Hot countries Compared by People > Literacy > Total population

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.
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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Cuba	99.8%	2013
2	Barbados	99.7%	2013
=3	Antigua and Barbuda	99%	2013
=3	Tonga	99%	2013
=3	Australia	99%	2013
=6	Samoa	98.8%	2013
=6	Trinidad and Tobago	98.8%	2013
8	Maldives	98.4%	2013
9	Bermuda	98%	2013
10	Montserrat	97%	2013
=11	Qatar	96.3%	2013
=11	Costa Rica	96.3%	2013
13	New Caledonia	96.2%	2013
=14	Grenada	96%	2013
=14	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	96%	2013
16	Singapore	95.9%	2013
=17	Macau	95.6%	2013
=17	The Bahamas	95.6%	2013
19	Venezuela	95.5%	2013
=20	Brunei	95.4%	2013
=20	Philippines	95.4%	2013
=22	Cook Islands	95%	2013
=22	Niue	95%	2013
=22	Anguilla	95%	2013
25	Suriname	94.7%	2013
26	Bahrain	94.6%	2013
27	Equatorial Guinea	94.2%	2013
28	Panama	94.1%	2013
29	Dominica	94%	2013
=30	Kuwait	93.9%	2013
=30	Paraguay	93.9%	2013
=32	Marshall Islands	93.7%	2013
=32	Fiji	93.7%	2013
34	Colombia	93.6%	2013
=35	Mexico	93.5%	2013
=35	Hong Kong	93.5%	2013
=35	Thailand	93.5%	2013
38	Vietnam	93.4%	2013
39	Malaysia	93.1%	2013
40	Indonesia	92.8%	2013
41	Burma	92.7%	2013
=42	Guyana	91.8%	2013
=42	Seychelles	91.8%	2013
44	Ecuador	91.6%	2013
=45	Sri Lanka	91.2%	2013
=45	Bolivia	91.2%	2013
47	Brazil	90.4%	2013
=48	Saint Lucia	90.1%	2013
=48	Dominican Republic	90.1%	2013
50	Virgin Islands	90%	2013
51	Libya	89.5%	2013
52	Gabon	89%	2013
53	Mauritius	88.8%	2013
54	Swaziland	87.8%	2013
55	Kenya	87.4%	2013
56	Saudi Arabia	87.2%	2013
57	Jamaica	87%	2013
58	Oman	86.9%	2013
=59	Honduras	85.1%	2013
=59	Botswana	85.1%	2013
61	Cape Verde	84.9%	2013
62	El Salvador	84.5%	2013
63	Solomon Islands	84.1%	2013
64	Zimbabwe	83.6%	2013
65	Iraq	78.5%	2013
66	Nicaragua	78%	2013
67	Belize	76.9%	2013
68	Guatemala	75.9%	2013
69	Comoros	75.5%	2013
70	Malawi	74.8%	2013
=71	Egypt	73.9%	2013
=71	Cambodia	73.9%	2013
73	Uganda	73.2%	2013
74	Laos	72.7%	2013
75	Algeria	72.6%	2013
76	Sudan	71.9%	2013
77	Ghana	71.5%	2013
78	Cameroon	71.3%	2013
79	Angola	70.4%	2013
80	Eritrea	68.9%	2013
81	Djibouti	67.9%	2013
82	Tanzania	67.8%	2013
83	Democratic Republic of the Congo	66.8%	2013
84	Yemen	65.3%	2013
85	Madagascar	64.5%	2013
86	India	62.8%	2013
87	Papua New Guinea	62.4%	2013
88	Zambia	61.4%	2013
89	Nigeria	61.3%	2013
90	Liberia	60.8%	2013
91	Togo	60.4%	2013
92	Mauritania	58.6%	2013
93	Bangladesh	57.7%	2013
94	Cote d'Ivoire	56.9%	2013
95	Mozambique	56.1%	2013
96	Guinea-Bissau	55.3%	2013
97	Pakistan	54.9%	2013
98	Senegal	49.7%	2013
99	Haiti	48.7%	2013
100	Sierra Leone	43.3%	2013
101	Benin	42.4%	2013
102	Guinea	41%	2013
103	Ethiopia	39%	2013
104	Somalia	37.8%	2013
105	Chad	35.4%	2013
106	Mali	33.4%	2013
=107	Burkina Faso	28.7%	2013
=107	Niger	28.7%	2013

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