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Education Statistics > Literacy rate, adult male > % of males ages 15 and above (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Cuba: 99.81 %   2006 Time series
= 2     Latvia: 99.79 %   2006 Time series
= 2     Belarus: 99.79 %   2006 Time series
# 4     Estonia: 99.78 %   2006 Time series
# 5     Kazakhstan: 99.76 %   2006 Time series
# 6     Ukraine: 99.74 %   2006 Time series
# 7     Russia: 99.69 %   2006 Time series
# 8     Tajikistan: 99.68 %   2006 Time series
# 9     Armenia: 99.67 %   2006 Time series
# 10     Slovakia: 99.65 %   2006 Time series
# 11     Lithuania: 99.64 %   2006 Time series
# 12     Slovenia: 99.61 %   1990 Time series
# 13     Azerbaijan: 99.47 %   2006 Time series
# 14     Uzbekistan: 99.46 %   1990 Time series
# 15     Barbados: 99.42 %   1990 Time series
= 16     Croatia: 99.32 %   2006 Time series
= 16     Turkmenistan: 99.32 %   2006 Time series
# 18     Kyrgyzstan: 99.31 %   2006 Time series
# 19     Hungary: 99.27 %   1990 Time series
# 20     Albania: 99.19 %   2006 Time series
# 21     Moldova: 99.11 %   2006 Time series
# 22     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 99.03 %   2006 Time series
# 23     Serbia and Montenegro: 98.91 %   2006 Time series
# 24     Tonga: 98.83 %   2006 Time series
# 25     Italy: 98.82 %   2006 Time series
# 26     Bulgaria: 98.74 %   2006 Time series
# 27     Cyprus: 98.63 %   2006 Time series
# 28     Samoa: 98.52 %   1990 Time series
# 29     Israel: 98.46 %   2006 Time series
# 30     Romania: 98.4 %   2006 Time series
# 31     Macedonia, Republic of: 98.21 %   2006 Time series
# 32     Trinidad and Tobago: 98.07 %   1990 Time series
# 33     Mongolia: 98.02 %   2006 Time series
# 34     Guyana: 98 %   1990 Time series
# 35     Greece: 97.81 %   2006 Time series
# 36     Aruba: 97.54 %   2006 Time series
# 37     Argentina: 97.19 %   2006 Time series
# 38     New Caledonia: 96.8 %   2006 Time series
# 39     Singapore: 96.57 %   2006 Time series
# 40     Maldives: 96.21 %   2006 Time series
# 41     Uruguay: 96.01 %   1990 Time series
# 42     Chile: 95.8 %   2006 Time series
# 43     Netherlands Antilles: 95.6 %   1990 Time series
# 44     Macau: 95.28 %   2006 Time series
# 45     Turkey: 95.27 %   2006 Time series
# 46     Brunei: 95.15 %   2006 Time series
# 47     China: 95.14 %   2006 Time series
# 48     Jordan: 95.08 %   2006 Time series
# 49     Thailand: 94.9 %   2006 Time series
# 50     Costa Rica: 94.65 %   2006 Time series
# 51     Kuwait: 94.45 %   2006 Time series
# 52     Indonesia: 94.04 %   2006 Time series
# 53     Vietnam: 93.92 %   2006 Time series
# 54     Burma: 93.86 %   2006 Time series
# 55     Bahamas, The: 93.58 %   1990 Time series
# 56     Peru: 93.46 %   2006 Time series
# 57     Equatorial Guinea: 93.36 %   2006 Time series
# 58     Venezuela: 93.26 %   2006 Time series
# 59     Bolivia: 93.06 %   2006 Time series
# 60     Colombia: 92.9 %   2006 Time series
# 61     Panama: 92.55 %   2006 Time series
# 62     Philippines: 92.54 %   2006 Time series
# 63     Mexico: 92.45 %   2006 Time series
# 64     Paraguay: 92.35 %   1990 Time series
# 65     Ecuador: 92.33 %   2006 Time series
# 66     Sri Lanka: 92.27 %   2006 Time series
# 67     Suriname: 92.02 %   2006 Time series
# 68     Malaysia: 91.97 %   2006 Time series
# 69     Fiji: 91.62 %   1990 Time series
# 70     Seychelles: 91.41 %   2006 Time series
# 71     Qatar: 89.1 %   2006 Time series
# 72     Bahrain: 88.55 %   2006 Time series
# 73     Brazil: 88.41 %   2006 Time series
# 74     Mauritius: 88.38 %   2006 Time series
# 75     Lebanon: 88.35 %   1990 Time series
# 76     Saudi Arabia: 87.06 %   2006 Time series
# 77     Oman: 86.85 %   2006 Time series
# 78     Dominican Republic: 86.81 %   2006 Time series
# 79     Namibia: 86.77 %   2006 Time series
# 80     Zimbabwe: 86.6 %   1990 Time series
# 81     Malta: 86.43 %   2006 Time series
# 82     Syria: 86.04 %   2006 Time series
# 83     Cambodia: 84.68 %   2006 Time series
# 84     Iraq: 84.09 %   2006 Time series
# 85     South Africa: 84.07 %   2006 Time series
# 86     Iran: 83.5 %   2006 Time series
# 87     Tunisia: 83.39 %   2006 Time series
# 88     Egypt: 83.02 %   2006 Time series
# 89     Angola: 82.9 %   2006 Time series
# 90     Libya: 82.84 %   1990 Time series
# 91     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 80.91 %   2006 Time series
# 92     Swaziland: 80.9 %   2006 Time series
# 93     Botswana: 80.43 %   2006 Time series
# 94     Honduras: 79.79 %   2006 Time series
# 95     Algeria: 79.57 %   2006 Time series
# 96     Kenya: 77.65 %   2006 Time series
# 97     Tanzania: 77.51 %   2006 Time series
# 98     Congo, Republic of the: 77.13 %   1990 Time series
# 99     Laos: 77.01 %   2006 Time series
# 100     Cameroon: 77 %   2006 Time series
# 101     Uganda: 76.81 %   2006 Time series
# 102     Nicaragua: 76.76 %   2006 Time series
# 103     Madagascar: 76.53 %   2006 Time series
# 104     Zambia: 76.25 %   2006 Time series
# 105     Cape Verde: 76.23 %   1990 Time series
# 106     El Salvador: 76.06 %   1990 Time series
# 107     Guatemala: 75.42 %   2006 Time series
# 108     Malawi: 74.93 %   2006 Time series
# 109     Jamaica: 74.1 %   2006 Time series
# 110     Lesotho: 73.7 %   2006 Time series
# 111     India: 73.41 %   2006 Time series
# 112     Rwanda: 71.44 %   2006 Time series
# 113     United Arab Emirates: 71.24 %   1990 Time series
# 114     Sudan: 71.13 %   2006 Time series
# 115     Bhutan: 69.1 %   2005 Time series
# 116     Togo: 68.68 %   2006 Time series
# 117     Burundi: 67.31 %   2006 Time series
# 118     Djibouti: 66.8 %   1990 Time series
# 119     Ghana: 66.35 %   2006 Time series
# 120     Morocco: 65.71 %   2006 Time series
# 121     Central African Republic: 64.77 %   2006 Time series
# 122     Papua New Guinea: 63.45 %   2006 Time series
# 123     Pakistan: 63.04 %   2006 Time series
# 124     Nepal: 62.66 %   2006 Time series
# 125     Comoros: 61.4 %   1990 Time series
# 126     Côte d'Ivoire: 60.84 %   2006 Time series
# 127     Mauritania: 59.54 %   2006 Time series
# 128     Nigeria: 59.38 %   1990 Time series
# 129     Eritrea: 58.48 %   1990 Time series
# 130     Liberia: 55.45 %   1990 Time series
# 131     Yemen: 55.17 %   1990 Time series
# 132     Senegal: 51.05 %   2006 Time series
# 133     Mozambique: 49.3 %   1990 Time series
# 134     Benin: 47.87 %   2006 Time series
# 135     Sierra Leone: 46.93 %   2006 Time series
# 136     Bangladesh: 44.3 %   1990 Time series
# 137     Afghanistan: 43.14 %   2006 Time series
# 138     Niger: 42.93 %   2006 Time series
# 139     Haiti: 42.64 %   1990 Time series
# 140     Guinea: 42.56 %   2006 Time series
# 141     Chad: 40.83 %   2006 Time series
# 142     Ethiopia: 37.34 %   1990 Time series
# 143     Gambia, The: 31.65 %   1990 Time series
# 144     Burkina Faso: 29.36 %   2006 Time series
# 145     Mali: 26.73 %   2006 Time series
Weighted average: 82.5 %  


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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