 Time series
# 35     Uganda: 47.1%  1987 Time series
# 36     Comoros: 46.8%  1987 Time series
# 37     Cameroon: 46.5%  1987 Time series
# 38     Ghana: 46%  1987 Time series
# 39     Laos: 45.9%  1987 Time series
# 40     Papua New Guinea: 45.7%  1987 Time series
# 41     Madagascar: 45%  1987 Time series
# 42     Tunisia: 44.7%  1987 Time series
# 43     Guatemala: 41.4%  1987 Time series
# 44     Iran: 41.3%  1987 Time series
# 45     Tanzania: 41.1%  1987 Time series
# 46     Cambodia: 40.1%  1987 Time series
# 47     Cape Verde: 39.7%  1987 Time series
# 48     Syria: 38.4%  1987 Time series
# 49     Nicaragua: 38.4%  1987 Time series
# 50     Congo, Republic of the: 37.9%  1987 Time series
# 51     Saudi Arabia: 37.8%  1987 Time series
# 52     Libya: 36.2%  1987 Time series
# 53     Zambia: 34.8%  1987 Time series
# 54     Botswana: 34.7%  1987 Time series
# 55     Honduras: 34.2%  1987 Time series
# 56     Kenya: 33.5%  1987 Time series
# 57     Swaziland: 31.6%  1987 Time series
# 58     Equatorial Guinea: 30.7%  1987 Time series
# 59     United Arab Emirates: 30.3%  1987 Time series
# 60     El Salvador: 29.7%  1987 Time series
# 61     Namibia: 27.5%  1987 Time series
# 62     Albania: 26.1%  1987 Time series
# 63     Kuwait: 25.9%  1987 Time series
# 64     Bolivia: 24.7%  1987 Time series
# 65     China: 24.6%  1987 Time series
# 66     Turkey: 24.5%  1987 Time series
# 67     Qatar: 24.5%  1987 Time series
# 68     Lesotho: 24%  1987 Time series
# 69     Indonesia: 23.4%  1987 Time series
# 70     Zimbabwe: 22.2%  1987 Time series
# 71     Dominican Republic: 22.1%  1987 Time series
# 72     Jordan: 22.1%  1987 Time series
# 73     Lebanon: 22%  1987 Time series
# 74     Malaysia: 22%  1987 Time series
# 75     Mauritius: 21.8%  1987 Time series
# 76     Bahrain: 21.5%  1987 Time series
# 77     Burma: 20.8%  1987 Time series
# 78     South Africa: 20.2%  1987 Time series
# 79     Réunion: 20%  1987 Time series
# 80     Brazil: 19.7%  1987 Time series
# 81     Jamaica: 19.3%  1987 Time series
# 82     Brunei: 17.4%  1987 Time series
# 83     Peru: 16.2%  1987 Time series
# 84     Portugal: 14.6%  1987 Time series
# 85     Mexico: 14.3%  1987 Time series
# 86     Ecuador: 13.9%  1987 Time series
# 87     Malta: 13.1%  1987 Time series
# 88     Singapore: 13.1%  1987 Time series
# 89     Fiji: 12.9%  1987 Time series
# 90     Belize: 12.7%  1987 Time series
# 91     Colombia: 12.7%  1987 Time series
# 92     Venezuela: 12.5%  1987 Time series
# 93     Sri Lanka: 12.3%  1987 Time series
# 94     Panama: 12.1%  1987 Time series
# 95     Hong Kong: 11.6%  1987 Time series
# 96     Paraguay: 10.8%  1987 Time series
# 97     Macau: 10.6%  1987 Time series
# 98     Vietnam: 10.3%  1987 Time series
# 99     Israel: 10.2%  1987 Time series
# 100     Philippines: 9.3%  1987 Time series
# 101     Puerto Rico: 9.2%  1987 Time series
# 102     Thailand: 8.9%  1987 Time series
# 103     Cyprus: 6.8%  1987 Time series
# 104     Chile: 6.7%  1987 Time series
# 105     Costa Rica: 6.7%  1987 Time series
# 106     Greece: 6.1%  1987 Time series
# 107     Maldives: 6%  1987 Time series
# 108     Bahamas, The: 6%  1987 Time series
# 109     Cuba: 5.6%  1987 Time series
# 110     Martinique: 5.3%  1987 Time series
# 111     Korea, South: 5%  1987 Time series
# 112     Argentina: 4.7%  1987 Time series
# 113     Netherlands Antilles: 4.7%  1987 Time series
# 114     Spain: 4.3%  1987 Time series
# 115     Uruguay: 3.9%  1987 Time series
# 116     Croatia: 3.8%  1987 Time series
# 117     Trinidad and Tobago: 3.7%  1987 Time series
# 118     Guyana: 3.4%  1987 Time series
# 119     Bulgaria: 3.4%  1987 Time series
# 120     Romania: 3.4%  1987 Time series
# 121     Moldova: 3.2%  1987 Time series
# 122     Armenia: 2.9%  1987 Time series
# 123     Italy: 2.7%  1987 Time series
# 124     Mongolia: 2.5%  1987 Time series
# 125     Tajikistan: 2.4%  1987 Time series
# 126     Samoa: 2.1%  1987 Time series
# 127     Uzbekistan: 1.6%  1987 Time series
# 128     Kazakhstan: 1.5%  1987 Time series
# 129     Hungary: 1.1%  1987 Time series
# 130     Russia: 0.9%  1987 Time series
# 131     Barbados: 0.8%  1987 Time series
# 132     Lithuania: 0.8%  1987 Time series
# 133     Ukraine: 0.7%  1987 Time series
# 134     Belarus: 0.6%  1987 Time series
# 135     Slovenia: 0.5%  1987 Time series
# 136     Poland: 0.5%  1987 Time series
# 137     Latvia: 0.2%  1987 Time series
# 138     Estonia: 0.2%  1987 Time series
Weighted average: 29.7%  

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

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"Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ (1987) 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=1987

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