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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   Belarus: 99.79 %   2006 Time series
= 2   Latvia: 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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