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