List of countries by literacy rate

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World map of countries shaded according to the literacy rate for all people aged 15 and over

This is a list of countries by literacy rate.

The global literacy rate for all people aged 15 and above is 86.3%. The global literacy rate for all males is 90.0%, and the rate for all females is 82.7%. The rate varies throughout the world, with developed nations having a rate of 99.2% (2013), South and West Asia having 70.2% (2015), and sub-Saharan Africa at 64.0% (2015).[1] Over 75% of the world's 781 million illiterate adults are found in South Asia, West Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa, and women represent almost two-thirds of all illiterate adults globally.[2]

## List of UN member states by age group and gender disparity

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Data published by UNESCO using the following definitions:[3]

> Youth: Percentage of people aged 15 to 24 years who can both read and write, with understanding, a short simple statement on their everyday life. Generally, "literacy" also encompasses "numeracy", the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations.

> Adult: Percentage of the population aged 25 years and over who can both read and write, with understanding, a short simple statement on his/her everyday life. Generally, "literacy" also encompasses "numeracy", the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations.

> Elderly: Percentage of the population aged 65 years and over who can both read and write, with understanding, a short simple statement on their everyday life. Generally, "literacy" also encompasses "numeracy", the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations.

> Gender Parity Index (GPI): The gender parity index (GPI) of the youth literacy rate is the ratio of the female to male literacy rates of the population aged 15 to 24 years. A GPI value between 0.97 and 1.03 is usually interpreted to indicate gender parity.

"*" indicates "Literacy in country or territory" or "Education in country or territory" links.

Country | Youth
(15 to 24) | Adult
(25+) | Elderly
(65+) | Youth Gender
Parity Index

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Rate | Year | Rate | Year | Rate | Year | Rate | Year
Afghanistan * | 65.0 | 2020[4] | 31.7 | 2011 | 20.3 | 2011 | 0.5 | 2011
Albania * | 99.2 | 2012 | 97.2 | 2012 | 86.9 | 2012 | 1.0 | 2012
Algeria * | 93.8 | 2008 | 75.1 | 2008 | 19.5 | 2008 | 1.0 | 2008
American Samoa * | 97.7 | 1980 | 97.3 | 1980 | 92.7 | 1980 | 1.0 | 1980
Andorra * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Angola * | 77.4 | 2014 | 66.0 | 2014 | 27.0 | 2014 | 0.8 | 2014
Anguilla * | 99.1 | 1984 | 95.4 | 1984 | 88.0 | 1984 | 1.0 | 1984
Antigua and Barbuda * |  |  | 98.9 | 2015 |  |  |  |
Argentina * | 99.5 | 2016 | 99.1 | 2016 | 97.9 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2016
Armenia * | 99.8 | 2011 | 99.7 | 2011 | 98.9 | 2011 | 1.0 | 2011
Aruba * | 99.1 | 2010 | 96.8 | 2010 | 88.9 | 2010 | 1.0 | 2010
Australia * | 96.6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Austria * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Azerbaijan * | 99.9 | 2016 | 99.8 | 2016 | 98.4 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2016
Bahamas |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bahrain * | 97.0 | 2001 | 86.5 | 2001 | 42.3 | 2001 | 1.0 | 2001
Bangladesh * | 94.9 | 2019 | 74.7 | 2019 | 39.4 | 2019 | 1.03 | 2019
Barbados * | 99.9 | 2014 | 99.6 | 2014 | 98.5 | 2014 | 1.0 | 2014
Belarus * | 99.8 | 2009 | 99.6 | 2009 | 98.6 | 2009 | 1.0 | 2009
Belgium * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Belize * | 77.6 | 1991 | 70.3 | 1991 | 44.8 | 1991 | 1.0 | 1991
Benin * | 52.5 | 2012 | 32.9 | 2012 | 7.0 | 2012 | 0.6 | 2012
Bermuda * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bhutan * | 87.3 | 2012 | 57.0 | 2012 | 14.9 | 2012 | 0.9 | 2012
Bolivia * | 99.4 | 2015 | 92.5 | 2015 | 67.5 | 2015 | 1.0 | 2015
Bonaire |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bosnia and Herzegovina * | 99.7 | 2013 | 97.0 | 2013 | 86.0 | 2013 | 1.0 | 2013
Botswana * | 97.7 | 2014 | 87.7 | 2014 | 40.7 | 2014 | 1.0 | 2014
Brazil * | 99.7 | 2020 | 92.0 | 2015 | 74.3 | 2015 | 1.0 | 2015
British Virgin Islands * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Brunei * | 99.4 | 2011 | 96.1 | 2011 | 61.6 | 2011 | 1.0 | 2011
Bulgaria * | 97.9 | 2011 | 98.4 | 2011 | 97.5 | 2011 | 1.0 | 2011
Burkina Faso * | 50.1 | 2014 | 34.6 | 2014 | 8.4 | 2014 | 0.8 | 2014
Burundi * | 79.6 | 2014 | 61.6 | 2014 | 24.9 | 2014 | 0.9 | 2014
Cape Verde * | 98.1 | 2015 | 86.8 | 2015 | 36.8 | 2015 | 1.0 | 2015
Cambodia * | 92.2 | 2015 | 80.5 | 2015 | 53.1 | 2015 | 1.0 | 2015
Cameroon * | 80.6 | 2010 | 71.3 | 2010 | 26.1 | 2010 | 0.9 | 2010
Canada * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cayman Islands * | 98.9 | 2007 | 98.9 | 2007 | 94.7 | 2007 | 1.0 | 2007
Central African Republic * | 36.4 | 2010 | 36.8 | 2010 | 35.7 | 2010 | 0.6 | 2010
Chad * | 30.8 | 2016 | 22.3 | 2016 | 7.0 | 2016 | 0.6 | 2016
Chile * | 99.4 | 2015 | 96.9 | 2015 | 89.9 | 2015 | 1.0 | 2015
China * | 99.8[5] | 2018 | 96.8[6] | 2018 | 73.9 | 2010 | 1.0[7] | 2018
Hong Kong * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Macau * | 99.8 | 2016 | 96.5 | 2016 | 81.2 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2016
Colombia * | 98.7 | 2016 | 94.7 | 2016 | 81.4 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2016
Comoros * | 71.6 | 2012 | 49.2 | 2012 | 12.8 | 2012 | 0.9 | 2012
Congo * | 80.9 | 2011 | 79.3 | 2011 | 73.1 | 2011 | 0.9 | 2011
DR Congo * | 85.0 | 2016 | 77.0 | 2016 | 48.0 | 2016 | 0.9 | 2016
Cook Islands * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Costa Rica * | 99.1 | 2011 | 97.4 | 2011 | 90.4 | 2011 | 1.0 | 2011
Ivory Coast * | 53.0 | 2014 | 43.9 | 2014 | 18.0 | 2014 | 0.8 | 2014
Croatia * | 99.7 | 2011 | 99.1 | 2011 | 97.1 | 2011 | 1.0 | 2011
Cuba * | 99.9 | 2012 | 99.8 | 2012 | 99.2 | 2012 | 1.0 | 2012
Curaçao |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cyprus * | 99.8 | 2011 | 98.7 | 2011 | 93.8 | 2011 | 1.0 | 2011
Czech Republic * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Denmark * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Djibouti * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dominica * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dominican Republic * | 98.8 | 2016 | 93.8 | 2016 | 79.8 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2016
Ecuador * | 99.1 | 2016 | 94.4 | 2016 | 77.7 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2016
Egypt * | 93.9 | 2017 | 71.2 | 2017 | 43.2 | 2013 | 1.0 | 2017
El Salvador * | 98.0 | 2016 | 88.5 | 2017 | 65.7 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2016
Equatorial Guinea * | 98.2 | 2014 | 95.0 | 2014 | 67.2 | 2014 | 1.0 | 2014
Eritrea * | 87.0 | 2008 | 64.7 | 2008 | 20.9 | 2008 | 0.9 | 2008
Estonia * | 99.9 | 2011 | 99.9 | 2011 | 99.7 | 2011 | 1.0 | 2011
Eswatini * | 93.5 | 2010 | 83.1 | 2010 | 45.2 | 2010 | 1.0 | 2010
Ethiopia * | 55.0 | 2007 | 39.0 | 2007 | 13.6 | 2007 | 0.7 | 2007
Faroe Islands * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Falkland Islands * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fiji * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Finland * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
France * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
French Guiana * | 91.3 | 1982 | 82.9 | 1982 | 69.7 | 1982 |  |
French Polynesia * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gabon * | 88.5 | 2012 | 82.3 | 2012 | 60.6 | 2012 | 1.0 | 2012
Gambia * | 60.8 | 2013 | 42.0 | 2013 | 10.4 | 2013 | 0.9 | 2013
Georgia * | 99.7 | 2014 | 99.6 | 2014 | 99.1 | 2014 | 1.0 | 2014
Germany * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ghana * | 85.7 | 2010 | 71.5 | 2010 | 34.9 | 2010 | 0.9 | 2010
Gibraltar * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Greece * | 98.8 | 2011 | 97.4 | 2011 | 92.5 | 2011 | 1.0 | 2011
Greenland *[8] | 100.0 | 2015 |  |  |  |  | 1.0 | 2015
Grenada * | 99.2 | 2014 | 98.6 | 2014 | 96.2 | 2014 | 1.0 | 2014
Guadeloupe * | 99.8 | 2014 | 96.0 | 2014 | 82.9 | 2014 | 1.0 | 2014
Guam * | 99.9 | 1990 | 99.4 | 1990 | 95.9 | 1990 | 1.0 | 1990
Guatemala * | 94.4 | 2014 | 81.3 | 2014 | 50.7 | 2014 | 1.0 | 2014
Guinea * | 46.3 | 2014 | 32.0 | 2014 | 13.1 | 2014 | 0.7 | 2014
Guinea-Bissau * | 60.4 | 2014 | 45.6 | 2014 | 19.5 | 2014 | 0.7 | 2014
Guyana * | 96.7 | 2014 | 85.6 | 2014 | 49.9 | 2014 | 1.0 | 2014
Haiti * | 72.3 | 2006 | 48.7 | 2006 | 8.5 | 2006 | 0.9 | 2006
Holy See |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Honduras * | 96.1 | 2016 | 89.0 | 2016 | 66.3 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2016
Hungary * | 98.8 | 2014 | 99.1 | 2014 | 99.1 | 2014 | 1.0 | 2014
Iceland * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
India * | 95.7 | 2018 | 75.4 | 2018 | 45.4 | 2018 | 0.97 | 2018
Indonesia * | 99.7 | 2016 | 95.4 | 2016 | 70.1 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2016
Iran * | 98.1 | 2016 | 85.5 | 2016 | 36.8 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2016
Iraq * | 93.5 | 2017 | 85.6 | 2017 | 20.4 | 2013 | 0.9 | 2013
Ireland * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Isle of Man * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Israel * | 98.6 | 1983 | 91.8 | 1983 | 79.8 | 1983 | 1.0 | 1983
Italy * | 99.9 | 2011 | 98.8 | 2011 | 96.7 | 2011 | 1.0 | 2011
Jamaica * | 96.3 | 2014 | 88.1 | 2014 | 66.6 | 2014 | 1.1 | 2014
Japan * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Jordan * | 99.1 | 2012 | 97.9 | 2012 | 87.7 | 2012 | 1.0 | 2012
Kazakhstan * | 99.9 | 2010 | 99.8 | 2010 | 99.5 | 2010 | 1.0 | 2010
Kenya * | 86.5 | 2014 | 78.7 | 2014 | 54.0 | 2014 | 1.0 | 2014
Kiribati * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North Korea * | 100.0 | 2008 | 100.0 | 2008 | 100.0 | 2008 | 1.0 | 2008
South Korea * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Kuwait * | 99.2 | 2017 | 96.1 | 2018 | 69.5 | 2015 | 1.0 | 2017
Kyrgyzstan * | 99.8 | 2009 | 99.2 | 2009 | 92.5 | 2009 | 1.0 | 2009
Laos * | 92.5 | 2015 | 84.7 | 2015 | 58.6 | 2015 | 1.0 | 2015
Latvia * | 99.8 | 2011 | 99.9 | 2011 | 99.9 | 2011 | 1.0 | 2011
Lebanon * | 99.2 | 2009 | 91.2 | 2009 | 60.2 | 2009 | 1.0 | 2009
Lesotho * | 86.6 | 2014 | 76.6 | 2014 | 51.4 | 2014 | 1.2 | 2014
Liberia * | 49.1 | 2007 | 42.9 | 2007 | 32.8 | 2007 | 0.6 | 2007
Libya * | 99.6 | 2004 | 86.1 | 2004 | 24.2 | 2004 | 1.0 | 2004
Liechtenstein * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Lithuania * | 99.9 | 2011 | 99.8 | 2011 | 99.8 | 2011 | 1.0 | 2011
Luxembourg * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Madagascar * | 76.8 | 2012 | 71.6 | 2012 | 49.4 | 2012 | 1.0 | 2012
Malawi * | 72.9 | 2015 | 62.1 | 2015 | 35.1 | 2015 | 1.0 | 2015
Malaysia * | 98.2 | 2001 | 89.5 | 2001 | 47.1 | 2001 | 1.0 | 2001
Maldives * | 99.3 | 2014 | 98.6 | 2014 | 92.8 | 2014 | 1.0 | 2014
Mali * | 49.4 | 2015 | 33.1 | 2015 | 13.6 | 2015 | 0.6 | 2015
Malta * | 98.9 | 2011 | 93.3 | 2011 | 85.8 | 2011 | 1.0 | 2011
Marshall Islands * | 98.5 | 2011 | 98.3 | 2011 | 89.4 | 2011 | 1.0 | 2011
Martinique | 99.8 | 2014 | 96.9 | 2014 | 88.1 | 2014 | 1.0 | 2014
Mauritania * | 56.1 | 2007 | 45.5 | 2007 | 26.6 | 2007 | 0.7 | 2007
Mauritius * | 98.1 | 2011 | 93.2 | 2016 | 64.6 | 2011 | 1.0 | 2011
Mayotte |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mexico * | 99.1 | 2016 | 94.9 | 2016 | 78.9 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2016
Micronesia * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Monaco * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mongolia * | 98.5 | 2010 | 98.3 | 2010 | 94.6 | 2010 | 1.0 | 2010
Montenegro * | 99.2 | 2011 | 98.4 | 2011 | 93.9 | 2011 | 1.0 | 2011
Montserrat * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Morocco * | 97.7[9] | 2018 | 73.8[9] | 2018 | 34.1[9] | 2018 | 0.99[10] | 2018
Mozambique * | 70.5 | 2015 | 56.0 | 2015 | 26.0 | 2015 | 0.8 | 2015
Myanmar * | 84.8 | 2016 | 75.6 | 2016 | 58.2 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2016
Namibia * | 94.4 | 2011 | 88.3 | 2011 | 56.7 | 2011 | 1.0 | 2011
Nauru * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Nepal * | 84.8 | 2011 | 68 | 2018 | 20.8 | 2011 | 0.9 | 2011
Netherlands * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Caledonia | 99.2 | 2014 | 97.8 | 2014 | 90.6 | 2014 | 1.0 | 2014
New Zealand * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Nicaragua * | 87.0 | 2005 | 78.0 | 2005 | 49.2 | 2005 | 1.0 | 2005
Niger * | 39.8 | 2012 | 30.6 | 2012 | 13.7 | 2012 | 0.7 | 2012
Nigeria * | 66.4 | 2008 | 51.1 | 2008 | 21.6 | 2008 | 0.8 | 2008
Niue * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North Macedonia * | 98.7 | 2002 | 96.1 | 2002 | 82.5 | 2002 | 1.0 | 2002
Northern Mariana Islands * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Norway * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Oman * | 98.7 | 2017 | 96.1 | 2017 | 41.9 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2017
Pakistan * | 74.5 | 2017 | 59.1 | 2017 | 27.1 | 2017 | 0.83 | 2017
Palau * | 98.7 | 2015 | 96.6 | 2015 | 84.7 | 2015 | 1.0 | 2015
Palestine | 99[11] | 2020 | 97[11] | 2019 | 63.9 | 2016 | 1.13[11] | 2016
Panama * | 97.6 | 2010 | 94.1 | 2010 | 80.9 | 2010 | 1.0 | 2010
Papua New Guinea * | 67.9 | 2010 | 61.6 | 2010 | 33.0 | 2010 | 1.1 | 2010
Paraguay * | 98.5 | 2016 | 94.7 | 2016 | 77.8 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2016
Peru * | 98.9 | 2016 | 94.1 | 2017 | 77.7 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2016
Philippines * | 98.1 | 2013 | 96.4 | 2013 | 90.1 | 2013 | 1.0 | 2013
Pitcairn Islands |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Poland * | 99.8 | 2008 | 98.7 | 2008 | 93.0 | 2008 | 1.0 | 2008
Portugal * | 99.4 | 2011 | 94.5 | 2011 | 80.5 | 2011 | 1.0 | 2011
Puerto Rico * | 98.8 | 2010 | 92.4 | 2017 | 84.5 | 2010 | 1.0 | 2010
Qatar * | 95.9 | 2004 | 89.0 | 2004 | 41.0 | 2004 | 1.0 | 2004
Moldova * | 99.5 | 2012 | 99.1 | 2012 | 95.8 | 2012 | 1.0 | 2012
Romania * | 99.0 | 2011 | 98.6 | 2011 | 96.8 | 2011 | 1.0 | 2011
Russia * | 99.7 | 2010 | 99.7 | 2010 | 99.2 | 2010 | 1.0 | 2010
Rwanda * | 85.1 | 2014 | 70.8 | 2014 | 24.3 | 2014 | 1.0 | 2014
Réunion | 95.7 | 1982 | 78.6 | 1982 | 42.0 | 1982 | 1.0 | 1982
Saint Helena * |  |  | 96.0 | 1998 |  |  |  |
Saint Kitts and Nevis * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Saint Lucia * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 99.5 | 1982 | 99.3 | 1982 | 98.5 | 1982 | 1.0 | 1982
Saint Martin |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Samoa * | 99.2 | 2011 | 99.0 | 2011 | 96.3 | 2011 | 1.0 | 2011
San Marino * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
São Tomé and Príncipe * | 96.7 | 2012 | 90.1 | 2012 | 49.6 | 2012 | 1.0 | 2012
Saudi Arabia * | 99.2 | 2013 | 94.4 | 2013 | 51.4 | 2013 | 1.0 | 2013
Senegal * | 69.5 | 2017 | 51.9 | 2017 | 21.5 | 2013 | 0.8 | 2017
Serbia * | 99.7 | 2016 | 98.8 | 2016 | 96.6 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2016
Seychelles | 99.0 | 2010 | 94.0 | 2010 | 71.5 | 2010 | 1.0 | 2010
Sierra Leone * | 57.0 | 2013 | 32.4 | 2013 | 3.7 | 2013 | 0.8 | 2013
Singapore * | 99.9 | 2016 | 97.0 | 2016 | 84.0 | 2015 | 1.0 | 2016
Sint Maarten |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Slovakia * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Slovenia * | 99.8 | 2014 | 99.7 | 2014 | 99.3 | 2014 | 1.0 | 2014
Solomon Islands * |  |  | 76.6 | 1999 |  |  |  |
Somalia * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
South Africa * | 99.0 | 2015 | 94.4 | 2015 | 72.1 | 2015 | 1.0 | 2015
South Sudan * | 36.7 | 2008 | 26.8 | 2008 | 11.0 | 2008 | 0.7 | 2008
Spain * | 99.6 | 2016 | 98.3 | 2016 | 94.7 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2016
Sri Lanka * | 98.9 | 2017 | 91.9 | 2017 | 81.0 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2017
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * | 98.0 | 1970 | 95.6 | 1970 | 91.0 | 1970 | 1.0 | 1970
Sudan * | 65.8 | 2008 | 53.5 | 2008 | 24.3 | 2008 | 0.9 | 2008
Suriname * | 97.7 | 2012 | 92.9 | 2012 | 76.0 | 2012 | 1.0 | 2012
Svalbard and Jan Mayen |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sweden * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Switzerland * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Syria * | 92.5 | 2004 | 80.8 | 2004 | 39.0 | 2004 | 1.0 | 2004
Tajikistan * | 99.9 | 2014 | 99.8 | 2014 | 98.1 | 2014 | 1.0 | 2014
Tanzania * | 85.8 | 2015 | 77.9 | 2015 | 43.5 | 2015 | 1.0 | 2015
Thailand * | 98.1 | 2015 | 92.9 | 2015 | 78.7 | 2015 | 1.0 | 2015
Timor-Leste | 79.5 | 2010 | 58.3 | 2010 | 11.2 | 2010 | 1.0 | 2010
Togo * | 84.3 | 2015 | 63.7 | 2015 | 20.4 | 2015 | 0.9 | 2015
Tokelau * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tonga * | 99.4 | 2011 | 99.4 | 2011 | 98.9 | 2011 | 1.0 | 2011
Trinidad and Tobago * | 99.3 | 1990 | 96.9 | 1990 | 82.8 | 1990 | 1.0 | 1990
Tunisia * | 96.2 | 2014 | 79.0 | 2014 | 39.8 | 2014 | 1.0 | 2014
Turkey * | 99.6 | 2016 | 96.2 | 2016 | 88.1 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2016
Turkmenistan * | 99.8 | 2014 | 99.7 | 2014 | 97.6 | 2014 | 1.0 | 2014
Turks and Caicos Islands |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tuvalu * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Uganda * | 83.7 | 2012 | 70.2 | 2012 | 36.1 | 2012 | 1.0 | 2012
Ukraine * | 100.0 | 2012 | 100.0 | 2012 | 100.0 | 2012 | 1.0 | 2012
United Arab Emirates * | 95.0 | 2005 | 90.0 | 2005 | 42.1 | 2005 | 1.0 | 2005
United Kingdom * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Virgin Islands * |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Uruguay * | 98.9 | 2017 | 98.6 | 2017 | 97.1 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2017
Uzbekistan * | 100.0 | 2016 | 100.0 | 2016 | 99.8 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2016
Vanuatu * | 95.3 | 2014 | 84.7 | 2014 | 44.2 | 2014 | 1.0 | 2014
Venezuela * | 98.8 | 2016 | 97.1 | 2016 | 88.1 | 2016 | 1.0 | 2016
Vietnam * | 97.1 | 2009 | 95.8 | 2019 | 76.9 | 2009 | 1.0 | 2009
Wallis and Futuna |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Western Sahara |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Yemen * | 77.0 | 2004 | 54.1 | 2004 | 13.7 | 2004 | 0.7 | 2004
Zambia * | 88.7 | 2010 | 83.0 | 2010 | 52.3 | 2010 | 0.9 | 2010
Zimbabwe * | 90.4 | 2014 | 88.7 | 2014 | 81.1 | 2014 | 1.1 | 2014

## List of UN member and observer states by adult literacy rate

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"*" indicates "Literacy in country or territory" or "Education in country or territory" links.

Country  | Literacy rate[12][13] [text–source integrity?]

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Total  | Male  | Female  | Gender gap  | Year
Afghanistan * | 37.3%  | 52.1%  | 22.6%  | 29.5%  | 2021
Albania * | 98.1%  | 98.5%  | 97.8%  | 0.7%  | 2018
Algeria * | 81.4%  | 87.4%  | 75.3%  | 12.1%  | 2018
Andorra * | 100.0%  | 100.0%  | 100.0%  | 0.0%  | 2016
Angola * | 71.1%  | 82.0%  | 60.7%  | 21.3%  | 2015
Antigua and Barbuda * | 99.0%  | 98.4%  | 99.4%  | 1.0%  | 2015
Argentina * | 99.0%  | 98.9%  | 99.1%  | 0.2%  | 2018
Armenia * | 99.8%  | 99.8%  | 99.7%  | 0.1%  | 2020
Australia * | 99.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Austria * | 98.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Azerbaijan * | 99.8%  | 99.9%  | 99.7%  | 0.2%  | 2019
Bahamas | 96.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Bahrain * | 97.5%  | 99.9%  | 94.9%  | 5.0%  | 2018
Bangladesh * | 74.66%  | 76.56%  | 72.82%  | 3.72%  | 2022[14]
Barbados * | 99.6%  | 99.6%  | 99.6%  | 0.0%  | 2014
Belarus * | 99.9%  | 99.9%  | 99.9%  | 0.0%  | 2019
Belgium * | 99.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Belize * | 83.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Benin * | 42.4%  | 54.0%  | 31.1%  | 22.9%  | 2018
Bhutan * | 66.6%  | 75.0%  | 57.1%  | 17.9%  | 2017
Bolivia * | 92.5%  | 96.5%  | 88.6%  | 7.9%  | 2015
Bosnia and Herzegovina * | 98.5%  | 99.5%  | 97.5%  | 2.0%  | 2015
Botswana * | 88.5%  | 88.0%  | 88.9%  | 0.9%  | 2015
Brazil * | 93.2%  | 93.0%  | 93.4%  | 0.4%  | 2018
Brunei * | 97.2%  | 98.1%  | 93.4%  | 4.7%  | 2018
Bulgaria * | 98.4%  | 98.7%  | 98.1%  | 0.6%  | 2015
Burkina Faso * | 39.3%  | 49.2%  | 31.0%  | 18.2%  | 2018
Burundi * | 68.4%  | 76.3%  | 61.2%  | 15.1%  | 2017
Cape Verde * | 86.8%  | 91.7%  | 82.0%  | 9.7%  | 2015
Cambodia * | 80.5%  | 86.5%  | 75.0%  | 11.5%  | 2015
Cameroon * | 77.1%  | 82.6%  | 71.6%  | 11.0%  | 2018
Canada * | 99.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Central African Republic * | 37.4%  | 49.5%  | 25.8%  | 23.7%  | 2018
Chad * | 22.3%  | 31.3%  | 14.0%  | 17.3%  | 2016
Chile * | 96.3%  | 96.3%  | 96.3%  | 0.0%  | 2017
China * | 96.8%  | 98.5%  | 95.2%  | 3.3%  | 2018
Colombia * | 95.6%  | 95.4%  | 95.9%  | 0.5%  | 2020
Comoros * | 58.8%  | 64.6%  | 53.0%  | 11.6%  | 2018
Congo * | 80.3%  | 86.1%  | 74.6%  | 11.5%  | 2018
DR Congo * | 77.0%  | 88.5%  | 66.5%  | 22.0%  | 2016
Costa Rica * | 97.9%  | 97.8%  | 97.9%  | 0.1%  | 2018
Ivory Coast * | 89.9%  | 93.1%  | 86.7%  | 6.4%  | 2019
Croatia * | 99.3%  | 99.7%  | 98.9%  | 0.8%  | 2015
Cuba * | 99.8%  | 99.9%  | 99.8%  | 0.1%  | 2015
Cyprus * | 99.1%  | 99.5%  | 98.7%  | 0.8%  | 2015
Czech Republic * | 99.0%  | 99.0%  | 99.0%  | 0.0%  | 2011
Denmark * | 99.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Djibouti * | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Dominica * | 92.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Dominican Republic * | 93.8%  | 93.8%  | 93.8%  | 0.0%  | 2016
Ecuador * | 93.6%  | 94.8%  | 92.5%  | 2.3%  | 2020
Egypt * | 71.2%  | 76.5%  | 65.5%  | 11.0%  | 2017
El Salvador * | 89.1%  | 91.3%  | 87.3%  | 4.0%  | 2019
Equatorial Guinea * | 95.3%  | 97.4%  | 93.0%  | 4.4%  | 2015
Eritrea * | 76.6%  | 84.4%  | 68.9%  | 15.5%  | 2018
Estonia * | 99.8%  | 99.8%  | 99.8%  | 0.0%  | 2015
Ethiopia * | 51.8%  | 57.2%  | 44.4%  | 12.8%  | 2017
Fiji * | 99.1%  | 99.1%  | 99.1%  | 0.0%  | 2018
Finland * | 100.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
France * | 99.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Gabon * | 84.7%  | 85.9%  | 83.4%  | 2.5%  | 2018
Gambia * | 50.8%  | 61.8%  | 41.6%  | 20.2%  | 2015
Georgia * | 99.6%  | 99.7%  | 99.5%  | 0.2%  | 2019
Germany * | 99.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Ghana * | 79.0%  | 83.5%  | 74.5%  | 9.0%  | 2018
Greece * | 97.9%  | 98.5%  | 97.4%  | 1.1%  | 2018
Grenada * | 98.6%  | 98.6%  | 98.6%  | 0.0%  | 2014
Guatemala * | 80.8%  | 85.3%  | 76.7%  | 8.6%  | 2018
Guinea * | 39.6%  | 54.4%  | 27.7%  | 26.7%  | 2018
Guinea-Bissau * | 59.9%  | 71.8%  | 48.3%  | 23.5%  | 2015
Guyana * | 88.5%  | 87.2%  | 89.8%  | 2.6%  | 2015
Haiti * | 61.7%  | 65.3%  | 58.3%  | 7.0%  | 2016
Honduras * | 88.5%  | 88.2%  | 88.7%  | 0.5%  | 2019
Hungary * | 99.1%  | 99.1%  | 99.0%  | 0.1%  | 2015
Iceland * | 99.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
India * | 74.4%  | 82.4%  | 65.8%  | 16.6%  | 2011
Indonesia * | 96.0%  | 97.4%  | 94.6%  | 2.8%  | 2020
Iran * | 85.5%  | 90.4%  | 80.8%  | 9.6%  | 2016
Iraq * | 85.6%  | 91.2%  | 79.9%  | 11.3%  | 2017
Ireland * | 99.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Israel * | 97.8%  | 98.7%  | 96.8%  | 1.9%  | 2011
Italy * | 99.2%  | 99.4%  | 99.0%  | 0.4%  | 2018
Jamaica * | 88.7%  | 84.0%  | 93.1%  | 9.1%  | 2015
Japan * | 99.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Jordan * | 98.2%  | 98.6%  | 97.8%  | 0.8%  | 2018
Kazakhstan * | 99.8%  | 99.8%  | 99.7%  | 0.1%  | 2018
Kenya * | 81.5%  | 85.0%  | 78.2%  | 6.8%  | 2018
Kiribati * | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
North Korea * | 100.0%  | 100.0%  | 100.0%  | 0.0%  | 2015
South Korea * | 98.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Kuwait * | 96.5%  | 97.1%  | 95.4%  | 1.7%  | 2020
Kyrgyzstan * | 99.6%  | 99.7%  | 99.5%  | 0.2%  | 2018
Laos * | 84.7%  | 90.0%  | 79.4%  | 10.6%  | 2015
Latvia * | 99.9%  | 99.9%  | 99.9%  | 0.0%  | 2018
Lebanon * | 95.1%  | 96.9%  | 93.3%  | 3.6%  | 2018
Lesotho * | 79.4%  | 70.1%  | 88.3%  | 18.2%  | 2015
Liberia * | 48.3%  | 62.7%  | 34.1%  | 28.6%  | 2017
Libya * | 91.0%  | 96.7%  | 85.6%  | 11.1%  | 2015
Liechtenstein * | 100.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Lithuania * | 99.8%  | 99.8%  | 99.8%  | 0.0%  | 2015
Luxembourg * | 100.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Madagascar * | 76.7%  | 78.4%  | 75.1%  | 3.3%  | 2018
Malawi * | 62.1%  | 69.8%  | 55.2%  | 14.6%  | 2015
Malaysia * | 95.0%  | 96.2%  | 93.6%  | 2.6%  | 2019
Maldives * | 97.7%  | 97.3%  | 98.1%  | 0.8%  | 2016
Mali * | 35.5%  | 46.2%  | 25.7%  | 20.5%  | 2018
Malta * | 94.5%  | 93.0%  | 96.0%  | 3.0%  | 2018
Marshall Islands * | 98.3%  | 98.3%  | 98.2%  | 0.1%  | 2011
Mauritania * | 53.5%  | 63.7%  | 43.4%  | 20.3%  | 2017
Mauritius * | 91.3%  | 93.4%  | 89.4%  | 4.0%  | 2018
Mexico * | 95.2%  | 96.1%  | 94.5%  | 1.6%  | 2020
Micronesia * | 99.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Moldova * | 99.4%  | 99.7%  | 99.1%  | 0.6%  | 2015
Monaco * | 99.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Mongolia * | 99.2%  | 99.1%  | 99.2%  | 0.1%  | 2020
Montenegro * | 98.8%  | 99.5%  | 98.3%  | 1.2%  | 2018
Morocco * | 73.8%  | 83.3%  | 64.6%  | 18.7%  | 2018
Mozambique * | 60.7%  | 72.6%  | 50.3%  | 22.3%  | 2017
Myanmar * | 89.1%  | 92.4%  | 86.3%  | 6.1%  | 2019
Namibia * | 91.5%  | 91.6%  | 91.4%  | 0.2%  | 2018
Nauru * | 95.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Nepal * | 67.9%  | 78.6%  | 59.7%  | 18.9%  | 2018
Netherlands * | 99.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
New Zealand * | 99.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Nicaragua * | 82.6%  | 82.4%  | 82.8%  | 0.4%  | 2015
Niger * | 35.1%  | 43.6%  | 26.7%  | 16.9%  | 2018
Nigeria * | 62.0%  | 71.3%  | 52.7%  | 18.6%  | 2018
North Macedonia * | 98.4%  | 99.1%  | 97.6%  | 1.5%  | 2020
Norway * | 100.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Oman * | 95.7%  | 97.0%  | 92.7%  | 4.3%  | 2018
Pakistan * | 58.0%  | 69.3%  | 46.5%  | 22.8%  | 2019
Palau * | 96.6%  | 96.8%  | 96.3%  | 0.5%  | 2015
Panama * | 95.7%  | 98.8%  | 95.4%  | 3.4%  | 2019
Papua New Guinea * | 64.2%  | 65.6%  | 62.8%  | 2.8%  | 2015
Paraguay * | 94.5%  | 94.9%  | 94.2%  | 0.7%  | 2020
Peru * | 94.5%  | 97.0%  | 92.0%  | 5.0%  | 2020
Philippines * | 96.3%  | 95.7%  | 96.9%  | 1.2%  | 2019
Poland * | 99.8%  | 99.9%  | 99.7%  | 0.2%  | 2015
Portugal * | 96.1%  | 97.4%  | 95.1%  | 2.3%  | 2018
Palestine | 97%[11] | 99%  | 96%  | 3%  | 2019
Qatar * | 93.5%  | 92.4%  | 94.7%  | 2.3%  | 2017
Romania * | 98.8%  | 99.1%  | 98.6%  | 0.5%  | 2018
Russia * | 99.7%  | 99.7%  | 99.7%  | 0.0%  | 2018
Rwanda * | 73.2%  | 77.6%  | 69.4%  | 8.2%  | 2018
Saint Kitts and Nevis * | 97.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Saint Lucia * | 90.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * | 96.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Samoa * | 99.1%  | 99.0%  | 99.2%  | 0.2%  | 2018
San Marino * | 99.9%  | 99.9%  | 99.9%  | 0.0%  | 2018
São Tomé and Príncipe * | 92.8%  | 96.2%  | 89.5%  | 6.7%  | 2018
Saudi Arabia * | 97.6%  | 98.6%  | 96.0%  | 2.6%  | 2020
Senegal * | 51.9%  | 64.8%  | 39.8%  | 25.0%  | 2017
Serbia * | 99.5%  | 99.9%  | 99.1%  | 0.8%  | 2019
Seychelles | 95.9%  | 95.4%  | 96.4%  | 1.0%  | 2018
Sierra Leone * | 43.2%  | 51.6%  | 39.8%  | 11.8%  | 2018
Singapore * | 97.5%  | 98.9%  | 96.1%  | 2.8%  | 2019
Slovakia * | 100.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Slovenia * | 99.7%  | 99.7%  | 99.7%  | 0.0%  | 2015
Solomon Islands * | 77.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Somalia * | 39.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
South Africa * | 95.0%  | 95.5%  | 94.5%  | 1.0%  | 2019
South Sudan * | 34.5%  | 40.3%  | 28.9%  | 11.4%  | 2018
Spain * | 98.6%  | 99.0%  | 98.2%  | 0.8%  | 2020
Sri Lanka * | 92.3%  | 93.0%  | 91.6%  | 1.4%  | 2019
Sudan * | 60.7%  | 65.4%  | 56.1%  | 9.3%  | 2018
Suriname * | 94.4%  | 96.1%  | 92.7%  | 3.4%  | 2018
Eswatini * | 88.4%  | 88.3%  | 88.5%  | 0.2%  | 2018
Sweden * | 99.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Switzerland * | 99.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Syria * | 86.4%  | 91.7%  | 81.0%  | 10.7%  | 2015
Taiwan * | 98.70%  | 99.73%  | 97.69%  | 2.05%  | 2017
Tajikistan * | 99.8%  | 99.8%  | 99.7%  | 0.1%  | 2015
Tanzania * | 77.9%  | 83.2%  | 73.1%  | 10.1%  | 2015
Thailand * | 93.8%  | 95.2%  | 92.4%  | 2.8%  | 2018
Timor-Leste | 68.1%  | 71.9%  | 64.2%  | 7.7%  | 2018
Togo * | 66.5%  | 80.0%  | 55.1%  | 24.9%  | 2019
Tonga * | 99.4%  | 99.4%  | 99.5%  | 0.1%  | 2018
Trinidad and Tobago * | 99.0%  | 99.2%  | 98.7%  | 0.5%  | 2015
Tunisia * | 81.8%  | 89.6%  | 74.2%  | 15.4%  | 2015
Turkey * | 96.7%  | 99.1%  | 94.4%  | 4.7%  | 2019
Turkmenistan * | 99.7%  | 99.8%  | 99.6%  | 0.2%  | 2015
Tuvalu * | 99.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Uganda * | 76.5%  | 82.7%  | 70.8%  | 11.9%  | 2018
Ukraine * | 99.8%  | 99.8%  | 99.7%  | 0.1%  | 2015
United Arab Emirates * | 97.6%  | 98.0%  | 96.9%  | 1.1%  | 2019
United Kingdom * | 99.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
United States * | 86.0%  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Uruguay * | 98.8%  | 98.5%  | 99.0%  | 0.5%  | 2019
Uzbekistan * | 100.0%  | 100.0%  | 100.0%  | 0.0%  | 2019
Vanuatu * | 87.5%  | 88.3%  | 86.7%  | 1.6%  | 2018
Venezuela * | 97.1%  | 97.0%  | 97.2%  | 0.2%  | 2016
Vietnam * | 95.8%  | 97.0%  | 94.6%  | 2.4%  | 2019
Yemen * | 70.1%  | 85.1%  | 55.0%  | 30.1%  | 2015
Zambia * | 86.7%  | 90.6%  | 83.1%  | 7.5%  | 2018
Zimbabwe * | 86.5%  | 88.5%  | 84.6%  | 3.9%  | 2015
World | 86.7% | 90.1% | 83.3% | 6.8% | 2020

## List of other states and territories

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Territory | Literacy rate (all) | Male literacy | Female literacy | Gender difference[a] | Year | Note

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Aruba | 97.5% | 97.5% | 97.5% | 0.0% | 2015[1] | A constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Cayman Islands | 98.9% | 98.7% | 99.0% | −0.3% | 2007[1] | An overseas territory of the United Kingdom.
Guadeloupe | 96.5% | 96.4% | 96.6% | −0.2% | 2015[1] | Overseas region/department of France.
Guam | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.8% | 0.0% | 2015[1] | An unincorporated and organized territory of the United States.
Kosovo | 91.9% | 96.6% | 87.5% | 9.1% | 2003[2] | Member of two UN specialized agencies (World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund). It is claimed by Serbia.
Macau | 96.2% | 98.0% | 94.6% | 3.4% | 2015[1] | A special administrative region of China.
Martinique | 97.0% | 97.6% | 96.4% | 1.2% | 2015[1] | Overseas region/department of France.
New Caledonia | 96.9% | 97.3% | 96.5% | 0.8% | 2015[1] | Overseas region/department of France.
Puerto Rico | 93.3% | 92.8% | 93.8% | −1.0% | 2015[1] | Unincorporated territory of the United States.
Réunion | 93.9% | 93.2% | 94.5% | −1.3% | 2015[1] | Overseas region/department of France.

## See also

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* International Literacy Day
* Compulsory education
* List of Indian states and union territories by literacy rate
* List of Brazilian states by literacy rate
* Programme for International Student Assessment, which focuses on developed countries
* Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
* Progress in International Reading Literacy Study

## Notes

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1. ^ A positive value indicates that the male literacy rate is higher. A negative value indicates that the female literacy rate is higher.

## References

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