Education > Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Women > Per capita: Countries Compared
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 231.55 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 2 | Iraq | 224.21 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 3 | Bangladesh | 220.73 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 4 | Mali | 218.1 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 5 | Morocco | 217.2 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 6 | Niger | 207.63 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 7 | Pakistan | 204.83 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 8 | Nepal | 200.25 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 9 | The Gambia | 200.04 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 10 | Comoros | 196.82 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 11 | Mauritania | 194.58 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 12 | Mozambique | 194.43 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 13 | Yemen | 184.72 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 14 | Senegal | 180.78 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 15 | Liberia | 180.76 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | 179.54 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 17 | Benin | 177.59 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 18 | Ethiopia | 177.11 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 19 | Central African Republic | 177 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 20 | Egypt | 176.4 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 21 | India | 168.92 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 22 | Cote d'Ivoire | 163.4 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 23 | Haiti | 160.86 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 24 | Chad | 156.23 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 25 | Eritrea | 154.98 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 26 | Burundi | 152.5 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 149.13 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
| 27 | Sudan | 143.37 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 28 | Malawi | 134.82 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 29 | Laos | 132.31 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 30 | Algeria | 130.47 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 31 | Tunisia | 128.12 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 32 | Togo | 127.03 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 126.22 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
| 33 | Cambodia | 125.3 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 34 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 120.78 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 114.08 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
| 35 | Djibouti | 112.05 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 36 | Guatemala | 108.41 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 37 | Syria | 106.33 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 38 | Papua New Guinea | 106.32 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 39 | Madagascar | 103.69 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 40 | Nicaragua | 103.39 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 99.99 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
| 41 | Cape Verde | 99.65 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 42 | Nigeria | 98.82 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 43 | Iran | 98.05 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 44 | Ghana | 96.88 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 45 | Uganda | 95.62 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 46 | Oman | 95.51 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 47 | Rwanda | 94.62 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 48 | Cameroon | 94.31 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 49 | Libya | 91.53 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 50 | Tanzania | 85.91 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 84.8 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 78.39 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 52 | El Salvador | 75.56 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 53 | China | 74.83 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 54 | Albania | 74.12 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 55 | Turkey | 73.54 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 56 | Honduras | 68.62 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 57 | Zambia | 65.79 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 58 | Mauritius | 64.2 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 59 | Equatorial Guinea | 64.01 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 60 | Burma | 62.72 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 61 | Lebanon | 61.16 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 62 | Kenya | 59.12 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 63 | Bolivia | 58.09 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 64 | Indonesia | 57.95 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 65 | Congo, Republic of the | 52.19 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 66 | Swaziland | 49.93 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 48.62 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 68 | South Africa | 47.33 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 69 | Botswana | 47.19 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 70 | Malaysia | 46.69 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 71 | Kuwait | 46.28 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 72 | Peru | 45.86 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 73 | Namibia | 44.01 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 74 | Brazil | 43.07 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 75 | Bahrain | 42.5 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 76 | Singapore | 41.81 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 77 | Hong Kong | 41.54 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 40.63 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
| 78 | Jordan | 39.93 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 37.59 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
| 79 | Sri Lanka | 37.13 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 80 | Portugal | 36.95 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 81 | Zimbabwe | 36.9 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 82 | Brunei | 36.64 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 83 | Mexico | 35.13 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 84 | Reunion | 35.09 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 85 | Macau | 33.68 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 86 | Ecuador | 31.84 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 87 | Jamaica | 30.07 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 88 | Vietnam | 29.95 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 89 | United Arab Emirates | 28.8 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 90 | Qatar | 28.09 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 91 | Panama | 27.12 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 92 | Fiji | 27.11 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 93 | Colombia | 26.67 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 94 | Malta | 26.09 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 95 | Venezuela | 23.32 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 96 | Puerto Rico | 23 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 97 | Paraguay | 22.39 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 98 | Israel | 22.09 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 99 | Thailand | 21.12 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 100 | Lesotho | 19.72 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 101 | Cyprus | 16.46 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 102 | Belize | 16.44 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 103 | Netherlands Antilles | 15.66 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 104 | Greece | 15.2 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 105 | Chile | 14.43 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 106 | Philippines | 14.39 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 107 | Costa Rica | 13.89 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 108 | The Bahamas | 13.04 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 109 | Cuba | 12.54 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 110 | South Korea | 12.19 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 111 | Spain | 11.99 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 112 | Argentina | 11.06 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 113 | Armenia | 10.47 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 114 | Romania | 10.18 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 115 | Croatia | 10.15 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 116 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.86 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 117 | Bulgaria | 7.86 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 118 | Italy | 7.76 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 119 | Maldives | 7.66 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 120 | Martinique | 7.28 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 121 | Uruguay | 7.26 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 122 | Moldova | 5.81 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 123 | Guyana | 5.74 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 124 | Mongolia | 5.36 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 125 | Samoa | 3.84 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 126 | Uzbekistan | 3.45 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 127 | Hungary | 3.23 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 128 | Kazakhstan | 3.04 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 129 | Tajikistan | 2.88 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 130 | Russia | 2.25 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 131 | Lithuania | 2.11 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 132 | Ukraine | 2.02 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 133 | Belarus | 1.73 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 134 | Slovenia | 1.65 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 135 | Barbados | 1.12 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 136 | Poland | 1.11 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 137 | Latvia | 0.989 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 138 | Estonia | 0.96 per 1,000 people | 2003 |
