| Countries | Date | Adult literacy rate female | Adult literacy rate male | Adult literacy rate | Adult literacy rate 15-24 | Ch. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain [+] | 2004 | 96.23% | 98.14% | 97.17% | 99.56% | 0.00 | |
| Italy [+] | 2001 | 98.04% | 98.82% | 98.42% | 99.81% | 0.17 | |
| Portugal [+] | 1991 | 84.66% | 91.59% | 87.95% | 99.20% | 1.26 | |
| Greece [+] | 2001 | 94.24% | 97.81% | 95.99% | 98.94% | -0.04 | |
| United Arab Emirates [+] | 1985 | 68.66% | 72.27% | 71.24% | 82.47% | 19.43 | |
| Afghanistan [+] | 1979 | 4.99% | 30.31% | 18.16% | 30.07% | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda [+] | 2001 | 99.42% | 98.40% | 98.95% | |||
| Albania [+] | 2001 | 98.25% | 99.19% | 98.71% | 99.44% | ||
| Armenia [+] | 2001 | 99.16% | 99.67% | 99.40% | 99.81% | -0.19 | |
| Angola [+] | 2001 | 54.19% | 82.92% | 67.41% | 72.19% | ||
| Argentina [+] | 2001 | 97.19% | 97.19% | 97.19% | 98.92% | 0.61 | |
| Azerbaijan [+] | 1999 | 98.17% | 99.47% | 98.79% | 99.89% | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina [+] | 2000 | 94.36% | 99.03% | 96.66% | 99.79% | 0.77 | |
| Barbados [+] | 2004 | 99.60% | 99.60% | 99.60% | 99.90% | 0 | |
| Bangladesh [+] | 2001 | 40.82% | 53.90% | 47.49% | 63.62% | -36.38 | |
| Burkina Faso [+] | 2003 | 15.19% | 29.36% | 21.82% | 31.23% | 11.82 | |
| Bulgaria [+] | 2001 | 97.71% | 98.74% | 98.20% | 98.21% | ||
| Bahrain [+] | 2001 | 83.56% | 88.55% | 86.55% | 97.02% | 0.09 | |
| Burundi [+] | 2000 | 52.24% | 67.31% | 59.30% | 73.33% | 19.77 | |
| Benin [+] | 2002 | 23.30% | 47.87% | 34.66% | 45.31% | -2.65 | |
| Brunei [+] | 2001 | 90.16% | 95.15% | 92.67% | 98.89% | 0.80 | |
| Bolivia [+] | 2004 | 80.65% | 93.06% | 86.72% | 99.09% | 0.79 | |
| Brazil [+] | 2004 | 88.81% | 88.41% | 88.62% | 96.81% | 0.18 | |
| Botswana [+] | 2003 | 81.81% | 80.43% | 81.19% | 93.96% | 4.70 | |
| Belarus [+] | 1999 | 99.42% | 99.79% | 99.59% | 99.79% | 0.03 | |
| Belize [+] | 2001 | 81.30% | 80.40% | 80.90% | 87.20% | 2.98 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo [+] | 2001 | 54.06% | 80.92% | 67.17% | 70.42% | ||
| Central African Republic [+] | 2000 | 35.29% | 66.79% | 50.65% | 60.81% | 12.60 | |
| Republic of the Congo [+] | 1984 | 49.00% | 71.33% | 59.62% | 87.50% | ||
| Côte d'Ivoire [+] | 2000 | 38.61% | 60.86% | 48.74% | 60.72% | 13.66 | |
| Chile [+] | 2003 | 95.64% | 95.80% | 95.72% | 99.11% | 0.12 | |
| Cameroon [+] | 2004 | 58.72% | 79.19% | 68.41% | 75.11% | -7.99 | |
| China [+] | 2000 | 86.53% | 95.14% | 90.92% | 98.86% | 4.58 | |
| Colombia [+] | 2004 | 92.71% | 92.90% | 92.80% | 97.94% | 0.44 | |
| Costa Rica [+] | 2000 | 95.08% | 94.65% | 94.87% | 97.61% | 0.47 | |
| Cuba [+] | 2002 | 99.79% | 99.81% | 99.80% | 99.96% | 0.39 | |
| Cabo Verde [+] | 2004 | 81.46% | 80.53% | 81.00% | 94.15% | -1.72 | |
| Cyprus [+] | 2001 | 95.08% | 98.63% | 96.80% | 99.77% | 0.15 | |
| Dominican Republic [+] | 2004 | 87.18% | 86.81% | 87.00% | 95.94% | 0.20 | |
| Algeria [+] | 2002 | 60.08% | 79.19% | 69.87% | 90.14% | 15.81 | |
| Ecuador [+] | 2003 | 89.70% | 92.33% | 90.98% | 90.72% | -1.98 | |
| Estonia [+] | 2000 | 99.76% | 99.78% | 99.77% | 99.77% | -0.10 | |
| Egypt [+] | 1996 | 43.60% | 67.15% | 55.59% | 73.22% | 9.89 | |
| Eritrea [+] | 2002 | 40.22% | 65.39% | 52.51% | 77.95% | ||
| Ethiopia [+] | 2004 | 22.80% | 50.00% | 35.90% | 49.90% | 11.29 | |
| Fiji [+] | 1996 | 91.39% | 94.47% | 92.94% | 99.26% | ||
| Gabon [+] | 1993 | 65.33% | 79.44% | 72.23% | 93.21% | ||
| Grenada [+] | 2004 | 98.60% | 98.58% | 98.60% | 99.20% | 0 | |
| Georgia [+] | 2002 | 99.55% | 99.77% | 99.65% | 99.83% | ||
| Ghana [+] | 2003 | 49.79% | 66.35% | 57.90% | 79.71% | 9.05 | |
| The Gambia [+] | 2000 | 25.06% | 48.98% | 36.82% | 52.56% | ||
| Guinea [+] | 2003 | 18.24% | 42.90% | 29.70% | 47.09% | 19.37 | |
| Equatorial Guinea [+] | 2000 | 81.62% | 94.84% | 88.31% | 97.13% | ||
| Guatemala [+] | 2002 | 63.34% | 75.42% | 69.10% | 82.22% | 0.50 | |
| Guinea-Bissau [+] | 2000 | 27.49% | 57.61% | 41.36% | 59.49% | 23.09 | |
| Honduras [+] | 2004 | 80.22% | 79.79% | 80.01% | 90.87% | -0.36 | |
| Croatia [+] | 2001 | 97.08% | 99.32% | 98.15% | 99.65% | 0.01 | |
| Haiti [+] | 2003 | 54.86% | 63.09% | 58.74% | 81.62% | 30.46 | |
| Hungary [+] | 1990 | 98.80% | 99.30% | 99.10% | 99.20% | -0.17 | |
| Indonesia [+] | 2004 | 86.80% | 94.04% | 90.38% | 98.71% | 2.50 | |
| Israel [+] | 1983 | 88.67% | 94.96% | 91.75% | 98.56% | ||
| India [+] | 2001 | 47.84% | 73.41% | 61.01% | 76.43% | 14.53 | |
| Iraq [+] | 2000 | 64.17% | 84.09% | 74.05% | 84.80% | ||
| Iran [+] | 2002 | 70.40% | 83.50% | 77.00% | 93.03% | 6.05 | |
| Jamaica [+] | 1999 | 85.87% | 74.08% | 79.92% | 91.60% | ||
| Jordan [+] | 2003 | 84.71% | 95.08% | 89.89% | 99.13% | 8.62 | |
| Kenya [+] | 2000 | 77.89% | 87.49% | 82.23% | 92.53% | ||
| Kyrgyzstan [+] | 1999 | 98.13% | 99.31% | 98.70% | 99.70% | ||
| Cambodia [+] | 2004 | 64.05% | 84.68% | 73.61% | 83.38% | 7.06 | |
| Comoros [+] | 2000 | 63.46% | 74.51% | 68.49% | 80.19% | 18.47 | |
| Kuwait [+] | 1995 | 74.15% | 81.12% | 78.40% | 92.04% | 4.59 | |
| Kazakhstan [+] | 1999 | 99.29% | 99.76% | 99.51% | 99.85% | 0.12 | |
| Laos [+] | 2001 | 60.90% | 77.01% | 68.73% | 78.46% | -2.14 | |
| Sri Lanka [+] | 2001 | 89.14% | 92.27% | 90.68% | 95.59% | 4.55 | |
| Liberia [+] | 1984 | 19.30% | 44.88% | 32.11% | 47.63% | ||
| Lesotho [+] | 2000 | 92.05% | 80.00% | 86.25% | 90.93% | ||
| Lithuania [+] | 2001 | 99.65% | 99.64% | 99.65% | 99.70% | 0.03 | |
| Latvia [+] | 2000 | 99.71% | 99.79% | 99.75% | 99.75% | -0.03 | |
| Libya [+] | 2004 | 77.80% | 93.85% | 86.10% | 99.60% | 1.70 | |
| Morocco [+] | 2004 | 39.62% | 65.71% | 52.31% | 70.46% | 12.02 | |
| Moldova [+] | 2000 | 95.49% | 97.98% | 96.65% | 99.53% | -0.20 | |
| Montenegro [+] | 2003 | 96.32% | 99.30% | 97.77% | 99.41% | 0.26 | |
| Madagascar [+] | 2000 | 65.28% | 76.54% | 70.69% | 70.24% | ||
| North Macedonia [+] | 2002 | 94.06% | 98.21% | 96.13% | 98.74% | -0.12 | |
| Mali [+] | 2003 | 15.90% | 32.70% | 24.00% | 24.19% | 4.54 | |
| Myanmar [+] | 2000 | 86.42% | 93.92% | 89.94% | 94.59% | 9.69 | |
| Mongolia [+] | 2000 | 97.53% | 98.02% | 97.77% | 97.71% | ||
| Mauritania [+] | 2000 | 43.42% | 59.54% | 51.21% | 61.34% | ||
| Malta [+] | 1995 | 89.24% | 86.43% | 87.87% | 96.03% | -1.83 | |
| Mauritius [+] | 2000 | 80.50% | 88.23% | 84.30% | 94.54% | 3.35 | |
| Maldives [+] | 2000 | 96.44% | 96.21% | 96.33% | 98.17% | 0 | |
| Malawi [+] | 1998 | 54.00% | 74.93% | 64.13% | 76.01% | 16.99 | |
| Mexico [+] | 2004 | 89.63% | 92.45% | 90.95% | 97.29% | -0.23 | |
| Malaysia [+] | 2001 | 86.19% | 92.74% | 89.51% | 98.15% | 0.92 | |
| Mozambique [+] | 2003 | 33.19% | 65.58% | 48.16% | 61.89% | 14.92 | |
| Namibia [+] | 2001 | 83.54% | 86.56% | 84.94% | 92.42% | 2.99 | |
| Niger [+] | 2001 | 9.40% | 19.64% | 14.38% | 19.79% | ||
| Nigeria [+] | 2003 | 43.32% | 66.77% | 54.77% | 68.99% | -2.20 | |
| Nicaragua [+] | 2001 | 76.60% | 76.76% | 76.68% | 87.33% | ||
| Nepal [+] | 2001 | 34.89% | 62.71% | 48.61% | 70.05% | 20.45 | |
| Oman [+] | 2003 | 73.53% | 86.86% | 81.36% | 97.28% | ||
| Panama [+] | 2000 | 91.25% | 92.55% | 91.90% | 96.08% | 0.99 | |
| Peru [+] | 2004 | 82.06% | 93.46% | 87.67% | 97.36% | 0.51 | |
| Papua New Guinea [+] | 2000 | 50.92% | 63.45% | 57.34% | 66.68% | ||
| Philippines [+] | 2003 | 93.56% | 91.63% | 92.59% | 95.06% | -0.03 | |
| Pakistan [+] | 1998 | 29.04% | 55.30% | 42.70% | 55.33% | 20.55 | |
| Poland [+] | 1998 | 98.25% | 99.28% | 98.74% | 99.80% | 0.00 | |
| State of Palestine [+] | 2004 | 88.77% | 96.08% | 92.48% | 98.95% | 1.91 | |
| Palau [+] | 1980 | 90.50% | 93.29% | 91.92% | 94.28% | ||
| Paraguay [+] | 2004 | 88.56% | 92.00% | 90.27% | 97.23% | -0.14 | |
| Qatar [+] | 2004 | 88.61% | 89.10% | 88.96% | 95.92% | 1.13 | |
| Romania [+] | 2002 | 96.27% | 98.40% | 97.30% | 97.76% | -1.35 | |
| Serbia [+] | 2003 | 94.07% | 98.91% | 96.40% | 99.36% | ||
| Russia [+] | 2002 | 99.23% | 99.69% | 99.44% | 99.72% | 0.01 | |
| Rwanda [+] | 2000 | 59.75% | 71.42% | 64.89% | 77.62% | 2.72 | |
| Saudi Arabia [+] | 2004 | 76.34% | 87.53% | 82.86% | 95.85% | -0.06 | |
| Solomon Islands [+] | 1999 | 69.00% | 83.70% | 76.60% | |||
| Seychelles [+] | 2002 | 92.26% | 91.41% | 91.84% | 99.06% | 0.25 | |
| Sudan [+] | 2000 | 52.15% | 71.58% | 61.35% | 78.16% | ||
| Singapore [+] | 2000 | 88.65% | 96.57% | 92.55% | 99.50% | 0.54 | |
| Slovenia [+] | 2004 | 99.60% | 99.69% | 99.70% | 99.80% | 0.00 | |
| Sierra Leone [+] | 2004 | 24.16% | 46.65% | 34.83% | 47.93% | ||
| Senegal [+] | 2002 | 29.25% | 51.05% | 39.28% | 49.12% | 11.26 | |
| Somalia [+] | 1972 | 3.69% | 7.20% | 5.40% | 13.14% | ||
| Suriname [+] | 2004 | 87.20% | 92.02% | 89.60% | 94.88% | ||
| Sao Tome and Principe [+] | 2001 | 77.95% | 92.23% | 84.91% | 95.42% | 1.57 | |
| El Salvador [+] | 2004 | 71.28% | 77.37% | 74.14% | 93.83% | 0.50 | |
| Syria [+] | 2004 | 73.63% | 87.76% | 80.84% | 92.45% | -2.74 | |
| Eswatini [+] | 2000 | 80.33% | 83.15% | 81.66% | 91.86% | 8.12 | |
| Chad [+] | 2004 | 17.98% | 39.37% | 28.38% | 41.67% | 4.12 | |
| Togo [+] | 2000 | 38.45% | 68.73% | 53.18% | 74.44% | ||
| Thailand [+] | 2000 | 90.52% | 94.90% | 92.65% | 97.98% | 1.11 | |
| Tajikistan [+] | 2000 | 99.22% | 99.68% | 99.45% | 99.85% | 0.14 | |
| Timor-Leste [+] | 2001 | 30.00% | 45.30% | 37.60% | |||
| Turkmenistan [+] | 1995 | 98.26% | 99.32% | 98.78% | 99.81% | ||
| Tunisia [+] | 2004 | 65.35% | 83.39% | 74.30% | 94.34% | 20.05 | |
| Tonga [+] | 1996 | 98.98% | 98.83% | 98.91% | 99.31% | -0.51 | |
| Türkiye [+] | 2004 | 79.58% | 95.27% | 87.37% | 95.60% | 3.06 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago [+] | 2000 | 97.10% | 98.75% | 97.90% | 99.40% | 0.10 | |
| Tanzania [+] | 2002 | 62.17% | 77.51% | 69.43% | 78.40% | -3.36 | |
| Ukraine [+] | 2001 | 99.17% | 99.74% | 99.43% | 99.80% | ||
| Uganda [+] | 2002 | 58.91% | 78.30% | 68.14% | 80.79% | 10.99 | |
| Uruguay [+] | 1996 | 97.27% | 96.24% | 96.78% | 98.58% | -0.05 | |
| Uzbekistan [+] | 2000 | 98.14% | 99.16% | 98.64% | 99.87% | ||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+] | 1980 | 96.90% | 96.90% | 96.90% | 98.70% | 0.74 | |
| Venezuela [+] | 2004 | 92.72% | 93.26% | 92.98% | 98.13% | 0.31 | |
| Viet Nam [+] | 2000 | 86.61% | 93.93% | 90.16% | 94.84% | 0.31 | |
| Vanuatu [+] | 2004 | 76.20% | 80.48% | 78.40% | 91.80% | 5.70 | |
| Samoa [+] | 1991 | 97.42% | 98.42% | 97.94% | 99.04% | ||
| Yemen [+] | 2004 | 35.00% | 73.16% | 54.10% | 77.00% | 16.78 | |
| South Africa [+] | 1996 | 80.93% | 84.07% | 82.40% | 93.91% | 8.74 | |
| Zambia [+] | 2002 | 61.84% | 80.91% | 69.15% | 69.09% | -0.37 | |
| Zimbabwe [+] | 1992 | 78.52% | 88.89% | 83.51% | 95.41% | 6.39 | |
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