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 > Primary education, duration > years (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)    Date  
#1   Ireland: 8 years   2005 ...
#2   Maldives: 7 years   2005 ...
#3   Uganda: 7 years   2005 ...
#4   Zambia: 7 years   2005 ...
#5   Botswana: 7 years   2005 ...
#6   Grenada: 7 years   2005 ...
#7   Dominica: 7 years   2005 ...
#8   Antigua and Barbuda: 7 years   2005 ...
#9   Mozambique: 7 years   2005 ...
#10   Trinidad and Tobago: 7 years   2005 ...
#11   Bhutan: 7 years   2005 ...
#12   Iceland: 7 years   2005 ...
#13   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 7 years   2005 ...
#14   Zimbabwe: 7 years   2005 ...
#15   South Africa: 7 years   2005 ...
#16   Lesotho: 7 years   2005 ...
#17   Somalia: 7 years   2005 ...
#18   Swaziland: 7 years   2005 ...
#19   Saint Lucia: 7 years   2005 ...
#20   Australia: 7 years   2005 ...
#21   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 7 years   2005 ...
#22   Tanzania: 7 years   2005 ...
#23   Namibia: 7 years   2005 ...
#24   Norway: 7 years   2005 ...
#25   Honduras: 6 years   2005 ...
#26   Jordan: 6 years   2005 ...
#27   Yemen: 6 years   2005 ...
#28   Israel: 6 years   2005 ...
#29   Malaysia: 6 years   2005 ...
#30   Haiti: 6 years   2005 ...
#31   Tunisia: 6 years   2005 ...
#32   Indonesia: 6 years   2005 ...
#33   Samoa: 6 years   2005 ...
#34   Jamaica: 6 years   2005 ...
#35   Spain: 6 years   2005 ...
#36   Libya: 6 years   2005 ...
#37   Panama: 6 years   2005 ...
#38   Guyana: 6 years   2005 ...
#39   Sudan: 6 years   2005 ...
#40   Venezuela: 6 years   2005 ...
#41   Thailand: 6 years   2005 ...
#42   Iraq: 6 years   2005 ...
#43   Peru: 6 years   2005 ...
#44   Kiribati: 6 years   2005 ...
#45   Poland: 6 years   2005 ...
#46   Japan: 6 years   2005 ...
#47   Hong Kong: 6 years   2005 ...
#48   Seychelles: 6 years   2005 ...
#49   Canada: 6 years   2005 ...
#50   United States: 6 years   2005 ...
#51   Bolivia: 6 years   2005 ...
#52   São Tomé and Príncipe: 6 years   2005 ...
#53   Bermuda: 6 years   2005 ...
#54   Macau: 6 years   2005 ...
#55   Belize: 6 years   2005 ...
#56   Togo: 6 years   2005 ...
#57   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 6 years   2005 ...
#58   Senegal: 6 years   2005 ...
#59   Benin: 6 years   2005 ...
#60   Solomon Islands: 6 years   2005 ...
#61   Aruba: 6 years   2005 ...
#62   Morocco: 6 years   2005 ...
#63   Belgium: 6 years   2005 ...
#64   Netherlands Antilles: 6 years   2005 ...
#65   Cayman Islands: 6 years   2005 ...
#66   Nigeria: 6 years   2005 ...
#67   Georgia: 6 years   2005 ...
#68   Paraguay: 6 years   2005 ...
#69   Chad: 6 years   2005 ...
#70   Portugal: 6 years   2005 ...
#71   Cape Verde: 6 years   2005 ...
#72   New Zealand: 6 years   2005 ...
#73   Brunei: 6 years   2005 ...
#74   Guatemala: 6 years   2005 ...
#75   Central African Republic: 6 years   2005 ...
#76   Guinea: 6 years   2005 ...
#77   Cuba: 6 years   2005 ...
#78   Guinea-Bissau: 6 years   2005 ...
#79   Chile: 6 years   2005 ...
#80   Niger: 6 years   2005 ...
#81   Costa Rica: 6 years   2005 ...
#82   Micronesia, Federated States of: 6 years   2005 ...
#83   Barbados: 6 years   2005 ...
#84   Turkey: 6 years   2005 ...
#85   Comoros: 6 years   2005 ...
#86   Singapore: 6 years   2005 ...
#87   East Timor: 6 years   2005 ...
#88   Sierra Leone: 6 years   2005 ...
#89   Congo, Republic of the: 6 years   2005 ...
#90   Vanuatu: 6 years   2005 ...
#91   Bahrain: 6 years   2005 ...
#92   Virgin Islands: 6 years   2005 ...
#93   Côte d'Ivoire: 6 years   2005 ...
#94   Kenya: 6 years   2005 ...
#95   Bahamas, The: 6 years   2005 ...
#96   Uruguay: 6 years   2005 ...
#97   Denmark: 6 years   2005 ...
#98   Afghanistan: 6 years   2005 ...
#99   Cyprus: 6 years   2005 ...
#100   Lebanon: 6 years   2005 ...
#101   Burkina Faso: 6 years   2005 ...
#102   Saudi Arabia: 6 years   2005 ...
#103   Egypt: 6 years   2005 ...
#104   Liberia: 6 years   2005 ...
#105   Djibouti: 6 years   2005 ...
#106   Luxembourg: 6 years   2005 ...
#107   Argentina: 6 years   2005 ...
#108   United Kingdom: 6 years   2005 ...
#109   Dominican Republic: 6 years   2005 ...
#110   Netherlands: 6 years   2005 ...
#111   Andorra: 6 years   2005 ...
#112   Malawi: 6 years   2005 ...
#113   Ecuador: 6 years   2005 ...
#114   Mexico: 6 years   2005 ...
#115   Algeria: 6 years   2005 ...
#116   Mali: 6 years   2005 ...
#117   El Salvador: 6 years   2005 ...
#118   Malta: 6 years   2005 ...
#119   Fiji: 6 years   2005 ...
#120   Marshall Islands: 6 years   2005 ...
#121   American Samoa: 6 years   2005 ...
#122   Mauritania: 6 years   2005 ...
#123   Estonia: 6 years   2005 ...
#124   Mauritius: 6 years   2005 ...
#125   Burundi: 6 years   2005 ...
#126   Nicaragua: 6 years   2005 ...
#127   Gabon: 6 years   2005 ...
#128   Sweden: 6 years   2005 ...
#129   Finland: 6 years   2005 ...
#130   Rwanda: 6 years   2005 ...
#131   Cambodia: 6 years   2005 ...
#132   Suriname: 6 years   2005 ...
#133   Cameroon: