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SOURCE
CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
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.
Education Statistics > Literacy > Male (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Georgia: |
100 %
|
|
| #2 |
Norway: |
100 %
|
|
| #3 |
Finland: |
100 %
|
|
| #4 |
Luxembourg: |
100 %
|
|
| #5 |
Liechtenstein: |
100 %
|
|
| #6 |
Greenland: |
100 %
|
|
| #7 |
Belarus: |
99.8 %
|
|
| #8 |
Estonia: |
99.8 %
|
|
| #9 |
Kazakhstan: |
99.8 %
|
|
| #10 |
Cuba: |
99.8 %
|
|
| #11 |
Poland: |
99.8 %
|
|
| #12 |
Latvia: |
99.8 %
|
|
| #13 |
Armenia: |
99.7 %
|
|
| #14 |
Tajikistan: |
99.7 %
|
|
| #15 |
Barbados: |
99.7 %
|
|
| #16 |
Russia: |
99.7 %
|
|
| #17 |
Ukraine: |
99.7 %
|
|
| #18 |
Slovakia: |
99.7 %
|
|
| #19 |
Moldova: |
99.7 %
|
|
| #20 |
Uzbekistan: |
99.6 %
|
|
| #21 |
Lithuania: |
99.6 %
|
|
| #22 |
Samoa: |
99.6 %
|
|
| #23 |
Hungary: |
99.5 %
|
|
| #24 |
Azerbaijan: |
99.5 %
|
|
| #25 |
Turkmenistan: |
99.3 %
|
|
| #26 |
Croatia: |
99.3 %
|
|
| #27 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
99.3 %
|
|
| #28 |
Albania: |
99.2 %
|
|
| #29 |
Korea, South: |
99.2 %
|
|
| #30 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
99.1 %
|
|
| #31 |
Guyana: |
99.1 %
|
|
| #32 |
Japan: |
99 %
|
|
| #33 |
Guam: |
99 %
|
|
| #34 |
Monaco: |
99 %
|
|
| #35 |
Belgium: |
99 %
|
|
| #36 |
France: |
99 %
|
|
| #37 |
New Zealand: |
99 %
|
|
| #38 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: |
99 %
|
|
| #39 |
Switzerland: |
99 %
|
|
| #40 |
Korea, North: |
99 %
|
|
| #41 |
United Kingdom: |
99 %
|
|
| #42 |
Canada: |
99 %
|
|
| #43 |
Sweden: |
99 %
|
|
| #44 |
United States: |
99 %
|
|
| #45 |
Iceland: |
99 %
|
|
| #46 |
Turks and Caicos Islands: |
99 %
|
|
| #47 |
Denmark: |
99 %
|
|
| #48 |
Australia: |
99 %
|
|
| #49 |
Netherlands: |
99 %
|
|
| #50 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
99 %
|
|
| #51 |
Germany: |
99 %
|
|
| #52 |
Ireland: |
99 %
|
|
| #53 |
Cyprus: |
98.9 %
|
|
| #54 |
Serbia and Montenegro: |
98.9 %
|
|
| #55 |
Tonga: |
98.8 %
|
|
| #56 |
Italy: |
98.8 %
|
|
| #57 |
Bulgaria: |
98.7 %
|
|
| #58 |
Spain: |
98.7 %
|
|
| #59 |
Israel: |
98.5 %
|
|
| #60 |
Romania: |
98.4 %
|
|
| #61 |
Macedonia, Republic of: |
98.2 %
|
|
| #62 |
French Polynesia: |
98 %
|
|
| #63 |
Cayman Islands: |
98 %
|
|
| #64 |
Mongolia: |
98 %
|
|
| #65 |
American Samoa: |
98 %
|
|
| #66 |
Bermuda: |
98 %
|
|
| #67 |
Greece: |
97.8 %
|
|
| #68 |
Uruguay: |
97.6 %
|
|
| #69 |
Argentina: |
97.2 %
|
|
| #70 |
Montserrat: |
97 %
|
|
| #71 |
Saint Helena: |
97 %
|
|
| #72 |
Northern Mariana Islands: |
97 %
|
|
| #73 |
San Marino: |
97 %
|
|
| #74 |
Hong Kong: |
96.9 %
|
|
| #75 |
New Caledonia: |
96.8 %
|
|
| #76 |
Gaza Strip: |
96.7 %
|
|
| #77 |
West Bank: |
96.7 %
|
|
| #78 |
Netherlands Antilles: |
96.7 %
|
|
| #79 |
Singapore: |
96.6 %
|
|
| #80 |
Maldives: |
96.2 %
|
|
| #81 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
96 %
|
|
| #82 |
Costa Rica: |
95.9 %
|
|
| #83 |
Chile: |
95.8 %
|
|
| #84 |
Fiji: |
95.5 %
|
|
| #85 |
Portugal: |
95.5 %
|
|
| #86 |
Macau: |
95.3 %
|
|
| #87 |
Turkey: |
95.3 %
|
|
| #88 |
Brunei: |
95.2 %
|
|
| #89 |
China: |
95.1 %
|
|
| #90 |
Jordan: |
95.1 %
|
|
| #91 |
Anguilla: |
95 %
|
|
| #92 |
Thailand: |
94.9 %
|
|
| #93 |
Paraguay: |
94.9 %
|
|
| #94 |
Bahamas, The: |
94.7 %
|
|
| #95 |
Kuwait: |
94.4 %
|
|
| #96 |
Zimbabwe: |
94.2 %
|
|
| #97 |
Indonesia: |
94 %
|
|
| #98 |
Dominica: |
94 %
|
|
| #99 |
Vietnam: |
93.9 %
|
|
| #100 |
Puerto Rico: |
93.9 %
|
|
| #101 |
Burma: |
93.9 %
|
|
| #102 |
Marshall Islands: |
93.6 %
|
|
| #103 |
Peru: |
93.5 %
|
|
| #104 |
Venezuela: |
93.3 %
|
|
| #105 |
Equatorial Guinea: |
93.3 %
|
|
| #106 |
Bolivia: |
93.1 %
|
|
| #107 |
Lebanon: |
93.1 %
|
|
| #108 |
Palau: |
93 %
|
|
| #109 |
Colombia: |
92.9 %
|
|
| #110 |
Panama: |
92.5 %
|
|
| #111 |
Philippines: |
92.5 %
|
|
| #112 |
Mexico: |
92.4 %
|
|
| #113 |
Libya: |
92.4 %
|
|
| #114 |
Sri Lanka: |
92.3 %
|
|
| #115 |
Ecuador: |
92.3 %
|
|
| #116 |
São Tomé and Príncipe: |
92.2 %
|
|
| #117 |
Malaysia: |
92 %
|
|
| #118 |
Malta: |
92 %
|
|
| #119 |
Suriname: |
92 %
|
|
| #120 |
Seychelles: |
91.4 %
|
|
| #121 |
Micronesia, Federated States of: |
91 %
|
|
| #122 |
Kenya: |
90.6 %
|
|
| #123 |
Congo, Republic of the: |
89.6 %
|
|
| #124 |
Saint Lucia: |
89.5 %
|
|
| #125 |
Qatar: |
89.1 %
|
|
| #126 |
Bahrain: |
88.6 %
|
|
| #127 |
Mauritius: |
88.4 %
|
|
| #128 |
Brazil: |
88.4 %
|
|
| #129 |
South Africa: |
87 %
|
|
| #130 |
Zambia: |
86.8 %
|
|
| #131 |
Dominican Republic: |
86.8 %
|
|
| #132 |
Namibia: |
86.8 %
|
|
| #133 |
Syria: |
86 %
|
|
| #134 |
Cape Verde: |
85.8 %
|
|
| #135 |
Cambodia: |
84.7 %
|
|
| #136 |
Saudi Arabia: |
84.7 %
|
|
| #137 |
Jamaica: |
84.1 %
|
|
| #138 |
Iraq: |
84.1 %
|
|
| #139 |
Iran: |
83.5 %
|
|
| #140 |
Tunisia: |
83.4 %
|
|
| #141 |
Egypt: |
83 %
|
|
| #142 |
Angola: |
82.9 %
|
|
| #143 |
El Salvador: |
82.8 %
|
|
| #144 |
Swaziland: |
82.6 %
|
|
| #145 |
Botswana: |
80.4 %
|
|
| #146 |
Honduras: |
79.8 %
|
|
| #147 |
Algeria: |
79.6 %
|
|
| #148 |
Djibouti: |
78 %
|
|
| #149 |
Tanzania: |
77.5 %
|
|
| #150 |
Laos: |
77 %
|
|
| #151 |
Cameroon: |
77 %
|
|
| #152 |
Uganda: |
76.8 %
|
|
| #153 |
Belize: |
76.7 %
|
|
| #154 |
Rwanda: |
76.3 %
|
|
| #155 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
76.2 %
|
|
| #156 |
Malawi: |
76.1 %
|
|
| #157 |
United Arab Emirates: |
76.1 %
|
|
| #158 |
Nigeria: |
75.7 %
|
|
| #159 |
Madagascar: |
75.5 %
|
|
| #160 |
Togo: |
75.4 %
|
|
| #161 |
Guatemala: |
75.4 %
|
|
| #162 |
Lesotho: |
74.5 %
|
|
| #163 |
Gabon: |
73.7 %
|
|
| #164 |
India: |
73.4 %
|
|
| #165 |
Liberia: |
73.3 %
|
|
| #166 |
Sudan: |
71.8 %
|
|
| #167 |
Yemen: |
70.5 %
|
|
| #168 |
Eritrea: |
69.9 %
|
|
| #169 |
Burundi: |
67.3 %
|
|
| #170 |
Nicaragua: |
67.2 %
|
|
| #171 |
Ghana: |
66.4 %
|
|
| #172 |
Morocco: |
65.7 %
|
|
| #173 |
Comoros: |
63.6 %
|
|
| #174 |
Mozambique: |
63.5 %
|
|
| #175 |
Papua New Guinea: |
63.4 %
|
|
| #176 |
Central African Republic: |
63.3 %
|
|
| #177 |
Pakistan: |
63 %
|
|
| #178 |
Nepal: |
62.7 %
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