FACTOID # 6: There are 22 countries where more than half the population is illiterate. Fifteen of them are in Africa.
 
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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   Ukraine: 99.8%  2003 Time series
= 5   Estonia: 99.8%  2003 Time series
= 5   Kazakhstan: 99.8%  1999 Time series
= 5   Belarus: 99.8%  2003 Time series
= 5   Poland: 99.8%  2003 Time series
= 5   Latvia: 99.8%  2003 Time series
= 11   Moldova: 99.7%  2005 Time series
= 11   Lithuania: 99.7%  2003 Time series
= 11   Barbados: 99.7%  2002 Time series
= 11   Slovenia: 99.7%  2003 Time series
= 11   Russia: 99.7%  2003 Time series
= 11   Slovakia: 99.7%  2001 Time series
= 17   Samoa: 99.6%  2003 Time series
= 17   Tajikistan: 99.6%  2003 Time series
= 17   Uzbekistan: 99.6%  2003 Time series
= 20   Azerbaijan: 99.5%  2003 Time series
= 20   Hungary: 99.5%  2003 Time series
= 22   Armenia: 99.4%  2003 Time series
= 22   Croatia: 99.4%  2003 Time series
= 24   Kyrgyzstan: 99.3%  1999 Time series
= 24   Turkmenistan: 99.3%  1999 Time series
= 24   Korea, South: 99.3%  2003 Time series
# 27   Mongolia: 99.2%  2003 Time series
= 28   Guyana: 99.1%  2003 Time series
= 28   Bulgaria: 99.1%  2003 Time series
= 28   Romania: 99.1%  2003 Time series
= 28   Trinidad and Tobago: 99.1%  2003 Time series
= 32   Japan: 99%  2002 Time series
= 32   Sweden: 99%  2003 Time series
= 32   Iceland: 99%  2003 Time series
= 32   Netherlands: 99%  2003 Time series
= 32   France: 99%  2003 Time series
= 32   Turks and Caicos Islands: 99%  1970 Time series
= 32   Australia: 99%  2003 Time series
= 32   Belgium: 99%  2003 Time series
= 32   Germany: 99%  2003 Time series
= 32   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 99%  2000 Time series
= 32   Italy: 99%  2003 Time series
= 32   Canada: 99%  2003 Time series
= 32   Monaco: 99%  2003 Time series
= 32   Denmark: 99%  2003 Time series
= 32   New Zealand: 99%  2003 Time series
= 32   Ireland: 99%  2003 Time series
= 32   United States: 99%  2003 Time series
= 32   Czech Republic: 99%  2003 Time series
= 32   United Kingdom: 99%  2003 Time series
= 32   Switzerland: 99%  2003 Time series
= 52   Cyprus: 98.9%  2003 Time series
= 52   Serbia and Montenegro: 98.9%  2002 Time series
# 54   Tonga: 98.8%  1999 Time series
# 55   Spain: 98.7%  2003 Time series
# 56   Greece: 98.6%  2003 Time series
# 57   Israel: 98.5%  2004 Time series
# 58   Macedonia, Republic of: 98.2%  2002 Time series
= 59   Bermuda: 98%  2005 Time series
= 59   American Samoa: 98%  1980 Time series
= 59   Cayman Islands: 98%  1970 Time series
= 59   Grenada: 98%  1970 Time series
# 63   Uruguay: 97.6%  2003 Time series
= 64   Aruba: 97.5%  2000 Time series
= 64   Thailand: 97.5%  2003 Time series
# 66   Martinique: 97.4%  2003 Time series
= 67   Cuba: 97.2%  2003 Time series
= 67   Macau: 97.2%  2003 Time series
= 69   Argentina: 97.1%  2003 Time series
= 69   Hong Kong: 97.1%  2003 Time series
= 69   Maldives: 97.1%  2003 Time series
= 72   Northern Mariana Islands: 97%  1980 Time series
= 72   Montserrat: 97%  1970 Time series
= 72   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 97%  1980 Time series
= 75   Singapore: 96.7%  2003 Time series
= 75   Gaza Strip: 96.7%  2004 Time series
= 75   Netherlands Antilles: 96.7%  2003 Time series
= 75   West Bank: 96.7%  2004 Time series
# 79   Chile: 96.4%  2003 Time series
= 80   Philippines: 96%  2003 Time series
= 80   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 96%  1970 Time series
# 82   Costa Rica: 95.9%  2003 Time series
# 83   Vietnam: 95.8%  2003 Time series
= 84   Fiji: 95.5%  2003 Time series
= 84   Portugal: 95.5%  2003 Time series
# 86   Turkey: 95.3%  2004 Time series
# 87   Jordan: 95.1%  2003 Time series
# 88   Paraguay: 94.9%  2003 Time series
= 89   Brunei: 94.8%  2003 Time series
= 89   Sri Lanka: 94.8%  2003 Time series
# 91   Bahamas, The: 94.7%  2003 Time series
# 92   Kuwait: 94.4%  2005 Time series
# 93   Zimbabwe: 94.2%  2003 Time series
# 94   Belize: 94.1%  2003 Time series
= 95   Dominica: 94%  2003 Time series
= 95   Ecuador: 94%  2003 Time series
= 95   Indonesia: 94%  2004 Time series
# 98   Venezuela: 93.8%  2003 Time series
# 99   Puerto Rico: 93.7%  2002 Time series
# 100   Marshall Islands: 93.6%  1999 Time series
# 101   Peru: 93.5%  2004 Time series
= 102   Albania: 93.3%  2003 Time series
= 102   Equatorial Guinea: 93.3%  2003 Time series
# 104   Panama: 93.2%  2003 Time series
= 105   Bolivia: 93.1%  2003 Time series
= 105   Lebanon: 93.1%  2003 Time series
# 107   Palau: 93%  1980 Time series
= 108   China: 92.9%  2003 Time series
= 108   Colombia: 92.9%  2004 Time series
= 110   Libya: 92.4%  2003 Time series
= 110   Mexico: 92.4%  2004 Time series
= 110   Malaysia: 92.4%  2003 Time series
# 113   São Tomé and Príncipe: 92.2%  2001 Time series
= 114   Malta: 92%  2003 Time series
= 114   Suriname: 92%  2004 Time series
# 116   Bahrain: 91.9%  2003 Time series
# 117   Seychelles: 91.4%  2003 Time series
# 118   Micronesia, Federated States of: 91%  1980 Time series
# 119   Kenya: 90.6%  2003 Time series
# 120   Congo, Republic of the: 89.6%  2003 Time series
# 121   Saint Lucia: 89.5%  2001 Time series
# 122   Burma: 89.2%  2002 Time series
# 123   Qatar: 89.1%  2004 Time series
# 124   Mauritius: 88.6%  2003 Time series
# 125   Brazil: 88.4%  2004 Time series
= 126   Réunion: 87%  2003 Time series
= 126   South Africa: 87%  2003 Time series
= 128   Oman: 86.8%  2003 Time series
= 128   Zambia: 86.8%  2003 Time series
# 130   Syria: 86%  2004 Time series
# 131   Tanzania: 85.9%  2003 Time series
# 132   Cape Verde: 85.8%  2003 Time series
# 133   Iran: 85.6%  2003 Time series
= 134   Cambodia: 84.7%  2004 Time series
= 134   Cameroon: 84.7%  2003 Time series
= 134   Saudi Arabia: 84.7%  2003 Time series
# 137   Dominican Republic: 84.6%  2003 Time series
# 138   Namibia: 84.4%  2003 Time series
# 139   Jamaica: 84.1%  2003 Time series
# 140   Tunisia: 83.4%  2004 Time series
# 141   Egypt: 83%  2005 Time series
# 142   Angola: 82.9%  2001 Time series
# 143   El Salvador: 82.8%  2003 Time series
# 144   Ghana: 82.7%  2003 Time series
# 145   Swaziland: 82.6%  2003 Time series
# 146   Botswana: 80.4%  2003 Time series
# 147   Uganda: 79.5%  2003 Time series
# 148   Algeria: 78.8%  2003 Time series
= 149   Guatemala: 78%  2003 Time series
= 149   Djibouti: 78%  2003 Time series
# 151   Rwanda: 76.3%  2003 Time series
# 152   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 76.2%  2003 Time series
= 153   Honduras: 76.1%  2003 Time series
= 153   Malawi: 76.1%  2003 Time series
= 153   United Arab Emirates: 76.1%  2003 Time series
# 156   Nigeria: 75.7%  2003 Time series
# 157   Madagascar: 75.5%  2003 Time series
# 158   Togo: 75.4%  2003 Time series
# 159   Lesotho: 74.5%  2003 Time series
# 160   Gabon: 73.7%  1995 Time series
# 161   Liberia: 73.3%  2003 Time series
# 162   Papua New Guinea: 72.3%  2003 Time series
# 163   Sudan: 71.8%  2003 Time series
# 164   Yemen: 70.5%  2003 Time series
# 165   India: 70.2%  2003 Time series
# 166   Eritrea: 69.9%  2003 Time series
# 167   Laos: 67.5%  2003 Time series
# 168   Nicaragua: 67.2%  2003 Time series
# 169   Morocco: 65.7%  2004 Time series
# 170   Comoros: 63.6%  2003 Time series
# 171   Mozambique: 63.5%  2003 Time series
# 172   Central African Republic: 63.3%  2003 Time series
# 173   Pakistan: 63%  2005 Time series
# 174   Nepal: 62.7%  2003 Time series
# 175   Bhutan: 60%  2003 Time series
# 176   Burundi: 58.5%  2003 Time series
# 177   Guinea-Bissau: 58.1%  2003 Time series
# 178   Côte d'Ivoire: 57.9%  2003 Time series
# 179   Chad: 56%  2003 Time series
# 180   Iraq: 55.9%  2003 Time series
# 181   Haiti: 54.8%  2003 Time series
# 182   Bangladesh: 53.9%  2003 Time series
# 183   Mali: 53.5%  2003 Time series
# 184   Mauritania: 51.8%  2003 Time series
# 185   Ethiopia: 50.3%  2003 Time series
# 186   Senegal: 50%  2003 Time series
# 187   Somalia: 49.7%  2001 Time series
# 188   Benin: 47.9%  2002 Time series
# 189   Gambia, The: 47.8%  2003 Time series
# 190   Sierra Leone: 46.9%  2004 Time series
# 191   Afghanistan: 43.1%  2000 Time series
# 192   Niger: 42.9%  2005 Time series
# 193   Guinea: 42.6%  2003 Time series
# 194   Burkina Faso: 29.4%  2003 Time series
Weighted average: 87.0%  



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

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