1. Socio-Demography

Literacy rate

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CountriesDateAdult literacy rate femaleAdult literacy rate maleAdult literacy rateAdult literacy rate 15-24Ch.
Spain [+]202098.19%99.03%98.59%99.62%
-0.09
Italy [+]201999.22%99.48%99.35%99.87%
-0.06
Portugal [+]202195.92%97.76%96.78%99.71%
0.05
Greece [+]201897.39%98.51%97.94%99.16%
0.35
Andorra [+]2016100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
0
United Arab Emirates [+]202197.17%98.81%98.13%99.66%
1.29
Afghanistan [+]202122.60%52.06%37.27%55.93%
-9.49
Antigua and Barbuda [+]201599.42%98.40%98.95%
Albania [+]201897.76%98.51%98.14%99.33%
-0.25
Armenia [+]202099.74%99.84%99.79%99.87%
0.03
Angola [+]201453.41%79.97%66.03%77.43%
5.24
Argentina [+]201899.06%98.94%99.00%99.51%
0.00
Azerbaijan [+]201999.73%99.87%99.80%99.93%
0.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]201394.91%99.18%96.99%99.66%
0.20
Barbados [+]201499.60%99.60%99.60%99.90%
-0.10
Bangladesh [+]202173.64%79.21%76.36%94.83%
0.37
Burkina Faso [+]201924.68%35.41%29.66%47.05%
-11.83
Bulgaria [+]202198.17%98.69%98.42%98.06%
0.19
Bahrain [+]201894.95%98.76%97.46%99.69%
0.09
Burundi [+]201761.22%76.30%68.38%88.22%
8.66
Benin [+]201831.07%53.98%42.36%60.95%
8.46
Brunei [+]202196.86%98.26%97.59%99.77%
0.06
Bolivia [+]202090.50%97.44%93.85%99.56%
0.03
Brazil [+]202193.43%93.01%93.23%99.28%
0.05
Bhutan [+]201757.08%75.02%66.56%93.09%
7.03
Botswana [+]201488.70%86.74%87.70%97.70%
0.24
Belarus [+]201999.88%99.87%99.87%99.87%
0.02
Belize [+]200181.30%80.40%80.90%87.20%
2.98
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]201666.50%88.52%77.04%84.99%
-0.99
Central African Republic [+]202026.20%49.23%37.49%38.34%
17.58
Republic of the Congo [+]202175.37%85.94%80.61%82.36%
0.31
Côte d'Ivoire [+]201986.74%93.14%89.89%83.63%
25.21
Chile [+]201796.33%96.48%96.40%99.02%
-0.34
Cameroon [+]202073.12%83.40%78.23%86.24%
1.16
China [+]202095.05%98.38%96.74%99.76%
-0.03
Colombia [+]202095.88%95.38%95.64%99.00%
0.18
Costa Rica [+]202198.10%97.99%98.04%99.53%
18.98
Cuba [+]202199.72%99.63%99.67%99.87%
0
Cabo Verde [+]201582.04%91.69%86.79%98.11%
-0.02
Cyprus [+]202199.15%99.58%99.36%99.90%
0.08
Dominican Republic [+]202193.76%93.79%93.78%98.84%
-0.02
Algeria [+]201875.32%87.42%81.41%97.43%
3.66
Ecuador [+]202194.05%94.94%94.48%96.33%
1.25
Estonia [+]202199.88%99.87%99.87%99.99%
0.04
Egypt [+]201765.51%76.50%71.17%88.19%
-3.83
Eritrea [+]201868.95%84.37%76.57%93.27%
6.30
Ethiopia [+]201744.42%59.24%51.77%72.75%
11.46
Fiji [+]201799.09%99.08%99.08%99.74%
0.49
Gabon [+]201883.42%85.85%84.67%89.78%
1.28
Grenada [+]201498.60%98.58%98.60%99.20%
0
Georgia [+]201999.45%99.68%99.56%99.70%
0.06
Ghana [+]202076.19%84.49%80.38%93.48%
0.99
The Gambia [+]201541.58%61.77%50.78%67.16%
6.38
Guinea [+]202131.27%61.15%45.33%60.33%
6.39
Equatorial Guinea [+]201492.40%97.29%95.00%98.20%
0.23
Guatemala [+]201876.72%85.34%80.81%94.60%
2.56
Guinea-Bissau [+]201430.77%62.16%45.58%60.40%
0.91
Guyana [+]202085.03%86.31%85.64%97.96%
1.27
Honduras [+]201988.73%88.25%88.51%96.08%
-0.44
Croatia [+]202199.24%99.69%99.45%99.76%
0.04
Haiti [+]201658.30%65.28%61.69%82.99%
-2.45
Hungary [+]202199.10%99.10%99.10%98.70%
-0.10
Indonesia [+]202094.55%97.45%96.00%99.78%
0.07
Israel [+]198388.67%94.96%91.75%98.56%
India [+]202065.79%82.37%74.37%94.60%
2.94
Iraq [+]201779.90%91.20%85.60%93.50%
2.60
Iran [+]201680.79%90.35%85.54%98.10%
0.16
Jamaica [+]201492.70%83.44%88.10%96.30%
4.70
Jordan [+]202198.13%98.71%98.42%99.42%
0.08
Kenya [+]201878.19%84.99%81.53%87.83%
1.30
Kyrgyzstan [+]201999.50%99.70%99.60%99.70%
-0.05
Cambodia [+]201575.03%86.53%80.53%92.21%
2.07
Comoros [+]201852.96%64.64%58.82%78.27%
6.69
North Korea [+]2018100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
0
South Korea [+]201898.40%99.20%98.80%100.00%
0.05
Kuwait [+]202095.35%97.05%96.46%99.30%
0.22
Kazakhstan [+]202099.80%99.90%99.80%99.90%
0.00
Laos [+]201579.39%89.96%84.66%92.46%
20.41
Lebanon [+]201882.79%91.76%87.27%96.75%
-2.49
Sri Lanka [+]202191.64%93.34%92.43%98.93%
0.07
Liberia [+]201734.09%62.70%48.30%55.40%
-19.66
Lesotho [+]201484.93%67.75%76.64%86.63%
3.44
Lithuania [+]202199.85%99.81%99.83%99.95%
0.09
Latvia [+]202199.91%99.86%99.89%99.82%
0
Libya [+]200477.80%93.85%86.10%99.60%
1.70
Morocco [+]201864.59%83.30%73.75%97.73%
6.51
Moldova [+]202199.50%99.70%99.60%99.70%
-0.11
Montenegro [+]202198.54%99.45%98.98%99.05%
2.61
Madagascar [+]202175.07%78.38%76.68%84.43%
4.58
Marshall Islands [+]201198.20%98.33%98.27%98.46%
North Macedonia [+]201496.70%98.81%97.80%98.60%
0.00
Mali [+]202022.08%40.43%30.76%46.16%
-3.98
Myanmar [+]201986.27%92.39%89.07%95.42%
10.66
Mongolia [+]202099.24%99.12%99.18%99.07%
2.43
Mauritania [+]202162.17%71.78%66.96%76.49%
12.54
Malta [+]202196.42%93.44%94.94%99.45%
0.15
Mauritius [+]202190.46%93.91%92.15%99.30%
0.26
Maldives [+]202198.41%97.57%97.86%99.43%
0.68
Malawi [+]202055.20%69.75%62.14%49.73%
-23.21
Mexico [+]202094.50%96.06%95.25%98.96%
0.35
Malaysia [+]201993.65%96.22%94.97%96.78%
-0.07
Mozambique [+]202048.57%72.47%59.78%70.08%
-0.84
Namibia [+]202192.33%92.16%92.25%95.55%
0.39
Niger [+]201826.65%43.59%35.05%43.46%
3.67
Nigeria [+]201852.66%71.26%62.02%75.03%
-4.13
Nicaragua [+]201582.78%82.44%82.61%91.57%
-3.77
Nepal [+]202163.33%80.98%71.15%94.18%
15.55
Oman [+]201892.69%96.99%95.65%98.62%
-0.04
Panama [+]201995.36%96.14%95.74%98.88%
-0.22
Peru [+]202092.02%96.99%94.50%99.52%
0.40
Papua New Guinea [+]201057.90%65.29%61.60%67.90%
1.22
Philippines [+]202098.54%98.41%98.47%99.22%
0.83
Pakistan [+]201946.49%69.29%58.00%72.70%
0.71
Poland [+]202199.80%99.80%99.80%99.90%
0.10
State of Palestine [+]202096.20%98.79%97.51%99.23%
-0.10
Palau [+]201596.34%96.81%96.59%98.66%
-1.17
Paraguay [+]202094.18%94.92%94.54%98.64%
0.28
Qatar [+]201794.71%93.14%93.46%94.64%
-0.82
Romania [+]202199.28%99.02%99.16%99.94%
0.51
Serbia [+]201999.12%99.88%99.48%100.00%
0.28
Russia [+]202199.94%99.92%99.93%99.92%
0.22
Rwanda [+]202069.39%77.56%73.22%92.50%
6.01
Saudi Arabia [+]202096.05%98.62%97.59%99.50%
0.20
Solomon Islands [+]200969.00%83.70%76.60%
Seychelles [+]202096.70%95.80%96.20%99.10%
0.03
Sudan [+]201856.06%65.44%60.70%73.00%
7.19
Singapore [+]202196.42%98.94%97.65%99.89%
0.17
Slovenia [+]201499.60%99.69%99.70%99.80%
0
Sierra Leone [+]201934.85%51.65%43.21%76.53%
9.88
San Marino [+]201899.90%99.93%99.92%100.00%
Senegal [+]201939.80%64.81%51.90%68.28%
-1.20
Somalia [+]19723.69%7.20%5.40%13.14%
Suriname [+]202193.40%96.50%95.00%98.90%
0.25
South Sudan [+]201828.86%40.26%34.52%47.90%
11.20
Sao Tome and Principe [+]201989.52%96.16%92.82%67.59%
-30.19
El Salvador [+]202088.54%91.73%89.98%98.51%
0.16
Syria [+]202191.82%97.17%94.42%98.39%
2.29
Eswatini [+]202089.47%89.07%89.28%95.89%
0.42
Chad [+]201913.96%31.33%22.31%31.75%
0.96
Togo [+]201955.05%79.99%66.54%87.89%
3.60
Thailand [+]202192.80%95.50%94.10%98.80%
0.66
Tajikistan [+]201499.70%99.82%99.80%99.90%
0.00
Timor-Leste [+]202066.50%73.30%69.90%85.10%
1.56
Turkmenistan [+]201499.60%99.75%99.70%99.80%
0.00
Tunisia [+]201973.68%87.76%80.55%96.83%
1.96
Tonga [+]202199.50%99.40%99.40%99.40%
-0.04
Türkiye [+]201994.42%99.08%96.74%99.91%
0.16
Trinidad and Tobago [+]201098.30%99.14%98.70%99.60%
0.20
Tanzania [+]201573.09%83.20%77.89%85.76%
-0.18
Ukraine [+]2021100.00%100.00%100.00%99.90%
-0.07
Uganda [+]201870.84%82.66%76.53%89.40%
5.74
Uruguay [+]201999.04%98.48%98.77%99.02%
0.15
Uzbekistan [+]2021100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]198096.90%96.90%96.90%98.70%
0.74
Venezuela [+]201697.21%97.04%97.13%98.76%
-0.25
Viet Nam [+]201994.57%96.99%95.75%98.63%
0.22
Vanuatu [+]202188.40%89.80%89.10%96.90%
0.62
Samoa [+]202199.30%99.00%99.10%99.10%
0.59
Yemen [+]200435.00%73.16%54.10%77.00%
16.78
South Africa [+]202189.37%90.68%90.00%96.70%
-1.71
Zambia [+]202084.30%91.00%87.50%93.20%
1.11
Zimbabwe [+]201988.28%89.19%88.69%83.72%
-6.71