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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 
# 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  



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

SOURCE: UNICEF

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