Female Adult Literacy Rate
This key economic indicator for the Education And Training sector has been recently updated.
- In 2019, Female Adult Literacy Rate in Spain rose 0.1points compared to a year earlier.
- Since 2011 Serbia Female Adult Literacy Rate was up 0.3points year on year attaining 98.23 Percent of Women Aged 15+.
- In 2019 Uruguay was ranked number 19 in Female Adult Literacy Rate.
- In 2018 Russia was number 3 in Female Adult Literacy Rate with 99.73 Percent of Women Aged 15+, jumping from 37 in 2017.
Top Countries in Female Adult Literacy Rate
| # | 135 Countries | Percent of Women Aged 15+ | Last | YoY | 5‑years CAGR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
#1
Uzbekistan
|
99.98 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 2 |
#2
Azerbaijan
|
99.75 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Russia
|
99.73 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 4 |
#4
Belarus
|
99.73 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 5 |
#5
Tajikistan
|
99.70 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 6 |
#6
Armenia
|
99.68 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 7 |
#7
Barbados
|
99.60 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 7 |
#7
Slovenia
|
99.60 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 7 |
#7
Turkmenistan
|
99.60 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 10 |
#10
Kyrgyzstan
|
99.50 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 11 |
#11
Tonga
|
99.48 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 12 |
#12
Antigua and Barbuda
|
99.42 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 13 |
#13
Georgia
|
99.29 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 14 |
#14
Samoa
|
99.25 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 15 |
#15
Moldova
|
99.14 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 16 |
#16
Hungary
|
99.10 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 17 |
#17
Fiji
|
99.09 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 18 |
#18
Argentina
|
99.09 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 19 |
#19
Uruguay
|
99.05 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 20 |
#20
Italy
|
98.97 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 21 |
#21
Mongolia
|
98.65 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 22 |
#22
Grenada
|
98.60 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 23 |
#23
Romania
|
98.60 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 24 |
#24
Montenegro
|
98.27 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 25 |
#25
Philippines
|
98.24 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 26 |
#26
Serbia
|
98.23 % | 2016 | NA | +0.3 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Maldives
|
98.11 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 28 |
#28
Spain
|
98.03 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 29 |
#29
Costa Rica
|
97.92 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 30 |
#30
Jordan
|
97.83 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 31 |
#31
Aruba
|
97.81 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 32 |
#32
Albania
|
97.76 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 33 |
#33
New Caledonia
|
97.50 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 34 |
#34
Venezuela
|
97.21 % | 2016 | +0.7 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 35 |
#35
Macedonia
|
96.70 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 36 |
#36
Seychelles
|
96.35 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 37 |
#37
Palau
|
96.34 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 38 |
#38
Brunei
|
96.30 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 39 |
#39
Chile
|
96.26 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | NA | View data |
| 40 |
#40
Palestine
|
96.12 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 41 |
#41
Singapore
|
96.02 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 42 |
#42
Malta
|
95.99 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 43 |
#43
Colombia
|
95.31 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 44 |
#44
Qatar
|
95.21 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 45 |
#45
China
|
95.16 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 46 |
#46
Kuwait
|
95.11 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | NA | View data |
| 47 |
#47
Portugal
|
95.07 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 48 |
#48
Turkey
|
95.04 % | 2019 | +0.7 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 49 |
#49
Bahrain
|
94.95 % | 2018 | +0.3 % | NA | View data |
| 50 |
#50
Panama
|
94.88 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 51 |
#51
Mexico
|
94.79 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 52 |
#52
Dominican Republic
|
94.26 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 53 |
#53
Indonesia
|
93.96 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 54 |
#54
Brazil
|
93.66 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 55 |
#55
Paraguay
|
93.62 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 56 |
#56
Vietnam
|
93.60 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 57 |
#57
Malaysia
|
93.50 % | 2018 | -0.1 % | NA | View data |
| 58 |
#58
Lebanon
|
93.31 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 59 |
#59
Oman
|
92.76 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.8 % | View data |
| 60 |
#60
Suriname
|
92.71 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 61 |
#61
Saudi Arabia
|
92.71 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 62 |
#62
Ecuador
|
92.70 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 63 |
#63
Jamaica
|
92.70 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 64 |
#64
Thailand
|
92.43 % | 2018 | NA | +0.0 % | View data |
| 65 |
#65
Equatorial Guinea
|
92.40 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 66 |
#66
Puerto Rico
|
92.39 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 67 |
#67
Peru
|
91.66 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 68 |
#68
Sri Lanka
|
90.80 % | 2018 | -0.2 % | NA | View data |
| 69 |
#69
Mauritius
|
89.91 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 70 |
#70
Sao Tome and Principe
|
89.52 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 71 |
#71
Botswana
|
88.70 % | 2014 | +1.4 % | NA | View data |
| 72 |
#72
Bolivia
|
88.58 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 73 |
#73
Swaziland
|
88.54 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 74 |
#74
Zimbabwe
|
88.28 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 75 |
#75
Honduras
|
87.84 % | 2019 | +0.7 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 76 |
#76
El Salvador
|
87.54 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | NA | View data |
| 77 |
#77
South Africa
|
87.32 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | -1.3 % | View data |
| 78 |
#78
Vanuatu
|
86.71 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 79 |
#79
Guyana
|
85.03 % | 2014 | NA | -0.5 % | View data |
| 80 |
#80
Lesotho
|
84.93 % | 2014 | NA | -0.0 % | View data |
| 81 |
#81
Gabon
|
83.42 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 82 |
#82
Zambia
|
83.08 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 83 |
#83
Nicaragua
|
82.78 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 84 |
#84
Cape Verde
|
82.04 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 85 |
#85
Iran
|
81.19 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 86 |
#86
Iraq
|
80.80 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | +1.6 % | View data |
| 87 |
#87
Laos
|
79.39 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 88 |
#88
Kenya
|
78.19 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 89 |
#89
Guatemala
|
76.37 % | 2014 | +5.9 % | NA | View data |
| 90 |
#90
Algeria
|
75.32 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 91 |
#91
Cambodia
|
75.03 % | 2015 | +4.5 % | NA | View data |
| 92 |
#92
Republic of the Congo
|
74.62 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 93 |
#93
Ghana
|
74.47 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 94 |
#94
Tanzania
|
73.09 % | 2015 | NA | +3.8 % | View data |
| 95 |
#95
Madagascar
|
72.38 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 96 |
#96
Tunisia
|
72.22 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 97 |
#97
Bangladesh
|
71.95 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | +4.5 % | View data |
| 98 |
#98
Myanmar
|
71.85 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 99 |
#99
Cameroon
|
71.59 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 100 |
#100
Uganda
|
70.84 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 101 |
#101
Rwanda
|
69.39 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 102 |
#102
Eritrea
|
68.95 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 103 |
#103
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
66.50 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 104 |
#104
India
|
65.79 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 105 |
#105
Egypt
|
65.51 % | 2017 | NA | -0.1 % | View data |
| 106 |
#106
Morocco
|
64.59 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 107 |
#107
East Timor
|
64.21 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 108 |
#108
Burundi
|
61.22 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 109 |
#109
Nepal
|
59.72 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 110 |
#110
Haiti
|
58.30 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 111 |
#111
Bhutan
|
57.08 % | 2017 | NA | +4.8 % | View data |
| 112 |
#112
Sudan
|
56.06 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 113 |
#113
Malawi
|
55.20 % | 2015 | +0.1 % | +1.5 % | View data |
| 114 |
#114
Angola
|
53.41 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 115 |
#115
Comoros
|
52.96 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 116 |
#116
Nigeria
|
52.66 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 117 |
#117
Togo
|
51.24 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 118 |
#118
Mozambique
|
50.30 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 119 |
#119
Pakistan
|
46.47 % | 2017 | NA | +1.5 % | View data |
| 120 |
#120
Ethiopia
|
44.42 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 121 |
#121
Mauritania
|
43.35 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 122 |
#122
Gambia
|
41.58 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 123 |
#123
Ivory Coast
|
40.50 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 124 |
#124
Senegal
|
39.80 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 125 |
#125
Sierra Leone
|
34.85 % | 2018 | NA | +7.0 % | View data |
| 126 |
#126
Liberia
|
34.09 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 127 |
#127
Burkina Faso
|
32.69 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 128 |
#128
Benin
|
31.07 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 129 |
#129
Guinea-Bissau
|
30.77 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 130 |
#130
Afghanistan
|
29.81 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 131 |
#131
South Sudan
|
28.86 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 132 |
#132
Central African Republic
|
25.76 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 133 |
#133
Mali
|
25.74 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 134 |
#134
Guinea
|
21.96 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 135 |
#135
Chad
|
13.96 % | 2016 | +0.2 % | NA | View data |
Source: World Bank