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Education Statistics > Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above (1990) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Estonia: 99.79 %   1990 Time series
# 2     Slovenia: 99.56 %   1990 Time series
# 3     Belarus: 99.47 %   1990 Time series
# 4     Ukraine: 99.42 %   1990 Time series
# 5     Barbados: 99.36 %   1990 Time series
# 6     Lithuania: 99.32 %   1990 Time series
# 7     Russia: 99.25 %   1990 Time series
# 8     Hungary: 99.06 %   1990 Time series
# 9     Kazakhstan: 98.81 %   1990 Time series
# 10     Uzbekistan: 98.65 %   1990 Time series
# 11     Tajikistan: 98.17 %   1990 Time series
# 12     Samoa: 97.99 %   1990 Time series
# 13     Armenia: 97.46 %   1990 Time series
# 14     Moldova: 97.46 %   1990 Time series
# 15     Bulgaria: 97.19 %   1990 Time series
# 16     Guyana: 97.18 %   1990 Time series
# 17     Romania: 97.08 %   1990 Time series
# 18     Croatia: 96.87 %   1990 Time series
# 19     Trinidad and Tobago: 96.84 %   1990 Time series
# 20     Uruguay: 96.51 %   1990 Time series
# 21     Argentina: 95.73 %   1990 Time series
# 22     Netherlands Antilles: 95.65 %   1990 Time series
# 23     Cuba: 95.14 %   1990 Time series
# 24     Greece: 94.9 %   1990 Time series
# 25     Maldives: 94.82 %   1990 Time series
# 26     Bahamas, The: 94.43 %   1990 Time series
# 27     Cyprus: 94.29 %   1990 Time series
# 28     Chile: 94 %   1990 Time series
# 29     Costa Rica: 93.88 %   1990 Time series
# 30     Philippines: 91.73 %   1990 Time series
# 31     Israel: 91.38 %   1990 Time series
# 32     Macau: 90.51 %   1990 Time series
# 33     Paraguay: 90.32 %   1990 Time series
# 34     Panama: 89.04 %   1990 Time series
# 35     Venezuela: 88.89 %   1990 Time series
# 36     Singapore: 88.81 %   1990 Time series
# 37     Sri Lanka: 88.72 %   1990 Time series
# 38     Fiji: 88.6 %   1990 Time series
# 39     Colombia: 88.45 %   1990 Time series
# 40     Malta: 88.4 %   1990 Time series
# 41     Ecuador: 87.64 %   1990 Time series
# 42     Mexico: 87.35 %   1990 Time series
# 43     Brunei: 85.52 %   1990 Time series
# 44     Jamaica: 82.18 %   1990 Time series
# 45     Bahrain: 82.11 %   1990 Time series
# 46     Brazil: 82.03 %   1990 Time series
# 47     Jordan: 81.51 %   1990 Time series
# 48     South Africa: 81.21 %   1990 Time series
# 49     Burma: 80.71 %   1990 Time series
# 50     Zimbabwe: 80.7 %   1990 Time series
# 51     Malaysia: 80.68 %   1990 Time series
# 52     Lebanon: 80.34 %   1990 Time series
# 53     Mauritius: 79.82 %   1990 Time series
# 54     Indonesia: 79.51 %   1990 Time series
# 55     Dominican Republic: 79.43 %   1990 Time series
# 56     China: 78.29 %   1990 Time series
# 57     Bolivia: 78.1 %   1990 Time series
# 58     Lesotho: 77.97 %   1990 Time series
# 59     Turkey: 77.85 %   1990 Time series
# 60     Qatar: 77.03 %   1990 Time series
# 61     Albania: 76.96 %   1990 Time series
# 62     Kuwait: 76.66 %   1990 Time series
# 63     Namibia: 74.9 %   1990 Time series
# 64     Equatorial Guinea: 73.26 %   1990 Time series
# 65     El Salvador: 72.42 %   1990 Time series
# 66     Swaziland: 71.62 %   1990 Time series
# 67     United Arab Emirates: 71.04 %   1990 Time series
# 68     Kenya: 70.76 %   1990 Time series
# 69     Zambia: 68.15 %   1990 Time series
# 70     Botswana: 68.12 %   1990 Time series
# 71     Honduras: 68.1 %   1990 Time series
# 72     Libya: 68.05 %   1990 Time series
# 73     Congo, Republic of the: 67.14 %   1990 Time series
# 74     Saudi Arabia: 66.2 %   1990 Time series
# 75     Syria: 64.84 %   1990 Time series
# 76     Cape Verde: 63.81 %   1990 Time series
# 77     Iran: 63.16 %   1990 Time series
# 78     Tanzania: 62.95 %   1990 Time series
# 79     Nicaragua: 62.74 %   1990 Time series
# 80     Cambodia: 62.02 %   1990 Time series
# 81     Guatemala: 61.02 %   1990 Time series
# 82     Tunisia: 59.11 %   1990 Time series
# 83     Ghana: 58.46 %   1990 Time series
# 84     Madagascar: 57.96 %   1990 Time series
# 85     Cameroon: 57.88 %   1990 Time series
# 86     Papua New Guinea: 56.63 %   1990 Time series
# 87     Laos: 56.52 %   1990 Time series
# 88     Uganda: 56.15 %   1990 Time series
# 89     Oman: 54.67 %   1990 Time series
# 90     Comoros: 53.78 %   1990 Time series
# 91     Rwanda: 53.28 %   1990 Time series
# 92     Djibouti: 52.98 %   1990 Time series
# 93     Algeria: 52.86 %   1990 Time series
# 94     Malawi: 51.83 %   1990 Time series
# 95     India: 49.32 %   1990 Time series
# 96     Nigeria: 48.66 %   1990 Time series
# 97     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 47.5 %   1990 Time series
# 98     Egypt: 47.1 %   1990 Time series
# 99     Eritrea: 46.44 %   1990 Time series
# 100     Sudan: 45.77 %   1990 Time series
# 101     Togo: 44.24 %   1990 Time series
# 102     Haiti: 39.66 %   1990 Time series
# 103     Liberia: 39.22 %   1990 Time series
# 104     Morocco: 38.69 %   1990 Time series
# 105     Côte d'Ivoire: 38.51 %   1990 Time series
# 106     Burundi: 36.99 %   1990 Time series
# 107     Iraq: 35.67 %   1990 Time series
# 108     Pakistan: 35.38 %   1990 Time series
# 109     Mauritania: 34.83 %   1990 Time series
# 110     Bangladesh: 34.22 %   1990 Time series
# 111     Mozambique: 33.48 %   1990 Time series
# 112     Central African Republic: 33.21 %   1990 Time series
# 113     Yemen: 32.68 %   1990 Time series
# 114     Nepal: 30.44 %   1990 Time series
# 115     Ethiopia: 28.6 %   1990 Time series
# 116     Senegal: 28.35 %   1990 Time series
# 117     Chad: 27.69 %   1990 Time series
# 118     Guinea: 27.18 %   1990 Time series
# 119     Benin: 26.45 %   1990 Time series
# 120     Gambia, The: 25.59 %   1990 Time series
# 121     Niger: 11.4 %   1990 Time series
Weighted average: 70.6 %  


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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"Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above (1990) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/edu_lit_rat_adu_tot_of_peo_age_15_and_abo-total-people-ages-15-above&date=1990

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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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