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Education Statistics > Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Men (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Niger: 74.2%  2003 Time series
# 2     Burkina Faso: 63.1%  2003 Time series
# 3     Mali: 61.7%  2003 Time series
# 4     Gambia, The: 52.5%  2003 Time series
# 5     Senegal: 50.1%  2003 Time series
# 6     Ethiopia: 49.8%  2003 Time series
# 7     Bangladesh: 49.2%  2003 Time series
# 8     Mauritania: 48.2%  2003 Time series
# 9     Haiti: 45.3%  2003 Time series
# 10     Iraq: 44.1%  2003 Time series
# 11     Chad: 44%  2003 Time series
# 12     Benin: 43.8%  2003 Time series
# 13     Guinea-Bissau: 42.2%  2003 Time series
# 14     Burundi: 41.5%  2003 Time series
# 15     Pakistan: 40.2%  2003 Time series
# 16     Côte d'Ivoire: 38%  2003 Time series
# 17     Nepal: 37.4%  2003 Time series
# 18     Central African Republic: 36.8%  2003 Time series
# 19     Mozambique: 36.6%  2003 Time series
# 20     Comoros: 36.4%  2003 Time series
# 21     Morocco: 35.9%  2003 Time series
# 22     Nicaragua: 32.8%  2003 Time series
# 23     Egypt: 31.7%  2003 Time series
# 24     Eritrea: 30.1%  2003 Time series
# 25     India: 29.8%  2003 Time series
# 26     Yemen: 29.5%  2003 Time series
# 27     Sudan: 28.4%  2003 Time series
# 28     Papua New Guinea: 27.7%  2003 Time series
# 29     Liberia: 26.7%  2003 Time series
# 30     Lesotho: 25.4%  2003 Time series
# 31     Togo: 24.6%  2003 Time series
= 32     Nigeria: 24.5%  2003 Time series
= 32     Madagascar: 24.5%  2003 Time series
# 34     United Arab Emirates: 24.1%  2003 Time series
# 35     Malawi: 23.9%  2003 Time series
= 36     Rwanda: 23.8%  2003 Time series
= 36     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 23.8%  2003 Time series
# 38     Honduras: 23.5%  2003 Time series
# 39     Botswana: 23%  2003 Time series
# 40     Guatemala: 22.1%  2003 Time series
= 41     Laos: 22%  2003 Time series
= 41     Djibouti: 22%  2003 Time series
# 43     Algeria: 21.1%  2003 Time series
# 44     Uganda: 20.6%  2003 Time series
# 45     Cambodia: 18.9%  2003 Time series
# 46     Qatar: 18.6%  2003 Time series
# 47     Cameroon: 18.5%  2003 Time series
= 48     Swaziland: 17.4%  2003 Time series
= 48     Ghana: 17.4%  2003 Time series
# 50     El Salvador: 17.2%  2003 Time series
# 51     Oman: 17%  2003 Time series
# 52     Tunisia: 16%  2003 Time series
# 53     Jamaica: 15.8%  2003 Time series
# 54     Namibia: 15.6%  2003 Time series
# 55     Dominican Republic: 15.4%  2003 Time series
# 56     Saudi Arabia: 15.3%  2003 Time series
# 57     Kuwait: 15%  2003 Time series
# 58     Iran: 14.5%  2003 Time series
# 59     Cape Verde: 14.3%  2003 Time series
# 60     Tanzania: 14.2%  2003 Time series
# 61     Zambia: 13.2%  2003 Time series
# 62     Réunion: 13.1%  2003 Time series
# 63     South Africa: 13%  2003 Time series
# 64     Brazil: 12%  2003 Time series
# 65     Mauritius: 11.4%  2003 Time series
# 66     Burma: 10.7%  2003 Time series
= 67     Congo, Republic of the: 10.3%  2003 Time series
= 67     Syria: 10.3%  2003 Time series
# 69     Kenya: 9.4%  2003 Time series
# 70     Bahrain: 8.1%  2003 Time series
# 71     Malta: 8%  2003 Time series
= 72     Malaysia: 7.7%  2003 Time series
= 72     Colombia: 7.7%  2003 Time series
# 74     Libya: 7.6%  2003 Time series
# 75     Indonesia: 7.2%  2003 Time series
# 76     Bolivia: 7%  2003 Time series
# 77     Lebanon: 6.9%  2003 Time series
# 78     Panama: 6.8%  2003 Time series
= 79     Equatorial Guinea: 6.7%  2003 Time series
= 79     China: 6.7%  2003 Time series
= 79     Albania: 6.7%  2003 Time series
# 82     Venezuela: 6.3%  2003 Time series
= 83     Mexico: 6.1%  2003 Time series
= 83     Ecuador: 6.1%  2003 Time series
# 85     Puerto Rico: 6%  2003 Time series
# 86     Belize: 5.9%  2003 Time series
# 87     Zimbabwe: 5.8%  2003 Time series
# 88     Turkey: 5.7%  2003 Time series
= 89     Bahamas, The: 5.3%  2003 Time series
= 89     Vietnam: 5.3%  2003 Time series
= 91     Brunei: 5.2%  2003 Time series
= 91     Sri Lanka: 5.2%  2003 Time series
# 93     Paraguay: 5.1%  2003 Time series
# 94     Peru: 4.8%  2003 Time series
= 95     Portugal: 4.5%  2003 Time series
= 95     Fiji: 4.5%  2003 Time series
# 97     Philippines: 4.3%  2003 Time series
# 98     Jordan: 4.2%  2003 Time series
# 99     Costa Rica: 4.1%  2003 Time series
# 100     Chile: 3.7%  2003 Time series
# 101     Singapore: 3.4%  2003 Time series
# 102     Netherlands Antilles: 3.3%  2003 Time series
# 103     Argentina: 3%  2003 Time series
= 104     Cuba: 2.9%  2003 Time series
= 104     Hong Kong: 2.9%  2003 Time series
# 106     Macau: 2.8%  2003 Time series
= 107     Uruguay: 2.6%  2003 Time series
= 107     Martinique: 2.6%  2003 Time series
= 107     Maldives: 2.6%  2003 Time series
= 107     Israel: 2.6%  2003 Time series
# 111     Thailand: 2.5%  2003 Time series
# 112     Greece: 1.4%  2003 Time series
= 113     Spain: 1.3%  2003 Time series
= 113     Mongolia: 1.3%  2003 Time series
# 115     Cyprus: 1.1%  2003 Time series
= 116     Italy: 1%  2003 Time series
= 116     Samoa: 1%  2003 Time series
= 118     Bulgaria: 0.9%  2003 Time series
= 118     Guyana: 0.9%  2003 Time series
= 118     Romania: 0.9%  2003 Time series
= 118     Trinidad and Tobago: 0.9%  2003 Time series
# 122     Korea, South: 0.7%  2003 Time series
= 123     Croatia: 0.6%  2003 Time series
= 123     Armenia: 0.6%  2003 Time series
# 125     Hungary: 0.5%  2003 Time series
= 126     Moldova: 0.4%  2003 Time series
= 126     Uzbekistan: 0.4%  2003 Time series
= 126     Tajikistan: 0.4%  2003 Time series
= 129     Kazakhstan: 0.3%  2003 Time series
= 129     Russia: 0.3%  2003 Time series
= 129     Slovenia: 0.3%  2003 Time series
= 129     Barbados: 0.3%  2003 Time series
= 129     Lithuania: 0.3%  2003 Time series
= 134     Belarus: 0.2%  2003 Time series
= 134     Latvia: 0.2%  2003 Time series
= 134     Poland: 0.2%  2003 Time series
= 134     Estonia: 0.2%  2003 Time series
= 134     Ukraine: 0.2%  2003 Time series
Weighted average: 15.6%  

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

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"Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Men by country", UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/edu_ill_rat_by_sex_age_15_men-rates-sex-aged-15-men

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