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Education Statistics > Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ (1997) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Niger: 85.5%  1997 Time series
# 2     Burkina Faso: 78.6%  1997 Time series
# 3     Mali: 76.5%  1997 Time series
# 4     Gambia, The: 66.8%  1997 Time series
# 5     Benin: 66.1%  1997 Time series
# 6     Senegal: 65.4%  1997 Time series
# 7     Guinea-Bissau: 65.2%  1997 Time series
# 8     Ethiopia: 64.3%  1997 Time series
# 9     Chad: 62.3%  1997 Time series
# 10     Iraq: 61.8%  1997 Time series
# 11     Nepal: 61.7%  1997 Time series
# 12     Bangladesh: 61.7%  1997 Time series
# 13     Mauritania: 61.3%  1997 Time series
# 14     Mozambique: 59.4%  1997 Time series
# 15     Pakistan: 59.1%  1997 Time series
# 16     Central African Republic: 57.5%  1997 Time series
# 17     Yemen: 57.3%  1997 Time series
# 18     Burundi: 55.5%  1997 Time series
# 19     Côte d'Ivoire: 54.3%  1997 Time series
# 20     Morocco: 54%  1997 Time series
# 21     Haiti: 53.3%  1997 Time series
# 22     Liberia: 51.1%  1997 Time series
# 23     Egypt: 47.2%  1997 Time series
# 24     Eritrea: 47.1%  1997 Time series
# 25     Togo: 46.8%  1997 Time series
# 26     Sudan: 46%  1997 Time series
# 27     India: 45.1%  1997 Time series
# 28     Comoros: 44.8%  1997 Time series
# 29     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 42.6%  1997 Time series
# 30     Malawi: 42.4%  1997 Time series
# 31     Nigeria: 40.5%  1997 Time series
# 32     Djibouti: 39%  1997 Time series
# 33     Papua New Guinea: 38.2%  1997 Time series
# 34     Laos: 37.7%  1997 Time series
# 35     Algeria: 37.1%  1997 Time series
# 36     Rwanda: 37.1%  1997 Time series
# 37     Uganda: 36.1%  1997 Time series
# 38     Madagascar: 36%  1997 Time series
# 39     Nicaragua: 34.6%  1997 Time series
# 40     Cambodia: 34.2%  1997 Time series
# 41     Guatemala: 33.6%  1997 Time series
# 42     Oman: 33.2%  1997 Time series
# 43     Tunisia: 32.9%  1997 Time series
# 44     Cameroon: 32.5%  1997 Time series
# 45     Ghana: 32.2%  1997 Time series
# 46     Cape Verde: 29.1%  1997 Time series
# 47     Tanzania: 28.5%  1997 Time series
# 48     Syria: 28.3%  1997 Time series
# 49     Iran: 27.6%  1997 Time series
# 50     Honduras: 27%  1997 Time series
# 51     Saudi Arabia: 26.8%  1997 Time series
# 52     Botswana: 25.5%  1997 Time series
# 53     United Arab Emirates: 25.5%  1997 Time series
# 54     Zambia: 24.7%  1997 Time series
# 55     Libya: 23.3%  1997 Time series
# 56     Congo, Republic of the: 23%  1997 Time series
# 57     El Salvador: 23%  1997 Time series
# 58     Swaziland: 22.6%  1997 Time series
# 59     Kenya: 20.8%  1997 Time series
# 60     Qatar: 20.2%  1997 Time series
# 61     Namibia: 20.1%  1997 Time series
# 62     Equatorial Guinea: 20%  1997 Time series
# 63     Kuwait: 20%  1997 Time series
# 64     Lesotho: 18.1%  1997 Time series
# 65     Dominican Republic: 17.5%  1997 Time series
# 66     Albania: 17.5%  1997 Time series
# 67     Turkey: 16.9%  1997 Time series
# 68     Mauritius: 16.8%  1997 Time series
# 69     China: 16.8%  1997 Time series
# 70     Bolivia: 16.6%  1997 Time series
# 71     Burma: 16.4%  1997 Time series
# 72     South Africa: 15.9%  1997 Time series
# 73     Lebanon: 15.6%  1997 Time series
# 74     Indonesia: 15.2%  1997 Time series
# 75     Malaysia: 14.5%  1997 Time series
# 76     Brazil: 14.4%  1997 Time series
# 77     Jamaica: 14.3%  1997 Time series
# 78     Réunion: 14%  1997 Time series
# 79     Zimbabwe: 13.7%  1997 Time series
# 80     Bahrain: 13.7%  1997 Time series
# 81     Jordan: 12.2%  1997 Time series
# 82     Peru: 11.4%  1997 Time series
# 83     Brunei: 10.3%  1997 Time series
# 84     Mexico: 9.8%  1997 Time series
# 85     Ecuador: 9.5%  1997 Time series
# 86     Colombia: 9.3%  1997 Time series
# 87     Portugal: 9.2%  1997 Time series
# 88     Sri Lanka: 9.2%  1997 Time series
# 89     Malta: 9%  1997 Time series
# 90     Panama: 8.9%  1997 Time series
# 91     Singapore: 8.8%  1997 Time series
# 92     Venezuela: 8.5%  1997 Time series
# 93     Fiji: 8.2%  1997 Time series
# 94     Vietnam: 8.1%  1997 Time series
# 95     Belize: 7.8%  1997 Time series
# 96     Hong Kong: 7.8%  1997 Time series
# 97     Paraguay: 7.6%  1997 Time series
# 98     Macau: 7.1%  1997 Time series
# 99     Puerto Rico: 6.8%  1997 Time series
# 100     Israel: 6.1%  1997 Time series
# 101     Philippines: 5.9%  1997 Time series
# 102     Thailand: 5.4%  1997 Time series
# 103     Costa Rica: 4.9%  1997 Time series
# 104     Bahamas, The: 4.8%  1997 Time series
# 105     Chile: 4.7%  1997 Time series
# 106     Cuba: 3.8%  1997 Time series
# 107     Netherlands Antilles: 3.7%  1997 Time series
# 108     Cyprus: 3.7%  1997 Time series
# 109     Maldives: 3.6%  1997 Time series
# 110     Argentina: 3.5%  1997 Time series
# 111     Greece: 3.4%  1997 Time series
# 112     Martinique: 3.1%  1997 Time series
# 113     Korea, South: 2.8%  1997 Time series
# 114     Uruguay: 2.7%  1997 Time series
# 115     Spain: 2.7%  1997 Time series
# 116     Romania: 2.2%  1997 Time series
# 117     Croatia: 2.1%  1997 Time series
# 118     Trinidad and Tobago: 2.1%  1997 Time series
# 119     Guyana: 1.9%  1997 Time series
# 120     Bulgaria: 1.9%  1997 Time series
# 121     Armenia: 1.8%  1997 Time series
# 122     Mongolia: 1.7%  1997 Time series
# 123     Italy: 1.7%  1997 Time series
# 124     Samoa: 1.6%  1997 Time series
# 125     Moldova: 1.5%  1997 Time series
# 126     Tajikistan: 1.1%  1997 Time series
# 127     Uzbekistan: 1%  1997 Time series
# 128     Kazakhstan: 0.8%  1997 Time series
# 129     Hungary: 0.7%  1997 Time series
# 130     Russia: 0.5%  1997 Time series
# 131     Lithuania: 0.5%  1997 Time series
# 132     Slovenia: 0.4%  1997 Time series
# 133     Barbados: 0.4%  1997 Time series
# 134     Belarus: 0.4%  1997 Time series
# 135     Ukraine: 0.4%  1997 Time series
# 136     Poland: 0.3%  1997 Time series
# 137     Latvia: 0.2%  1997 Time series
# 138     Estonia: 0.2%  1997 Time series
Weighted average: 23.5%  

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

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"Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ (1997) 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=1997

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