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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   Burma: 89.89 %   2006 Time series
= 62   Jordan: 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   Cambodia: 73.61 %   2006 Time series
= 94   Kenya: 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     

Hana
7th 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
28th September 2009 		Where's the UK?
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