Education > Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Men per 1000: Countries Compared
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 183.07 | 2003 | ||
| 2 | Mali | 179.18 | 2003 | ||
| 3 | Bangladesh | 166.88 | 2003 | ||
| 4 | The Gambia | 161.14 | 2003 | ||
| 5 | Burkina Faso | 151.5 | 2003 | ||
| 6 | Comoros | 140.58 | 2003 | ||
| 7 | Senegal | 132.56 | 2003 | ||
| 8 | Mauritania | 129.75 | 2003 | ||
| 9 | Iraq | 127.56 | 2003 | ||
| 10 | Morocco | 126.93 | 2003 | ||
| 11 | Ethiopia | 126.51 | 2003 | ||
| 12 | Haiti | 125.56 | 2003 | ||
| 13 | Pakistan | 120.97 | 2003 | ||
| 14 | Cote d'Ivoire | 117.52 | 2003 | ||
| 15 | Nepal | 113.91 | 2003 | ||
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | 109.81 | 2003 | ||
| 17 | Egypt | 109.54 | 2003 | ||
| 18 | Chad | 106.75 | 2003 | ||
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 104.53 | 2003 | ||
| 20 | Benin | 103.62 | 2003 | ||
| 21 | Central African Republic | 102.54 | 2003 | ||
| 22 | Burundi | 102.07 | 2003 | ||
| 23 | India | 100.52 | 2003 | ||
| 24 | Mozambique | 97.96 | 2003 | ||
| 25 | Nicaragua | 97.01 | 2003 | ||
| 26 | Sudan | 95.2 | 2003 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 91.65 | 2003 | |||
| 27 | Liberia | 84.73 | 2003 | ||
| 28 | Qatar | 84.67 | 2003 | ||
| 29 | Lesotho | 84.11 | 2003 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 81.64 | 2003 | |||
| 30 | Eritrea | 78.52 | 2003 | ||
| 31 | Papua New Guinea | 77.28 | 2003 | ||
| 32 | Yemen | 76.98 | 2003 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 74.85 | 2003 | |||
| 33 | Honduras | 72.54 | 2003 | ||
| 34 | Algeria | 69.28 | 2003 | ||
| 35 | Madagascar | 67.95 | 2003 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 66.38 | 2003 | |||
| 36 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 65.53 | 2003 | ||
| 37 | Kuwait | 65.49 | 2003 | ||
| 38 | Guatemala | 64.63 | 2003 | ||
| 39 | Laos | 63.96 | 2003 | ||
| 40 | Togo | 63.57 | 2003 | ||
| 41 | Nigeria | 63.48 | 2003 | ||
| 42 | Malawi | 62.77 | 2003 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 62.33 | 2003 | |||
| 43 | Oman | 61.78 | 2003 | ||
| 44 | El Salvador | 59.67 | 2003 | ||
| 45 | Rwanda | 59.54 | 2003 | ||
| 46 | Tunisia | 57.79 | 2003 | ||
| 47 | Cambodia | 56.66 | 2003 | ||
| 48 | Botswana | 56.15 | 2003 | ||
| 49 | Jamaica | 54.12 | 2003 | ||
| 50 | Ghana | 52.64 | 2003 | ||
| 51 | Iran | 52.29 | 2003 | ||
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 51.14 | 2003 | ||
| 53 | Uganda | 49.21 | 2003 | ||
| 54 | Djibouti | 48.87 | 2003 | ||
| 55 | Cameroon | 48.63 | 2003 | ||
| 56 | Saudi Arabia | 47.87 | 2003 | ||
| 57 | Swaziland | 44.03 | 2003 | ||
| 58 | Mauritius | 41.38 | 2003 | ||
| 59 | Brazil | 41.2 | 2003 | ||
| 60 | South Africa | 40.86 | 2003 | ||
| 61 | Namibia | 40.53 | 2003 | ||
| 62 | Tanzania | 39.8 | 2003 | ||
| 63 | Cape Verde | 38.55 | 2003 | ||
| 64 | Zambia | 36.02 | 2003 | ||
| 65 | Burma | 35.77 | 2003 | ||
| 66 | Syria | 32.28 | 2003 | ||
| 67 | Malta | 31.61 | 2003 | ||
| 68 | Bahrain | 31.22 | 2003 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 29.83 | 2003 | |||
| 69 | Libya | 27.75 | 2003 | ||
| 70 | Colombia | 26.82 | 2003 | ||
| 71 | China | 26.62 | 2003 | ||
| 72 | Kenya | 25.96 | 2003 | ||
| 73 | Indonesia | 25.49 | 2003 | ||
| 74 | Malaysia | 24.23 | 2003 | ||
| 75 | Albania | 24.14 | 2003 | ||
| 76 | Lebanon | 23.47 | 2003 | ||
| 77 | Puerto Rico | 22.74 | 2003 | ||
| 78 | Panama | 22.06 | 2003 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 21.8 | 2003 | |||
| 79 | Turkey | 21.34 | 2003 | ||
| 80 | Venezuela | 20.83 | 2003 | ||
| 81 | Ecuador | 20.69 | 2003 | ||
| 82 | Bolivia | 20.62 | 2003 | ||
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 20.36 | 2003 | ||
| 84 | Mexico | 19.4 | 2003 | ||
| 85 | Brunei | 18.95 | 2003 | ||
| 86 | Vietnam | 18.47 | 2003 | ||
| 87 | The Bahamas | 18.06 | 2003 | ||
| 88 | Belize | 17.81 | 2003 | ||
| 89 | Portugal | 17.15 | 2003 | ||
| 90 | Zimbabwe | 16.84 | 2003 | ||
| 91 | Paraguay | 16.6 | 2003 | ||
| 92 | Equatorial Guinea | 16.01 | 2003 | ||
| 93 | Fiji | 15.91 | 2003 | ||
| 94 | Peru | 15.82 | 2003 | ||
| 95 | Costa Rica | 14.84 | 2003 | ||
| 96 | Jordan | 13.81 | 2003 | ||
| 97 | Singapore | 13.71 | 2003 | ||
| 98 | Philippines | 13.37 | 2003 | ||
| 99 | Hong Kong | 13.01 | 2003 | ||
| 100 | Chile | 12.86 | 2003 | ||
| 101 | Cuba | 11.44 | 2003 | ||
| 102 | Macau | 11.09 | 2003 | ||
| 103 | Argentina | 10.52 | 2003 | ||
| 104 | Uruguay | 9.77 | 2003 | ||
| 105 | Thailand | 9.25 | 2003 | ||
| 106 | Israel | 8.74 | 2003 | ||
| 107 | Maldives | 8.35 | 2003 | ||
| 108 | Greece | 5.54 | 2003 | ||
| 109 | Spain | 5.12 | 2003 | ||
| 110 | Mongolia | 4.78 | 2003 | ||
| 111 | Italy | 4.14 | 2003 | ||
| 112 | Romania | 3.66 | 2003 | ||
| 113 | Bulgaria | 3.62 | 2003 | ||
| 114 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.58 | 2003 | ||
| 115 | Cyprus | 3.31 | 2003 | ||
| 116 | Guyana | 3.18 | 2003 | ||
| 117 | Armenia | 3.06 | 2003 | ||
| 118 | South Korea | 2.94 | 2003 | ||
| 119 | Samoa | 2.81 | 2003 | ||
| 120 | Croatia | 2.41 | 2003 | ||
| 121 | Hungary | 1.86 | 2003 | ||
| 122 | Moldova | 1.66 | 2003 | ||
| 123 | Lithuania | 1.3 | 2003 | ||
| 124 | Uzbekistan | 1.27 | 2003 | ||
| 125 | Slovenia | 1.25 | 2003 | ||
| 126 | Kazakhstan | 1.21 | 2003 | ||
| 127 | Barbados | 1.11 | 2003 | ||
| 128 | Tajikistan | 1.07 | 2003 | ||
| 129 | Russia | 1.04 | 2003 | ||
| 130 | Poland | 0.955 | 2003 | ||
| 131 | Ukraine | 0.914 | 2003 | ||
| 132 | Estonia | 0.887 | 2003 | ||
| 133 | Belarus | 0.868 | 2003 | ||
| 134 | Latvia | 0.774 | 2003 |
