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Education Statistics > Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ (1998) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Niger: 85%  1998 Time series
# 2     Burkina Faso: 77.8%  1998 Time series
# 3     Mali: 75.8%  1998 Time series
# 4     Gambia, The: 65.7%  1998 Time series
# 5     Benin: 64.9%  1998 Time series
# 6     Senegal: 64.5%  1998 Time series
# 7     Guinea-Bissau: 64%  1998 Time series
# 8     Ethiopia: 63.1%  1998 Time series
# 9     Iraq: 61.4%  1998 Time series
# 10     Bangladesh: 61.1%  1998 Time series
# 11     Mauritania: 60.8%  1998 Time series
# 12     Nepal: 60.6%  1998 Time series
# 13     Chad: 60.6%  1998 Time series
# 14     Pakistan: 58.4%  1998 Time series
# 15     Mozambique: 58.3%  1998 Time series
# 16     Yemen: 56.1%  1998 Time series
# 17     Central African Republic: 56%  1998 Time series
# 18     Burundi: 54.3%  1998 Time series
# 19     Côte d'Ivoire: 53.4%  1998 Time series
# 20     Morocco: 53.1%  1998 Time series
# 21     Haiti: 52.2%  1998 Time series
# 22     Liberia: 49.4%  1998 Time series
# 23     Egypt: 46.4%  1998 Time series
# 24     Eritrea: 46%  1998 Time series
# 25     Togo: 45.5%  1998 Time series
# 26     Sudan: 44.8%  1998 Time series
# 27     Comoros: 44.6%  1998 Time series
# 28     India: 44.4%  1998 Time series
# 29     Malawi: 41.5%  1998 Time series
# 30     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 41.3%  1998 Time series
# 31     Nigeria: 39%  1998 Time series
# 32     Djibouti: 37.7%  1998 Time series
# 33     Papua New Guinea: 37.5%  1998 Time series
# 34     Laos: 36.9%  1998 Time series
# 35     Algeria: 35.8%  1998 Time series
# 36     Rwanda: 35.8%  1998 Time series
# 37     Madagascar: 35.1%  1998 Time series
# 38     Uganda: 35%  1998 Time series
# 39     Nicaragua: 34.2%  1998 Time series
# 40     Cambodia: 33.5%  1998 Time series
# 41     Guatemala: 32.9%  1998 Time series
# 42     Oman: 31.6%  1998 Time series
# 43     Tunisia: 31.5%  1998 Time series
# 44     Cameroon: 31.3%  1998 Time series
# 45     Ghana: 31%  1998 Time series
# 46     Cape Verde: 28.1%  1998 Time series
# 47     Syria: 27.4%  1998 Time series
# 48     Tanzania: 27.3%  1998 Time series
# 49     Iran: 26.4%  1998 Time series
# 50     Honduras: 26.3%  1998 Time series
# 51     Saudi Arabia: 25.8%  1998 Time series
# 52     United Arab Emirates: 25%  1998 Time series
# 53     Botswana: 24.6%  1998 Time series
# 54     Zambia: 23.7%  1998 Time series
# 55     El Salvador: 22.4%  1998 Time series
# 56     Libya: 22.2%  1998 Time series
# 57     Swaziland: 21.9%  1998 Time series
# 58     Congo, Republic of the: 21.8%  1998 Time series
# 59     Qatar: 19.7%  1998 Time series
# 60     Kenya: 19.7%  1998 Time series
# 61     Namibia: 19.4%  1998 Time series
# 62     Kuwait: 19.4%  1998 Time series
# 63     Equatorial Guinea: 19%  1998 Time series
# 64     Lesotho: 17.6%  1998 Time series
# 65     Dominican Republic: 17.1%  1998 Time series
# 66     Albania: 16.7%  1998 Time series
# 67     Mauritius: 16.4%  1998 Time series
# 68     Turkey: 16.2%  1998 Time series
# 69     China: 16.2%  1998 Time series
# 70     Burma: 16%  1998 Time series
# 71     Bolivia: 15.9%  1998 Time series
# 72     South Africa: 15.5%  1998 Time series
# 73     Lebanon: 15%  1998 Time series
# 74     Indonesia: 14.5%  1998 Time series
# 75     Brazil: 14%  1998 Time series
# 76     Jamaica: 13.9%  1998 Time series
# 77     Malaysia: 13.8%  1998 Time series
# 78     Réunion: 13.5%  1998 Time series
# 79     Bahrain: 13.3%  1998 Time series
# 80     Zimbabwe: 12.9%  1998 Time series
# 81     Jordan: 11.5%  1998 Time series
# 82     Peru: 11%  1998 Time series
# 83     Brunei: 9.6%  1998 Time series
# 84     Mexico: 9.5%  1998 Time series
# 85     Ecuador: 9.2%  1998 Time series
# 86     Colombia: 9%  1998 Time series
# 87     Sri Lanka: 8.9%  1998 Time series
# 88     Portugal: 8.7%  1998 Time series
# 89     Panama: 8.7%  1998 Time series
# 90     Malta: 8.6%  1998 Time series
# 91     Singapore: 8.4%  1998 Time series
# 92     Venezuela: 8.1%  1998 Time series
# 93     Vietnam: 7.9%  1998 Time series
# 94     Fiji: 7.9%  1998 Time series
# 95     Hong Kong: 7.4%  1998 Time series
# 96     Paraguay: 7.3%  1998 Time series
# 97     Belize: 7.3%  1998 Time series
# 98     Macau: 6.8%  1998 Time series
# 99     Puerto Rico: 6.6%  1998 Time series
# 100     Israel: 5.8%  1998 Time series
# 101     Philippines: 5.6%  1998 Time series
# 102     Thailand: 5.1%  1998 Time series
# 103     Costa Rica: 4.8%  1998 Time series
# 104     Bahamas, The: 4.8%  1998 Time series
# 105     Chile: 4.6%  1998 Time series
# 106     Netherlands Antilles: 3.6%  1998 Time series
# 107     Cuba: 3.6%  1998 Time series
# 108     Maldives: 3.5%  1998 Time series
# 109     Argentina: 3.4%  1998 Time series
# 110     Cyprus: 3.4%  1998 Time series
# 111     Greece: 3.2%  1998 Time series
# 112     Martinique: 2.9%  1998 Time series
# 113     Korea, South: 2.6%  1998 Time series
# 114     Uruguay: 2.6%  1998 Time series
# 115     Spain: 2.6%  1998 Time series
# 116     Romania: 2.1%  1998 Time series
# 117     Croatia: 2%  1998 Time series
# 118     Trinidad and Tobago: 2%  1998 Time series
# 119     Guyana: 1.8%  1998 Time series
# 120     Bulgaria: 1.8%  1998 Time series
# 121     Mongolia: 1.7%  1998 Time series
# 122     Armenia: 1.7%  1998 Time series
# 123     Italy: 1.7%  1998 Time series
# 124     Samoa: 1.5%  1998 Time series
# 125     Moldova: 1.4%  1998 Time series
# 126     Tajikistan: 1%  1998 Time series
# 127     Uzbekistan: 0.9%  1998 Time series
# 128     Hungary: 0.7%  1998 Time series
# 129     Kazakhstan: 0.7%  1998 Time series
# 130     Russia: 0.5%  1998 Time series
# 131     Lithuania: 0.5%  1998 Time series
# 132     Slovenia: 0.4%  1998 Time series
# 133     Barbados: 0.4%  1998 Time series
# 134     Belarus: 0.4%  1998 Time series
# 135     Ukraine: 0.4%  1998 Time series
# 136     Poland: 0.3%  1998 Time series
# 137     Latvia: 0.2%  1998 Time series
# 138     Estonia: 0.2%  1998 Time series
Weighted average: 22.9%  

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

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"Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ (1998) 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=1998

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