Education > Illiteracy rates by sex > Aged 15+ > Women: Countries Compared
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 90.2% | 2003 | ||
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 83.4% | 2003 | ||
| 3 | Mali | 82% | 2003 | ||
| 4 | Iraq | 75.5% | 2003 | ||
| 5 | Benin | 73.5% | 2003 | ||
| =6 | Guinea-Bissau | 72.4% | 2003 | ||
| =6 | Nepal | 72.4% | 2003 | ||
| 8 | Yemen | 69.8% | 2003 | ||
| 9 | Pakistan | 69.4% | 2003 | ||
| 10 | Senegal | 69.2% | 2003 | ||
| 11 | Mauritania | 68.1% | 2003 | ||
| 12 | Bangladesh | 68% | 2003 | ||
| 13 | Mozambique | 67.3% | 2003 | ||
| 14 | The Gambia | 66.9% | 2003 | ||
| 15 | Ethiopia | 64.8% | 2003 | ||
| 16 | Chad | 60.7% | 2003 | ||
| 17 | Morocco | 60.6% | 2003 | ||
| 18 | Central African Republic | 60.1% | 2003 | ||
| 19 | Liberia | 59.5% | 2003 | ||
| 20 | Cote d'Ivoire | 59.1% | 2003 | ||
| 21 | Burundi | 54.8% | 2003 | ||
| =22 | Egypt | 53.1% | 2003 | ||
| =22 | Togo | 53.1% | 2003 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 52.5% | 2003 | |||
| 24 | Eritrea | 52.4% | 2003 | ||
| 25 | India | 51.7% | 2003 | ||
| 26 | Comoros | 50.7% | 2003 | ||
| 27 | Malawi | 50.3% | 2003 | ||
| 28 | Sudan | 49.5% | 2003 | ||
| 29 | Haiti | 48.8% | 2003 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 45.53% | 2003 | |||
| 30 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 44.9% | 2003 | ||
| 31 | Laos | 43.4% | 2003 | ||
| 32 | Djibouti | 41.6% | 2003 | ||
| 33 | Papua New Guinea | 40.6% | 2003 | ||
| 34 | Cambodia | 39.8% | 2003 | ||
| 35 | Uganda | 39.6% | 2003 | ||
| 36 | Algeria | 39.1% | 2003 | ||
| 37 | Nigeria | 39% | 2003 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 38.81% | 2003 | |||
| 38 | Madagascar | 37.5% | 2003 | ||
| 39 | Guatemala | 36.8% | 2003 | ||
| 40 | Syria | 36.1% | 2003 | ||
| 41 | Tunisia | 35.6% | 2003 | ||
| 42 | Rwanda | 35.2% | 2003 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 32.87% | 2003 | |||
| 43 | Oman | 32.8% | 2003 | ||
| 44 | Ghana | 32.7% | 2003 | ||
| 45 | Nicaragua | 32.2% | 2003 | ||
| 46 | Cameroon | 32.1% | 2003 | ||
| 47 | Cape Verde | 30.9% | 2003 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 29.71% | 2003 | |||
| 48 | Tanzania | 29.4% | 2003 | ||
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 29.3% | 2003 | ||
| 50 | Libya | 28.1% | 2003 | ||
| 51 | Iran | 27.4% | 2003 | ||
| 52 | Zambia | 25.2% | 2003 | ||
| 53 | Honduras | 23% | 2003 | ||
| 54 | El Salvador | 22.3% | 2003 | ||
| =55 | Equatorial Guinea | 21.6% | 2003 | ||
| =55 | Congo, Republic of the | 21.6% | 2003 | ||
| 57 | Turkey | 21.4% | 2003 | ||
| 58 | Albania | 20.5% | 2003 | ||
| 59 | Kenya | 20.3% | 2003 | ||
| 60 | China | 19.6% | 2003 | ||
| 61 | Swaziland | 19.2% | 2003 | ||
| =62 | United Arab Emirates | 18.5% | 2003 | ||
| =62 | Bolivia | 18.5% | 2003 | ||
| 64 | Kuwait | 18.3% | 2003 | ||
| 65 | Burma | 18.1% | 2003 | ||
| 66 | Lebanon | 17.8% | 2003 | ||
| 67 | Botswana | 17.6% | 2003 | ||
| 68 | Mauritius | 17.4% | 2003 | ||
| 69 | Namibia | 16.3% | 2003 | ||
| 70 | Indonesia | 15.9% | 2003 | ||
| 71 | Dominican Republic | 15.2% | 2003 | ||
| =72 | Qatar | 15% | 2003 | ||
| =72 | Bahrain | 15% | 2003 | ||
| 74 | Malaysia | 14.7% | 2003 | ||
| 75 | South Africa | 14.3% | 2003 | ||
| 76 | Jordan | 13.4% | 2003 | ||
| 77 | Peru | 13.3% | 2003 | ||
| 78 | Zimbabwe | 12.9% | 2003 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 12.57% | 2003 | |||
| 79 | Brazil | 11.9% | 2003 | ||
| 80 | Brunei | 11.5% | 2003 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 11.2% | 2003 | |||
| 81 | Singapore | 10.4% | 2003 | ||
| 82 | Sri Lanka | 10.1% | 2003 | ||
| 83 | Mexico | 9.8% | 2003 | ||
| 84 | Hong Kong | 9.5% | 2003 | ||
| 85 | Reunion | 9.3% | 2003 | ||
| 86 | Ecuador | 9.1% | 2003 | ||
| 87 | Portugal | 8.8% | 2003 | ||
| 88 | Vietnam | 8.5% | 2003 | ||
| 89 | Jamaica | 8.3% | 2003 | ||
| =90 | Fiji | 8.1% | 2003 | ||
| =90 | Panama | 8.1% | 2003 | ||
| 92 | Macau | 8% | 2003 | ||
| 93 | Colombia | 7.5% | 2003 | ||
| 94 | Paraguay | 7% | 2003 | ||
| 95 | Venezuela | 6.9% | 2003 | ||
| 96 | Malta | 6.4% | 2003 | ||
| 97 | Israel | 6.2% | 2003 | ||
| 98 | Belize | 5.9% | 2003 | ||
| =99 | Puerto Rico | 5.5% | 2003 | ||
| =99 | Lesotho | 5.5% | 2003 | ||
| 101 | Thailand | 5.4% | 2003 | ||
| 102 | Philippines | 4.5% | 2003 | ||
| 103 | Costa Rica | 4% | 2003 | ||
| 104 | Chile | 3.9% | 2003 | ||
| 105 | Cyprus | 3.7% | 2003 | ||
| 106 | Greece | 3.6% | 2003 | ||
| 107 | The Bahamas | 3.5% | 2003 | ||
| 108 | Netherlands Antilles | 3.2% | 2003 | ||
| 109 | Cuba | 3.1% | 2003 | ||
| 110 | South Korea | 3% | 2003 | ||
| =111 | Spain | 2.9% | 2003 | ||
| =111 | Argentina | 2.9% | 2003 | ||
| 113 | Maldives | 2.7% | 2003 | ||
| =114 | Croatia | 2.3% | 2003 | ||
| =114 | Romania | 2.3% | 2003 | ||
| =116 | Armenia | 2% | 2003 | ||
| =116 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2% | 2003 | ||
| 118 | Martinique | 1.9% | 2003 | ||
| =119 | Uruguay | 1.8% | 2003 | ||
| =119 | Bulgaria | 1.8% | 2003 | ||
| 121 | Italy | 1.7% | 2003 | ||
| =122 | Guyana | 1.5% | 2003 | ||
| =122 | Mongolia | 1.5% | 2003 | ||
| =122 | Samoa | 1.5% | 2003 | ||
| 125 | Moldova | 1.3% | 2003 | ||
| 126 | Uzbekistan | 1% | 2003 | ||
| 127 | Tajikistan | 0.9% | 2003 | ||
| 128 | Hungary | 0.8% | 2003 | ||
| 129 | Kazakhstan | 0.7% | 2003 | ||
| =130 | Russia | 0.5% | 2003 | ||
| =130 | Lithuania | 0.5% | 2003 | ||
| =132 | Belarus | 0.4% | 2003 | ||
| =132 | Ukraine | 0.4% | 2003 | ||
| =132 | Slovenia | 0.4% | 2003 | ||
| =135 | Poland | 0.3% | 2003 | ||
| =135 | Barbados | 0.3% | 2003 | ||
| =137 | Latvia | 0.2% | 2003 | ||
| =137 | Estonia | 0.2% | 2003 |
