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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.
Education Statistics > Literacy rate, adult male > % of males ages 15 and above (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
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Date
#1
Cuba :
99.81 %
2006 ...
#2
Latvia :
99.79 %
2006 ...
#3
Belarus :
99.79 %
2006 ...
#4
Estonia :
99.78 %
2006 ...
#5
Kazakhstan :
99.76 %
2006 ...
#6
Ukraine :
99.74 %
2006 ...
#7
Russia :
99.69 %
2006 ...
#8
Tajikistan :
99.68 %
2006 ...
#9
Armenia :
99.67 %
2006 ...
#10
Slovakia :
99.65 %
2006 ...
#11
Lithuania :
99.64 %
2006 ...
#12
Slovenia :
99.61 %
1990 ...
#13
Azerbaijan :
99.47 %
2006 ...
#14
Uzbekistan :
99.46 %
1990 ...
#15
Barbados :
99.42 %
1990 ...
#16
Turkmenistan :
99.32 %
2006 ...
#17
Croatia :
99.32 %
2006 ...
#18
Kyrgyzstan :
99.31 %
2006 ...
#19
Hungary :
99.27 %
1990 ...
#20
Albania :
99.19 %
2006 ...
#21
Moldova :
99.11 %
2006 ...
#22
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
99.03 %
2006 ...
#23
Serbia and Montenegro :
98.91 %
2006 ...
#24
Tonga :
98.83 %
2006 ...
#25
Italy :
98.82 %
2006 ...
#26
Bulgaria :
98.74 %
2006 ...
#27
Cyprus :
98.63 %
2006 ...
#28
Samoa :
98.52 %
1990 ...
#29
Israel :
98.46 %
2006 ...
#30
Romania :
98.4 %
2006 ...
#31
Macedonia, Republic of :
98.21 %
2006 ...
#32
Trinidad and Tobago :
98.07 %
1990 ...
#33
Mongolia :
98.02 %
2006 ...
#34
Guyana :
98 %
1990 ...
#35
Greece :
97.81 %
2006 ...
#36
Aruba :
97.54 %
2006 ...
#37
Argentina :
97.19 %
2006 ...
#38
New Caledonia :
96.8 %
2006 ...
#39
Singapore :
96.57 %
2006 ...
#40
Maldives :
96.21 %
2006 ...
#41
Uruguay :
96.01 %
1990 ...
#42
Chile :
95.8 %
2006 ...
#43
Netherlands Antilles :
95.6 %
1990 ...
#44
Macau :
95.28 %
2006 ...
#45
Turkey :
95.27 %
2006 ...
#46
Brunei :
95.15 %
2006 ...
#47
China :
95.14 %
2006 ...
#48
Jordan :
95.08 %
2006 ...
#49
Thailand :
94.9 %
2006 ...
#50
Costa Rica :
94.65 %
2006 ...
#51
Kuwait :
94.45 %
2006 ...
#52
Indonesia :
94.04 %
2006 ...
#53
Vietnam :
93.92 %
2006 ...
#54
Burma :
93.86 %
2006 ...
#55
Bahamas, The :
93.58 %
1990 ...
#56
Peru :
93.46 %
2006 ...
#57
Equatorial Guinea :
93.36 %
2006 ...
#58
Venezuela :
93.26 %
2006 ...
#59
Bolivia :
93.06 %
2006 ...
#60
Colombia :
92.9 %
2006 ...
#61
Panama :
92.55 %
2006 ...
#62
Philippines :
92.54 %
2006 ...
#63
Mexico :
92.45 %
2006 ...
#64
Paraguay :
92.35 %
1990 ...
#65
Ecuador :
92.33 %
2006 ...
#66
Sri Lanka :
92.27 %
2006 ...
#67
Suriname :
92.02 %
2006 ...
#68
Malaysia :
91.97 %
2006 ...
#69
Fiji :
91.62 %
1990 ...
#70
Seychelles :
91.41 %
2006 ...
#71
Qatar :
89.1 %
2006 ...
#72
Bahrain :
88.55 %
2006 ...
#73
Brazil :
88.41 %
2006 ...
#74
Mauritius :
88.38 %
2006 ...
#75
Lebanon :
88.35 %
1990 ...
#76
Saudi Arabia :
87.06 %
2006 ...
#77
Oman :
86.85 %
2006 ...
#78
Dominican Republic :
86.81 %
2006 ...
#79
Namibia :
86.77 %
2006 ...
#80
Zimbabwe :
86.6 %
1990 ...
#81
Malta :
86.43 %
2006 ...
#82
Syria :
86.04 %
2006 ...
#83
Cambodia :
84.68 %
2006 ...
#84
Iraq :
84.09 %
2006 ...
#85
South Africa :
84.07 %
2006 ...
#86
Iran :
83.5 %
2006 ...
#87
Tunisia :
83.39 %
2006 ...
#88
Egypt :
83.02 %
2006 ...
#89
Angola :
82.9 %
2006 ...
#90
Libya :
82.84 %
1990 ...
#91
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
80.91 %
2006 ...
#92
Swaziland :
80.9 %
2006 ...
#93
Botswana :
80.43 %
2006 ...
#94
Honduras :
79.79 %
2006 ...
#95
Algeria :
79.57 %
2006 ...
#96
Kenya :
77.65 %
2006 ...
#97
Tanzania :
77.51 %
2006 ...
#98
Congo, Republic of the :
77.13 %
1990 ...
#99
Laos :
77.01 %
2006 ...
#100
Cameroon :
77 %
2006 ...
#101
Uganda :
76.81 %
2006 ...
#102
Nicaragua :
76.76 %
2006 ...
#103
Madagascar :
76.53 %
2006 ...
#104
Zambia :
76.25 %
2006 ...
#105
Cape Verde :
76.23 %
1990 ...
#106
El Salvador :
76.06 %
1990 ...
#107
Guatemala :
75.42 %
2006 ...
#108
Malawi :
74.93 %
2006 ...
#109
Jamaica :
74.1 %
2006 ...
#110
Lesotho :
73.7 %
2006 ...
#111
India :
73.41 %
2006 ...
#112
Rwanda :
71.44 %
2006 ...
#113
United Arab Emirates :
71.24 %
1990 ...
#114
Sudan :
71.13 %
2006 ...
#115
Bhutan :
69.1 %
2005 ...
#116
Togo :
68.68 %
2006 ...
#117
Burundi :
67.31 %
2006 ...
#118
Djibouti :
66.8 %
1990 ...
#119
Ghana :
66.35 %
2006 ...
#120
Morocco :
65.71 %
2006 ...
#121
Central African Republic :
64.77 %
2006 ...
#122
Papua New Guinea :
63.45 %
2006 ...
#123
Pakistan :
63.04 %
2006 ...
#124
Nepal :
62.66 %
2006 ...
#125
Comoros :
61.4 %
1990 ...
#126
Côte d'Ivoire :
60.84 %
2006 ...
#127
Mauritania :
59.54 %
2006 ...
#128
Nigeria :
59.38 %
1990 ...
#129
Eritrea :
58.48 %
1990 ...
#130
Liberia :
55.45 %
1990 ...