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Education Statistics > Literacy rates, aged 15-24 > Men (most recent) by country
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| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
Date
|
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= 1
|
Cuba: |
100% |
2002  |
|
|
= 1
|
Israel: |
100% |
2004  |
|
|
# 3
|
Azerbaijan: |
99.9% |
1999  |
|
|
= 4
|
Korea, South: |
99.8% |
1984  |
|
|
= 4
|
Poland: |
99.8% |
1984  |
|
|
= 4
|
Armenia: |
99.8% |
2001  |
|
|
= 4
|
Ukraine: |
99.8% |
2001  |
|
|
= 4
|
Barbados: |
99.8% |
1984  |
|
|
= 4
|
Kazakhstan: |
99.8% |
1999  |
|
|
= 4
|
Belarus: |
99.8% |
1999  |
|
|
= 4
|
Slovenia: |
99.8% |
2004  |
|
|
= 4
|
Italy: |
99.8% |
2001  |
|
|
= 4
|
Turkmenistan: |
99.8% |
1995  |
|
|
= 4
|
Tajikistan: |
99.8% |
2000  |
|
|
= 15
|
Latvia: |
99.7% |
2000  |
|
|
= 15
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
99.7% |
2000  |
|
|
= 15
|
Cyprus: |
99.7% |
2001  |
|
|
= 15
|
Moldova: |
99.7% |
2004  |
|
|
= 15
|
Estonia: |
99.7% |
2000  |
|
|
= 15
|
Uzbekistan: |
99.7% |
1984  |
|
|
= 15
|
Hungary: |
99.7% |
1984  |
|
|
= 15
|
Lithuania: |
99.7% |
2001  |
|
|
= 15
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
99.7% |
1999  |
|
|
= 15
|
Russia: |
99.7% |
2002  |
|
|
= 15
|
Kuwait: |
99.7% |
2005  |
|
|
= 26
|
Portugal: |
99.6% |
2004  |
|
|
= 26
|
Guyana: |
99.6% |
1984  |
|
|
= 26
|
Croatia: |
99.6% |
2001  |
|
|
= 29
|
Libya: |
99.5% |
2004  |
|
|
= 29
|
Spain: |
99.5% |
1991  |
|
|
= 29
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
99.5% |
2004  |
|
|
= 32
|
Macau: |
99.4% |
2001  |
|
|
= 32
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
99.4% |
2002  |
|
|
= 32
|
Singapore: |
99.4% |
2000  |
|
|
= 32
|
Albania: |
99.4% |
2001  |
|
|
= 36
|
Tonga: |
99.3% |
1996  |
|
|
= 36
|
Samoa: |
99.3% |
2004  |
|
|
# 38
|
China: |
99.2% |
2000  |
|
|
= 39
|
New Caledonia: |
99% |
1996  |
|
|
= 39
|
Macedonia, Republic of: |
99% |
2002  |
|
|
= 41
|
Indonesia: |
98.9% |
2004  |
|
|
= 41
|
Brunei: |
98.9% |
2001  |
|
|
= 41
|
Martinique: |
98.9% |
1984  |
|
|
= 41
|
Greece: |
98.9% |
2001  |
|
|
= 41
|
Aruba: |
98.9% |
2000  |
|
|
= 41
|
Jordan: |
98.9% |
2005  |
|
|
= 47
|
Chile: |
98.8% |
2002  |
|
|
= 47
|
Seychelles: |
98.8% |
2002  |
|
|
# 49
|
Argentina: |
98.7% |
2001  |
|
|
# 50
|
Bolivia: |
98.5% |
2001  |
|
|
# 51
|
Congo, Republic of the: |
98.4% |
2004  |
|
|
# 52
|
Bulgaria: |
98.3% |
2001  |
|
|
# 53
|
Uruguay: |
98.2% |
1996  |
|
|
= 54
|
Iran: |
98.1% |
2005  |
|
|
= 54
|
Thailand: |
98.1% |
2000  |
|
|
= 56
|
Turkey: |
98% |
2004  |
|
|
= 56
|
Maldives: |
98% |
2000  |
|
|
= 56
|
Hong Kong: |
98% |
1984  |
|
|
= 59
|
United Arab Emirates: |
97.9% |
2004  |
|
|
= 59
|
Netherlands Antilles: |
97.9% |
2004  |
|
|
= 59
|
Peru: |
97.9% |
2005  |
|
|
= 59
|
Oman: |
97.9% |
2003  |
|
|
# 63
|
Romania: |
97.7% |
2002  |
|
|
# 64
|
Mexico: |
97.6% |
2005  |
|
|
= 65
|
Colombia: |
97.5% |
2005  |
|
|
= 65
|
Zimbabwe: |
97.5% |
2004  |
|
|
# 67
|
Gabon: |
97.3% |
2004  |
|
|
= 68
|
Malaysia: |
97.2% |
2000  |
|
|
= 68
|
Costa Rica: |
97.2% |
2000  |
|
|
= 70
|
Saudi Arabia: |
97% |
2004  |
|
|
= 70
|
Mongolia: |
97% |
2000  |
|
|
# 72
|
Fiji: |
96.9% |
1984  |
|
|
# 73
|
Bahrain: |
96.8% |
2001  |
|
|
# 74
|
Panama: |
96.5% |
2000  |
|
|
= 75
|
Ecuador: |
96.4% |
2001  |
|
|
= 75
|
Tunisia: |
96.4% |
2004  |
|
|
# 77
|
Venezuela: |
96.3% |
2001  |
|
|
# 78
|
São Tomé and Príncipe: |
96% |
2001  |
|
|
= 79
|
Brazil: |
95.8% |
2004  |
|
|
= 79
|
Cape Verde: |
95.8% |
2004  |
|
|
= 81
|
Burma: |
95.7% |
2000  |
|
|
= 81
|
Paraguay: |
95.7% |
2004  |
|
|
# 83
|
Suriname: |
95.6% |
2004  |
|
|
# 84
|
Sri Lanka: |
95.1% |
2001  |
|
|
# 85
|
Qatar: |
94.9% |
2004  |
|
|
= 86
|
Bahamas, The: |
94.8% |
1984  |
|
|
= 86
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
94.8% |
2000  |
|
|
# 88
|
Syria: |
94.6% |
2004  |
|
|
# 89
|
Malta: |
94.4% |
1995  |
|
|
= 90
|
Lebanon: |
94.2% |
1984  |
|
|
= 90
|
Vietnam: |
94.2% |
1999  |
|
|
# 92
|
Algeria: |
94.1% |
2002  |
|
|
# 93
|
Mauritius: |
93.7% |
2000  |
|
|
# 94
|
Philippines: |
93.6% |
2003  |
|
|
# 95
|
South Africa: |
93.5% |
1996  |
|
|
# 96
|
Dominican Republic: |
93% |
2002  |
|
|
# 97
|
Botswana: |
92.1% |
2003  |
|
|
# 98
|
Namibia: |
91.2% |
2001  |
|
|
# 99
|
Yemen: |
90.7% |
2004  |
|
|
# 100
|
Réunion: |
90.6% |
1984  |
|
|
# 101
|
Egypt: |
90.1% |
2005  |
|
|
# 102
|
Iraq: |
88.9% |
2000  |
|
|
# 103
|
Cambodia: |
87.9% |
2004  |
|
|
= 104
|
Swaziland: |
87% |
2000  |
|
|
= 104
|
Nigeria: |
87% |
2004  |
|
|
# 106
|
Honduras: |
86.9% |
2001  |
|
|
# 107
|
El Salvador: |
86.6% |
2004  |
|
|
# 108
|
Puerto Rico: |
86.5% |
2004  |
|
|
# 109
|
Guatemala: |
86.4% |
2002  |
|
|
# 110
|
Jamaica: |
84.8% |
1984  |
|
|
# 111
|
Sudan: |
84.6% |
2000  |
|
|
# 112
|
India: |
84.2% |
2001  |
|
|
= 113
|
Angola: |
83.7% |
2001  |
|
|
= 113
|
Togo: |
83.7% |
2000  |
|
|
# 115
|
Nicaragua: |
83.6% |
2001  |
|
|
# 116
|
Uganda: |
82.7% |
2002  |
|
|
# 117
|
Laos: |
82.6% |
2001  |
|
|
# 118
|
Malawi: |
82.1% |
1998  |
|
|
# 119
|
Cameroon: |
81.5% |
1984  |
|
|
# 120
|
Tanzania: |
80.9% |
2002  |
|
|
# 121
|
Morocco: |
80.8% |
2004  |
|
|
# 122
|
Nepal: |
80.6% |
2001  |
|
|
# 123
|
Kenya: |
79.8% |
2000  |
|
|
# 124
|
Rwanda: |
78.5% |
2000  |
|
|
# 125
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
78% |
2001  |
|
|
# 126
|
Djibouti: |
77.3% |
1984  |
|
|
# 127
|
Burundi: |
76.8% |
2000  |
|
|
# 128
|
Pakistan: |
76.7% |
2005  |
|
|
# 129
|
Belize: |
76.1% |
1991  |
|
|
# 130
|
Ghana: |
75.9% |
2000  |
|
|
# 131
|
Lesotho: |
73.3% |
1984  |
|
|
# 132
|
Madagascar: |
72.7% |
2000  |
|
|
# 133
|
Zambia: |
72.6% |
1999  |
|
|
# 134
|
Côte d'Ivoire: |
70.8% |
2000  |
|
|
# 135
|
Central African Republic: |
70.3% |
2000  |
|
|
# 136
|
Papua New Guinea: |
69.1% |
2000  |
|
|
# 137
|
Mauritania: |
67.7% |
2000  |
|
|
= 138
|
Eritrea: |
67.2% |
1984  |
|
|
= 138
|
Bangladesh: |
67.2% |
2001  |
|
|
# 140
|
Liberia: |
65.3% |
2004  |
|
|
# 141
|
Comoros: |
62.9% |
1984  |
|
|
# 142
|
Sierra Leone: |
59.6% |
2004  |
|
|
# 143
|
Mozambique: |
59.5% |
1997  |
|
|
# 144
|
Benin: |
59.2% |
2002  |
|
|
# 145
|
Guinea: |
58.7% |
2003  |
|
|
# 146
|
Senegal: |
58.5% |
2002  |
|
|
# 147
|
Chad: |
55.7% |
2000  |
|
|
# 148
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
55.4% |
1984  |
|
|
# 149
|
Niger: |
52.4% |
2005  |
|
|
# 150
|
Haiti: |
50.9% |
1984  |
|
|
# 151
|
Afghanistan: |
50.8% |
2000  |
|
|
# 152
|
Gambia, The: |
41.5% |
1984  |
|
|
# 153
|
Burkina Faso: |
40.4% |
2005  |
|
|
# 154
|
Mali: |
32.3% |
1998  |
|
|
# 155
|
Ethiopia: |
28.6% |
2004  |
|
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Weighted average: |
88.5% |
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