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Education Statistics > Literacy > total population (2003) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Latvia: 99.8 %   2003 Time series
# 2     Poland: 99.8 %   2003 Time series
# 3     Estonia: 99.8 %   2003 Time series
# 4     Samoa: 99.7 %   2003 Time series
# 5     Slovenia: 99.7 %   2003 Time series
# 6     Ukraine: 99.7 %   2003 Time series
# 7     Belarus: 99.6 %   2003 Time series
# 8     Russia: 99.6 %   2003 Time series
# 9     Lithuania: 99.6 %   2003 Time series
# 10     Tajikistan: 99.4 %   2003 Time series
# 11     Hungary: 99.4 %   2003 Time series
# 12     Uzbekistan: 99.3 %   2003 Time series
# 13     Moldova: 99.1 %   2003 Time series
# 14     Mongolia: 99.1 %   2003 Time series
# 15     Australia: 99 %   2003 Time series
# 16     Switzerland: 99 %   2003 Time series
# 17     Canada: 99 %   2003 Time series
# 18     Ireland: 99 %   2003 Time series
# 19     United States: 99 %   2003 Time series
# 20     Czech Republic: 99 %   2003 Time series
# 21     United Kingdom: 99 %   2003 Time series
# 22     Netherlands: 99 %   2003 Time series
# 23     France: 99 %   2003 Time series
# 24     Sweden: 99 %   2003 Time series
# 25     New Zealand: 99 %   2003 Time series
# 26     Belgium: 99 %   2003 Time series
# 27     Monaco: 99 %   2003 Time series
# 28     Germany: 99 %   2003 Time series
# 29     Denmark: 99 %   2003 Time series
# 30     Iceland: 99 %   2003 Time series
# 31     Azerbaijan: 98.8 %   2003 Time series
# 32     Guyana: 98.8 %   2003 Time series
# 33     Armenia: 98.6 %   2003 Time series
# 34     Trinidad and Tobago: 98.6 %   2003 Time series
# 35     Italy: 98.6 %   2003 Time series
# 36     Bulgaria: 98.6 %   2003 Time series
# 37     Croatia: 98.5 %   2003 Time series
# 38     Romania: 98.4 %   2003 Time series
# 39     Korea, South: 98.1 %   2003 Time series
# 40     Uruguay: 98 %   2003 Time series
# 41     Spain: 97.9 %   2003 Time series
# 42     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 97.8 %   2003 Time series
# 43     Martinique: 97.7 %   2003 Time series
# 44     Cyprus: 97.6 %   2003 Time series
# 45     Greece: 97.5 %   2003 Time series
# 46     Maldives: 97.2 %   2003 Time series
# 47     Argentina: 97.1 %   2003 Time series
# 48     Cuba: 97 %   2003 Time series
# 49     Netherlands Antilles: 96.7 %   2003 Time series
# 50     Serbia and Montenegro: 96.4 %   2003 Time series
# 51     Chile: 96.2 %   2003 Time series
# 52     Taiwan: 96.1 %   2003 Time series
# 53     Thailand: 96 %   2003 Time series
# 54     Grenada: 96 %   2003 Time series
# 55     Costa Rica: 96 %   2003 Time series
# 56     Philippines: 95.9 %   2003 Time series
# 57     Bahamas, The: 95.6 %   2003 Time series
# 58     Israel: 95.4 %   2003 Time series
# 59     Macau: 94.5 %   2003 Time series
# 60     Belize: 94.1 %   2003 Time series
# 61     Vietnam: 94 %   2003 Time series
# 62     Hong Kong: 94 %   2003 Time series
# 63     Dominica: 94 %   2003 Time series
# 64     Paraguay: 94 %   2003 Time series
# 65     Fiji: 93.7 %   2003 Time series
# 66     Venezuela: 93.4 %   2003 Time series
# 67     Portugal: 93.3 %   2003 Time series
# 68     Singapore: 93.2 %   2003 Time series
# 69     Malta: 92.8 %   2003 Time series
# 70     Panama: 92.6 %   2003 Time series
# 71     Ecuador: 92.5 %   2003 Time series
# 72     Colombia: 92.5 %   2003 Time series
# 73     Sri Lanka: 92.3 %   2003 Time series
# 74     Mexico: 92.2 %   2003 Time series
# 75     Seychelles: 91.9 %   2003 Time series
# 76     West Bank: 91.9 %   2003 Time series
# 77     Gaza Strip: 91.9 %   2003 Time series
# 78     Brunei: 91.8 %   2003 Time series
# 79     Peru: 90.9 %   2003 Time series
# 80     Zimbabwe: 90.7 %   2003 Time series
# 81     Jordan: 89.9 %   2003 Time series
# 82     Bahrain: 89.1 %   2003 Time series
# 83     Malaysia: 88.9 %   2003 Time series
# 84     Réunion: 88.9 %   2003 Time series
# 85     Indonesia: 88.5 %   2003 Time series
# 86     Jamaica: 87.9 %   2003 Time series
# 87     Lebanon: 87.4 %   2003 Time series
# 88     Bolivia: 87.2 %   2003 Time series
# 89     Turkey: 86.5 %   2003 Time series
# 90     Albania: 86.5 %   2003 Time series
# 91     South Africa: 86.4 %   2003 Time series
# 92     Brazil: 86.4 %   2003 Time series
# 93     China: 86 %   2003 Time series
# 94     Antigua and Barbuda: 85.8 %   2003 Time series
# 95     Equatorial Guinea: 85.7 %   2003 Time series
# 96     Mauritius: 85.6 %   2003 Time series
# 97     Kenya: 85.1 %   2003 Time series
# 98     Lesotho: 84.8 %   2003 Time series
# 99     Dominican Republic: 84.7 %   2003 Time series
# 100     Namibia: 84 %   2003 Time series
# 101     Congo, Republic of the: 83.8 %   2003 Time series
# 102     Kuwait: 83.5 %   2003 Time series
# 103     Libya: 82.6 %   2003 Time series
# 104     Qatar: 82.5 %   2003 Time series
# 105     Swaziland: 81.6 %   2003 Time series
# 106     Oman: 81.4 %   2003 Time series
# 107     Botswana: 81.2 %   2003 Time series
# 108     Zambia: 80.6 %   2003 Time series
# 109     El Salvador: 80.2 %   2003 Time series
# 110     Iran: 79.4 %   2003 Time series
# 111     Cameroon: 79 %   2003 Time series
# 112     Saudi Arabia: 78.8 %   2003 Time series
# 113     Tanzania: 78.2 %   2003 Time series
# 114     United Arab Emirates: 77.9 %   2003 Time series
# 115     Syria: 76.9 %   2003 Time series
# 116     Cape Verde: 76.6 %   2003 Time series
# 117     Honduras: 76.2 %   2003 Time series
# 118     Ghana: 74.8 %   2003 Time series
# 119     Tunisia: 74.2 %   2003 Time series
# 120     Guatemala: 70.6 %   2003 Time series
# 121     Rwanda: 70.4 %   2003 Time series
# 122     Algeria: 70 %   2003 Time series
# 123     Uganda: 69.9 %   2003 Time series
# 124     Cambodia: 69.9 %   2003 Time series
# 125     Madagascar: 68.9 %   2003 Time series
# 126     Nigeria: 68 %   2003 Time series
# 127     Djibouti: 67.9 %   2003 Time series
# 128     Nicaragua: 67.5 %   2003 Time series
# 129     Papua New Guinea: 66 %   2003 Time series
# 130     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 65.5 %   2003 Time series
# 131     Malawi: 62.7 %   2003 Time series
# 132     Sudan: 61.1 %   2003 Time series
# 133     Togo: 60.9 %   2003 Time series
# 134     India: 59.5 %   2003 Time series
# 135     Eritrea: 58.6 %   2003 Time series
# 136     Egypt: 57.7 %   2003 Time series
# 137     Liberia: 57.5 %   2003 Time series
# 138     Comoros: 56.5 %   2003 Time series
# 139     Haiti: 52.9 %   2003 Time series
# 140     Laos: 52.8 %   2003 Time series
# 141     Morocco: 51.7 %   2003 Time series
# 142     Burundi: 51.6 %   2003 Time series
# 143     Central African Republic: 51 %   2003 Time series
# 144     Côte d'Ivoire: 50.9 %   2003 Time series
# 145     Yemen: 50.2 %   2003 Time series
# 146     Mozambique: 47.8 %   2003 Time series
# 147     Chad: 47.5 %   2003 Time series
# 148     Bhutan: 47 %   2003 Time series
# 149     Mali: 46.4 %   2003 Time series
# 150     Pakistan: 45.7 %   2003 Time series
# 151     Nepal: 45.2 %   2003 Time series
# 152     Bangladesh: 43.1 %   2003 Time series
# 153     Ethiopia: 42.7 %   2003 Time series
# 154     Guinea-Bissau: 42.4 %   2003 Time series
# 155     Mauritania: 41.7 %   2003 Time series
# 156     Iraq: 40.4 %   2003 Time series
# 157     Senegal: 40.2 %   2003 Time series
# 158     Gambia, The: 40.1 %   2003 Time series
# 159     Guinea: 29.5 %   2003 Time series
# 160     Burkina Faso: 21.8 %   2003 Time series
# 161     Niger: 17.6 %   2003 Time series
Weighted average: 82.1 %  


DEFINITION: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.

SOURCE: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011

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"Literacy > total population (2003) by country", CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/edu_lit_tot_pop-education-literacy-total-population&date=2003

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GetaClue
20th August 2011 		This is what countries report. It's is bogus!!
This is what a country will report, come on you believe China's population
has a literacy of 91.6 %. Hundreds of millions of people live in the back country, working the mines and rice fields, completely oblivious to any city learning. Most ALL of these countries report false numbers fro one reason or another.
Does anyone here really believe Georgia has 100% literacy in that country.
vcon
4th January 2011 		POj ev
Dana
4th December 2010 		Stop being so critical of this data, it's from the World Fact Book and it is correct in a sense. As stated in the article, literacy doesn't have a universal definition and if you study individual states and countries, especially industrialized ones, they often have a higher literacy rate reported for worldwide statistics than they do at home. That is because functional literacy is taken into account on a national basis. Just about anyone can read "See Spot Run" but not everyone can read an instruction manual or documents required for day to day life. In reporting internationally, if you can handle see spot run, you're literate.

Before criticizing data perhaps it would be best to understand its origins.
nashirkertosono
25th September 2010 		Indonesia,the best.......
TrueSalarian
9th August 2010 		This website offers simplified data derived from the World Values Survey. For more detailed/accurate information go to www.worldvaluessurvey.org. If you are dissatisfied with this wesite's data, look around in there & you may find what your'e looking for. The WVS is more accurate than many other sources from which you would receive information. They actually do surveys & give contextual data, such as a comparison of literacy rate over a period of time.
Luvagoo
11th June 2010 		I just wanted the Australian figures - I have France's from a good source and they sure as hell aren't 99%.
fish
20th May 2010 		I don't believe that 10 countries could be beating Australia. Where did you get your figures from ? Or did you make them up?
Tianna
18th February 2010 		I am doing a report on Poland and this site did not help at all.
B. Cooley
21st December 2009 		These are not accurate, they can't be. In my State alone there is a 15% illiteracy rate as of just a few years ago, that's not even to compound the states around mine. The US does not have a 99% literacy.
Derek McLaren
5th May 2009 		Try putting info on it not just the ranks im doing a project and this site did not do me much good so thanks for the Help
M. Saunders
11th January 2006 		From below 80% in 1986 to 97% for the U.S. now is a totally false figure and consequently invalidates all other stats in this database!
Edria Murray
Staff Editor
18th January 2005 		Over fifty years ago the United nations included literacy as a basic human right along with the right to adequate food, health care, and housing. According to UNESCO global literacy rates have increased dramatically over the last 35 years. However even today UNESCO statistics indicate that there are still over 800 million illiterate adults worldwide.

Literacy is seldom universal across the whole population. In developing nations the literacy rate of males is significantly higher than that of females. To gain a balanced perspective when comparing countries, literacy definitions should be consulted as these vary between countries.

The very high literacy rates in industrialized countries are misleading, as many adults in these countries have low levels of literacy. The International Adult literacy survey (1998) of OECD countries concluded that 23% of adults had 'very poor' skills. And a further 27% had a 'weak' skills. Both of these groups are defined as having a ”'low level of literacy'
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