Language Statistics > Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate (most recent) by country

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Rank	Countries	Amount
= 1	Netherlands:	99.9
= 1	Germany:	99.9
= 1	Austria:	99.9
= 1	Switzerland:	99.9
= 1	Belgium:	99.9
= 1	Japan:	99.9
= 1	Canada:	99.9
= 1	New Zealand:	99.9
= 1	Denmark:	99.9
= 1	Australia:	99.9
= 1	Ireland:	99.9
= 1	Iceland:	99.9
= 1	Czech Republic:	99.9
= 1	Luxembourg:	99.9
= 1	Finland:	99.9
= 1	Norway:	99.9
= 1	France:	99.9
= 1	Sweden:	99.9
= 1	Georgia:	99.9
= 1	United Kingdom:	99.9
# 21	Estonia:	99.8
= 22	Latvia:	99.7
= 22	Poland:	99.7
= 22	Slovenia:	99.7
= 22	Barbados:	99.7
= 26	Slovakia:	99.6
= 26	Belarus:	99.6
= 26	Lithuania:	99.6
= 29	Kazakhstan:	99.5
= 29	Tajikistan:	99.5
= 31	Armenia:	99.4
= 31	Ukraine:	99.4
= 31	Russia:	99.4
= 34	Hungary:	99.3
= 34	Uzbekistan:	99.3
# 36	Tonga:	98.9
= 37	Azerbaijan:	98.8
= 37	Turkmenistan:	98.8
= 39	Samoa:	98.7
= 39	Albania:	98.7
= 39	Kyrgyzstan:	98.7
= 42	Italy:	98.5
= 42	Trinidad and Tobago:	98.5
# 44	Bulgaria:	98.2
# 45	Croatia:	98.1
# 46	Korea, South:	97.9
= 47	Mongolia:	97.8
= 47	Saint Kitts and Nevis:	97.8
= 49	Spain:	97.7
= 49	Uruguay:	97.7
# 51	Greece:	97.5
# 52	Romania:	97.3
= 53	Argentina:	97.2
= 53	Maldives:	97.2
# 55	United States:	97
= 56	Israel:	96.9
= 56	Cuba:	96.9
# 58	Cyprus:	96.8
# 59	Guyana:	96.5
# 60	Moldova:	96.2
# 61	Macedonia, Republic of:	96.1
# 62	Grenada:	96
# 63	Costa Rica:	95.8
# 64	Chile:	95.7
# 65	Bahamas, The:	95.5
# 66	Bosnia and Herzegovina:	94.6
# 67	Colombia:	94.2
# 68	Venezuela:	93
# 69	Fiji:	92.9
# 70	Brunei:	92.7
= 71	Thailand:	92.6
= 71	Philippines:	92.6
= 73	Singapore:	92.5
= 73	Malta:	92.5
= 73	Portugal:	92.5
= 76	Seychelles:	91.9
= 76	Panama:	91.9
# 78	Paraguay:	91.6
# 79	Ecuador:	91
# 80	China:	90.9
# 81	Sri Lanka:	90.4
= 82	Vietnam:	90.3
= 82	Mexico:	90.3
# 84	Saint Lucia:	90.1
# 85	Zimbabwe:	90
# 86	Jordan:	89.9
# 87	Burma:	89.7
# 88	Qatar:	89.2
# 89	Malaysia:	88.7
# 90	Brazil:	88.4
# 91	Turkey:	88.3
# 92	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:	88.1
= 93	Dominica:	88
= 93	Suriname:	88
# 95	Indonesia:	87.9
= 96	Bahrain:	87.7
= 96	Dominican Republic:	87.7
= 96	Peru:	87.7
# 99	Jamaica:	87.6
= 100	Lebanon:	86.5
= 100	Bolivia:	86.5
# 102	Antigua and Barbuda:	85.8
# 103	Namibia:	85
# 104	Mauritius:	84.3
# 105	Equatorial Guinea:	84.2
# 106	São Tomé and Príncipe:	83.1
= 107	Kuwait:	82.9
= 107	Syria:	82.9
# 109	Congo, Republic of the:	82.8
# 110	South Africa:	82.4
# 111	Libya:	81.7
# 112	Lesotho:	81.4
# 113	Honduras:	80
# 114	El Salvador:	79.7
# 115	Saudi Arabia:	79.4
# 116	Swaziland:	79.2
# 117	Botswana:	78.9
# 118	United Arab Emirates:	77.3
# 119	Iran:	77
# 120	Belize:	76.9
# 121	Nicaragua:	76.7
# 122	Solomon Islands:	76.6
# 123	Cape Verde:	75.7
# 124	Oman:	74.4
# 125	Tunisia:	74.3
# 126	Vanuatu:	74
= 127	Cambodia:	73.6
= 127	Kenya:	73.6
# 129	Gabon:	71
# 130	Madagascar:	70.6
# 131	Algeria:	69.8
# 132	Tanzania:	69.4
# 133	Guatemala:	69.1
# 134	Uganda:	68.9
# 135	Laos:	68.7
= 136	Zambia:	67.9
= 136	Cameroon:	67.9
= 138	Angola:	66.8
= 138	Nigeria:	66.8
# 140	Djibouti:	65.5
# 141	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	65.3
# 142	Malawi:	64.1
# 143	Rwanda:	64
# 144	India:	61
# 145	Sudan:	59
# 146	Burundi:	58.9
# 147	East Timor:	58.6
# 148	Papua New Guinea:	57.3
# 149	Eritrea:	56.7
# 150	Comoros:	56.2
# 151	Egypt:	55.6
# 152	Ghana:	54.1
# 153	Togo:	53
# 154	Haiti:	51.9
# 155	Mauritania:	51.2
# 156	Morocco:	50.7
# 157	Yemen:	49
# 158	Pakistan:	48.7
= 159	Central African Republic:	48.6
= 159	Nepal:	48.6
# 161	Bhutan:	47
# 162	Mozambique:	46.5
# 163	Ethiopia:	41.5
# 164	Bangladesh:	41.1
# 165	Guinea:	41
# 166	Guinea-Bissau:	39.6
# 167	Senegal:	39.3
# 168	Gambia, The:	37.8
# 169	Benin:	33.6
# 170	Sierra Leone:	29.6
# 171	Chad:	25.5
# 172	Mali:	19
# 173	Niger:	14.4
# 174	Burkina Faso:	12.8
	Weighted average:	81.7

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