FACTOID # 6: 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 (2006) 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     Kazakhstan: 99.51 %   2006 Time series
# 8     Tajikistan: 99.45 %   2006 Time series
# 9     Russia: 99.44 %   2006 Time series
# 10     Ukraine: 99.43 %   2006 Time series
# 11     Armenia: 99.4 %   2006 Time series
# 12     Tonga: 98.91 %   2006 Time series
# 13     Azerbaijan: 98.79 %   2006 Time series
# 14     Turkmenistan: 98.78 %   2006 Time series
# 15     Albania: 98.71 %   2006 Time series
# 16     Kyrgyzstan: 98.7 %   2006 Time series
# 17     Italy: 98.42 %   2006 Time series
# 18     Moldova: 98.36 %   2006 Time series
# 19     Bulgaria: 98.2 %   2006 Time series
# 20     Croatia: 98.15 %   2006 Time series
# 21     Mongolia: 97.77 %   2006 Time series
# 22     Romania: 97.3 %   2006 Time series
# 23     Aruba: 97.29 %   2006 Time series
# 24     Argentina: 97.19 %   2006 Time series
# 25     Israel: 97.15 %   2006 Time series
# 26     Cyprus: 96.8 %   2006 Time series
# 27     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 96.66 %   2006 Time series
# 28     Serbia and Montenegro: 96.4 %   2006 Time series
# 29     Maldives: 96.33 %   2006 Time series
# 30     New Caledonia: 96.2 %   2006 Time series
# 31     Macedonia, Republic of: 96.13 %   2006 Time series
# 32     Greece: 95.99 %   2006 Time series
# 33     Chile: 95.72 %   2006 Time series
# 34     Costa Rica: 94.87 %   2006 Time series
# 35     Kuwait: 93.27 %   2006 Time series
# 36     Venezuela: 92.98 %   2006 Time series
# 37     Colombia: 92.8 %   2006 Time series
# 38     Brunei: 92.67 %   2006 Time series
# 39     Thailand: 92.65 %   2006 Time series
# 40     Philippines: 92.6 %   2006 Time series
# 41     Singapore: 92.55 %   2006 Time series
# 42     Panama: 91.9 %   2006 Time series
# 43     Seychelles: 91.84 %   2006 Time series
# 44     Macau: 91.3 %   2006 Time series
# 45     Ecuador: 90.98 %   2006 Time series
# 46     Mexico: 90.95 %   2006 Time series
# 47     China: 90.92 %   2006 Time series
# 48     Sri Lanka: 90.68 %   2006 Time series
# 49     Indonesia: 90.38 %   2006 Time series
# 50     Vietnam: 90.28 %   2006 Time series
# 51     Jordan: 89.89 %   2006 Time series
# 52     Burma: 89.89 %   2006 Time series
# 53     Suriname: 89.6 %   2006 Time series
# 54     Qatar: 88.96 %   2006 Time series
# 55     Malaysia: 88.69 %   2006 Time series
# 56     Brazil: 88.62 %   2006 Time series
# 57     Malta: 87.87 %   2006 Time series
# 58     Peru: 87.67 %   2006 Time series
# 59     Turkey: 87.37 %   2006 Time series
# 60     Dominican Republic: 87 %   2006 Time series
# 61     Equatorial Guinea: 86.99 %   2006 Time series
# 62     Bolivia: 86.72 %   2006 Time series
# 63     Bahrain: 86.55 %   2006 Time series
# 64     Namibia: 85.04 %   2006 Time series
# 65     Mauritius: 84.37 %   2006 Time series
# 66     South Africa: 82.4 %   2006 Time series
# 67     Lesotho: 82.22 %   2006 Time series
# 68     Oman: 81.35 %   2006 Time series
# 69     Botswana: 81.19 %   2006 Time series
# 70     Honduras: 80.01 %   2006 Time series
# 71     Jamaica: 79.9 %   2006 Time series
# 72     Swaziland: 79.56 %   2006 Time series
# 73     Syria: 79.56 %   2006 Time series
# 74     Saudi Arabia: 79.35 %   2006 Time series
# 75     Iran: 77 %   2006 Time series
# 76     Nicaragua: 76.68 %   2006 Time series
# 77     Tunisia: 74.3 %   2006 Time series
# 78     Iraq: 74.05 %   2006 Time series
# 79     Vanuatu: 74 %   2006 Time series
# 80     Cambodia: 73.61 %   2006 Time series
# 81     Kenya: 73.61 %   2006 Time series
# 82     Egypt: 71.41 %   2006 Time series
# 83     Madagascar: 70.68 %   2006 Time series
# 84     Algeria: 69.87 %   2006 Time series
# 85     Tanzania: 69.43 %   2006 Time series
# 86     Guatemala: 69.1 %   2006 Time series
# 87     Laos: 68.73 %   2006 Time series
# 88     Zambia: 68 %   2006 Time series
# 89     Cameroon: 67.9 %   2006 Time series
# 90     Angola: 67.41 %   2006 Time series
# 91     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 67.17 %   2006 Time series
# 92     Uganda: 66.81 %   2006 Time series
# 93     Rwanda: 64.9 %   2006 Time series
# 94     Malawi: 64.13 %   2006 Time series
# 95     India: 61.01 %   2006 Time series
# 96     Sudan: 60.93 %   2006 Time series
# 97     Burundi: 59.3 %   2006 Time series
# 98     Ghana: 57.9 %   2006 Time series
# 99     Papua New Guinea: 57.34 %   2006 Time series
# 100     Togo: 53.16 %   2006 Time series
# 101     Morocco: 52.31 %   2006 Time series
# 102     Mauritania: 51.21 %   2006 Time series
# 103     Pakistan: 49.85 %   2006 Time series
# 104     Côte d'Ivoire: 48.73 %   2006 Time series
# 105     Nepal: 48.59 %   2006 Time series
# 106     Central African Republic: 48.57 %   2006 Time series
# 107     Senegal: 39.28 %   2006 Time series
# 108     Sierra Leone: 35.09 %   2006 Time series
# 109     Benin: 34.66 %   2006 Time series
# 110     Guinea: 29.48 %   2006 Time series
# 111     Niger: 28.66 %   2006 Time series
# 112     Afghanistan: 28.09 %   2006 Time series
# 113     Chad: 25.65 %   2006 Time series
# 114     Burkina Faso: 21.82 %   2006 Time series
# 115     Mali: 19.04 %   2006 Time series
Weighted average: 79.7 %  


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 (2006) 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=2006

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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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