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

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Niger: 90.2%  2003 Time series
# 2     Burkina Faso: 83.4%  2003 Time series
# 3     Mali: 82%  2003 Time series
# 4     Iraq: 75.5%  2003 Time series
# 5     Benin: 73.5%  2003 Time series
= 6     Guinea-Bissau: 72.4%  2003 Time series
= 6     Nepal: 72.4%  2003 Time series
# 8     Yemen: 69.8%  2003 Time series
# 9     Pakistan: 69.4%  2003 Time series
# 10     Senegal: 69.2%  2003 Time series
# 11     Mauritania: 68.1%  2003 Time series
# 12     Bangladesh: 68%  2003 Time series
# 13     Mozambique: 67.3%  2003 Time series
# 14     Gambia, The: 66.9%  2003 Time series
# 15     Ethiopia: 64.8%  2003 Time series
# 16     Chad: 60.7%  2003 Time series
# 17     Morocco: 60.6%  2003 Time series
# 18     Central African Republic: 60.1%  2003 Time series
# 19     Liberia: 59.5%  2003 Time series
# 20     Côte d'Ivoire: 59.1%  2003 Time series
# 21     Burundi: 54.8%  2003 Time series
= 22     Egypt: 53.1%  2003 Time series
= 22     Togo: 53.1%  2003 Time series
# 24     Eritrea: 52.4%  2003 Time series
# 25     India: 51.7%  2003 Time series
# 26     Comoros: 50.7%  2003 Time series
# 27     Malawi: 50.3%  2003 Time series
# 28     Sudan: 49.5%  2003 Time series
# 29     Haiti: 48.8%  2003 Time series
# 30     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 44.9%  2003 Time series
# 31     Laos: 43.4%  2003 Time series
# 32     Djibouti: 41.6%  2003 Time series
# 33     Papua New Guinea: 40.6%  2003 Time series
# 34     Cambodia: 39.8%  2003 Time series
# 35     Uganda: 39.6%  2003 Time series
# 36     Algeria: 39.1%  2003 Time series
# 37     Nigeria: 39%  2003 Time series
# 38     Madagascar: 37.5%  2003 Time series
# 39     Guatemala: 36.8%  2003 Time series
# 40     Syria: 36.1%  2003 Time series
# 41     Tunisia: 35.6%  2003 Time series
# 42     Rwanda: 35.2%  2003 Time series
# 43     Oman: 32.8%  2003 Time series
# 44     Ghana: 32.7%  2003 Time series
# 45     Nicaragua: 32.2%  2003 Time series
# 46     Cameroon: 32.1%  2003 Time series
# 47     Cape Verde: 30.9%  2003 Time series
# 48     Tanzania: 29.4%  2003 Time series
# 49     Saudi Arabia: 29.3%  2003 Time series
# 50     Libya: 28.1%  2003 Time series
# 51     Iran: 27.4%  2003 Time series
# 52     Zambia: 25.2%  2003 Time series
# 53     Honduras: 23%  2003 Time series
# 54     El Salvador: 22.3%  2003 Time series
= 55     Congo, Republic of the: 21.6%  2003 Time series
= 55     Equatorial Guinea: 21.6%  2003 Time series
# 57     Turkey: 21.4%  2003 Time series
# 58     Albania: 20.5%  2003 Time series
# 59     Kenya: 20.3%  2003 Time series
# 60     China: 19.6%  2003 Time series
# 61     Swaziland: 19.2%  2003 Time series
= 62     Bolivia: 18.5%  2003 Time series
= 62     United Arab Emirates: 18.5%  2003 Time series
# 64     Kuwait: 18.3%  2003 Time series
# 65     Burma: 18.1%  2003 Time series
# 66     Lebanon: 17.8%  2003 Time series
# 67     Botswana: 17.6%  2003 Time series
# 68     Mauritius: 17.4%  2003 Time series
# 69     Namibia: 16.3%  2003 Time series
# 70     Indonesia: 15.9%  2003 Time series
# 71     Dominican Republic: 15.2%  2003 Time series
= 72     Qatar: 15%  2003 Time series
= 72     Bahrain: 15%  2003 Time series
# 74     Malaysia: 14.7%  2003 Time series
# 75     South Africa: 14.3%  2003 Time series
# 76     Jordan: 13.4%  2003 Time series
# 77     Peru: 13.3%  2003 Time series
# 78     Zimbabwe: 12.9%  2003 Time series
# 79     Brazil: 11.9%  2003 Time series
# 80     Brunei: 11.5%  2003 Time series
# 81     Singapore: 10.4%  2003 Time series
# 82     Sri Lanka: 10.1%  2003 Time series
# 83     Mexico: 9.8%  2003 Time series
# 84     Hong Kong: 9.5%  2003 Time series
# 85     Réunion: 9.3%  2003 Time series
# 86     Ecuador: 9.1%  2003 Time series
# 87     Portugal: 8.8%  2003 Time series
# 88     Vietnam: 8.5%  2003 Time series
# 89     Jamaica: 8.3%  2003 Time series
= 90     Fiji: 8.1%  2003 Time series
= 90     Panama: 8.1%  2003 Time series
# 92     Macau: 8%  2003 Time series
# 93     Colombia: 7.5%  2003 Time series
# 94     Paraguay: 7%  2003 Time series
# 95     Venezuela: 6.9%  2003 Time series
# 96     Malta: 6.4%  2003 Time series
# 97     Israel: 6.2%  2003 Time series
# 98     Belize: 5.9%  2003 Time series
= 99     Lesotho: 5.5%  2003 Time series
= 99     Puerto Rico: 5.5%  2003 Time series
# 101     Thailand: 5.4%  2003 Time series
# 102     Philippines: 4.5%  2003 Time series
# 103     Costa Rica: 4%  2003 Time series
# 104     Chile: 3.9%  2003 Time series
# 105     Cyprus: 3.7%  2003 Time series
# 106     Greece: 3.6%  2003 Time series
# 107     Bahamas, The: 3.5%  2003 Time series
# 108     Netherlands Antilles: 3.2%  2003 Time series
# 109     Cuba: 3.1%  2003 Time series
# 110     Korea, South: 3%  2003 Time series
= 111     Argentina: 2.9%  2003 Time series
= 111     Spain: 2.9%  2003 Time series
# 113     Maldives: 2.7%  2003 Time series
= 114     Romania: 2.3%  2003 Time series
= 114     Croatia: 2.3%  2003 Time series
= 116     Trinidad and Tobago: 2%  2003 Time series
= 116     Armenia: 2%  2003 Time series
# 118     Martinique: 1.9%  2003 Time series
= 119     Bulgaria: 1.8%  2003 Time series
= 119     Uruguay: 1.8%  2003 Time series
# 121     Italy: 1.7%  2003 Time series
= 122     Samoa: 1.5%  2003 Time series
= 122     Mongolia: 1.5%  2003 Time series
= 122     Guyana: 1.5%  2003 Time series
# 125     Moldova: 1.3%  2003 Time series
# 126     Uzbekistan: 1%  2003 Time series
# 127     Tajikistan: 0.9%  2003 Time series
# 128     Hungary: 0.8%  2003 Time series
# 129     Kazakhstan: 0.7%  2003 Time series
= 130     Lithuania: 0.5%  2003 Time series
= 130     Russia: 0.5%  2003 Time series
= 132     Belarus: 0.4%  2003 Time series
= 132     Ukraine: 0.4%  2003 Time series
= 132     Slovenia: 0.4%  2003 Time series
= 135     Barbados: 0.3%  2003 Time series
= 135     Poland: 0.3%  2003 Time series
= 137     Latvia: 0.2%  2003 Time series
= 137     Estonia: 0.2%  2003 Time series
Weighted average: 24.5%  

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

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"Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Women by country", UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/edu_ill_rat_by_sex_age_15_wom-rates-sex-aged-15-women

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