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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     Cyprus: 95.08 %   2006 Time series
= 39     Costa Rica: 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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