FACTOID # 8: More than half of Indonesia's primary school teachers are under 30years of age .
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
 
 
WHAT'S NEW
RELATED STATS
People who viewed "Education > Literacy > Female" also viewed these world stats:
Search for: female literacy level; top literate countries asia
RECENT UPDATES
More Recent Updates »

SUBSCRIBE TO NEWS

Receive our NationMaster newsletter: (Privacy)

 

SEARCH ALL

FACTS & STATISTICS    Advanced view

Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

 

 

(* = Graphable)

 

 


Education Statistics > Literacy > Female (most recent) by country

VIEW DATA:   Totals  
Definition     Source      Printable version   
    Bar Graph   Map  

Showing latest available data. Select another time period:
Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
= 1   Finland: 100%  2000 Time series
= 1   Georgia: 100%  2004 Time series
= 1   Greenland: 100%  2001 Time series
= 1   Luxembourg: 100%  2000 Time series
= 5   Estonia: 99.8%  2003 Time series
= 5   Latvia: 99.8%  2003 Time series
= 7   Barbados: 99.7%  2002 Time series
= 7   Poland: 99.7%  2003 Time series
= 7   Samoa: 99.7%  2003 Time series
= 10   Lithuania: 99.6%  2003 Time series
= 10   Slovakia: 99.6%  2001 Time series
= 10   Slovenia: 99.6%  2003 Time series
= 10   Ukraine: 99.6%  2003 Time series
= 14   Belarus: 99.5%  2003 Time series
= 14   Russia: 99.5%  2003 Time series
= 16   Hungary: 99.3%  2003 Time series
= 16   Kazakhstan: 99.3%  1999 Time series
# 18   Tajikistan: 99.1%  2003 Time series
= 19   New Zealand: 99%  2003 Time series
= 19   Japan: 99%  2002 Time series
= 19   Bermuda: 99%  2005 Time series
= 19   Uzbekistan: 99%  2003 Time series
= 19   Belgium: 99%  2003 Time series
= 19   Monaco: 99%  2003 Time series
= 19   Canada: 99%  2003 Time series
= 19   Switzerland: 99%  2003 Time series
= 19   Denmark: 99%  2003 Time series
= 19   Iceland: 99%  2003 Time series
= 19   Ireland: 99%  2003 Time series
= 19   Mongolia: 99%  2003 Time series
= 19   Czech Republic: 99%  2003 Time series
= 19   Netherlands: 99%  2003 Time series
= 19   France: 99%  2003 Time series
= 19   Sweden: 99%  2003 Time series
= 19   United Kingdom: 99%  2003 Time series
= 19   Tonga: 99%  1999 Time series
= 19   Australia: 99%  2003 Time series
= 19   United States: 99%  2003 Time series
= 19   Germany: 99%  2003 Time series
# 40   Moldova: 98.6%  2005 Time series
# 41   Guyana: 98.5%  2003 Time series
# 42   Uruguay: 98.4%  2003 Time series
= 43   Italy: 98.3%  2003 Time series
= 43   Turkmenistan: 98.3%  1999 Time series
= 45   Azerbaijan: 98.2%  2003 Time series
= 45   Bulgaria: 98.2%  2003 Time series
= 47   Kyrgyzstan: 98.1%  1999 Time series
= 47   Martinique: 98.1%  2003 Time series
= 49   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 98%  1980 Time series
= 49   Turks and Caicos Islands: 98%  1970 Time series
= 49   Grenada: 98%  1970 Time series
= 49   Cayman Islands: 98%  1970 Time series
= 49   Trinidad and Tobago: 98%  2003 Time series
= 49   Armenia: 98%  2003 Time series
# 55   Croatia: 97.8%  2003 Time series
# 56   Romania: 97.7%  2003 Time series
# 57   Maldives: 97.3%  2003 Time series
# 58   Spain: 97.2%  2003 Time series
= 59   Argentina: 97.1%  2003 Time series
= 59   Aruba: 97.1%  2000 Time series
= 61   Montserrat: 97%  1970 Time series
= 61   American Samoa: 97%  1980 Time series
= 61   Korea, South: 97%  2003 Time series
# 64   Cuba: 96.9%  2003 Time series
# 65   Netherlands Antilles: 96.8%  2003 Time series
= 66   Bahamas, The: 96.5%  2003 Time series
= 66   Greece: 96.5%  2003 Time series
# 68   Cyprus: 96.3%  2003 Time series
= 69   Chile: 96.1%  2003 Time series
= 69   Costa Rica: 96.1%  2003 Time series
= 71   Northern Mariana Islands: 96%  1980 Time series
= 71   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 96%  1970 Time series
# 73   Israel: 95.9%  2004 Time series
# 74   Philippines: 95.8%  2003 Time series
# 75   Thailand: 94.6%  2003 Time series
# 76   Lesotho: 94.5%  2003 Time series
= 77   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 94.4%  2000 Time series
= 77   Puerto Rico: 94.4%  2002 Time series
= 79   Belize: 94.1%  2003 Time series
= 79   Macedonia, Republic of: 94.1%  2002 Time series
= 79   Serbia and Montenegro: 94.1%  2003 Time series
# 82   Dominica: 94%  2003 Time series
# 83   Marshall Islands: 93.7%  1999 Time series
# 84   Malta: 93.6%  2003 Time series
# 85   Venezuela: 93.1%  2003 Time series
# 86   Paraguay: 93%  2003 Time series
# 87   Colombia: 92.7%  2004 Time series
= 88   Seychelles: 92.3%  2003 Time series
= 88   Vietnam: 92.3%  2003 Time series
# 90   Macau: 92%  2003 Time series
= 91   Fiji: 91.9%  2003 Time series
= 91   Panama: 91.9%  2003 Time series
# 93   Jamaica: 91.6%  2003 Time series
# 94   Portugal: 91.3%  2003 Time series
= 95   Kuwait: 91%  2005 Time series
= 95   Ecuador: 91%  2003 Time series
# 97   Réunion: 90.8%  2003 Time series
# 98   Saint Lucia: 90.6%  2001 Time series
# 99   Hong Kong: 90.5%  2003 Time series
= 100   Sri Lanka: 90%  2003 Time series
= 100   Palau: 90%  1980 Time series
# 102   Singapore: 89.7%  2003 Time series
# 103   Mexico: 89.6%  2004 Time series
# 104   Brazil: 88.8%  2004 Time series
# 105   Qatar: 88.6%  2004 Time series
# 106   Brunei: 88.5%  2003 Time series
= 107   West Bank: 88%  2004 Time series
= 107   Gaza Strip: 88%  2004 Time series
= 107   Micronesia, Federated States of: 88%  1980 Time series
= 110   Zimbabwe: 87.2%  2003 Time series
= 110   Suriname: 87.2%  2004 Time series
# 112   Indonesia: 86.8%  2004 Time series
# 113   South Africa: 85.7%  2003 Time series
# 114   Malaysia: 85.4%  2003 Time series
# 115   Bahrain: 85%  2003 Time series
# 116   Dominican Republic: 84.8%  2003 Time series
# 117   Jordan: 84.7%  2003 Time series
# 118   Namibia: 83.7%  2003 Time series
# 119   Mauritius: 82.7%  2003 Time series
# 120   Lebanon: 82.2%  2003 Time series
# 121   Peru: 82.1%  2004 Time series
# 122   Botswana: 81.8%  2003 Time series
# 123   United Arab Emirates: 81.7%  2003 Time series
# 124   Bolivia: 81.6%  2003 Time series
# 125   Burma: 81.4%  2002 Time series
# 126   Swaziland: 80.8%  2003 Time series
# 127   Kenya: 79.7%  2003 Time series
# 128   Turkey: 79.6%  2004 Time series
# 129   Albania: 79.5%  2003 Time series
# 130   Taiwan: 79%  1980 Time series
# 131   China: 78.8%  2003 Time series
= 132   Congo, Republic of the: 78.4%  2003 Time series
= 132   Equatorial Guinea: 78.4%  2003 Time series
# 134   São Tomé and Príncipe: 77.9%  2001 Time series
# 135   El Salvador: 77.7%  2003 Time series
# 136   Honduras: 76.3%  2003 Time series
# 137   Zambia: 74.8%  2003 Time series
# 138   Syria: 73.6%  2004 Time series
# 139   Oman: 73.5%  2003 Time series
# 140   Cameroon: 73.4%  2003 Time series
# 141   Iran: 73%  2003 Time series
# 142   Libya: 72%  2003 Time series
# 143   Saudi Arabia: 70.8%  2003 Time series
# 144   Tanzania: 70.7%  2003 Time series
# 145   Cape Verde: 69.2%  2003 Time series
# 146   Nicaragua: 67.8%  2003 Time series
# 147   Ghana: 67.1%  2003 Time series
# 148   Tunisia: 65.3%  2004 Time series
# 149   Rwanda: 64.7%  2003 Time series
# 150   Cambodia: 64.1%  2004 Time series
# 151   Guatemala: 63.3%  2003 Time series
# 152   Madagascar: 62.5%  2003 Time series
# 153   Algeria: 61%  2003 Time series
# 154   Nigeria: 60.6%  2003 Time series
# 155   Uganda: 60.4%  2003 Time series
# 156   Egypt: 59.4%  2005 Time series
# 157   Papua New Guinea: 59.3%  2003 Time series
# 158   Djibouti: 58.4%  2003 Time series
# 159   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 55.1%  2003 Time series
# 160   Angola: 54.2%  2001 Time series
# 161   Gabon: 53.3%  1995 Time series
# 162   Haiti: 51.2%  2003 Time series
# 163   Sudan: 50.5%  2003 Time series
# 164   Malawi: 49.8%  2003 Time series
# 165   Comoros: 49.3%  2003 Time series
# 166   India: 48.3%  2003 Time series
# 167   Eritrea: 47.6%  2003 Time series
# 168   Togo: 46.9%  2003 Time series
# 169   Burundi: 45.2%  2003 Time series
# 170   Côte d'Ivoire: 43.6%  2003 Time series
# 171   Liberia: 41.6%  2003 Time series
# 172   Central African Republic: 39.9%  2003 Time series
= 173   Mali: 39.6%  2003 Time series
= 173   Morocco: 39.6%  2004 Time series
# 175   Chad: 39.3%  2003 Time series
# 176   Laos: 38.1%  2003 Time series
# 177   Pakistan: 36%  2005 Time series
# 178   Ethiopia: 35.1%  2003 Time series
# 179   Bhutan: 34%  2003 Time series
# 180   Gambia, The: 32.8%  2003 Time series
# 181   Mozambique: 32.7%  2003 Time series
# 182   Mauritania: 31.9%  2003 Time series
# 183   Bangladesh: 31.8%  2003 Time series
# 184   Senegal: 30.7%  2003 Time series
# 185   Yemen: 30%  2003 Time series
# 186   Nepal: 27.6%  2003 Time series
# 187   Guinea-Bissau: 27.4%  2003 Time series
# 188   Somalia: 25.8%  2001 Time series
= 189   Sierra Leone: 24.4%  2004 Time series
= 189   Iraq: 24.4%  2003 Time series
# 191   Benin: 23.3%  2002 Time series
# 192   Guinea: 18.1%  2003 Time series
# 193   Burkina Faso: 15.2%  2003 Time series
# 194   Niger: 15.1%  2005 Time series
# 195   Afghanistan: 12.6%  2000 Time series
Weighted average: 79.5%  



DEFINITION: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

See also

See this stat for year: 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1995 1980 1970

Related links:
 

COMMENTARY     

There are 2 more (non-authoritative) comments on this page

Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments
Please enter the 5-letter protection code

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:
 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
© Copyright NationMaster.com 2003-2009. All Rights Reserved. Usage implies agreement with terms.