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Education Statistics > Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ (1999) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Niger: 84.5%  1999 Time series
# 2     Burkina Faso: 76.9%  1999 Time series
# 3     Mali: 75.1%  1999 Time series
# 4     Gambia, The: 64.5%  1999 Time series
# 5     Benin: 63.7%  1999 Time series
# 6     Senegal: 63.5%  1999 Time series
# 7     Guinea-Bissau: 62.7%  1999 Time series
# 8     Ethiopia: 62%  1999 Time series
# 9     Iraq: 61%  1999 Time series
# 10     Bangladesh: 60.6%  1999 Time series
# 11     Mauritania: 60.3%  1999 Time series
# 12     Nepal: 59.4%  1999 Time series
# 13     Chad: 59%  1999 Time series
# 14     Pakistan: 57.6%  1999 Time series
# 15     Mozambique: 57.1%  1999 Time series
# 16     Yemen: 54.9%  1999 Time series
# 17     Central African Republic: 54.7%  1999 Time series
# 18     Burundi: 53.2%  1999 Time series
# 19     Côte d'Ivoire: 52.4%  1999 Time series
# 20     Morocco: 52.1%  1999 Time series
# 21     Haiti: 51.2%  1999 Time series
# 22     Liberia: 47.9%  1999 Time series
# 23     Egypt: 45.5%  1999 Time series
# 24     Eritrea: 45.2%  1999 Time series
# 25     Comoros: 44.3%  1999 Time series
# 26     Togo: 44.2%  1999 Time series
# 27     India: 43.5%  1999 Time series
# 28     Sudan: 43.5%  1999 Time series
# 29     Malawi: 40.7%  1999 Time series
# 30     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 40%  1999 Time series
# 31     Nigeria: 37.5%  1999 Time series
# 32     Papua New Guinea: 36.8%  1999 Time series
# 33     Djibouti: 36.6%  1999 Time series
# 34     Laos: 36.1%  1999 Time series
# 35     Algeria: 34.5%  1999 Time series
# 36     Rwanda: 34.5%  1999 Time series
# 37     Madagascar: 34.3%  1999 Time series
# 38     Uganda: 34%  1999 Time series
# 39     Nicaragua: 33.9%  1999 Time series
# 40     Cambodia: 32.7%  1999 Time series
# 41     Guatemala: 32.2%  1999 Time series
# 42     Tunisia: 30.3%  1999 Time series
# 43     Cameroon: 30%  1999 Time series
# 44     Oman: 29.9%  1999 Time series
# 45     Ghana: 29.7%  1999 Time series
# 46     Cape Verde: 27.1%  1999 Time series
# 47     Syria: 26.5%  1999 Time series
# 48     Tanzania: 26.2%  1999 Time series
# 49     Honduras: 25.7%  1999 Time series
# 50     Iran: 25.2%  1999 Time series
# 51     Saudi Arabia: 24.8%  1999 Time series
# 52     United Arab Emirates: 24.4%  1999 Time series
# 53     Botswana: 23.7%  1999 Time series
# 54     Zambia: 22.7%  1999 Time series
# 55     El Salvador: 21.9%  1999 Time series
# 56     Libya: 21.2%  1999 Time series
# 57     Swaziland: 21%  1999 Time series
# 58     Congo, Republic of the: 20.5%  1999 Time series
# 59     Qatar: 19.4%  1999 Time series
# 60     Kuwait: 18.8%  1999 Time series
# 61     Namibia: 18.7%  1999 Time series
# 62     Kenya: 18.6%  1999 Time series
# 63     Equatorial Guinea: 17.9%  1999 Time series
# 64     Lesotho: 17.1%  1999 Time series
# 65     Dominican Republic: 16.8%  1999 Time series
# 66     Albania: 16.1%  1999 Time series
# 67     Mauritius: 15.9%  1999 Time series
# 68     Burma: 15.7%  1999 Time series
# 69     Turkey: 15.6%  1999 Time series
# 70     China: 15.5%  1999 Time series
# 71     South Africa: 15.2%  1999 Time series
# 72     Bolivia: 15.2%  1999 Time series
# 73     Lebanon: 14.5%  1999 Time series
# 74     Indonesia: 13.8%  1999 Time series
# 75     Brazil: 13.5%  1999 Time series
# 76     Jamaica: 13.5%  1999 Time series
# 77     Malaysia: 13.2%  1999 Time series
# 78     Bahrain: 13.1%  1999 Time series
# 79     Réunion: 12.9%  1999 Time series
# 80     Zimbabwe: 12.1%  1999 Time series
# 81     Jordan: 10.8%  1999 Time series
# 82     Peru: 10.6%  1999 Time series
# 83     Mexico: 9.2%  1999 Time series
# 84     Brunei: 9.1%  1999 Time series
# 85     Ecuador: 8.8%  1999 Time series
# 86     Sri Lanka: 8.7%  1999 Time series
# 87     Colombia: 8.7%  1999 Time series
# 88     Malta: 8.4%  1999 Time series
# 89     Panama: 8.4%  1999 Time series
# 90     Portugal: 8.3%  1999 Time series
# 91     Singapore: 8.1%  1999 Time series
# 92     Venezuela: 7.8%  1999 Time series
# 93     Vietnam: 7.7%  1999 Time series
# 94     Fiji: 7.6%  1999 Time series
# 95     Hong Kong: 7.1%  1999 Time series
# 96     Paraguay: 7%  1999 Time series
# 97     Belize: 7%  1999 Time series
# 98     Macau: 6.5%  1999 Time series
# 99     Puerto Rico: 6.4%  1999 Time series
# 100     Israel: 5.5%  1999 Time series
# 101     Philippines: 5.3%  1999 Time series
# 102     Thailand: 4.8%  1999 Time series
# 103     Bahamas, The: 4.7%  1999 Time series
# 104     Costa Rica: 4.6%  1999 Time series
# 105     Chile: 4.4%  1999 Time series
# 106     Netherlands Antilles: 3.5%  1999 Time series
# 107     Cuba: 3.5%  1999 Time series
# 108     Argentina: 3.3%  1999 Time series
# 109     Maldives: 3.3%  1999 Time series
# 110     Cyprus: 3.2%  1999 Time series
# 111     Greece: 3%  1999 Time series
# 112     Martinique: 2.8%  1999 Time series
# 113     Uruguay: 2.5%  1999 Time series
# 114     Spain: 2.5%  1999 Time series
# 115     Korea, South: 2.4%  1999 Time series
# 116     Romania: 2%  1999 Time series
# 117     Croatia: 1.9%  1999 Time series
# 118     Trinidad and Tobago: 1.9%  1999 Time series
# 119     Bulgaria: 1.7%  1999 Time series
# 120     Guyana: 1.6%  1999 Time series
# 121     Mongolia: 1.6%  1999 Time series
# 122     Armenia: 1.6%  1999 Time series
# 123     Italy: 1.6%  1999 Time series
# 124     Samoa: 1.4%  1999 Time series
# 125     Moldova: 1.3%  1999 Time series
# 126     Uzbekistan: 0.9%  1999 Time series
# 127     Tajikistan: 0.9%  1999 Time series
# 128     Hungary: 0.7%  1999 Time series
# 129     Kazakhstan: 0.7%  1999 Time series
# 130     Russia: 0.5%  1999 Time series
# 131     Lithuania: 0.5%  1999 Time series
# 132     Slovenia: 0.4%  1999 Time series
# 133     Barbados: 0.4%  1999 Time series
# 134     Belarus: 0.4%  1999 Time series
# 135     Ukraine: 0.4%  1999 Time series
# 136     Poland: 0.3%  1999 Time series
# 137     Latvia: 0.2%  1999 Time series
# 138     Estonia: 0.2%  1999 Time series
Weighted average: 22.3%  

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

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"Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ (1999) 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=1999

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