Education > Literacy > Literates > Aged over 10 per thousand people: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuania | 1,007.26 | 2011 | ||
| 2 | Kuwait | 992.19 | 2005 | ||
| 3 | Latvia | 905.62 | 2011 | ||
| 4 | Bulgaria | 897.32 | 2011 | ||
| 5 | Italy | 893.72 | 2001 | ||
| 6 | Hungary | 889.79 | 2001 | ||
| 7 | Armenia | 884.31 | 2011 | ||
| 8 | Spain | 880.93 | 2001 | ||
| 9 | Serbia | 879.08 | 2011 | ||
| 10 | Slovakia | 876.66 | 2001 | ||
| 11 | Belarus | 874.81 | 2009 | ||
| 12 | Croatia | 871.87 | 2001 | ||
| 13 | Russia | 868.8 | 2010 | ||
| 14 | Romania | 867.41 | 2002 | ||
| 15 | Cuba | 867.08 | 2002 | ||
| 16 | Greece | 866.5 | 2001 | ||
| 17 | Ukraine | 866.09 | 2001 | ||
| 18 | Georgia | 864.24 | 2002 | ||
| 19 | Montenegro | 861.2 | 2011 | ||
| 20 | Portugal | 857.79 | 2011 | ||
| 21 | Estonia | 847.22 | 2011 | ||
| 22 | North Korea | 845.37 | 2008 | ||
| 23 | Thailand | 844.5 | 2010 | ||
| 24 | Qatar | 844.29 | 2010 | ||
| 25 | Azerbaijan | 838.72 | 2009 | ||
| 26 | Malta | 832.65 | 2005 | ||
| 27 | Moldova | 827.32 | 2004 | ||
| 28 | Kazakhstan | 820.14 | 1999 | ||
| 29 | Republic of Macedonia | 816.14 | 2002 | ||
| 30 | Turkey | 810.58 | 2011 | ||
| 31 | Turkmenistan | 798.99 | 1995 | ||
| 32 | China | 790.38 | 2010 | ||
| 33 | Uruguay | 782.64 | 1996 | ||
| 34 | Mongolia | 776.45 | 2010 | ||
| 35 | Kiribati | 773 | 2010 | ||
| 36 | Argentina | 769.25 | 2001 | ||
| 37 | Seychelles | 767.45 | 2010 | ||
| 38 | Chile | 765.9 | 2002 | ||
| 39 | Albania | 756.97 | 2011 | ||
| 40 | Brazil | 755.01 | 2010 | ||
| 41 | Maldives | 754.32 | 2006 | ||
| 42 | Aruba | 751.99 | 2000 | ||
| 43 | Tajikistan | 751.4 | 2010 | ||
| 44 | Kyrgyzstan | 750.22 | 1999 | ||
| 45 | Costa Rica | 745.98 | 2011 | ||
| 46 | Mauritius | 744.67 | 2011 | ||
| 47 | Brunei | 727.89 | 2001 | ||
| 48 | Peru | 727.5 | 2007 | ||
| 49 | Tonga | 726.33 | 2006 | ||
| 50 | Ecuador | 720.33 | 2010 | ||
| 51 | Vietnam | 714.74 | 1999 | ||
| 52 | Fiji | 709.18 | 1996 | ||
| 53 | Iran | 706.44 | 2011 | ||
| 54 | Mexico | 704.92 | 2010 | ||
| 55 | Indonesia | 702.61 | 2005 | ||
| 56 | Panama | 699.63 | 2010 | ||
| 57 | Colombia | 688.44 | 2005 | ||
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 678.98 | 2001 | ||
| 59 | Philippines | 677.11 | 2000 | ||
| 60 | Venezuela | 674.65 | 2001 | ||
| 61 | Dominican Republic | 667.95 | 2010 | ||
| 62 | Malaysia | 660.01 | 2000 | ||
| 63 | Paraguay | 644.48 | 2002 | ||
| 64 | Oman | 644.38 | 2003 | ||
| 65 | Saint Lucia | 642.74 | 2001 | ||
| 66 | Tunisia | 641.26 | 2004 | ||
| 67 | Saudi Arabia | 624.01 | 2004 | ||
| 68 | Bolivia | 623.13 | 2001 | ||
| 69 | South Africa | 622.71 | 1996 | ||
| 70 | El Salvador | 618.13 | 2007 | ||
| 71 | Zimbabwe | 615.66 | 2002 | ||
| 72 | Suriname | 600.77 | 2004 | ||
| 73 | Sao Tome and Principe | 600.64 | 2001 | ||
| 74 | Algeria | 560.9 | 1998 | ||
| 75 | Honduras | 555.54 | 2001 | ||
| 76 | Nicaragua | 546.67 | 2005 | ||
| 77 | Swaziland | 546.48 | 2007 | ||
| 78 | Guatemala | 488.6 | 2002 | ||
| 79 | Nigeria | 480.23 | 2006 | ||
| 80 | India | 477.67 | 2001 | ||
| 81 | Cambodia | 471.54 | 1998 | ||
| 82 | Morocco | 452.74 | 2004 | ||
| 83 | Tanzania | 450.29 | 2002 | ||
| 84 | Bhutan | 446.66 | 2005 | ||
| 85 | Uganda | 417.8 | 2002 | ||
| 86 | Bahrain | 393.37 | 2001 | ||
| 87 | Nepal | 380.02 | 2001 | ||
| 88 | Papua New Guinea | 374.65 | 2000 | ||
| 89 | Liberia | 371.19 | 2008 | ||
| 90 | Mauritania | 340.72 | 2000 | ||
| 91 | Bangladesh | 338.75 | 2001 | ||
| 92 | East Timor | 330.9 | 2004 | ||
| 93 | Mozambique | 310.69 | 2007 | ||
| 94 | Burundi | 304.88 | 2008 | ||
| 95 | Pakistan | 291.95 | 1998 | ||
| 96 | Ethiopia | 270.56 | 2007 | ||
| 97 | Sierra Leone | 269.37 | 2004 | ||
| 98 | Egypt | 233.23 | 2006 | ||
| 99 | Benin | 219.67 | 2002 | ||
| 100 | Burkina Faso | 174.72 | 2006 | ||
| 101 | Niger | 97.62 | 2001 |
