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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   Nepal: 72.4%  2003 Time series
= 6   Guinea-Bissau: 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   Equatorial Guinea: 21.6%  2003 Time series
= 55   Congo, Republic of the: 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   Bahrain: 15%  2003 Time series
= 72   Qatar: 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   Panama: 8.1%  2003 Time series
= 90   Fiji: 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   Puerto Rico: 5.5%  2003 Time series
= 99   Lesotho: 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   Croatia: 2.3%  2003 Time series
= 114   Romania: 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   Guyana: 1.5%  2003 Time series
= 122   Mongolia: 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   Russia: 0.5%  2003 Time series
= 130   Lithuania: 0.5%  2003 Time series
= 132   Slovenia: 0.4%  2003 Time series
= 132   Ukraine: 0.4%  2003 Time series
= 132   Belarus: 0.4%  2003 Time series
= 135   Poland: 0.3%  2003 Time series
= 135   Barbados: 0.3%  2003 Time series
= 137   Estonia: 0.2%  2003 Time series
= 137   Latvia: 0.2%  2003 Time series
Weighted average: 24.5%  


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

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