Literacy rate 2006

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Countries	Date	Adult literacy rate female	Adult literacy rate male	Adult literacy rate	Adult literacy rate 15-24	Ch.
Spain [+]	2006	96.97%	98.56%	97.75%	99.60%	0.06
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 [+]	2005	90.77%	95.45%	93.04%	99.53%	0.59
United Arab Emirates [+]	2005	91.47%	89.48%	90.03%	95.01%	12.53
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 [+]	2006	98.51%	98.73%	98.61%	99.45%	0.53
Azerbaijan [+]	2006	98.17%	99.47%	98.79%	100.00%	0.11
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 [+]	2006	16.29%	29.71%	22.47%	32.73%	-0.24
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 [+]	2006	18.44%	40.62%	28.70%	42.36%	-2.95
Brunei [+]	2001	90.16%	95.15%	92.67%	98.89%	0.80
Bolivia [+]	2006	80.65%	93.06%	86.72%	98.41%	-0.44
Brazil [+]	2006	89.86%	89.35%	89.62%	97.55%	0.44
Bhutan [+]	2005	38.68%	65.05%	52.81%	74.41%
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 [+]	2005	67.48%	86.05%	76.11%	78.57%	-8.93
Côte d'Ivoire [+]	2000	38.61%	60.86%	48.74%	60.72%	13.66
Chile [+]	2006	95.64%	95.80%	95.72%	99.11%	0
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 [+]	2006	92.22%	92.39%	92.30%	97.88%	-0.09
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 [+]	2006	87.18%	86.81%	87.00%	96.57%	-0.14
Algeria [+]	2006	63.92%	81.28%	72.65%	91.78%	1.64
Ecuador [+]	2006	89.70%	92.33%	90.98%	95.82%	-0.01
Estonia [+]	2000	99.76%	99.78%	99.77%	99.77%	-0.10
Egypt [+]	2006	57.81%	74.62%	66.37%	84.88%	0.02
Eritrea [+]	2002	40.22%	65.39%	52.51%	77.95%
Ethiopia [+]	2005	17.98%	41.94%	29.82%	44.61%	-5.29
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 [+]	2005	18.24%	42.90%	29.70%	45.93%	-1.16
Equatorial Guinea [+]	2000	81.62%	94.84%	88.31%	97.13%
Guatemala [+]	2006	63.34%	75.42%	69.10%	87.84%	5.62
Guinea-Bissau [+]	2000	27.49%	57.61%	41.36%	59.49%	23.09
Honduras [+]	2005	80.22%	79.79%	80.01%	91.79%	0.92
Croatia [+]	2001	97.08%	99.32%	98.15%	99.65%	0.01
Haiti [+]	2006	44.60%	53.36%	48.69%	72.35%	-9.27
Hungary [+]	1990	98.80%	99.30%	99.10%	99.20%	-0.17
Indonesia [+]	2006	88.79%	95.16%	91.98%	96.65%	-2.05
Israel [+]	1983	88.67%	94.96%	91.75%	98.56%
India [+]	2006	50.82%	75.19%	62.75%	81.13%	4.71
Iraq [+]	2000	64.17%	84.09%	74.05%	84.80%
Iran [+]	2006	77.24%	87.27%	82.33%	96.64%	-0.79
Jamaica [+]	1999	85.87%	74.08%	79.92%	91.60%
Jordan [+]	2005	87.01%	95.18%	91.13%	98.98%	-0.16
Kenya [+]	2000	77.89%	87.49%	82.23%	92.53%
Kyrgyzstan [+]	1999	98.13%	99.31%	98.70%	99.70%
Cambodia [+]	2005	64.05%	84.68%	73.61%	77.96%	-5.42
Comoros [+]	2000	63.46%	74.51%	68.49%	80.19%	18.47
Kuwait [+]	2006	90.83%	94.53%	93.28%	98.51%	-1.22
Kazakhstan [+]	1999	99.29%	99.76%	99.51%	99.85%	0.12
Laos [+]	2005	63.23%	82.45%	72.70%	83.93%	5.47
Sri Lanka [+]	2006	89.09%	92.71%	90.81%	97.48%	1.90
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 [+]	2005	95.49%	97.98%	96.65%	99.91%	0.38
Montenegro [+]	2003	96.32%	99.30%	97.77%	99.41%	0.26
Madagascar [+]	2005	54.75%	63.35%	58.94%	57.63%	-12.61
North Macedonia [+]	2002	94.06%	98.21%	96.13%	98.74%	-0.12
Mali [+]	2006	18.19%	34.86%	26.18%	38.82%	14.63
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 [+]	2005	93.50%	91.19%	92.36%	98.27%	2.23
Mauritius [+]	2000	80.50%	88.23%	84.30%	94.54%	3.35
Maldives [+]	2006	98.43%	98.37%	98.40%	99.30%	1.13
Malawi [+]	1998	54.00%	74.93%	64.13%	76.01%	16.99
Mexico [+]	2006	89.83%	93.90%	91.73%	97.86%	0.22
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 [+]	2006	15.08%	42.93%	28.67%	21.39%	-15.16
Nigeria [+]	2006	64.25%	76.13%	70.20%	78.69%	9.70
Nicaragua [+]	2005	77.92%	78.10%	78.00%	90.99%	3.66
Nepal [+]	2006	34.89%	62.71%	48.61%	82.10%	12.05
Oman [+]	2003	73.53%	86.86%	81.36%	97.28%
Panama [+]	2000	91.25%	92.55%	91.90%	96.08%	0.99
Peru [+]	2006	83.45%	94.23%	88.70%	97.99%	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 [+]	2006	39.61%	67.65%	54.15%	69.17%	4.08
Poland [+]	1998	98.25%	99.28%	98.74%	99.80%	0.00
State of Palestine [+]	2006	89.76%	97.08%	93.45%	99.09%	0.14
Palau [+]	1980	90.50%	93.29%	91.92%	94.28%
Paraguay [+]	2006	88.56%	92.00%	90.27%	98.14%	0.26
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 [+]	2005	59.75%	71.42%	64.89%	70.46%	-7.16
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 [+]	2006	32.99%	52.26%	41.89%	50.85%	4.72
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 [+]	2006	81.00%	86.70%	83.56%	94.95%	0.04
Syria [+]	2004	73.63%	87.76%	80.84%	92.45%	-2.74
Eswatini [+]	2006	80.33%	83.15%	81.66%	91.41%	-0.45
Chad [+]	2004	17.98%	39.37%	28.38%	41.67%	4.12
Togo [+]	2006	44.38%	70.27%	56.89%	76.45%	2.01
Thailand [+]	2005	91.53%	95.60%	93.51%	98.05%	0.08
Tajikistan [+]	2000	99.22%	99.68%	99.45%	99.85%	0.14
Timor-Leste [+]	2001	30.00%	45.30%	37.60%
Turkmenistan [+]	2005	99.20%	99.60%	99.40%	99.80%	-0.01
Tunisia [+]	2004	65.35%	83.39%	74.30%	94.34%	20.05
Tonga [+]	2006	99.08%	98.95%	99.02%	99.42%	0.12
Türkiye [+]	2006	80.39%	96.00%	88.12%	96.18%	0.06
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 [+]	2006	62.08%	81.39%	71.37%	84.07%	3.27
Uruguay [+]	2006	98.08%	97.44%	97.79%	98.71%	0.13
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 [+]	2006	92.72%	93.26%	92.98%	98.29%	0.22
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