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| Countries | Date | Adult literacy rate female | Adult literacy rate male | Adult literacy rate | Adult literacy rate 15-24 | Ch. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain [+] | 2020 | 98.19% | 99.03% | 98.59% | 99.62% | -0.09 | |
| Italy [+] | 2019 | 99.22% | 99.48% | 99.35% | 99.87% | -0.06 | |
| Portugal [+] | 2018 | 95.07% | 97.35% | 96.14% | 99.66% | 0.23 | |
| Greece [+] | 2018 | 97.39% | 98.51% | 97.94% | 99.16% | 0.35 | |
| Andorra [+] | 2016 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 0 | |
| United Arab Emirates [+] | 2019 | 94.47% | 96.23% | 95.53% | 96.31% | -3.12 | |
| Afghanistan [+] | 2021 | 22.60% | 52.06% | 37.27% | 55.93% | -9.49 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda [+] | 2015 | 99.42% | 98.40% | 98.95% | |||
| Albania [+] | 2018 | 97.76% | 98.51% | 98.14% | 99.33% | 0.10 | |
| Armenia [+] | 2020 | 99.74% | 99.84% | 99.79% | 99.87% | 0.03 | |
| Angola [+] | 2014 | 53.41% | 79.97% | 66.03% | 77.43% | 5.24 | |
| Argentina [+] | 2018 | 99.06% | 98.94% | 99.00% | 99.51% | 0.00 | |
| Azerbaijan [+] | 2019 | 99.73% | 99.87% | 99.80% | 99.93% | 0.00 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina [+] | 2013 | 94.91% | 99.18% | 96.99% | 99.66% | 0.20 | |
| Barbados [+] | 2014 | 99.60% | 99.60% | 99.60% | 99.90% | 0 | |
| Bangladesh [+] | 2020 | 72.00% | 77.82% | 74.91% | 94.46% | -0.40 | |
| Burkina Faso [+] | 2018 | 31.04% | 49.17% | 39.35% | 58.87% | 8.78 | |
| Bulgaria [+] | 2011 | 97.98% | 98.75% | 98.35% | 97.87% | -0.35 | |
| Bahrain [+] | 2018 | 94.95% | 98.76% | 97.46% | 99.69% | 0.09 | |
| Burundi [+] | 2017 | 61.22% | 76.30% | 68.38% | 88.22% | 8.66 | |
| Benin [+] | 2018 | 31.07% | 53.98% | 42.36% | 60.95% | 8.46 | |
| Brunei [+] | 2018 | 96.30% | 98.05% | 97.21% | 99.71% | 0.34 | |
| Bolivia [+] | 2020 | 90.50% | 97.44% | 93.85% | 99.56% | 0.16 | |
| Brazil [+] | 2018 | 93.43% | 93.01% | 93.23% | 99.20% | 0.05 | |
| Bhutan [+] | 2017 | 57.08% | 75.02% | 66.56% | 93.09% | 7.03 | |
| Botswana [+] | 2014 | 88.70% | 86.74% | 87.70% | 97.70% | 0.24 | |
| Belarus [+] | 2019 | 99.88% | 99.87% | 99.87% | 99.87% | 0.02 | |
| Belize [+] | 2000 | 77.12% | 76.68% | 76.90% | 84.22% | 6.58 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo [+] | 2016 | 66.50% | 88.52% | 77.04% | 84.99% | 1.39 | |
| Central African Republic [+] | 2018 | 25.76% | 49.51% | 37.40% | 38.27% | 1.91 | |
| Republic of the Congo [+] | 2018 | 74.62% | 86.08% | 80.30% | 82.05% | 1.14 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire [+] | 2019 | 86.74% | 93.14% | 89.89% | 83.63% | 25.21 | |
| Chile [+] | 2017 | 96.33% | 96.48% | 96.40% | 99.01% | -0.35 | |
| Cameroon [+] | 2018 | 71.59% | 82.63% | 77.07% | 85.08% | 4.51 | |
| China [+] | 2018 | 95.16% | 98.47% | 96.84% | 99.78% | 0.14 | |
| Colombia [+] | 2020 | 95.88% | 95.38% | 95.64% | 99.01% | 0.19 | |
| Costa Rica [+] | 2018 | 97.92% | 97.80% | 97.86% | 99.43% | 0.30 | |
| Cuba [+] | 2012 | 99.80% | 99.71% | 99.75% | 99.87% | -0.08 | |
| Cabo Verde [+] | 2015 | 82.04% | 91.69% | 86.79% | 98.11% | -0.02 | |
| Cyprus [+] | 2011 | 98.12% | 99.29% | 98.68% | 99.82% | 0.05 | |
| Dominican Republic [+] | 2016 | 93.76% | 93.79% | 93.78% | 98.84% | 1.23 | |
| Algeria [+] | 2018 | 75.32% | 87.42% | 81.41% | 97.43% | 3.66 | |
| Ecuador [+] | 2020 | 92.49% | 94.81% | 93.63% | 98.77% | -0.49 | |
| Estonia [+] | 2011 | 99.91% | 99.86% | 99.89% | 99.95% | 0.18 | |
| Egypt [+] | 2017 | 65.51% | 76.50% | 71.17% | 88.19% | -3.83 | |
| Eritrea [+] | 2018 | 68.95% | 84.37% | 76.57% | 93.27% | 6.30 | |
| Ethiopia [+] | 2017 | 44.42% | 59.24% | 51.77% | 72.75% | 17.77 | |
| Fiji [+] | 2017 | 99.09% | 99.08% | 99.08% | 99.74% | 0.49 | |
| Gabon [+] | 2018 | 83.42% | 85.85% | 84.67% | 89.78% | 1.28 | |
| Grenada [+] | 2014 | 98.60% | 98.58% | 98.60% | 99.20% | 0 | |
| Georgia [+] | 2019 | 99.45% | 99.68% | 99.56% | 99.70% | 0.06 | |
| Ghana [+] | 2018 | 74.47% | 83.52% | 79.04% | 92.49% | 6.77 | |
| The Gambia [+] | 2015 | 41.58% | 61.77% | 50.78% | 67.16% | 6.38 | |
| Guinea [+] | 2018 | 27.69% | 54.43% | 39.62% | 53.94% | 7.65 | |
| Equatorial Guinea [+] | 2014 | 92.40% | 97.29% | 95.00% | 98.20% | 0.23 | |
| Guatemala [+] | 2018 | 76.72% | 85.34% | 80.81% | 94.60% | 0.25 | |
| Guinea-Bissau [+] | 2014 | 30.77% | 62.16% | 45.58% | 60.40% | 0.91 | |
| Guyana [+] | 2014 | 85.03% | 86.31% | 85.64% | 96.69% | 3.59 | |
| Honduras [+] | 2019 | 88.73% | 88.25% | 88.51% | 96.08% | -0.43 | |
| Croatia [+] | 2011 | 98.67% | 99.63% | 99.13% | 99.72% | 0.07 | |
| Haiti [+] | 2016 | 58.30% | 65.28% | 61.69% | 82.99% | 10.65 | |
| Hungary [+] | 2014 | 99.10% | 99.16% | 99.10% | 98.80% | -0.57 | |
| Indonesia [+] | 2020 | 94.55% | 97.45% | 96.00% | 99.78% | 0.07 | |
| Israel [+] | 1983 | 88.67% | 94.96% | 91.75% | 98.56% | ||
| India [+] | 2018 | 65.79% | 82.37% | 74.37% | 91.66% | 5.52 | |
| Iraq [+] | 2017 | 79.90% | 91.20% | 85.60% | 93.50% | 2.60 | |
| Iran [+] | 2016 | 80.79% | 90.35% | 85.54% | 98.10% | 0.16 | |
| Jamaica [+] | 2014 | 92.70% | 83.44% | 88.10% | 96.30% | 4.70 | |
| Jordan [+] | 2018 | 97.83% | 98.61% | 98.23% | 99.34% | 0.24 | |
| Kenya [+] | 2018 | 78.19% | 84.99% | 81.53% | 87.83% | 1.30 | |
| Kyrgyzstan [+] | 2018 | 99.50% | 99.68% | 99.59% | 99.75% | 0.00 | |
| Cambodia [+] | 2015 | 75.03% | 86.53% | 80.53% | 92.21% | 2.07 | |
| Comoros [+] | 2018 | 52.96% | 64.64% | 58.82% | 78.27% | 6.69 | |
| North Korea [+] | 2008 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | ||
| South Korea [+] | 2008 | 97.62% | 98.32% | 97.97% | 99.95% | ||
| Kuwait [+] | 2020 | 95.35% | 97.05% | 96.46% | 99.30% | 0.22 | |
| Kazakhstan [+] | 2018 | 99.74% | 99.83% | 99.78% | 99.90% | 0 | |
| Laos [+] | 2015 | 79.39% | 89.96% | 84.66% | 92.46% | 20.41 | |
| Lebanon [+] | 2018 | 93.31% | 96.85% | 95.07% | 99.75% | 0.51 | |
| Sri Lanka [+] | 2020 | 91.60% | 93.28% | 92.38% | 98.86% | -0.11 | |
| Liberia [+] | 2017 | 34.09% | 62.70% | 48.30% | 55.40% | 6.32 | |
| Lesotho [+] | 2014 | 84.93% | 67.75% | 76.64% | 86.63% | 3.44 | |
| Lithuania [+] | 2011 | 99.83% | 99.79% | 99.82% | 99.86% | 0.15 | |
| Latvia [+] | 2018 | 99.91% | 99.87% | 99.89% | 99.82% | -0.02 | |
| Libya [+] | 2004 | 77.80% | 93.85% | 86.10% | 99.60% | 1.70 | |
| Morocco [+] | 2018 | 64.59% | 83.30% | 73.75% | 97.73% | 6.51 | |
| Moldova [+] | 2014 | 99.14% | 99.60% | 99.36% | 99.81% | 0.35 | |
| Montenegro [+] | 2018 | 98.27% | 99.45% | 98.85% | 99.11% | -0.10 | |
| Madagascar [+] | 2018 | 75.07% | 78.38% | 76.68% | 79.85% | 3.02 | |
| Marshall Islands [+] | 2011 | 98.20% | 98.33% | 98.27% | 98.46% | ||
| North Macedonia [+] | 2014 | 96.70% | 98.81% | 97.80% | 98.60% | -0.14 | |
| Mali [+] | 2020 | 22.08% | 40.43% | 30.76% | 46.16% | -3.98 | |
| Myanmar [+] | 2019 | 86.27% | 92.39% | 89.07% | 95.42% | 10.66 | |
| Mongolia [+] | 2020 | 99.24% | 99.12% | 99.18% | 99.07% | 0.44 | |
| Mauritania [+] | 2017 | 43.35% | 63.75% | 53.50% | 63.95% | -7.08 | |
| Malta [+] | 2018 | 95.99% | 93.01% | 94.50% | 99.30% | 0.42 | |
| Mauritius [+] | 2018 | 89.37% | 93.36% | 91.33% | 99.04% | 0.91 | |
| Maldives [+] | 2016 | 98.11% | 97.30% | 97.73% | 98.75% | -0.51 | |
| Malawi [+] | 2015 | 55.20% | 69.75% | 62.14% | 72.94% | -3.15 | |
| Mexico [+] | 2020 | 94.50% | 96.06% | 95.25% | 99.08% | -0.24 | |
| Malaysia [+] | 2019 | 93.65% | 96.22% | 94.97% | 96.78% | -0.07 | |
| Mozambique [+] | 2017 | 50.30% | 72.60% | 60.66% | 70.91% | 0.39 | |
| Namibia [+] | 2018 | 91.44% | 91.63% | 91.53% | 95.16% | 0.75 | |
| Niger [+] | 2018 | 26.65% | 43.59% | 35.05% | 43.46% | 3.67 | |
| Nigeria [+] | 2018 | 52.66% | 71.26% | 62.02% | 75.03% | 8.65 | |
| Nicaragua [+] | 2015 | 82.78% | 82.44% | 82.61% | 91.57% | 4.56 | |
| Nepal [+] | 2018 | 59.72% | 78.59% | 67.91% | 92.39% | 7.64 | |
| Oman [+] | 2018 | 92.69% | 96.99% | 95.65% | 98.62% | -0.04 | |
| Panama [+] | 2019 | 95.36% | 96.14% | 95.74% | 98.88% | -0.22 | |
| Peru [+] | 2020 | 92.02% | 96.99% | 94.50% | 99.44% | 0.41 | |
| Papua New Guinea [+] | 2010 | 57.90% | 65.29% | 61.60% | 67.90% | 1.22 | |
| Philippines [+] | 2019 | 96.85% | 95.71% | 96.28% | 98.38% | -0.70 | |
| Pakistan [+] | 2019 | 46.49% | 69.29% | 58.00% | 72.70% | 0.71 | |
| Poland [+] | 2008 | 98.25% | 99.28% | 98.74% | 99.80% | 0 | |
| State of Palestine [+] | 2020 | 96.20% | 98.79% | 97.51% | 99.23% | -0.10 | |
| Palau [+] | 2015 | 96.34% | 96.81% | 96.59% | 98.66% | -1.17 | |
| Paraguay [+] | 2020 | 94.18% | 94.92% | 94.54% | 98.64% | 0.29 | |
| Qatar [+] | 2017 | 94.71% | 93.14% | 93.46% | 94.64% | -0.82 | |
| Romania [+] | 2018 | 98.60% | 99.11% | 98.84% | 99.43% | 0.43 | |
| Serbia [+] | 2019 | 99.12% | 99.88% | 99.48% | 100.00% | 0.28 | |
| Russia [+] | 2018 | 99.73% | 99.73% | 99.73% | 99.70% | -0.01 | |
| Rwanda [+] | 2018 | 69.39% | 77.56% | 73.22% | 86.49% | 1.43 | |
| Saudi Arabia [+] | 2020 | 96.05% | 98.62% | 97.59% | 99.50% | 0.20 | |
| Solomon Islands [+] | 2009 | 69.00% | 83.70% | 76.60% | |||
| Seychelles [+] | 2018 | 96.35% | 95.41% | 95.87% | 99.07% | 0.10 | |
| Sudan [+] | 2018 | 56.06% | 65.44% | 60.70% | 73.00% | 7.19 | |
| Singapore [+] | 2020 | 95.83% | 98.54% | 97.13% | 99.73% | -0.20 | |
| Slovenia [+] | 2014 | 99.60% | 99.69% | 99.70% | 99.80% | 0 | |
| Sierra Leone [+] | 2018 | 34.85% | 51.65% | 43.21% | 66.65% | 9.63 | |
| San Marino [+] | 2018 | 99.90% | 99.93% | 99.92% | 100.00% | ||
| Senegal [+] | 2017 | 39.80% | 64.81% | 51.90% | 69.48% | 12.54 | |
| Somalia [+] | 1972 | 3.69% | 7.20% | 5.40% | 13.14% | ||
| Suriname [+] | 2018 | 92.71% | 96.07% | 94.38% | 98.65% | 0.98 | |
| South Sudan [+] | 2018 | 28.86% | 40.26% | 34.52% | 47.90% | 11.20 | |
| Sao Tome and Principe [+] | 2018 | 89.52% | 96.16% | 92.82% | 97.78% | 1.04 | |
| El Salvador [+] | 2020 | 88.54% | 91.73% | 89.98% | 98.52% | 0.17 | |
| Syria [+] | 2004 | 73.63% | 87.76% | 80.84% | 92.45% | -2.74 | |
| Eswatini [+] | 2018 | 88.54% | 88.29% | 88.42% | 95.47% | 1.97 | |
| Chad [+] | 2016 | 13.96% | 31.33% | 22.31% | 30.79% | -7.98 | |
| Togo [+] | 2019 | 55.05% | 79.99% | 66.54% | 87.89% | 3.60 | |
| Thailand [+] | 2018 | 92.43% | 95.20% | 93.77% | 98.14% | -0.01 | |
| Tajikistan [+] | 2014 | 99.70% | 99.82% | 99.80% | 99.90% | 0.05 | |
| Timor-Leste [+] | 2018 | 64.21% | 71.87% | 68.07% | 83.54% | 4.01 | |
| Turkmenistan [+] | 2014 | 99.60% | 99.75% | 99.70% | 99.80% | -0.01 | |
| Tunisia [+] | 2014 | 72.22% | 86.06% | 79.04% | 96.21% | -0.66 | |
| Tonga [+] | 2018 | 99.48% | 99.35% | 99.41% | 99.44% | 0.00 | |
| Türkiye [+] | 2019 | 94.42% | 99.08% | 96.74% | 99.91% | 0.16 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago [+] | 2010 | 98.30% | 99.14% | 98.70% | 99.60% | 0.20 | |
| Tanzania [+] | 2015 | 73.09% | 83.20% | 77.89% | 85.76% | -0.18 | |
| Ukraine [+] | 2012 | 99.96% | 99.99% | 99.97% | 99.97% | 0.16 | |
| Uganda [+] | 2018 | 70.84% | 82.66% | 76.53% | 89.40% | 5.74 | |
| Uruguay [+] | 2019 | 99.04% | 98.48% | 98.77% | 99.02% | 0.14 | |
| Uzbekistan [+] | 2019 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 0.00 | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+] | 1970 | 95.50% | 95.80% | 95.63% | 97.96% | ||
| Venezuela [+] | 2016 | 97.21% | 97.04% | 97.13% | 98.76% | -0.25 | |
| Viet Nam [+] | 2019 | 94.57% | 96.99% | 95.75% | 98.63% | 0.22 | |
| Vanuatu [+] | 2018 | 86.71% | 88.31% | 87.51% | 96.28% | 0.98 | |
| Samoa [+] | 2018 | 99.25% | 98.96% | 99.10% | 99.12% | -0.11 | |
| Yemen [+] | 2004 | 35.00% | 73.16% | 54.10% | 77.00% | 16.78 | |
| South Africa [+] | 2019 | 94.53% | 95.55% | 95.02% | 98.41% | 3.09 | |
| Zambia [+] | 2018 | 83.08% | 90.60% | 86.75% | 92.09% | 3.38 | |
| Zimbabwe [+] | 2014 | 88.28% | 89.19% | 88.69% | 90.43% | -0.50 | |