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Adult Adults with at least moderate

Select year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007

• Totals

#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE	GRAPH	HISTORY
=1	Estonia	99.8%	2007
=1	Cuba	99.8%	2007
=1	Latvia	99.8%	2006
=4	Lithuania	99.7%	2007
=4	Slovenia	99.7%	2007
=4	Ukraine	99.7%	2007
=4	Belarus	99.7%	2007
=8	Tajikistan	99.6%	2007
=8	Kazakhstan	99.6%	2007
=10	Turkmenistan	99.5%	2007
=10	Armenia	99.5%	2007
=10	Russia	99.5%	2007
13	Azerbaijan	99.4%	2007
=14	Poland	99.3%	2007
=14	Kyrgyzstan	99.3%	2007
=16	Moldova	99.2%	2007
=16	Tonga	99.2%	2007
18	Albania	99%	2007
=19	Italy	98.9%	2007
=19	Hungary	98.9%	2007
=21	Trinidad and Tobago	98.7%	2007
=21	Samoa	98.7%	2007
=21	Croatia	98.7%	2007
24	Bulgaria	98.3%	2007
25	Uruguay	98%	2007
26	Cyprus	97.7%	2007
=27	Argentina	97.6%	2007
=27	Romania	97.6%	2007
29	Spain	97.4%	2007
30	Mongolia	97.3%	2007
31	Greece	97.1%	2007
=32	Maldives	97%	2007
=32	Republic of Macedonia	97%	2007
34	Uzbekistan	96.9%	2000
35	Bosnia and Herzegovina	96.7%	2000
36	Chile	96.5%	2007
37	Costa Rica	95.9%	2007
=38	Portugal	94.9%	2007
=38	Brunei	94.9%	2007
40	Singapore	94.4%	2007
41	Thailand	94.1%	2007
42	Kuwait	93.9%	2007
43	Paraguay	93.7%	2007
44	Colombia	93.6%	2007
=45	Panama	93.4%	2007
=45	Philippines	93.4%	2007
47	China	93.3%	2007
48	Jordan	93.1%	2007
49	Venezuela	93%	2001
50	Ecuador	92.6%	2007
51	Mexico	92.4%	2007
52	Malaysia	91.9%	2007
53	Seychelles	91.8%	2002
54	Malta	91.6%	2007
55	Sri Lanka	91.5%	2007
56	Indonesia	91.4%	2007
57	Zimbabwe	91.2%	2007
=58	Peru	90.5%	2007
=58	Brazil	90.5%	2007
=60	Suriname	90.4%	2007
=60	United Arab Emirates	90.4%	2007
=62	Bolivia	90.3%	2007
=62	Vietnam	90.3%	1999
64	Qatar	90.2%	2007
65	Burma	89.9%	2000
66	Dominican Republic	89.1%	2007
67	Bahrain	88.8%	2007
68	Turkey	88.7%	2007
=69	South Africa	88%	2007
=69	Namibia	88%	2007
71	Sao Tome and Principe	87.9%	2007
72	Mauritius	87.4%	2007
73	Equatorial Guinea	87%	2000
=74	Libya	86.8%	2007
=74	Democratic Republic of the Congo	86.8%	2007
76	Gabon	86.2%	2007
77	Jamaica	86%	2007
78	El Salvador	85.5%	2007
79	Saudi Arabia	85%	2007
80	Iran	84.7%	2007
81	Oman	84.4%	2007
82	Cape Verde	83.8%	2007
=83	Syria	83.1%	2007
=83	Honduras	83.1%	2007
85	Botswana	82.9%	2007
86	Lesotho	82.2%	2001
87	Nicaragua	80.5%	2007
88	Swaziland	79.6%	2000
89	Vanuatu	78.1%	2007
90	Tunisia	77.7%	2007
91	Cambodia	76.3%	2007
92	Algeria	75.4%	2007
93	Comoros	75.1%	2007
94	Iraq	74.1%	2000
=95	Uganda	73.6%	2007
=95	Kenya	73.6%	2000
=97	Guatemala	73.2%	2007
=97	Laos	73.2%	2007
99	Tanzania	72.3%	2007
=100	Nigeria	72%	2007
=100	Egypt	72%	2007
102	Malawi	71.8%	2007
103	Madagascar	70.7%	2000
104	Belize	70.3%	1991
105	Zambia	68%	1999
106	Cameroon	67.9%	2001
107	Angola	67.4%	2001
108	India	66%	2007
109	Ghana	65%	2007
110	Rwanda	64.9%	2000
111	Guinea-Bissau	64.6%	2007
112	Haiti	62.1%	2007
113	Sudan	60.9%	2000
114	Burundi	59.3%	2000
115	Yemen	58.9%	2007
116	Papua New Guinea	57.8%	2007
117	Nepal	56.5%	2007
118	Mauritania	55.8%	2007
=119	Morocco	55.6%	2007
=119	Bhutan	55.6%	2007
121	Liberia	55.5%	2007
122	Pakistan	54.9%	2007
123	Bangladesh	53.5%	2007
124	Togo	53.2%	2000
125	Central African Republic	48.6%	2000
126	Mozambique	44.4%	2007
127	Senegal	42.6%	2007
128	Benin	40.5%	2007
129	Sierra Leone	38.1%	2007
130	Ethiopia	35.9%	2004
131	Niger	30.4%	2007
132	Guinea	29.5%	2003
133	Burkina Faso	28.7%	2007
134	Afghanistan	28%	2000
135	Chad	25.7%	2000
136	Mali	23.3%	2007

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