Country: World Literacy rate (all): 85% Male Literacy: 88.5% Female Literacy: 79.8% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2008 est.) |
Country: Afghanistan Literacy rate (all): 34% Male Literacy: 49% Female Literacy: 18% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write |
Country: Albania Literacy rate (all): 98.7% Male Literacy: 99.2% Female Literacy: 98.3% Criteria: age 9 and over can read and write (2001 Census) |
Country: Algeria Literacy rate (all): 73% Male Literacy: 81% Female Literacy: 79% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2006 est.) |
Country: American Samoa Literacy rate (all): 97% Male Literacy: 98% Female Literacy: 97% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.) |
Country: Andorra Literacy rate (all): 100% Male Literacy: 100% Female Literacy: 100% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write |
Country: Angola Literacy rate (all): 70.1% Male Literacy: 82.7 Female Literacy: 58.1% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Anguilla Literacy rate (all): 95% Male Literacy: 95% Female Literacy: 95% Criteria: age 12 and over can read and write (1984 est.) |
Country: Antigua and Barbuda Literacy rate (all): 85.8% Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling (2003 est.) |
Country: Argentina Literacy rate (all): 97.2% Male Literacy: 97.2% Female Literacy: 97.2% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census) |
Country: Armenia Literacy rate (all): 99.6% Male Literacy: 99.7% Female Literacy: 99.4% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Aruba Literacy rate (all): 97.3% Male Literacy: 97.5% Female Literacy: 97.1% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2000 census) |
Country: Australia Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Austria Literacy rate (all): 98% Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write |
Country: Azerbaijan Literacy rate (all): 99.8% Male Literacy: 99.9% Female Literacy: 99.7% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census) |
Country: Bahamas, The Literacy rate (all): 95.6% Male Literacy: 94.7% Female Literacy: 96.5% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Bahrain Literacy rate (all): 94.6% Male Literacy: 96.1% Female Literacy: 91.6% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census) |
Country: Bangladesh Literacy rate (all): 56.8% Male Literacy: 61.3% Female Literacy: 52.2% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Barbados Literacy rate (all): 99.7% Male Literacy: 99.7% Female Literacy: 99.7% Criteria: age 15 and over has ever attended school (2002 est.) |
Country: Belarus Literacy rate (all): 99.6% Male Literacy: 99.8% Female Literacy: 99.5% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2009 census) |
Country: Belgium Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Belize Literacy rate (all): 76.9% Male Literacy: 76.7% Female Literacy: 77.1% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2000 census) |
Country: Benin Literacy rate (all): 42.4% Male Literacy: 55.2% Female Literacy: 30.3% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census) |
Country: Bermuda Literacy rate (all): 98% Male Literacy: 98% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2005 est.) |
Country: Bhutan Literacy rate (all): 47% Male Literacy: 60% Female Literacy: 34% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Bolivia Literacy rate (all): 86.7% Male Literacy: 93.1% Female Literacy: 80.7% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census) |
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina Literacy rate (all): 97.9% Male Literacy: 99.4% Female Literacy: 96.5% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Botswana Literacy rate (all): 84.5% Male Literacy: 84% Female Literacy: 84.9% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Brazil Literacy rate (all): 90.4% Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census.) |
Country: British Virgin Islands Literacy rate (all): 97.8% Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (1991 est.) |
Country: Brunei Literacy rate (all): 92.7% Male Literacy: 95.2% Female Literacy: 90.2% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census) |
Country: Bulgaria Literacy rate (all): 98.4% Male Literacy: 98.7% Female Literacy: 98% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2011) |
Country: Burkina Faso Literacy rate (all): 21.8% Male Literacy: 29.4% Female Literacy: 15.2% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Burma Literacy rate (all): 89.9% Male Literacy: 93.9% Female Literacy: 86.4% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2006 est.) |
Country: Burundi Literacy rate (all): 67.2% Male Literacy: 72.9% Female Literacy: 61.8% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Cambodia Literacy rate (all): 73.6% Male Literacy: 84.7% Female Literacy: 64.1% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2004 est.) |
Country: Cameroon Literacy rate (all): 77.6% Male Literacy: 85.1% Female Literacy: 70.9% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2008 est.) |
Country: Canada Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Cape Verde Literacy rate (all): 84.3% Male Literacy: 89.3% Female Literacy: 79.4% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Cayman Islands Literacy rate (all): 98% Male Literacy: 98% Female Literacy: 98% Criteria: age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970 est.) |
Country: Central African Republic Literacy rate (all): 56% Male Literacy: 69.3% Female Literacy: 43.2% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Chad Literacy rate (all): 34.5% Male Literacy: 45% Female Literacy: 24.2% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Chile Literacy rate (all): 95.7% Male Literacy: 95.8% Female Literacy: 95.6% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census) |
Country: China Literacy rate (all): 94.2% Male Literacy: 96.7% Female Literacy: 91.5% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est. by world bank) |
Country: Christmas Island Literacy rate (all): N/A Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: |
Country: Cocos (Keeling) Islands Literacy rate (all): N/A Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: |
Country: Colombia Literacy rate (all): 90.4% Male Literacy: 90.1% Female Literacy: 90.7% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2005 census) |
Country: Comoros Literacy rate (all): 74.9% Male Literacy: 80.2% Female Literacy: 69.7% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Congo, Democratic Republic of the Literacy rate (all): 66.8% Male Literacy: 76.9% Female Literacy: 57% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Congo, Republic of the Literacy rate (all): 83.8% Male Literacy: 89.6% Female Literacy: 78.4% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Cook Islands Literacy rate (all): 95% Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: |
Country: Costa Rica Literacy rate (all): 94.9% Male Literacy: 94.7% Female Literacy: 95.1% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2000 census) |
Country: Croatia Literacy rate (all): 98.8% Male Literacy: 99.5% Female Literacy: 98.2% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Cuba Literacy rate (all): 99.8% Male Literacy: 99.8% Female Literacy: 99.8% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census) |
Country: Cyprus Literacy rate (all): 97.6% Male Literacy: 98.9% Female Literacy: 96.3% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census) |
Country: Czech Republic Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Denmark Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Djibouti Literacy rate (all): 67.9% Male Literacy: 78% Female Literacy: 58.4% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Dominica Literacy rate (all): 94% Male Literacy: 94% Female Literacy: 94% Criteria: age 15 and over has ever attended school (2003 est.) |
Country: Dominican Republic Literacy rate (all): 87% Male Literacy: 86.8% Female Literacy: 87.2% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census) |
Country: Ecuador Literacy rate (all): 91% Male Literacy: 92.3% Female Literacy: 89.7% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census) |
Country: Egypt Literacy rate (all): 72% Male Literacy: 83% Female Literacy: 63.5% Criteria: age 10 and over can read and write |
Country: El Salvador Literacy rate (all): 81.1% Male Literacy: 82.8% Female Literacy: 79.6% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2007 census) |
Country: Equatorial Guinea Literacy rate (all): 93.9% Male Literacy: 97.1% Female Literacy: 90.6% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Eritrea Literacy rate (all): 80.0% Male Literacy: 90.2% Female Literacy: 69.8% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2013 est.) |
Country: Estonia Literacy rate (all): 99.8% Male Literacy: 99.8% Female Literacy: 99.8% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census) |
Country: Ethiopia Literacy rate (all): 42.7% Male Literacy: 50.3% Female Literacy: 35.1% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Falkland Islands Literacy rate (all): N/A Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: |
Country: Faroe Islands Literacy rate (all): N/A Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: Note - probably 99%, the same as Denmark proper |
Country: Fiji Literacy rate (all): 93.7% Male Literacy: 95.5% Female Literacy: 91.9% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Finland Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 21 and over can read and write (2000 est.) |
Country: France Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: French Polynesia Literacy rate (all): 98% Male Literacy: 98% Female Literacy: 98% Criteria: age 14 and over can read and write (1977 est.) |
Country: Gabon Literacy rate (all): 88.4% Male Literacy: 91.9% Female Literacy: 84.9% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Gambia, The Literacy rate (all): 50% Male Literacy: 60% Female Literacy: 40.4% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Gaza Strip Literacy rate (all): 96% Male Literacy: 96.7% Female Literacy: 93% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.) |
Country: Georgia Literacy rate (all): 99.7% Male Literacy: 99.8% Female Literacy: 99.7% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Germany Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Ghana Literacy rate (all): 71.5% Male Literacy: 78.3% Female Literacy: 65.3% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census) |
Country: Gibraltar Literacy rate (all): 81% Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: |
Country: Greece Literacy rate (all): 96% Male Literacy: 97.8% Female Literacy: 94.2% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census) |
Country: Greenland Literacy rate (all): 100% Male Literacy: 100% Female Literacy: 100% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2001 est.) |
Country: Grenada Literacy rate (all): 96% Male Literacy: NA Female Literacy: NA Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Guam Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.) |
Country: Guatemala Literacy rate (all): 76.03% Male Literacy: 80% Female Literacy: 72.54% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census) |
Country: Guernsey Literacy rate (all): N/A Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: |
Country: Guinea Literacy rate (all): 41% Male Literacy: 52% Female Literacy: 30% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Guinea-Bissau Literacy rate (all): 54.2% Male Literacy: 68.2% Female Literacy: 40.6% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Guyana Literacy rate (all): 91.8% Male Literacy: 92% Female Literacy: 91.6% Criteria: age 15 and over has ever attended school (2002 Census) |
Country: Haiti Literacy rate (all): 61% Male Literacy: 63.8% Female Literacy: 58.3% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write |
Country: Honduras Literacy rate (all): 80% Male Literacy: 79.8% Female Literacy: 80.2% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census) |
Country: Hong Kong Literacy rate (all): 93.5% Male Literacy: 96.9% Female Literacy: 89.6% Criteria: age 15 and over has ever attended school (2002 census) |
Country: Hungary Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99.2% Female Literacy: 98.9% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Iceland Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: India Literacy rate (all): 74.05% Male Literacy: 82.14% Female Literacy: 65.50% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2011 census) |
Country: Indonesia Literacy rate (all): 92.81% Male Literacy: 95.59% Female Literacy: 90.07% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2011 census) |
Country: Iran Literacy rate (all): 85% Male Literacy: 85% Female Literacy: 90% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2002 est.) |
Country: Iraq Literacy rate (all): 78.2% Male Literacy: 86% Female Literacy: 81% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Ireland, Republic of Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Isle of Man Literacy rate (all): N/A Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: |
Country: Israel Literacy rate (all): 97.1% Male Literacy: 98.5% Female Literacy: 95.9% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2004 est.) |
Country: Italy Literacy rate (all): 98.4% Male Literacy: 98.8% Female Literacy: 98% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census) |
Country: Ivory Coast Literacy rate (all): 56.2% Male Literacy: 65.2% Female Literacy: 46.6% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Jamaica Literacy rate (all): 87.9% Male Literacy: 84.1% Female Literacy: 91.6% Criteria: age 15 and over has ever attended school (2003 est.) |
Country: Japan Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census) |
Country: Jersey Literacy rate (all): N/A Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: |
Country: Jordan Literacy rate (all): 92.6% Male Literacy: 95.8% Female Literacy: 93% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Kazakhstan Literacy rate (all): 99.5% Male Literacy: 99.8% Female Literacy: 99.3% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (1999 est.) |
Country: Kenya Literacy rate (all): 87.4% Male Literacy: 90.6% Female Literacy: 84.2% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Kiribati Literacy rate (all): N/A Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: |
Country: Korea, North Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (1991 est.) |
Country: Korea, South Literacy rate (all): 97.9% Male Literacy: 99.2% Female Literacy: 96.6% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2002) |
Country: Kosovo, Republic of Literacy rate (all): 91.9% Male Literacy: 96.6% Female Literacy: 87.5% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2007 Census) |
Country: Kuwait Literacy rate (all): 94% Male Literacy: 94.4% Female Literacy: 97% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2005 census) |
Country: Kyrgyzstan Literacy rate (all): 98.7% Male Literacy: 99.3% Female Literacy: 98.1% (1999 census) Criteria: |
Country: Laos Literacy rate (all): 73% Male Literacy: 83% Female Literacy: 63% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2005 Census) |
Country: Latvia Literacy rate (all): 99.8% Male Literacy: 99.8% Female Literacy: 99.8% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Lebanon Literacy rate (all): 90% Male Literacy: 93.1% Female Literacy: 90% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Lesotho Literacy rate (all): 89.6% Male Literacy: 83.3% Female Literacy: 95.6% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Liberia Literacy rate (all): 60.8% Male Literacy: 64.8% Female Literacy: 56.8% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Libya Literacy rate (all): 89.2% Male Literacy: 95.6% Female Literacy: 82.7% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Liechtenstein Literacy rate (all): 100% Male Literacy: 100% Female Literacy: 100% Criteria: age 10 and over can read and write |
Country: Lithuania Literacy rate (all): 99.7% Male Literacy: 99.7% Female Literacy: 99.7% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Luxembourg Literacy rate (all): 100% Male Literacy: 100% Female Literacy: 100% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2000 est.) |
Country: Macau Literacy rate (all): 91.3% Male Literacy: 95.3% Female Literacy: 87.8% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census) |
Country: Macedonia, Republic of Literacy rate (all): 97.3% Male Literacy: 98.7% Female Literacy: 95.9% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Madagascar Literacy rate (all): 64.5% Male Literacy: 67.4% Female Literacy: 61.6% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2009 est.) |
Country: Malawi Literacy rate (all): 74.8% Male Literacy: 81.1% Female Literacy: 68.5% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Malaysia Literacy rate (all): 92.1% Male Literacy: 92% Female Literacy: 89.8% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2009 census) |
Country: Maldives Literacy rate (all): 93.8% Male Literacy: 93% Female Literacy: 94.7% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2006 Census) |
Country: Mali Literacy rate (all): 31.1% Male Literacy: 43.4% Female Literacy: 20.3% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Malta Literacy rate (all): 92.8% Male Literacy: 91.7% Female Literacy: 93.9% Criteria: age 10 and over can read and write (2005 Census) |
Country: Marshall Islands Literacy rate (all): 93.7% Male Literacy: 93.6% Female Literacy: 93.7% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (1999 est.) |
Country: Mauritania Literacy rate (all): 58% Male Literacy: 64.9% Female Literacy: 51.2% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Mauritius Literacy rate (all): 89.8% Male Literacy: 92.3% Female Literacy: 87.3% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2011 Census) |
Country: Mexico Literacy rate (all): 86.1% Male Literacy: 86.9% Female Literacy: 85.3% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2005 Census) |
Country: Micronesia, Federated States of Literacy rate (all): 89% Male Literacy: 91% Female Literacy: 88% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.) |
Country: Moldova Literacy rate (all): 98.5% Male Literacy: 99.1% Female Literacy: 98.1% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Monaco Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Mongolia Literacy rate (all): 97.4% Male Literacy: 96.9% Female Literacy: 97.9% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Montenegro Literacy rate (all): 98.4% Male Literacy: 99.4% Female Literacy: 97.4% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Montserrat Literacy rate (all): 97% Male Literacy: 97% Female Literacy: 97% Criteria: age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970 est.) |
Country: Morocco Literacy rate (all): 56.1% Male Literacy: 68.9% Female Literacy: 43.9% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2009 est.) |
Country: Mozambique Literacy rate (all): 56.1% Male Literacy: 70.8% Female Literacy: 42.8% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Namibia Literacy rate (all): 88.8% Male Literacy: 89% Female Literacy: 88.5% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Nauru Literacy rate (all): N/A Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: |
Country: Nepal Literacy rate (all): 60.3% Male Literacy: 73% Female Literacy: 48.3% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census) |
Country: Netherlands Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: New Caledonia Literacy rate (all): 96.2% Male Literacy: 96.8% Female Literacy: 95.5% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (1996 census) |
Country: New Zealand Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Nicaragua Literacy rate (all): 67.5% Male Literacy: 67.2% Female Literacy: 67.8% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Niger Literacy rate (all): 28.7% Male Literacy: 42.9% Female Literacy: 15.1% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2005 est.) |
Country: Nigeria Literacy rate (all): 61.3% Male Literacy: 72.1% Female Literacy: 50.4% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Niue Literacy rate (all): 95% Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: |
Country: Norfolk Island Literacy rate (all): N/A Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: |
Country: Northern Mariana Islands Literacy rate (all): 97% Male Literacy: 97% Female Literacy: 96% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.) |
Country: Norway Literacy rate (all): 100% Male Literacy: 100% Female Literacy: 100% Criteria: |
Country: Oman Literacy rate (all): 87% Male Literacy: 86.8% Female Literacy: 90% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2005 census)] |
Country: Pakistan Literacy rate (all): 57% Male Literacy: 69.3% Female Literacy: 45% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2013 est.) |
Country: Palau Literacy rate (all): 92% Male Literacy: 93% Female Literacy: 90% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.) |
Country: Panama Literacy rate (all): 91.9% Male Literacy: 92.5% Female Literacy: 91.2% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2000 census) |
Country: Papua New Guinea Literacy rate (all): 57.3% Male Literacy: 63.4% Female Literacy: 50.9% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2000 census) |
Country: Paraguay Literacy rate (all): 94% Male Literacy: 94.9% Female Literacy: 93% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Peru Literacy rate (all): 92.9% Male Literacy: 96.4% Female Literacy: 89.4% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2007 Census) |
Country: Philippines Literacy rate (all): 95.4% Male Literacy: 95.0% Female Literacy: 95.8% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2008 census) |
Country: Pitcairn Islands Literacy rate (all): N/A Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: |
Country: Poland Literacy rate (all): 99.5% Male Literacy: 99.7% Female Literacy: 99.4% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Portugal Literacy rate (all): 95.2% Male Literacy: 96.9% Female Literacy: 93.6% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Puerto Rico Literacy rate (all): 94.1% Male Literacy: 93.9% Female Literacy: 94.4% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2002 est.) |
Country: Qatar Literacy rate (all): 96.3% Male Literacy: 96.5% Female Literacy: 95.4% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Romania Literacy rate (all): 97.7% Male Literacy: 98.3% Female Literacy: 97.1% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Russia Literacy rate (all): 99.6% Male Literacy: 99.7% Female Literacy: 99.5% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Rwanda Literacy rate (all): 71.1% Male Literacy: 74.8% Female Literacy: 67.5% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha Literacy rate (all): 97% Male Literacy: 97% Female Literacy: 98% Criteria: age 20 and over can read and write (1987 est.) |
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis Literacy rate (all): 97.8% Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: age 15 and over has ever attended school (2003 est.) |
Country: Saint Lucia Literacy rate (all): 90.1% Male Literacy: 89.5% Female Literacy: 90.6% Criteria: age 15 and over has ever attended school (2001 est.) |
Country: Saint Pierre and Miquelon Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (1982 est.) |
Country: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Literacy rate (all): 96% Male Literacy: 96% Female Literacy: 96% Criteria: age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970 est.) |
Country: Samoa Literacy rate (all): 99.7% Male Literacy: 99.6% Female Literacy: 99.7% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: San Marino Literacy rate (all): 96% Male Literacy: 97% Female Literacy: 95% Criteria: age 10 and over can read and write |
Country: Sao Tome and Principe Literacy rate (all): 84.9% Male Literacy: 92.2% Female Literacy: 77.9% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census) |
Country: Saudi Arabia Literacy rate (all): 96% Male Literacy: 90.4% Female Literacy: 81.3% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2012 est.) |
Country: Senegal Literacy rate (all): 39.3% Male Literacy: 51.1% Female Literacy: 29.2% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2002 est.) |
Country: Serbia Literacy rate (all): 97.9% Male Literacy: 99.2% Female Literacy: 96.7% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Seychelles Literacy rate (all): 91.8% Male Literacy: 91.4% Female Literacy: 92.3% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census) |
Country: Sierra Leone Literacy rate (all): 35.1% Male Literacy: 46.9% Female Literacy: 24.4% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2004 est.) |
Country: Singapore Literacy rate (all): 92.5% Male Literacy: 96.6% Female Literacy: 88.6% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2000 census) |
Country: Slovakia Literacy rate (all): 99.6% Male Literacy: 99.7% Female Literacy: 99.6% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2004) |
Country: Slovenia Literacy rate (all): 99.7% Male Literacy: 99.7% Female Literacy: 99.7% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Solomon Islands Literacy rate (all): N/A Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: |
Country: Somalia Literacy rate (all): 37.8% Male Literacy: 49.7% Female Literacy: 25.8% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2001 est.) |
Country: South Africa Literacy rate (all): 86.4% Male Literacy: 87% Female Literacy: 85.7% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: South Sudan Literacy rate (all): 27% Male Literacy: 40% Female Literacy: 16% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write |
Country: Spain Literacy rate (all): 97.7% Male Literacy: 98.5% Female Literacy: 97% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Sri Lanka Literacy rate (all): 91.2% Male Literacy: 92.6% Female Literacy: 90% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census) |
Country: Sudan Literacy rate (all): 61.1% Male Literacy: 71.8% Female Literacy: 50.5% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write |
Country: Suriname Literacy rate (all): 89.6% Male Literacy: 92% Female Literacy: 87.2% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2004 census) |
Country: Svalbard Literacy rate (all): N/A Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: |
Country: Swaziland Literacy rate (all): 81.6% Male Literacy: 82.6% Female Literacy: 80.8% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Sweden Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Switzerland Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Syria Literacy rate (all): 85% Male Literacy: 86% Female Literacy: 85% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2006 census) |
Country: Taiwan Literacy rate (all): 98.2% Male Literacy: 99.6% Female Literacy: 96.8% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2012) |
Country: Tajikistan Literacy rate (all): 99.7% Male Literacy: 99.8% Female Literacy: 99.6% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Tanzania Literacy rate (all): 78.2% Male Literacy: 86% Female Literacy: 70.7% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 census) |
Country: Thailand Literacy rate (all): 92.6% Male Literacy: 94.9% Female Literacy: 90.5% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2000 census) |
Country: Timor-Leste Literacy rate (all): 58.6% Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2002) |
Country: Togo Literacy rate (all): 60.9% Male Literacy: 75.4% Female Literacy: 46.9% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Tokelau Literacy rate (all): N/A Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: |
Country: Tonga Literacy rate (all): 98.9% Male Literacy: 98.8% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: can read and write Tongan and/or English (1999 est.) |
Country: Trinidad and Tobago Literacy rate (all): 98.6% Male Literacy: 99.1% Female Literacy: 98% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Tunisia Literacy rate (all): 78% Male Literacy: 83.4% Female Literacy: 82% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2005 census) |
Country: Turkey Literacy rate (all): 95.2% Male Literacy: 98.3% Female Literacy: 92.2% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2012 census) |
Country: Turkmenistan Literacy rate (all): 98.8% Male Literacy: 99.3% Female Literacy: 98.3% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (1999 est.) |
Country: Turks and Caicos Islands Literacy rate (all): 98% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 98% Criteria: age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970 est.) |
Country: Tuvalu Literacy rate (all): N/A Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: |
Country: Uganda Literacy rate (all): 66.8% Male Literacy: 76.8% Female Literacy: 57.7% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census) |
Country: Ukraine Literacy rate (all): 99.7% Male Literacy: 99.8% Female Literacy: 99.6% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: United Arab Emirates Literacy rate (all): 90% Male Literacy: 90% Female Literacy: 90% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2005 est.) |
Country: United Kingdom Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling (2003 est.) |
Country: United States Literacy rate (all): 99% Male Literacy: 99% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: United States Virgin Islands Literacy rate (all): 90-95% est. Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2005 est.) |
Country: Uruguay Literacy rate (all): 98% Male Literacy: 97.6% Female Literacy: 98.4% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Uzbekistan Literacy rate (all): 99.3% Male Literacy: 99.6% Female Literacy: 99% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.) |
Country: Vanuatu Literacy rate (all): 74% Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (1999 census) |
Country: Vatican City Literacy rate (all): 100% Male Literacy: 100% Female Literacy: 100% Criteria: |
Country: Venezuela Literacy rate (all): 95.1% Male Literacy: 95.1% Female Literacy: 95.1% Criteria: age 6 and over can read and write (2011 census) |
Country: Vietnam Literacy rate (all): 94% Male Literacy: 96.1% Female Literacy: 92% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2002 est.) |
Country: Wallis and Futuna Literacy rate (all): 50% Male Literacy: 50% Female Literacy: 50% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (1969 est.) |
Country: West Bank Literacy rate (all): 95% Male Literacy: 98% Female Literacy: 98% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2009 est.) |
Country: Western Sahara Literacy rate (all): N/A Male Literacy: N/A Female Literacy: N/A Criteria: |
Country: Yemen Literacy rate (all): 63.9% Male Literacy: 81.2% Female Literacy: 46.8% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.) |
Country: Zambia Literacy rate (all): 80.6% Male Literacy: 86.8% Female Literacy: 74.8% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write English (2003 est.) |
Country: Zimbabwe Literacy rate (all): 90.7% Male Literacy: 94.2% Female Literacy: 87.2% Criteria: age 15 and over can read and write English (2003 est.) |