Illiteracy Rates By Sex, Aged 15+ men (most recent) by country

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

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

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