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

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Cuba: 99.8 %   2006 Time series
# 2     Estonia: 99.77 %   2006 Time series
# 3     Latvia: 99.75 %   2006 Time series
# 4     Lithuania: 99.65 %   2006 Time series
# 5     Slovakia: 99.63 %   2006 Time series
# 6     Belarus: 99.59 %   2006 Time series
# 7     Slovenia: 99.56 %   1990 Time series
# 8     Kazakhstan: 99.51 %   2006 Time series
# 9     Tajikistan: 99.45 %   2006 Time series
# 10     Russia: 99.44 %   2006 Time series
# 11     Ukraine: 99.43 %   2006 Time series
# 12     Armenia: 99.4 %   2006 Time series
# 13     Barbados: 99.36 %   1990 Time series
# 14     Hungary: 99.06 %   1990 Time series
# 15     Tonga: 98.91 %   2006 Time series
# 16     Azerbaijan: 98.79 %   2006 Time series
# 17     Turkmenistan: 98.78 %   2006 Time series
# 18     Albania: 98.71 %   2006 Time series
# 19     Kyrgyzstan: 98.7 %   2006 Time series
# 20     Uzbekistan: 98.65 %   1990 Time series
# 21     Italy: 98.42 %   2006 Time series
# 22     Moldova: 98.36 %   2006 Time series
# 23     Bulgaria: 98.2 %   2006 Time series
# 24     Croatia: 98.15 %   2006 Time series
# 25     Samoa: 97.99 %   1990 Time series
# 26     Mongolia: 97.77 %   2006 Time series
# 27     Romania: 97.3 %   2006 Time series
# 28     Aruba: 97.29 %   2006 Time series
# 29     Argentina: 97.19 %   2006 Time series
# 30     Guyana: 97.18 %   1990 Time series
# 31     Israel: 97.15 %   2006 Time series
# 32     Trinidad and Tobago: 96.84 %   1990 Time series
# 33     Cyprus: 96.8 %   2006 Time series
# 34     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 96.66 %   2006 Time series
# 35     Uruguay: 96.51 %   1990 Time series
# 36     Serbia and Montenegro: 96.4 %   2006 Time series
# 37     Maldives: 96.33 %   2006 Time series
# 38     New Caledonia: 96.2 %   2006 Time series
# 39     Macedonia, Republic of: 96.13 %   2006 Time series
# 40     Greece: 95.99 %   2006 Time series
# 41     Chile: 95.72 %   2006 Time series
# 42     Netherlands Antilles: 95.65 %   1990 Time series
# 43     Costa Rica: 94.87 %   2006 Time series
# 44     Bahamas, The: 94.43 %   1990 Time series
# 45     Kuwait: 93.27 %   2006 Time series
# 46     Venezuela: 92.98 %   2006 Time series
# 47     Colombia: 92.8 %   2006 Time series
# 48     Brunei: 92.67 %   2006 Time series
# 49     Thailand: 92.65 %   2006 Time series
# 50     Philippines: 92.6 %   2006 Time series
# 51     Singapore: 92.55 %   2006 Time series
# 52     Panama: 91.9 %   2006 Time series
# 53     Seychelles: 91.84 %   2006 Time series
# 54     Macau: 91.3 %   2006 Time series
# 55     Ecuador: 90.98 %   2006 Time series
# 56     Mexico: 90.95 %   2006 Time series
# 57     China: 90.92 %   2006 Time series
# 58     Sri Lanka: 90.68 %   2006 Time series
# 59     Indonesia: 90.38 %   2006 Time series
# 60     Paraguay: 90.32 %   1990 Time series
# 61     Vietnam: 90.28 %   2006 Time series
= 62     Jordan: 89.89 %   2006 Time series
= 62     Burma: 89.89 %   2006 Time series
# 64     Suriname: 89.6 %   2006 Time series
# 65     Qatar: 88.96 %   2006 Time series
# 66     Malaysia: 88.69 %   2006 Time series
# 67     Brazil: 88.62 %   2006 Time series
# 68     Fiji: 88.6 %   1990 Time series
# 69     Malta: 87.87 %   2006 Time series
# 70     Peru: 87.67 %   2006 Time series
# 71     Turkey: 87.37 %   2006 Time series
# 72     Dominican Republic: 87 %   2006 Time series
# 73     Equatorial Guinea: 86.99 %   2006 Time series
# 74     Bolivia: 86.72 %   2006 Time series
# 75     Bahrain: 86.55 %   2006 Time series
# 76     Namibia: 85.04 %   2006 Time series
# 77     Mauritius: 84.37 %   2006 Time series
# 78     South Africa: 82.4 %   2006 Time series
# 79     Lesotho: 82.22 %   2006 Time series
# 80     Oman: 81.35 %   2006 Time series
# 81     Botswana: 81.19 %   2006 Time series
# 82     Zimbabwe: 80.7 %   1990 Time series
# 83     Lebanon: 80.34 %   1990 Time series
# 84     Honduras: 80.01 %   2006 Time series
# 85     Jamaica: 79.9 %   2006 Time series
= 86     Swaziland: 79.56 %   2006 Time series
= 86     Syria: 79.56 %   2006 Time series
# 88     Saudi Arabia: 79.35 %   2006 Time series
# 89     Iran: 77 %   2006 Time series
# 90     Nicaragua: 76.68 %   2006 Time series
# 91     Tunisia: 74.3 %   2006 Time series
# 92     Iraq: 74.05 %   2006 Time series
# 93     Vanuatu: 74 %   2006 Time series
= 94     Kenya: 73.61 %   2006 Time series
= 94     Cambodia: 73.61 %   2006 Time series
# 96     El Salvador: 72.42 %   1990 Time series
# 97     Egypt: 71.41 %   2006 Time series
# 98     United Arab Emirates: 71.04 %   1990 Time series
# 99     Madagascar: 70.68 %   2006 Time series
# 100     Algeria: 69.87 %   2006 Time series
# 101     Tanzania: 69.43 %   2006 Time series
# 102     Guatemala: 69.1 %   2006 Time series
# 103     Laos: 68.73 %   2006 Time series
# 104     Libya: 68.05 %   1990 Time series
# 105     Zambia: 68 %   2006 Time series
# 106     Cameroon: 67.9 %   2006 Time series
# 107     Angola: 67.41 %   2006 Time series
# 108     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 67.17 %   2006 Time series
# 109     Congo, Republic of the: 67.14 %   1990 Time series
# 110     Uganda: 66.81 %   2006 Time series
# 111     Rwanda: 64.9 %   2006 Time series
# 112     Malawi: 64.13 %   2006 Time series
# 113     Cape Verde: 63.81 %   1990 Time series
# 114     India: 61.01 %   2006 Time series
# 115     Sudan: 60.93 %   2006 Time series
# 116     Bhutan: 59.5 %   2005 Time series
# 117     Burundi: 59.3 %   2006 Time series
# 118     Ghana: 57.9 %   2006 Time series
# 119     Papua New Guinea: 57.34 %   2006 Time series
# 120     Comoros: 53.78 %   1990 Time series
# 121     Togo: 53.16 %   2006 Time series
# 122     Djibouti: 52.98 %   1990 Time series
# 123     Morocco: 52.31 %   2006 Time series
# 124     Mauritania: 51.21 %   2006 Time series
# 125     Pakistan: 49.85 %   2006 Time series
# 126     Côte d'Ivoire: 48.73 %   2006 Time series
# 127     Nigeria: 48.66 %   1990 Time series
# 128     Nepal: 48.59 %   2006 Time series
# 129     Central African Republic: 48.57 %   2006 Time series
# 130     Eritrea: 46.44 %   1990 Time series
# 131     Haiti: 39.66 %   1990 Time series
# 132     Senegal: 39.28 %   2006 Time series
# 133     Liberia: 39.22 %   1990 Time series
# 134     Sierra Leone: 35.09 %   2006 Time series
# 135     Benin: 34.66 %   2006 Time series
# 136     Bangladesh: 34.22 %   1990 Time series
# 137     Mozambique: 33.48 %   1990 Time series
# 138     Yemen: 32.68 %   1990 Time series
# 139     Guinea: 29.48 %   2006 Time series
# 140     Niger: 28.66 %   2006 Time series
# 141     Ethiopia: 28.6 %   1990 Time series
# 142     Afghanistan: 28.09 %   2006 Time series
# 143     Chad: 25.65 %   2006 Time series
# 144     Gambia, The: 25.59 %   1990 Time series
# 145     Burkina Faso: 21.82 %   2006 Time series
# 146     Mali: 19.04 %   2006 Time series
Weighted average: 77.5 %  


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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COMMENTARY     

Ken
23rd September 2011 		Hana, europe is not a country.....
Zohra
18th September 2011 		Can we have the latest data, for e.g. up to 2010, for each category?
Drake
13th September 2011 		I am trying to find adult literacy rate for canada but i cannot find it
MACK
30th January 2011 		HI I AM TRYING TO FIND THE ADULT LITERACY FOR LICK MY BALLS
Connie
15th December 2009 		The UK is off the coast of northeastern Europe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom
Connie
15th December 2009 		The UK is off the coast of northeastern Europe.
Hana
6th October 2009 		Hi I am trying to find the Adult literacy rate for Europe but I can't seem to find it anywhere... If there is no way to find the literacy rate for Europe could you please tell me what the literacy rate is for United Kindom !!!
Danielle
27th September 2009 		Where's the UK?
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