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People Statistics > Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1  Lesotho:129 
#2  Jamaica:109 
#3  Botswana:107 
#4  United Arab Emirates:106 
#5  Antigua and Barbuda:104 
#6  Niue:103 
#7  Malta:102 
#8  Bahamas, The:102 
#9  Micronesia, Federated States of:101 
#10  Uruguay:101 
#11  Dominican Republic:100 
#12  Hungary:100 
#13  Qatar:100 
#14  Lithuania:100 
#15  Georgia:100 
#16  Mongolia:100 
#17  Russia:100 
#18  Nicaragua:100 
#19  Cuba:100 
#20  Argentina:100 
#21  Estonia:100 
#22  Barbados:100 
#23  Honduras:100 
#24  Belize:100 
#25  Latvia:100 
#26  Belarus:100 
#27  Slovakia:100 
#28  Brazil:100 
#29  Maldives:100 
#30  Chile:100 
#31  Poland:100 
#32  Colombia:100 
#33  Philippines:100 
#34  Costa Rica:100 
#35  Slovenia:100 
#36  Ukraine:100 
#37  Tajikistan:99 
#38  Guyana:99 
#39  Panama:99 
#40  Italy:99 
#41  Moldova:99 
#42  Kazakhstan:99 
#43  Trinidad and Tobago:99 
#44  Uzbekistan:99 
#45  Venezuela:99 
#46  Samoa:99 
#47  Bulgaria:99 
#48  Paraguay:98 
#49  South Africa:98 
#50  Armenia:98 
#51  Romania:98 
#52  Serbia and Montenegro:98 
#53  Spain:98 
#54  Croatia:98 
#55  Namibia:98 
#56  Suriname:97 
#57  Korea, South:97 
#58  Cyprus:97 
#59  Swaziland:97 
#60  Greece:97 
#61  Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:97 
#62  Korea, North:97 
#63  Azerbaijan:97 
#64  Thailand:97 
#65  Ecuador:96 
#66  Fiji:96 
#67  Israel:96 
#68  Vietnam:96 
#69  Kuwait:95 
#70  Mexico:95 
#71  Portugal:95 
#72  Sri Lanka:94 
#73  El Salvador:93 
#74  Haiti:92 
#75  Mauritius:92 
#76  Singapore:92 
#77  Burma:91 
#78  Bahrain:91 
#79  Bosnia and Herzegovina:91 
#80  Malaysia:91 
#81  Zimbabwe:91 
#82  Peru:90 
#83  Indonesia:89 
#84  Jordan:89 
#85  Lebanon:87 
#86  Bolivia:86 
#87  Kenya:85 
#88  China:85 
#89  Zambia:84 
#90  Iran:83 
#91  Turkey:82 
#92  Rwanda:82 
#93  Saudi Arabia:81 
#94  Cameroon:81 
#95  Madagascar:81 
#96  Equatorial Guinea:80 
#97  Guatemala:80 
#98  Papua New Guinea:80 
#99  Ghana:79 
#100  Nigeria:78 
#101  Cape Verde:78 
#102  Gabon:78 
#103  Comoros:77 
#104  Oman:77 
#105  Libya:75 
#106  Tunisia:74 
#107  Uganda:73 
#108  Djibouti:72 
#109  Burundi:72 
#110  Cambodia:71 
#111  Laos:70 
#112  Congo, Democratic Republic of the:69 
#113  Algeria:68 
#114  Gambia, The:68 
#115  Syria:68 
#116  Sudan:67 
#117  Eritrea:66 
#118  Chad:66 
#119  India:66 
#120  Ethiopia:66 
#121  Egypt:66 
#122  Cote d'Ivoire:63 
#123  Malawi:62 
#124  Bangladesh:61 
#125  Mauritania:59 
#126  Senegal:59 
#127  Togo:59 
#128  Central African Republic:58 
#129  Morocco:58 
#130  Bhutan:55 
#131  Liberia:52 
#132  Pakistan:49 
#133  Guinea:49 
#134  Mozambique:48 
#135  Benin:45 
#136  Sierra Leone:45 
#137  Mali:45 
#138  Guinea-Bissau:43 
#139  Iraq:42 
#140  Burkina Faso:42 
#141  Afghanistan:41 
#142  Nepal:40 
#143  Yemen:37 
#144  Niger:36 
Weighted average: 84.8  


DEFINITION: People - Women - Adult literacy rate: females as a % of males 2000

SOURCE: UNICEF

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