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

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Rank	Countries	Amount
# 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
= 7	Bahamas, The:	102
= 9	Micronesia, Federated States of:	101
= 9	Uruguay:	101
= 11	Dominican Republic:	100
= 11	Hungary:	100
= 11	Qatar:	100
= 11	Lithuania:	100
= 11	Georgia:	100
= 11	Mongolia:	100
= 11	Russia:	100
= 11	Nicaragua:	100
= 11	Cuba:	100
= 11	Argentina:	100
= 11	Estonia:	100
= 11	Barbados:	100
= 11	Honduras:	100
= 11	Belize:	100
= 11	Latvia:	100
= 11	Belarus:	100
= 11	Slovakia:	100
= 11	Brazil:	100
= 11	Maldives:	100
= 11	Chile:	100
= 11	Poland:	100
= 11	Colombia:	100
= 11	Philippines:	100
= 11	Costa Rica:	100
= 11	Slovenia:	100
= 11	Ukraine:	100
= 37	Tajikistan:	99
= 37	Guyana:	99
= 37	Panama:	99
= 37	Italy:	99
= 37	Moldova:	99
= 37	Kazakhstan:	99
= 37	Trinidad and Tobago:	99
= 37	Uzbekistan:	99
= 37	Venezuela:	99
= 37	Samoa:	99
= 37	Bulgaria:	99
= 48	Paraguay:	98
= 48	South Africa:	98
= 48	Armenia:	98
= 48	Romania:	98
= 48	Serbia and Montenegro:	98
= 48	Spain:	98
= 48	Croatia:	98
= 48	Namibia:	98
= 56	Suriname:	97
= 56	Korea, South:	97
= 56	Cyprus:	97
= 56	Swaziland:	97
= 56	Greece:	97
= 56	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:	97
= 56	Korea, North:	97
= 56	Azerbaijan:	97
= 56	Thailand:	97
= 65	Ecuador:	96
= 65	Fiji:	96
= 65	Israel:	96
= 65	Vietnam:	96
= 69	Kuwait:	95
= 69	Mexico:	95
= 69	Portugal:	95
# 72	Sri Lanka:	94
# 73	El Salvador:	93
= 74	Haiti:	92
= 74	Mauritius:	92
= 74	Singapore:	92
= 77	Burma:	91
= 77	Bahrain:	91
= 77	Bosnia and Herzegovina:	91
= 77	Malaysia:	91
= 77	Zimbabwe:	91
# 82	Peru:	90
= 83	Indonesia:	89
= 83	Jordan:	89
# 85	Lebanon:	87
# 86	Bolivia:	86
= 87	Kenya:	85
= 87	China:	85
# 89	Zambia:	84
# 90	Iran:	83
= 91	Turkey:	82
= 91	Rwanda:	82
= 93	Saudi Arabia:	81
= 93	Cameroon:	81
= 93	Madagascar:	81
= 96	Equatorial Guinea:	80
= 96	Guatemala:	80
= 96	Papua New Guinea:	80
# 99	Ghana:	79
= 100	Nigeria:	78
= 100	Cape Verde:	78
= 100	Gabon:	78
= 103	Comoros:	77
= 103	Oman:	77
# 105	Libya:	75
# 106	Tunisia:	74
# 107	Uganda:	73
= 108	Djibouti:	72
= 108	Burundi:	72
# 110	Cambodia:	71
# 111	Laos:	70
# 112	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	69
= 113	Algeria:	68
= 113	Gambia, The:	68
= 113	Syria:	68
# 116	Sudan:	67
= 117	Eritrea:	66
= 117	Chad:	66
= 117	India:	66
= 117	Ethiopia:	66
= 117	Egypt:	66
# 122	Cote d'Ivoire:	63
# 123	Malawi:	62
# 124	Bangladesh:	61
= 125	Mauritania:	59
= 125	Senegal:	59
= 125	Togo:	59
= 128	Central African Republic:	58
= 128	Morocco:	58
# 130	Bhutan:	55
# 131	Liberia:	52
= 132	Pakistan:	49
= 132	Guinea:	49
# 134	Mozambique:	48
= 135	Benin:	45
= 135	Sierra Leone:	45
= 135	Mali:	45
# 138	Guinea-Bissau:	43
= 139	Iraq:	42
= 139	Burkina Faso:	42
# 141	Afghanistan:	41
# 142	Nepal:	40
# 143	Yemen:	37
# 144	Niger:	36
	Weighted average:	84.8

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