| Countries | Date | Adult literacy rate female | Adult literacy rate male | Adult literacy rate | Adult literacy rate 15-24 | Ch. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain [+] | 1991 | 95.05% | 98.04% | 96.49% | 99.55% | 0.91 | |
| Italy [+] | 1981 | 95.54% | 97.46% | 96.46% | 99.64% | ||
| Portugal [+] | 1991 | 84.66% | 91.59% | 87.95% | 99.20% | 1.26 | |
| Greece [+] | 1991 | 89.35% | 96.04% | 92.61% | 98.98% | 0.02 | |
| United Arab Emirates [+] | 1985 | 68.66% | 72.27% | 71.24% | 82.47% | 19.43 | |
| Afghanistan [+] | 1979 | 4.99% | 30.31% | 18.16% | 30.07% | ||
| Armenia [+] | 1989 | 98.15% | 99.40% | 98.75% | 99.91% | ||
| Argentina [+] | 1991 | 95.92% | 96.17% | 96.04% | 98.30% | 1.42 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina [+] | 1991 | 81.96% | 96.31% | 89.06% | 99.02% | ||
| Barbados [+] | 1994 | 99.60% | 99.60% | 99.60% | 99.90% | 0 | |
| Bangladesh [+] | 1991 | 25.84% | 44.31% | 35.32% | 44.68% | 9.03 | |
| Burkina Faso [+] | 1991 | 8.23% | 19.63% | 13.57% | 20.18% | 5.80 | |
| Bahrain [+] | 1991 | 76.93% | 88.54% | 84.01% | 96.94% | 10.65 | |
| Burundi [+] | 1990 | 27.53% | 48.24% | 37.38% | 53.56% | 22.58 | |
| Benin [+] | 1992 | 16.57% | 39.90% | 27.25% | 39.88% | 10.09 | |
| Brunei [+] | 1991 | 82.46% | 92.45% | 87.80% | 98.10% | 4.41 | |
| Bolivia [+] | 1992 | 72.31% | 88.16% | 79.99% | 93.90% | 10.34 | |
| Brazil [+] | 1980 | 72.85% | 76.38% | 74.59% | 83.91% | ||
| Botswana [+] | 1991 | 71.30% | 65.39% | 68.58% | 89.26% | ||
| Belarus [+] | 1989 | 96.63% | 99.38% | 97.88% | 99.77% | ||
| Belize [+] | 1991 | 70.33% | 70.27% | 70.30% | 77.64% | ||
| Central African Republic [+] | 1988 | 20.34% | 48.02% | 33.62% | 48.20% | 11.17 | |
| Republic of the Congo [+] | 1984 | 49.00% | 71.33% | 59.62% | 87.50% | ||
| Côte d'Ivoire [+] | 1988 | 23.43% | 44.36% | 34.14% | 48.51% | ||
| Chile [+] | 1992 | 94.04% | 94.56% | 94.29% | 98.43% | 1.77 | |
| Cameroon [+] | 1976 | 29.12% | 54.63% | 41.22% | 68.82% | ||
| China [+] | 1990 | 68.07% | 87.02% | 77.79% | 94.28% | 5.51 | |
| Colombia [+] | 1993 | 91.15% | 90.97% | 91.06% | 95.48% | ||
| Costa Rica [+] | 1984 | 92.58% | 92.68% | 92.63% | 97.15% | ||
| Cuba [+] | 1981 | 97.85% | 99.57% | ||||
| Cabo Verde [+] | 1990 | 53.00% | 74.76% | 62.80% | 88.17% | ||
| Cyprus [+] | 1992 | 91.00% | 97.83% | 94.36% | 99.62% | ||
| Dominican Republic [+] | 1981 | 72.54% | 73.59% | 73.06% | 82.62% | ||
| Algeria [+] | 1987 | 35.84% | 63.38% | 49.63% | 74.33% | ||
| Ecuador [+] | 1990 | 86.19% | 90.50% | 88.30% | 96.19% | 2.79 | |
| Estonia [+] | 1989 | 99.60% | 99.88% | 99.73% | 99.87% | ||
| Egypt [+] | 1986 | 31.39% | 56.98% | 44.42% | 63.33% | 12.30 | |
| Ethiopia [+] | 1994 | 18.51% | 35.98% | 27.01% | 33.59% | ||
| Gabon [+] | 1993 | 65.33% | 79.44% | 72.23% | 93.21% | ||
| Grenada [+] | 1994 | 98.60% | 98.58% | 98.60% | 99.20% | 0 | |
| Guatemala [+] | 1994 | 57.29% | 71.71% | 64.21% | 75.99% | ||
| Guinea-Bissau [+] | 1979 | 8.59% | 33.35% | 19.96% | 36.40% | ||
| Croatia [+] | 1991 | 94.82% | 98.76% | 96.70% | 99.64% | ||
| Haiti [+] | 1982 | 32.52% | 37.13% | 34.73% | 51.15% | ||
| Hungary [+] | 1990 | 98.80% | 99.30% | 99.10% | 99.20% | -0.17 | |
| Indonesia [+] | 1990 | 75.27% | 88.02% | 81.52% | 96.21% | 10.77 | |
| Israel [+] | 1983 | 88.67% | 94.96% | 91.75% | 98.56% | ||
| India [+] | 1991 | 33.73% | 61.64% | 48.22% | 61.90% | 8.12 | |
| Iran [+] | 1991 | 56.16% | 74.27% | 65.53% | 86.97% | 11.77 | |
| Jordan [+] | 1979 | 52.11% | 80.48% | 66.80% | 90.51% | ||
| Comoros [+] | 1980 | 40.32% | 55.98% | 47.92% | 61.71% | ||
| Kuwait [+] | 1995 | 74.15% | 81.12% | 78.40% | 92.04% | 4.59 | |
| Kazakhstan [+] | 1989 | 96.14% | 99.07% | 97.53% | 99.73% | ||
| Laos [+] | 1995 | 47.90% | 73.49% | 60.25% | 71.13% | ||
| Sri Lanka [+] | 1981 | 82.02% | 91.35% | 86.78% | 91.04% | ||
| Liberia [+] | 1984 | 19.30% | 44.88% | 32.11% | 47.63% | ||
| Lithuania [+] | 1989 | 97.78% | 99.21% | 98.44% | 99.67% | ||
| Latvia [+] | 1989 | 99.19% | 99.75% | 99.45% | 99.78% | ||
| Libya [+] | 1994 | 63.70% | 87.72% | 76.50% | 97.90% | 8.56 | |
| Morocco [+] | 1994 | 28.73% | 55.16% | 41.59% | 58.43% | 14.30 | |
| Moldova [+] | 1989 | 94.44% | 98.61% | 96.38% | 99.73% | ||
| Montenegro [+] | 1991 | 97.78% | 89.28% | 93.46% | 99.15% | 0.42 | |
| North Macedonia [+] | 1994 | 90.93% | 97.23% | 94.06% | 98.86% | ||
| Mali [+] | 1976 | 5.74% | 13.51% | 9.43% | 19.65% | ||
| Myanmar [+] | 1983 | 71.63% | 85.79% | 78.57% | 84.90% | ||
| Malta [+] | 1995 | 89.24% | 86.43% | 87.87% | 96.03% | -1.83 | |
| Mauritius [+] | 1990 | 74.66% | 85.15% | 79.87% | 91.19% | ||
| Maldives [+] | 1995 | 96.44% | 96.21% | 96.33% | 98.17% | -0.03 | |
| Malawi [+] | 1987 | 33.52% | 65.28% | 48.54% | 59.02% | ||
| Mexico [+] | 1990 | 84.96% | 90.35% | 87.56% | 95.42% | 3.47 | |
| Malaysia [+] | 1991 | 77.28% | 88.56% | 82.92% | 95.56% | 7.60 | |
| Mozambique [+] | 1980 | 12.10% | 43.78% | 27.00% | 43.64% | ||
| Namibia [+] | 1991 | 73.99% | 77.81% | 75.82% | 88.11% | ||
| Nigeria [+] | 1991 | 43.73% | 67.65% | 55.45% | 71.19% | ||
| Nepal [+] | 1991 | 17.38% | 49.22% | 32.98% | 49.60% | 19.57 | |
| Panama [+] | 1990 | 88.21% | 89.34% | 88.78% | 95.09% | -1.02 | |
| Peru [+] | 1993 | 81.66% | 92.85% | 87.15% | 95.37% | 2.25 | |
| Philippines [+] | 1994 | 94.54% | 93.30% | 93.92% | 96.04% | -0.54 | |
| Pakistan [+] | 1981 | 14.77% | 35.38% | 25.73% | 34.78% | ||
| Poland [+] | 1988 | 99.00% | 99.60% | 99.30% | 99.80% | 0.00 | |
| Palau [+] | 1980 | 90.50% | 93.29% | 91.92% | 94.28% | ||
| Paraguay [+] | 1992 | 88.56% | 92.00% | 90.27% | 95.61% | 6.02 | |
| Qatar [+] | 1986 | 72.46% | 76.80% | 75.64% | 89.54% | ||
| Romania [+] | 1992 | 94.98% | 98.53% | 96.71% | 99.11% | ||
| Russia [+] | 1989 | 96.76% | 99.46% | 97.99% | 99.72% | ||
| Rwanda [+] | 1991 | 26.57% | 50.82% | 57.85% | 74.90% | 22.63 | |
| Saudi Arabia [+] | 1992 | 57.28% | 79.97% | 70.82% | 87.86% | ||
| Seychelles [+] | 1994 | 88.59% | 87.02% | 87.81% | 98.81% | 1.16 | |
| Singapore [+] | 1990 | 83.03% | 95.09% | 89.10% | 98.97% | 2.68 | |
| Slovenia [+] | 1991 | 99.45% | 99.60% | 99.52% | 99.76% | ||
| Senegal [+] | 1988 | 17.86% | 36.90% | 26.87% | 37.87% | ||
| Somalia [+] | 1972 | 3.69% | 7.20% | 5.40% | 13.14% | ||
| Sao Tome and Principe [+] | 1991 | 61.92% | 85.25% | 73.24% | 93.85% | 11.45 | |
| El Salvador [+] | 1992 | 71.28% | 77.37% | 74.14% | 84.95% | ||
| Syria [+] | 1981 | 37.06% | 73.58% | 55.65% | 74.28% | ||
| Eswatini [+] | 1986 | 65.22% | 69.68% | 67.24% | 83.75% | 8.30 | |
| Chad [+] | 1993 | 4.59% | 18.26% | 10.89% | 17.35% | ||
| Thailand [+] | 1980 | 83.89% | 92.21% | 87.98% | 96.87% | ||
| Tajikistan [+] | 1989 | 96.64% | 98.79% | 97.69% | 99.70% | ||
| Turkmenistan [+] | 1995 | 98.26% | 99.32% | 98.78% | 99.81% | ||
| Tunisia [+] | 1984 | 35.77% | 60.41% | 48.19% | 74.28% | ||
| Tonga [+] | 1976 | 99.53% | 99.66% | 99.59% | 99.82% | ||
| Türkiye [+] | 1990 | 68.52% | 89.85% | 79.23% | 92.54% | 1.64 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago [+] | 1990 | 95.66% | 98.01% | 96.94% | 99.30% | 0.08 | |
| Tanzania [+] | 1988 | 48.09% | 71.37% | 59.11% | 81.75% | ||
| Uganda [+] | 1991 | 44.83% | 68.20% | 56.11% | 69.80% | ||
| Uruguay [+] | 1985 | 95.88% | 94.83% | 95.38% | 98.63% | 0.33 | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+] | 1980 | 96.90% | 96.90% | 96.90% | 98.70% | 0.74 | |
| Venezuela [+] | 1990 | 89.00% | 90.67% | 89.83% | 95.44% | 2.33 | |
| Viet Nam [+] | 1989 | 82.83% | 93.00% | 87.60% | 93.73% | -1.29 | |
| Vanuatu [+] | 1994 | 65.60% | 71.77% | 68.70% | 86.10% | 8.90 | |
| Samoa [+] | 1991 | 97.42% | 98.42% | 97.94% | 99.04% | ||
| Yemen [+] | 1994 | 17.06% | 56.72% | 37.09% | 60.22% | ||
| South Africa [+] | 1980 | 74.81% | 77.53% | 76.20% | 85.17% | ||
| Zambia [+] | 1990 | 57.36% | 73.04% | 65.00% | 66.38% | ||
| Zimbabwe [+] | 1992 | 78.52% | 88.89% | 83.51% | 95.41% | 6.39 | |
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