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| Countries | Date | Adult literacy rate female | Adult literacy rate male | Adult literacy rate | Adult literacy rate 15-24 | Ch. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain [+] | 2020 | 98.19% | 99.03% | 98.59% | 99.62% | -0.09 | |
| Italy [+] | 2019 | 99.22% | 99.48% | 99.35% | 99.87% | -0.06 | |
| Portugal [+] | 2021 | 95.92% | 97.76% | 96.78% | 99.71% | 0.05 | |
| Greece [+] | 2018 | 97.39% | 98.51% | 97.94% | 99.16% | 0.35 | |
| Andorra [+] | 2016 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 0 | |
| United Arab Emirates [+] | 2022 | 97.58% | 98.82% | 98.29% | 99.66% | 0.00 | |
| Afghanistan [+] | 2021 | 22.60% | 52.06% | 37.27% | 55.93% | -9.49 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda [+] | 2015 | 99.42% | 98.40% | 98.95% | |||
| Albania [+] | 2022 | 98.30% | 98.70% | 98.50% | 99.50% | 0.17 | |
| Armenia [+] | 2020 | 99.74% | 99.84% | 99.79% | 99.87% | 0.03 | |
| Angola [+] | 2022 | 62.50% | 82.80% | 72.40% | 83.30% | 5.87 | |
| Argentina [+] | 2018 | 99.06% | 98.94% | 99.00% | 99.51% | 0.00 | |
| Azerbaijan [+] | 2023 | 99.73% | 99.84% | 99.78% | 99.88% | -0.06 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina [+] | 2022 | 97.10% | 99.40% | 98.30% | 99.70% | 0.04 | |
| Barbados [+] | 2014 | 99.60% | 99.60% | 99.60% | 99.90% | -0.10 | |
| Bangladesh [+] | 2021 | 73.64% | 79.21% | 76.36% | 94.83% | 0.37 | |
| Burkina Faso [+] | 2022 | 29.12% | 40.07% | 34.49% | 53.64% | 6.59 | |
| Bulgaria [+] | 2021 | 98.17% | 98.69% | 98.42% | 98.06% | 0.19 | |
| Bahrain [+] | 2022 | 96.11% | 98.83% | 97.87% | 99.20% | -0.48 | |
| Burundi [+] | 2022 | 69.44% | 81.84% | 75.54% | 93.56% | 5.34 | |
| Benin [+] | 2022 | 36.40% | 57.90% | 47.10% | 66.40% | 5.45 | |
| Brunei [+] | 2021 | 96.86% | 98.26% | 97.59% | 99.77% | 0.06 | |
| Bolivia [+] | 2020 | 90.50% | 97.44% | 93.85% | 99.56% | 0.03 | |
| Brazil [+] | 2022 | 94.92% | 94.45% | 94.69% | 99.28% | 0 | |
| Bhutan [+] | 2022 | 63.90% | 79.20% | 72.10% | 98.00% | 4.91 | |
| Botswana [+] | 2014 | 88.70% | 86.74% | 87.70% | 97.70% | 0.24 | |
| Belarus [+] | 2019 | 99.88% | 99.87% | 99.87% | 99.87% | 0.02 | |
| Belize [+] | 2001 | 81.30% | 80.40% | 80.90% | 87.20% | 2.98 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo [+] | 2022 | 71.73% | 89.63% | 80.54% | 88.10% | 3.11 | |
| Central African Republic [+] | 2020 | 26.20% | 49.23% | 37.49% | 38.34% | 17.58 | |
| Republic of the Congo [+] | 2021 | 75.37% | 85.94% | 80.61% | 82.36% | 0.31 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire [+] | 2019 | 86.74% | 93.14% | 89.89% | 83.63% | 25.21 | |
| Chile [+] | 2022 | 97.12% | 97.19% | 97.16% | 99.31% | 0.29 | |
| Cameroon [+] | 2020 | 73.12% | 83.40% | 78.23% | 86.24% | 1.16 | |
| China [+] | 2020 | 95.05% | 98.38% | 96.74% | 99.76% | -0.03 | |
| Colombia [+] | 2020 | 95.88% | 95.38% | 95.64% | 99.00% | 0.18 | |
| Costa Rica [+] | 2021 | 98.10% | 97.99% | 98.04% | 99.53% | 18.98 | |
| Cuba [+] | 2021 | 99.72% | 99.63% | 99.67% | 99.87% | 0 | |
| Cabo Verde [+] | 2022 | 87.61% | 94.47% | 91.00% | 98.74% | 0.63 | |
| Cyprus [+] | 2021 | 99.15% | 99.58% | 99.36% | 99.90% | 0.08 | |
| Dominican Republic [+] | 2022 | 95.60% | 95.40% | 95.50% | 98.53% | -0.31 | |
| Algeria [+] | 2018 | 75.32% | 87.42% | 81.41% | 97.43% | 3.66 | |
| Ecuador [+] | 2022 | 93.05% | 94.93% | 93.95% | 96.37% | 0.04 | |
| Estonia [+] | 2021 | 99.88% | 99.87% | 99.87% | 99.99% | 0.04 | |
| Egypt [+] | 2022 | 68.95% | 79.99% | 74.50% | 92.24% | 4.05 | |
| Eritrea [+] | 2018 | 68.95% | 84.37% | 76.57% | 93.27% | 6.30 | |
| Ethiopia [+] | 2017 | 44.42% | 59.24% | 51.77% | 72.75% | 11.46 | |
| Fiji [+] | 2017 | 99.09% | 99.08% | 99.08% | 99.74% | 0.49 | |
| Gabon [+] | 2022 | 85.04% | 86.30% | 85.69% | 90.64% | 0.86 | |
| Grenada [+] | 2014 | 98.60% | 98.58% | 98.60% | 99.20% | 0 | |
| Georgia [+] | 2022 | 99.54% | 99.62% | 99.57% | 99.69% | -0.01 | |
| Ghana [+] | 2020 | 76.19% | 84.49% | 80.38% | 93.48% | 0.99 | |
| The Gambia [+] | 2022 | 52.25% | 65.31% | 58.67% | 74.70% | 7.54 | |
| Guinea [+] | 2021 | 31.27% | 61.15% | 45.33% | 60.33% | 6.39 | |
| Equatorial Guinea [+] | 2014 | 92.40% | 97.29% | 95.00% | 98.20% | 0.23 | |
| Guatemala [+] | 2022 | 80.39% | 88.32% | 84.27% | 96.14% | 1.54 | |
| Guinea-Bissau [+] | 2022 | 41.00% | 67.58% | 53.90% | 68.95% | 8.55 | |
| Guyana [+] | 2022 | 89.66% | 90.43% | 90.03% | 97.90% | -0.06 | |
| Honduras [+] | 2019 | 88.73% | 88.25% | 88.51% | 96.08% | -0.44 | |
| Croatia [+] | 2021 | 99.24% | 99.69% | 99.45% | 99.76% | 0.04 | |
| Haiti [+] | 2016 | 58.30% | 65.28% | 61.69% | 82.99% | -2.45 | |
| Hungary [+] | 2021 | 99.10% | 99.10% | 99.10% | 98.70% | -0.10 | |
| Indonesia [+] | 2020 | 94.55% | 97.45% | 96.00% | 99.78% | 0.07 | |
| Israel [+] | 1983 | 88.67% | 94.96% | 91.75% | 98.56% | ||
| India [+] | 2022 | 69.10% | 83.45% | 76.32% | 96.54% | 1.94 | |
| Iraq [+] | 2017 | 79.90% | 91.20% | 85.60% | 93.50% | 2.60 | |
| Iran [+] | 2022 | 84.87% | 93.00% | 88.96% | 98.81% | 0.71 | |
| Jamaica [+] | 2014 | 92.70% | 83.44% | 88.10% | 96.30% | 4.70 | |
| Jordan [+] | 2021 | 98.13% | 98.71% | 98.42% | 99.42% | 0.08 | |
| Kenya [+] | 2022 | 80.27% | 85.58% | 82.88% | 89.01% | 1.18 | |
| Kyrgyzstan [+] | 2019 | 99.50% | 99.70% | 99.60% | 99.70% | -0.05 | |
| Cambodia [+] | 2022 | 79.65% | 88.13% | 83.78% | 95.97% | 3.76 | |
| Comoros [+] | 2022 | 56.87% | 66.55% | 61.71% | 82.02% | 3.75 | |
| North Korea [+] | 2018 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 0 | |
| South Korea [+] | 2018 | 98.40% | 99.20% | 98.80% | 100.00% | 0.05 | |
| Kuwait [+] | 2020 | 95.35% | 97.05% | 96.46% | 99.30% | 0.22 | |
| Kazakhstan [+] | 2020 | 99.80% | 99.90% | 99.80% | 99.90% | 0.00 | |
| Laos [+] | 2022 | 83.37% | 91.64% | 87.52% | 94.51% | 2.05 | |
| Lebanon [+] | 2018 | 82.79% | 91.76% | 87.27% | 96.75% | -2.49 | |
| Sri Lanka [+] | 2022 | 91.76% | 93.34% | 92.49% | 98.81% | -0.12 | |
| Liberia [+] | 2017 | 34.09% | 62.70% | 48.30% | 55.40% | -19.66 | |
| Lesotho [+] | 2022 | 89.76% | 73.94% | 82.01% | 89.73% | 3.10 | |
| Lithuania [+] | 2021 | 99.85% | 99.81% | 99.83% | 99.95% | 0.09 | |
| Latvia [+] | 2021 | 99.91% | 99.86% | 99.89% | 99.82% | 0 | |
| Libya [+] | 2004 | 77.80% | 93.85% | 86.10% | 99.60% | 1.70 | |
| Morocco [+] | 2022 | 69.08% | 85.62% | 77.35% | 98.52% | 0.79 | |
| Moldova [+] | 2021 | 99.50% | 99.70% | 99.60% | 99.70% | -0.11 | |
| Montenegro [+] | 2021 | 98.54% | 99.45% | 98.98% | 99.05% | 2.61 | |
| Madagascar [+] | 2022 | 76.03% | 78.93% | 77.48% | 80.73% | -3.70 | |
| Marshall Islands [+] | 2011 | 98.20% | 98.33% | 98.27% | 98.46% | ||
| North Macedonia [+] | 2014 | 96.70% | 98.81% | 97.80% | 98.60% | 0.00 | |
| Mali [+] | 2020 | 22.08% | 40.43% | 30.76% | 46.16% | -3.98 | |
| Myanmar [+] | 2019 | 86.27% | 92.39% | 89.07% | 95.42% | 10.66 | |
| Mongolia [+] | 2020 | 99.24% | 99.12% | 99.18% | 99.07% | 2.43 | |
| Mauritania [+] | 2021 | 62.17% | 71.78% | 66.96% | 76.49% | 12.54 | |
| Malta [+] | 2021 | 96.42% | 93.44% | 94.94% | 99.45% | 0.15 | |
| Mauritius [+] | 2021 | 90.46% | 93.91% | 92.15% | 99.30% | 0.26 | |
| Maldives [+] | 2021 | 98.41% | 97.57% | 97.86% | 99.43% | 0.68 | |
| Malawi [+] | 2022 | 65.09% | 71.37% | 68.08% | 76.79% | 27.06 | |
| Mexico [+] | 2020 | 94.50% | 96.06% | 95.25% | 98.96% | 0.35 | |
| Malaysia [+] | 2019 | 93.65% | 96.22% | 94.97% | 96.78% | -0.07 | |
| Mozambique [+] | 2020 | 48.57% | 72.47% | 59.78% | 70.08% | -0.84 | |
| Namibia [+] | 2021 | 92.33% | 92.16% | 92.25% | 95.55% | 0.39 | |
| Niger [+] | 2022 | 29.70% | 46.30% | 38.10% | 48.21% | 4.75 | |
| Nigeria [+] | 2018 | 52.66% | 71.26% | 62.02% | 75.03% | -4.13 | |
| Nicaragua [+] | 2015 | 82.78% | 82.44% | 82.61% | 91.57% | -3.77 | |
| Nepal [+] | 2021 | 63.33% | 80.98% | 71.15% | 94.18% | 15.55 | |
| Oman [+] | 2022 | 94.86% | 98.62% | 97.34% | 99.66% | 1.04 | |
| Panama [+] | 2019 | 95.36% | 96.14% | 95.74% | 98.88% | -0.22 | |
| Peru [+] | 2020 | 92.02% | 96.99% | 94.50% | 99.52% | 0.40 | |
| Papua New Guinea [+] | 2010 | 57.90% | 65.29% | 61.60% | 67.90% | 1.22 | |
| Philippines [+] | 2020 | 98.54% | 98.41% | 98.47% | 99.22% | 0.83 | |
| Pakistan [+] | 2019 | 46.49% | 69.29% | 58.00% | 72.70% | 0.71 | |
| Poland [+] | 2021 | 99.80% | 99.80% | 99.80% | 99.90% | 0.10 | |
| State of Palestine [+] | 2022 | 96.72% | 98.94% | 97.84% | 99.36% | 0.13 | |
| Palau [+] | 2015 | 96.34% | 96.81% | 96.59% | 98.66% | -1.17 | |
| Paraguay [+] | 2020 | 94.18% | 94.92% | 94.54% | 98.64% | 0.28 | |
| Qatar [+] | 2017 | 94.71% | 93.14% | 93.46% | 94.64% | -0.82 | |
| Romania [+] | 2021 | 99.28% | 99.02% | 99.16% | 99.94% | 0.51 | |
| Serbia [+] | 2019 | 99.12% | 99.88% | 99.48% | 100.00% | 0.28 | |
| Russia [+] | 2021 | 99.94% | 99.92% | 99.93% | 99.92% | 0.22 | |
| Rwanda [+] | 2022 | 76.70% | 81.03% | 78.76% | 89.97% | -2.53 | |
| Saudi Arabia [+] | 2020 | 96.05% | 98.62% | 97.59% | 99.50% | 0.20 | |
| Solomon Islands [+] | 2009 | 69.00% | 83.70% | 76.60% | |||
| Seychelles [+] | 2020 | 96.70% | 95.80% | 96.20% | 99.10% | 0.03 | |
| Sudan [+] | 2018 | 56.06% | 65.44% | 60.70% | 73.00% | 7.19 | |
| Singapore [+] | 2021 | 96.42% | 98.94% | 97.65% | 99.89% | 0.17 | |
| Slovenia [+] | 2014 | 99.60% | 99.69% | 99.70% | 99.80% | 0 | |
| Sierra Leone [+] | 2022 | 41.31% | 56.03% | 48.64% | 73.46% | -3.07 | |
| San Marino [+] | 2022 | 99.93% | 99.90% | 99.91% | 100.00% | 0 | |
| Senegal [+] | 2022 | 47.08% | 69.06% | 57.67% | 78.14% | 9.86 | |
| Somalia [+] | 2022 | 28.01% | 54.04% | 41.03% | 70.47% | 57.33 | |
| Suriname [+] | 2021 | 93.40% | 96.50% | 95.00% | 98.90% | 0.25 | |
| South Sudan [+] | 2018 | 28.86% | 40.26% | 34.52% | 47.90% | 11.20 | |
| Sao Tome and Principe [+] | 2022 | 91.07% | 96.47% | 93.75% | 98.18% | 30.59 | |
| El Salvador [+] | 2020 | 88.54% | 91.73% | 89.98% | 98.51% | 0.16 | |
| Syria [+] | 2021 | 91.82% | 97.17% | 94.42% | 98.39% | 2.29 | |
| Eswatini [+] | 2020 | 89.47% | 89.07% | 89.28% | 95.89% | 0.42 | |
| Chad [+] | 2022 | 18.87% | 35.78% | 27.28% | 36.07% | 4.32 | |
| Togo [+] | 2019 | 55.05% | 79.99% | 66.54% | 87.89% | 3.60 | |
| Thailand [+] | 2021 | 92.80% | 95.50% | 94.10% | 98.80% | 0.66 | |
| Tajikistan [+] | 2014 | 99.70% | 99.82% | 99.80% | 99.90% | 0.00 | |
| Timor-Leste [+] | 2020 | 66.50% | 73.30% | 69.90% | 85.10% | 1.56 | |
| Turkmenistan [+] | 2014 | 99.60% | 99.75% | 99.70% | 99.80% | 0.00 | |
| Tunisia [+] | 2019 | 73.68% | 87.76% | 80.55% | 96.83% | 1.96 | |
| Tonga [+] | 2021 | 99.50% | 99.40% | 99.40% | 99.40% | -0.04 | |
| Türkiye [+] | 2019 | 94.42% | 99.08% | 96.74% | 99.91% | 0.16 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago [+] | 2010 | 98.30% | 99.14% | 98.70% | 99.60% | 0.20 | |
| Tanzania [+] | 2022 | 78.70% | 85.53% | 82.02% | 88.40% | 2.64 | |
| Ukraine [+] | 2021 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 99.90% | -0.07 | |
| Uganda [+] | 2022 | 76.53% | 84.85% | 80.59% | 91.83% | 2.43 | |
| Uruguay [+] | 2019 | 99.04% | 98.48% | 98.77% | 99.02% | 0.15 | |
| Uzbekistan [+] | 2022 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 0.00 | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+] | 1980 | 96.90% | 96.90% | 96.90% | 98.70% | 0.74 | |
| Venezuela [+] | 2022 | 97.73% | 97.46% | 97.60% | 98.73% | -0.03 | |
| Viet Nam [+] | 2022 | 95.08% | 97.24% | 96.13% | 99.05% | 0.42 | |
| Vanuatu [+] | 2021 | 88.40% | 89.80% | 89.10% | 96.90% | 0.62 | |
| Samoa [+] | 2021 | 99.30% | 99.00% | 99.10% | 99.10% | 0.59 | |
| Yemen [+] | 2004 | 35.00% | 73.16% | 54.10% | 77.00% | 16.78 | |
| South Africa [+] | 2021 | 89.37% | 90.68% | 90.00% | 96.70% | -1.71 | |
| Zambia [+] | 2020 | 84.30% | 91.00% | 87.50% | 93.20% | 1.11 | |
| Zimbabwe [+] | 2022 | 91.20% | 88.21% | 89.85% | 90.86% | 7.14 | |