| Countries | Date | Adult literacy rate female | Adult literacy rate male | Adult literacy rate | Adult literacy rate 15-24 | Ch. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain [+] | 2012 | 97.22% | 98.61% | 97.89% | 99.67% | -0.03 | |
| Italy [+] | 2011 | 98.58% | 99.14% | 98.85% | 99.86% | 0.05 | |
| Portugal [+] | 2011 | 92.86% | 96.29% | 94.48% | 99.44% | 0.24 | |
| Greece [+] | 2011 | 96.50% | 98.28% | 97.37% | 98.81% | -0.68 | |
| United Arab Emirates [+] | 2005 | 91.47% | 89.48% | 90.03% | 95.01% | 12.53 | |
| Afghanistan [+] | 2011 | 17.02% | 45.42% | 31.45% | 46.99% | 16.92 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda [+] | 2011 | 99.42% | 98.40% | 98.95% | |||
| Albania [+] | 2012 | 96.14% | 98.35% | 97.25% | 99.23% | 0.44 | |
| Armenia [+] | 2011 | 99.69% | 99.81% | 99.74% | 99.85% | 0.04 | |
| Angola [+] | 2001 | 54.19% | 82.92% | 67.41% | 72.19% | ||
| Argentina [+] | 2012 | 99.10% | 99.11% | 99.11% | 99.38% | -0.25 | |
| Azerbaijan [+] | 2012 | 99.70% | 99.85% | 99.78% | 99.94% | -0.01 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina [+] | 2011 | 96.80% | 99.54% | 98.14% | 99.46% | -0.33 | |
| Barbados [+] | 2012 | 99.60% | 99.60% | 99.60% | 100.00% | 0.10 | |
| Bangladesh [+] | 2012 | 54.24% | 61.54% | 57.86% | 77.83% | -0.15 | |
| Burkina Faso [+] | 2010 | 21.03% | 36.57% | 28.29% | 37.19% | -2.07 | |
| Bulgaria [+] | 2011 | 97.98% | 98.75% | 98.35% | 97.87% | -0.35 | |
| Bahrain [+] | 2011 | 90.70% | 93.10% | 92.30% | 100.00% | 4.55 | |
| Burundi [+] | 2010 | 43.16% | 53.13% | 48.08% | 74.46% | 12.72 | |
| Benin [+] | 2012 | 22.09% | 44.96% | 32.95% | 52.49% | 10.13 | |
| Brunei [+] | 2011 | 94.65% | 97.43% | 96.09% | 99.37% | 0.47 | |
| Bolivia [+] | 2012 | 91.87% | 97.11% | 94.46% | 99.33% | 0.32 | |
| Brazil [+] | 2012 | 91.62% | 91.03% | 91.34% | 98.62% | 0.13 | |
| Bhutan [+] | 2012 | 45.20% | 66.00% | 55.32% | 86.06% | 11.65 | |
| Botswana [+] | 2003 | 81.81% | 80.43% | 81.19% | 93.96% | 4.70 | |
| Belarus [+] | 2012 | 99.49% | 99.76% | 99.62% | 100.00% | 0.18 | |
| Belize [+] | 2001 | 81.30% | 80.40% | 80.90% | 87.20% | 2.98 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo [+] | 2012 | 62.92% | 87.91% | 75.02% | 83.60% | 17.82 | |
| Central African Republic [+] | 2010 | 24.36% | 50.71% | 36.75% | 36.36% | -24.45 | |
| Republic of the Congo [+] | 2011 | 72.88% | 86.43% | 79.31% | 80.91% | 2.35 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire [+] | 2012 | 30.46% | 51.59% | 40.98% | 48.31% | -12.41 | |
| Chile [+] | 2011 | 96.53% | 96.90% | 96.70% | 99.41% | 0.04 | |
| Cameroon [+] | 2011 | 64.80% | 78.33% | 71.29% | 80.66% | 0.09 | |
| China [+] | 2010 | 92.71% | 97.48% | 95.12% | 99.64% | 0.78 | |
| Colombia [+] | 2012 | 93.67% | 93.49% | 93.58% | 98.22% | -0.09 | |
| Costa Rica [+] | 2011 | 97.50% | 97.31% | 97.41% | 99.13% | 1.52 | |
| Cuba [+] | 2012 | 99.72% | 99.63% | 99.67% | 99.87% | -0.08 | |
| Cabo Verde [+] | 2012 | 80.50% | 90.47% | 85.33% | 98.13% | 3.98 | |
| Cyprus [+] | 2011 | 98.12% | 99.29% | 98.68% | 99.82% | 0.05 | |
| Dominican Republic [+] | 2012 | 90.22% | 90.08% | 90.16% | 97.34% | -0.23 | |
| Algeria [+] | 2008 | 67.55% | 82.62% | 75.14% | 93.77% | 1.99 | |
| Ecuador [+] | 2012 | 90.95% | 93.25% | 92.06% | 96.17% | 0.22 | |
| Estonia [+] | 2011 | 99.91% | 99.86% | 99.89% | 99.95% | 0.18 | |
| Egypt [+] | 2012 | 65.76% | 81.68% | 73.87% | 89.28% | 1.77 | |
| Eritrea [+] | 2008 | 54.80% | 75.07% | 64.66% | 86.97% | 9.03 | |
| Ethiopia [+] | 2011 | 28.92% | 49.13% | 39.00% | 54.83% | -0.15 | |
| Fiji [+] | 1996 | 91.39% | 94.47% | 92.94% | 99.26% | ||
| Gabon [+] | 2012 | 79.88% | 84.87% | 82.28% | 88.50% | -4.70 | |
| Grenada [+] | 2004 | 98.60% | 98.58% | 98.60% | 99.20% | 0 | |
| Georgia [+] | 2002 | 99.55% | 99.77% | 99.65% | 99.83% | ||
| Ghana [+] | 2010 | 65.29% | 78.35% | 71.50% | 85.72% | 6.01 | |
| The Gambia [+] | 2000 | 25.06% | 48.98% | 36.82% | 52.56% | ||
| Guinea [+] | 2012 | 12.19% | 36.79% | 25.31% | 56.40% | 24.99 | |
| Equatorial Guinea [+] | 2010 | 90.68% | 97.18% | 94.37% | 97.97% | 0.84 | |
| Guatemala [+] | 2012 | 72.43% | 84.85% | 78.26% | 93.65% | 5.81 | |
| Guinea-Bissau [+] | 2000 | 27.49% | 57.61% | 41.36% | 59.49% | 23.09 | |
| Guyana [+] | 2009 | 87.25% | 82.44% | 84.99% | 93.10% | ||
| Honduras [+] | 2012 | 85.05% | 85.70% | 85.36% | 94.98% | -0.95 | |
| Croatia [+] | 2011 | 98.67% | 99.63% | 99.13% | 99.72% | 0.07 | |
| Haiti [+] | 2012 | 44.60% | 53.36% | 48.69% | 85.44% | 13.09 | |
| Hungary [+] | 1990 | 98.80% | 99.30% | 99.10% | 99.20% | -0.17 | |
| Indonesia [+] | 2011 | 90.07% | 95.59% | 92.81% | 98.78% | -0.70 | |
| Israel [+] | 1983 | 88.67% | 94.96% | 91.75% | 98.56% | ||
| India [+] | 2011 | 59.28% | 78.88% | 69.30% | 86.14% | 5.01 | |
| Iraq [+] | 2012 | 69.00% | 85.90% | 77.20% | 83.50% | -1.30 | |
| Iran [+] | 2012 | 78.42% | 88.88% | 83.63% | 98.01% | 0.14 | |
| Jamaica [+] | 1999 | 85.87% | 74.08% | 79.92% | 91.60% | ||
| Jordan [+] | 2012 | 97.37% | 98.44% | 97.89% | 99.11% | -0.04 | |
| Kenya [+] | 2007 | 66.86% | 78.08% | 72.16% | 82.39% | -10.14 | |
| Kyrgyzstan [+] | 2009 | 98.98% | 99.52% | 99.24% | 99.75% | 0.06 | |
| Cambodia [+] | 2010 | 69.11% | 83.93% | 76.14% | 79.44% | -7.68 | |
| Comoros [+] | 2012 | 42.64% | 56.48% | 49.20% | 71.58% | -8.60 | |
| North Korea [+] | 2008 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | ||
| South Korea [+] | 2008 | 97.62% | 98.32% | 97.97% | 99.95% | ||
| Kuwait [+] | 2012 | 94.97% | 95.84% | 95.51% | 98.78% | -0.12 | |
| Kazakhstan [+] | 2010 | 99.74% | 99.83% | 99.78% | 99.90% | 0.06 | |
| Laos [+] | 2011 | 49.72% | 67.36% | 58.29% | 72.06% | -11.87 | |
| Lebanon [+] | 2009 | 88.09% | 94.27% | 91.18% | 99.24% | 0.53 | |
| Sri Lanka [+] | 2010 | 89.96% | 92.58% | 91.18% | 98.16% | 0.18 | |
| Liberia [+] | 2007 | 27.03% | 60.77% | 42.94% | 49.07% | 1.44 | |
| Lesotho [+] | 2009 | 84.96% | 65.52% | 75.80% | 83.19% | -7.73 | |
| Lithuania [+] | 2011 | 99.83% | 99.79% | 99.82% | 99.86% | 0.15 | |
| Latvia [+] | 2011 | 99.91% | 99.88% | 99.90% | 99.84% | 0.09 | |
| Libya [+] | 2004 | 77.80% | 93.85% | 86.10% | 99.60% | 1.70 | |
| Morocco [+] | 2012 | 59.13% | 80.38% | 69.43% | 91.22% | 9.71 | |
| Moldova [+] | 2012 | 98.92% | 99.37% | 99.14% | 99.91% | 0 | |
| Montenegro [+] | 2011 | 97.50% | 99.43% | 98.44% | 99.21% | -0.20 | |
| Madagascar [+] | 2012 | 68.28% | 75.03% | 71.57% | 76.83% | 11.89 | |
| Marshall Islands [+] | 2011 | 98.20% | 98.33% | 98.27% | 98.46% | ||
| North Macedonia [+] | 2012 | 96.40% | 98.70% | 97.60% | 98.60% | -0.14 | |
| Mali [+] | 2011 | 18.90% | 43.52% | 30.62% | 42.10% | -2.21 | |
| Myanmar [+] | 2000 | 86.42% | 93.92% | 89.94% | 94.59% | 9.69 | |
| Mongolia [+] | 2010 | 98.34% | 98.17% | 98.26% | 98.46% | 0.75 | |
| Mauritania [+] | 2007 | 35.35% | 57.40% | 45.50% | 56.12% | -5.21 | |
| Malta [+] | 2011 | 94.79% | 91.79% | 93.31% | 98.88% | 0.62 | |
| Mauritius [+] | 2012 | 88.98% | 94.65% | 91.77% | 98.13% | 3.59 | |
| Maldives [+] | 2006 | 98.43% | 98.37% | 98.40% | 99.30% | 1.13 | |
| Malawi [+] | 2010 | 51.25% | 72.10% | 61.31% | 72.14% | -3.87 | |
| Mexico [+] | 2012 | 93.18% | 95.39% | 94.23% | 98.75% | 0.29 | |
| Malaysia [+] | 2010 | 90.75% | 95.43% | 93.12% | 98.42% | 0.26 | |
| Mozambique [+] | 2009 | 36.45% | 67.35% | 50.58% | 67.15% | 5.26 | |
| Namibia [+] | 2011 | 87.95% | 88.63% | 88.27% | 94.42% | 7.32 | |
| Niger [+] | 2012 | 22.55% | 39.06% | 30.56% | 39.79% | 18.40 | |
| Nigeria [+] | 2008 | 41.39% | 61.25% | 51.08% | 66.38% | -12.31 | |
| Nicaragua [+] | 2009 | 77.92% | 78.10% | 78.00% | 93.67% | 2.68 | |
| Nepal [+] | 2011 | 48.84% | 71.71% | 59.63% | 84.76% | 2.66 | |
| Oman [+] | 2010 | 81.80% | 90.24% | 86.94% | 97.74% | 0.11 | |
| Panama [+] | 2010 | 93.49% | 94.71% | 94.09% | 97.64% | 1.56 | |
| Peru [+] | 2012 | 90.67% | 96.95% | 93.84% | 98.72% | 0.27 | |
| Papua New Guinea [+] | 2010 | 57.90% | 65.29% | 61.60% | 67.90% | 1.22 | |
| Philippines [+] | 2008 | 95.83% | 95.01% | 95.42% | 97.75% | 2.69 | |
| Pakistan [+] | 2012 | 43.07% | 69.86% | 56.76% | 72.58% | 1.81 | |
| Poland [+] | 2008 | 98.25% | 99.28% | 98.74% | 99.80% | 0 | |
| State of Palestine [+] | 2012 | 93.22% | 98.07% | 95.67% | 99.29% | -0.02 | |
| Palau [+] | 1980 | 90.50% | 93.29% | 91.92% | 94.28% | ||
| Paraguay [+] | 2012 | 93.59% | 94.82% | 94.20% | 98.18% | -0.34 | |
| Qatar [+] | 2012 | 95.77% | 96.92% | 96.68% | 99.06% | 1.19 | |
| Romania [+] | 2011 | 98.21% | 99.03% | 98.60% | 99.00% | 1.23 | |
| Serbia [+] | 2011 | 96.75% | 99.26% | 97.96% | 99.31% | -0.05 | |
| Russia [+] | 2010 | 99.65% | 99.73% | 99.68% | 99.71% | -0.02 | |
| Rwanda [+] | 2012 | 64.66% | 72.45% | 68.33% | 82.33% | 4.99 | |
| Saudi Arabia [+] | 2004 | 76.34% | 87.53% | 82.86% | 95.85% | -0.06 | |
| Solomon Islands [+] | 2009 | 69.00% | 83.70% | 76.60% | |||
| Seychelles [+] | 2010 | 94.45% | 93.46% | 93.95% | 98.97% | -0.09 | |
| Sudan [+] | 2008 | 46.70% | 59.80% | 53.52% | 65.81% | -12.35 | |
| Singapore [+] | 2012 | 94.36% | 98.47% | 96.37% | 99.89% | 0.01 | |
| Slovenia [+] | 2004 | 99.60% | 99.69% | 99.70% | 99.80% | 0.00 | |
| Sierra Leone [+] | 2008 | 24.16% | 46.65% | 34.83% | 58.42% | 10.49 | |
| Senegal [+] | 2011 | 40.25% | 66.04% | 51.81% | 65.78% | 2.43 | |
| Somalia [+] | 1972 | 3.69% | 7.20% | 5.40% | 13.14% | ||
| Suriname [+] | 2012 | 91.00% | 94.87% | 92.87% | 97.67% | -0.71 | |
| South Sudan [+] | 2008 | 19.19% | 34.84% | 26.83% | 36.70% | ||
| Sao Tome and Principe [+] | 2012 | 85.44% | 94.96% | 90.14% | 96.74% | 16.54 | |
| El Salvador [+] | 2012 | 83.02% | 88.39% | 85.49% | 97.14% | 0.59 | |
| Syria [+] | 2004 | 73.63% | 87.76% | 80.84% | 92.45% | -2.74 | |
| Eswatini [+] | 2010 | 82.45% | 83.90% | 83.10% | 93.50% | 2.09 | |
| Chad [+] | 2004 | 17.98% | 39.37% | 28.38% | 41.67% | 4.12 | |
| Togo [+] | 2011 | 47.98% | 74.06% | 60.41% | 79.89% | -1.85 | |
| Thailand [+] | 2010 | 96.43% | 96.44% | 96.43% | 96.60% | -1.45 | |
| Tajikistan [+] | 2010 | 99.60% | 99.80% | 99.70% | 99.90% | 0.05 | |
| Timor-Leste [+] | 2010 | 52.96% | 63.59% | 58.31% | 79.53% | -6.11 | |
| Turkmenistan [+] | 2005 | 99.20% | 99.60% | 99.40% | 99.80% | -0.01 | |
| Tunisia [+] | 2012 | 72.16% | 88.48% | 80.22% | 96.86% | -0.44 | |
| Tonga [+] | 2011 | 99.43% | 99.34% | 99.39% | 99.44% | 0.01 | |
| Türkiye [+] | 2012 | 91.60% | 98.26% | 94.92% | 99.02% | 0.31 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago [+] | 2010 | 98.30% | 99.14% | 98.70% | 99.60% | 0.20 | |
| Tanzania [+] | 2012 | 73.35% | 83.38% | 78.10% | 85.94% | 11.38 | |
| Ukraine [+] | 2012 | 99.96% | 99.99% | 99.97% | 99.97% | 0.16 | |
| Uganda [+] | 2012 | 61.97% | 79.12% | 70.20% | 83.66% | -3.75 | |
| Uruguay [+] | 2012 | 98.66% | 98.10% | 98.40% | 98.96% | 0.11 | |
| 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 [+] | 2012 | 95.03% | 94.50% | 94.77% | 98.81% | 0.20 | |
| Viet Nam [+] | 2009 | 91.38% | 95.79% | 93.52% | 97.09% | 2.26 | |
| Vanuatu [+] | 2004 | 76.20% | 80.48% | 78.40% | 91.80% | 5.70 | |
| Samoa [+] | 2011 | 99.07% | 98.88% | 98.97% | 99.24% | 0.19 | |
| Yemen [+] | 2004 | 35.00% | 73.16% | 54.10% | 77.00% | 16.78 | |
| South Africa [+] | 2012 | 92.59% | 94.96% | 93.73% | 98.88% | 0.09 | |
| Zambia [+] | 2010 | 77.75% | 88.68% | 83.01% | 88.71% | 24.66 | |
| Zimbabwe [+] | 2011 | 80.07% | 87.76% | 83.58% | 90.93% | -4.48 | |
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