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DEFINITION:
This entry is derived from People > Literacy, which includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of the Factbook. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons. Low levels of literacy, and education in general, can impede the economic development of a country in the current rapidly changing, technology-driven world.
Additional details:
Additional details:
- Gibraltar: above 80% (2013)
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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=1 | Greenland | 100% | 2013 | ||
=1 | Andorra | 100% | 2013 | ||
=1 | Luxembourg | 100% | 2013 | ||
=1 | Liechtenstein | 100% | 2013 | ||
=1 | Finland | 100% | 2013 | ||
=1 | Norway | 100% | 2013 | ||
=1 | Holy See (Vatican City) | 100% | 2013 | ||
=8 | Latvia | 99.8% | 2013 | ||
=8 | Cuba | 99.8% | 2013 | ||
=10 | Poland | 99.7% | 2013 | ||
=10 | Kazakhstan | 99.7% | 2013 | ||
=10 | Russia | 99.7% | 2013 | ||
=10 | Ukraine | 99.7% | 2013 | ||
=10 | Slovenia | 99.7% | 2013 | ||
=10 | Lithuania | 99.7% | 2013 | ||
=10 | Georgia | 99.7% | 2013 | ||
=10 | Barbados | 99.7% | 2013 | ||
=18 | Belarus | 99.6% | 2013 | ||
=18 | Armenia | 99.6% | 2013 | ||
=18 | Slovakia | 99.6% | 2013 | ||
=21 | Netherlands | 99% | 2013 | ||
=21 | Canada | 99% | 2013 | ||
=21 | Germany | 99% | 2013 | ||
=21 | Iceland | 99% | 2013 | ||
=21 | Antigua and Barbuda | 99% | 2013 | ||
=21 | Switzerland | 99% | 2013 | ||
=21 | Belgium | 99% | 2013 | ||
=21 | Sweden | 99% | 2013 | ||
=21 | United States | 99% | 2013 | ||
=21 | Tonga | 99% | 2013 | ||
=21 | New Zealand | 99% | 2013 | ||
=21 | United Kingdom | 99% | 2013 | ||
=21 | Hungary | 99% | 2013 | ||
=21 | Italy | 99% | 2013 | ||
=21 | Moldova | 99% | 2013 | ||
=21 | Denmark | 99% | 2013 | ||
=21 | Australia | 99% | 2013 | ||
=21 | Ireland | 99% | 2013 | ||
=21 | France | 99% | 2013 | ||
=21 | Monaco | 99% | 2013 | ||
=41 | Croatia | 98.9% | 2013 | ||
=41 | Cayman Islands | 98.9% | 2013 | ||
43 | Trinidad and Tobago | 98.8% | 2013 | ||
44 | Cyprus | 98.7% | 2013 | ||
45 | Chile | 98.6% | 2013 | ||
46 | Montenegro | 98.5% | 2013 | ||
47 | Bulgaria | 98.4% | 2013 | ||
48 | Uruguay | 98.1% | 2013 | ||
=49 | Austria | 98% | 2013 | ||
=49 | Bermuda | 98% | 2013 | ||
=49 | Serbia | 98% | 2013 | ||
=49 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 98% | 2013 | ||
53 | Argentina | 97.9% | 2013 | ||
54 | British Virgin Islands | 97.8% | 2013 | ||
=55 | Romania | 97.7% | 2013 | ||
=55 | Spain | 97.7% | 2013 | ||
57 | Republic of Macedonia | 97.4% | 2013 | ||
58 | Greece | 97.3% | 2013 | ||
59 | American Samoa | 97% | 2013 | ||
60 | Aruba | 96.8% | 2013 | ||
61 | Costa Rica | 96.3% | 2013 | ||
=62 | Grenada | 96% | 2013 | ||
=62 | San Marino | 96% | 2013 | ||
64 | The Bahamas | 95.6% | 2013 | ||
65 | Venezuela | 95.5% | 2013 | ||
=66 | Philippines | 95.4% | 2013 | ||
=66 | Portugal | 95.4% | 2013 | ||
=68 | Cook Islands | 95% | 2013 | ||
=68 | Anguilla | 95% | 2013 | ||
70 | Suriname | 94.7% | 2013 | ||
71 | Equatorial Guinea | 94.2% | 2013 | ||
72 | Panama | 94.1% | 2013 | ||
73 | Dominica | 94% | 2013 | ||
74 | Paraguay | 93.9% | 2013 | ||
75 | Fiji | 93.7% | 2013 | ||
76 | Colombia | 93.6% | 2013 | ||
77 | Mexico | 93.5% | 2013 | ||
78 | South Africa | 93% | 2013 | ||
79 | Malta | 92.4% | 2013 | ||
80 | Palau | 92% | 2013 | ||
=81 | Guyana | 91.8% | 2013 | ||
=81 | Seychelles | 91.8% | 2013 | ||
83 | Ecuador | 91.6% | 2013 | ||
84 | Bolivia | 91.2% | 2013 | ||
85 | Brazil | 90.4% | 2013 | ||
86 | Puerto Rico | 90.3% | 2013 | ||
87 | Dominican Republic | 90.1% | 2013 | ||
=88 | Peru | 89.6% | 2013 | ||
=88 | Lesotho | 89.6% | 2013 | ||
=90 | Federated States of Micronesia | 89% | 2013 | ||
=90 | Gabon | 89% | 2013 | ||
92 | Namibia | 88.8% | 2013 | ||
93 | Swaziland | 87.8% | 2013 | ||
94 | Kenya | 87.4% | 2013 | ||
95 | Jamaica | 87% | 2013 | ||
=96 | Honduras | 85.1% | 2013 | ||
=96 | Botswana | 85.1% | 2013 | ||
98 | Cape Verde | 84.9% | 2013 | ||
99 | El Salvador | 84.5% | 2013 | ||
100 | Zimbabwe | 83.6% | 2013 | ||
101 | Nicaragua | 78% | 2013 | ||
102 | Belize | 76.9% | 2013 | ||
103 | Guatemala | 75.9% | 2013 | ||
104 | Malawi | 74.8% | 2013 | ||
105 | Uganda | 73.2% | 2013 | ||
106 | Ghana | 71.5% | 2013 | ||
107 | Cameroon | 71.3% | 2013 | ||
108 | Rwanda | 71.1% | 2013 | ||
109 | Angola | 70.4% | 2013 | ||
110 | Eritrea | 68.9% | 2013 | ||
111 | Tanzania | 67.8% | 2013 | ||
112 | Burundi | 67.2% | 2013 | ||
113 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 66.8% | 2013 | ||
114 | Papua New Guinea | 62.4% | 2013 | ||
115 | Zambia | 61.4% | 2013 | ||
116 | Nigeria | 61.3% | 2013 | ||
117 | Liberia | 60.8% | 2013 | ||
118 | East Timor | 58.3% | 2013 | ||
119 | Central African Republic | 56.6% | 2013 | ||
120 | Mozambique | 56.1% | 2013 | ||
121 | Haiti | 48.7% | 2013 | ||
122 | Ethiopia | 39% | 2013 | ||
123 | South Sudan | 27% | 2013 |