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