FACTOID # 6: There are 22 countries where more than half the population is illiterate. Fifteen of them are in Africa.
 
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Education Statistics > Literacy rate, adult female > % of females ages 15 and above (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Cuba: 99.79 %   2006 Time series
# 2   Estonia: 99.76 %   2006 Time series
# 3   Latvia: 99.71 %   2006 Time series
# 4   Lithuania: 99.65 %   2006 Time series
# 5   Slovakia: 99.61 %   2006 Time series
# 6   Slovenia: 99.51 %   1990 Time series
# 7   Belarus: 99.42 %   2006 Time series
# 8   Barbados: 99.32 %   1990 Time series
# 9   Kazakhstan: 99.29 %   2006 Time series
# 10   Russia: 99.23 %   2006 Time series
# 11   Tajikistan: 99.22 %   2006 Time series
# 12   Ukraine: 99.17 %   2006 Time series
# 13   Armenia: 99.16 %   2006 Time series
# 14   Tonga: 98.98 %   2006 Time series
# 15   Hungary: 98.87 %   1990 Time series
# 16   Turkmenistan: 98.26 %   2006 Time series
# 17   Albania: 98.25 %   2006 Time series
# 18   Azerbaijan: 98.17 %   2006 Time series
# 19   Kyrgyzstan: 98.13 %   2006 Time series
# 20   Italy: 98.04 %   2006 Time series
# 21   Uzbekistan: 97.89 %   1990 Time series
# 22   Bulgaria: 97.71 %   2006 Time series
# 23   Moldova: 97.69 %   2006 Time series
# 24   Mongolia: 97.53 %   2006 Time series
# 25   Samoa: 97.4 %   1990 Time series
# 26   Argentina: 97.19 %   2006 Time series
# 27   Croatia: 97.08 %   2006 Time series
# 28   Aruba: 97.07 %   2006 Time series
# 29   Uruguay: 96.96 %   1990 Time series
# 30   Maldives: 96.44 %   2006 Time series
# 31   Guyana: 96.39 %   1990 Time series
# 32   Romania: 96.27 %   2006 Time series
# 33   Israel: 95.91 %   2006 Time series
# 34   Netherlands Antilles: 95.68 %   1990 Time series
# 35   Chile: 95.64 %   2006 Time series
# 36   Trinidad and Tobago: 95.62 %   1990 Time series
# 37   New Caledonia: 95.5 %   2006 Time series
# 38   Bahamas, The: 95.23 %   1990 Time series
= 39   Costa Rica: 95.08 %   2006 Time series
= 39   Cyprus: 95.08 %   2006 Time series
# 41   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 94.36 %   2006 Time series
# 42   Greece: 94.24 %   2006 Time series
# 43   Serbia and Montenegro: 94.07 %   2006 Time series
# 44   Macedonia, Republic of: 94.06 %   2006 Time series
# 45   Venezuela: 92.72 %   2006 Time series
# 46   Colombia: 92.71 %   2006 Time series
# 47   Philippines: 92.65 %   2006 Time series
# 48   Seychelles: 92.26 %   2006 Time series
# 49   Panama: 91.25 %   2006 Time series
# 50   Kuwait: 91.04 %   2006 Time series
# 51   Thailand: 90.52 %   2006 Time series
# 52   Lesotho: 90.3 %   2006 Time series
# 53   Brunei: 90.16 %   2006 Time series
# 54   Ecuador: 89.7 %   2006 Time series
# 55   Mexico: 89.63 %   2006 Time series
# 56   Malta: 89.24 %   2006 Time series
# 57   Sri Lanka: 89.14 %   2006 Time series
# 58   Brazil: 88.81 %   2006 Time series
# 59   Singapore: 88.65 %   2006 Time series
# 60   Qatar: 88.61 %   2006 Time series
# 61   Paraguay: 88.28 %   1990 Time series
# 62   Macau: 87.77 %   2006 Time series
# 63   Suriname: 87.2 %   2006 Time series
# 64   Dominican Republic: 87.18 %   2006 Time series
# 65   Vietnam: 86.92 %   2006 Time series
# 66   Indonesia: 86.8 %   2006 Time series
# 67   China: 86.53 %   2006 Time series
# 68   Burma: 86.37 %   2006 Time series
# 69   Jamaica: 85.9 %   2006 Time series
# 70   Fiji: 85.5 %   1990 Time series
# 71   Malaysia: 85.35 %   2006 Time series
# 72   Jordan: 84.71 %   2006 Time series
# 73   Bahrain: 83.56 %   2006 Time series
# 74   Namibia: 83.49 %   2006 Time series
# 75   Peru: 82.06 %   2006 Time series
# 76   Botswana: 81.81 %   2006 Time series
# 77   South Africa: 80.93 %   2006 Time series
# 78   Bolivia: 80.65 %   2006 Time series
# 79   Mauritius: 80.5 %   2006 Time series
# 80   Equatorial Guinea: 80.46 %   2006 Time series
# 81   Honduras: 80.22 %   2006 Time series
# 82   Turkey: 79.58 %   2006 Time series
# 83   Swaziland: 78.35 %   2006 Time series
# 84   Nicaragua: 76.6 %   2006 Time series
# 85   Zimbabwe: 74.97 %   1990 Time series
# 86   Syria: 73.63 %   2006 Time series
# 87   Oman: 73.52 %   2006 Time series
# 88   Lebanon: 73.13 %   1990 Time series
# 89   United Arab Emirates: 70.57 %   1990 Time series
# 90   Iran: 70.4 %   2006 Time series
# 91   Kenya: 70.23 %   2006 Time series
# 92   Saudi Arabia: 69.29 %   2006 Time series
# 93   El Salvador: 69.09 %   1990 Time series
# 94   Tunisia: 65.35 %   2006 Time series
# 95   Madagascar: 65.26 %   2006 Time series
# 96   Iraq: 64.17 %   2006 Time series
# 97   Cambodia: 64.05 %   2006 Time series
# 98   Guatemala: 63.34 %   2006 Time series
# 99   Tanzania: 62.17 %   2006 Time series
# 100   Laos: 60.9 %   2006 Time series
# 101   Algeria: 60.08 %   2006 Time series
= 102   Cameroon: 59.8 %   2006 Time series
= 102   Zambia: 59.8 %   2006 Time series
# 104   Rwanda: 59.76 %   2006 Time series
# 105   Egypt: 59.36 %   2006 Time series
# 106   Congo, Republic of the: 57.91 %   1990 Time series
# 107   Uganda: 57.71 %   2006 Time series
# 108   Cape Verde: 54.31 %   1990 Time series
# 109   Angola: 54.21 %   2006 Time series
# 110   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 54.07 %   2006 Time series
# 111   Malawi: 54 %   2006 Time series
# 112   Burundi: 52.24 %   2006 Time series
# 113   Sudan: 51.78 %   2006 Time series
# 114   Libya: 51.13 %   1990 Time series
# 115   Papua New Guinea: 50.92 %   2006 Time series
# 116   Ghana: 49.79 %   2006 Time series
# 117   Bhutan: 48.7 %   2005 Time series
# 118   India: 47.84 %   2006 Time series
# 119   Comoros: 46.39 %   1990 Time series
# 120   Mauritania: 43.42 %   2006 Time series
# 121   Djibouti: 39.72 %   1990 Time series
# 122   Morocco: 39.62 %   2006 Time series
# 123   Côte d'Ivoire: 38.62 %   2006 Time series
# 124   Togo: 38.46 %   2006 Time series
# 125   Nigeria: 38.38 %   1990 Time series
# 126   Haiti: 36.91 %   1990 Time series
# 127   Pakistan: 35.98 %   2006 Time series
# 128   Nepal: 34.89 %   2006 Time series
# 129   Eritrea: 34.77 %   1990 Time series
# 130   Central African Republic: 33.5 %   2006 Time series
# 131   Senegal: 29.25 %   2006 Time series
# 132   Sierra Leone: 24.42 %   2006 Time series
# 133   Bangladesh: 23.66 %   1990 Time series
# 134   Benin: 23.3 %   2006 Time series
# 135   Liberia: 22.79 %   1990 Time series
# 136   Ethiopia: 19.81 %   1990 Time series
# 137   Gambia, The: 19.74 %   1990 Time series
# 138   Mozambique: 18.44 %   1990 Time series
# 139   Guinea: 18.11 %   2006 Time series
# 140   Burkina Faso: 15.19 %   2006 Time series
# 141   Niger: 15.06 %   2006 Time series
# 142   Yemen: 12.93 %   1990 Time series
# 143   Chad: 12.8 %   2006 Time series
# 144   Afghanistan: 12.59 %   2006 Time series
# 145   Mali: 11.89 %   2006 Time series
Weighted average: 72.8 %   



DEFINITION: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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