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Countries by Literacy Rate

Name: Countries by Literacy Rate
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Countries ranked by adult literacy rate.

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Country↕	Youth(15 to 24)↕	Adult(25+)↕	Elderly(65+)↕	Youth GenderParity Index↕
Rate	Year	Rate	Year	Rate
Afghanistan *	65	2,020	31.7	2,011
Albania *	99.2	2,012	97.2	2,012
Algeria *	93.8	2,008	75.1	2,008
American Samoa *	97.7	1,980	97.3	1,980
Andorra *
Angola *	77.4	2,014	66	2,014
Anguilla *	99.1	1,984	95.4	1,984
Antigua and Barbuda *			98.9	2,015
Argentina *	99.5	2,016	99.1	2,016
Armenia *	99.8	2,011	99.7	2,011
Aruba *	99.1	2,010	96.8	2,010
Australia *	96.6
Austria *
Azerbaijan *	99.9	2,016	99.8	2,016
Bahamas
Bahrain *	97	2,001	86.5	2,001
Bangladesh *	94.9	2,019	74.7	2,019
Barbados *	99.9	2,014	99.6	2,014
Belarus *	99.8	2,009	99.6	2,009
Belgium *
Belize *	77.6	1,991	70.3	1,991
Benin *	52.5	2,012	32.9	2,012
Bermuda *
Bhutan *	87.3	2,012	57	2,012
Bolivia *	99.4	2,015	92.5	2,015
Bonaire
Bosnia and Herzegovina *	99.7	2,013	97	2,013
Botswana *	97.7	2,014	87.7	2,014
Brazil *	99.7	2,020	92	2,015
British Virgin Islands *
Brunei *	99.4	2,011	96.1	2,011
Bulgaria *	97.9	2,011	98.4	2,011
Burkina Faso *	50.1	2,014	34.6	2,014
Burundi *	79.6	2,014	61.6	2,014
Cape Verde *	98.1	2,015	86.8	2,015
Cambodia *	92.2	2,015	80.5	2,015
Cameroon *	80.6	2,010	71.3	2,010
Canada *
Cayman Islands *	98.9	2,007	98.9	2,007
Central African Republic *	36.4	2,010	36.8	2,010
Chad *	30.8	2,016	22.3	2,016
Chile *	99.4	2,015	96.9	2,015
China *	99.8	2,018	96.8	2,018
Hong Kong *
Macau *	99.8	2,016	96.5	2,016
Colombia *	98.7	2,016	94.7	2,016
Comoros *	71.6	2,012	49.2	2,012
Congo *	80.9	2,011	79.3	2,011
DR Congo *	85	2,016	77	2,016
Cook Islands *
Costa Rica *	99.1	2,011	97.4	2,011
Ivory Coast *	53	2,014	43.9	2,014
Croatia *	99.7	2,011	99.1	2,011
Cuba *	99.9	2,012	99.8	2,012
Curaçao
Cyprus *	99.8	2,011	98.7	2,011
Czech Republic *
Denmark *
Djibouti *
Dominica *
Dominican Republic *	98.8	2,016	93.8	2,016
Ecuador *	99.1	2,016	94.4	2,016
Egypt *	93.9	2,017	71.2	2,017
El Salvador *	98	2,016	88.5	2,017
Equatorial Guinea *	98.2	2,014	95	2,014
Eritrea *	87	2,008	64.7	2,008
Estonia *	99.9	2,011	99.9	2,011
Eswatini *	93.5	2,010	83.1	2,010
Ethiopia *	55	2,007	39	2,007
Faroe Islands *
Falkland Islands *
Fiji *
Finland *
France *
French Guiana *	91.3	1,982	82.9	1,982
French Polynesia *
Gabon *	88.5	2,012	82.3	2,012
Gambia *	60.8	2,013	42	2,013
Georgia *	99.7	2,014	99.6	2,014
Germany *
Ghana *	85.7	2,010	71.5	2,010
Gibraltar *
Greece *	98.8	2,011	97.4	2,011
Greenland *	100	2,015
Grenada *	99.2	2,014	98.6	2,014
Guadeloupe *	99.8	2,014	96	2,014
Guam *	99.9	1,990	99.4	1,990
Guatemala *	94.4	2,014	81.3	2,014
Guinea *	46.3	2,014	32	2,014
Guinea-Bissau *	60.4	2,014	45.6	2,014
Guyana *	96.7	2,014	85.6	2,014
Haiti *	72.3	2,006	48.7	2,006
Holy See
Honduras *	96.1	2,016	89	2,016
Hungary *	98.8	2,014	99.1	2,014
Iceland *
India *	95.7	2,018	75.4	2,018
Indonesia *	99.7	2,016	95.4	2,016
Iran *	98.1	2,016	85.5	2,016
Iraq *	93.5	2,017	85.6	2,017
Ireland *
Isle of Man *
Israel *	98.6	1,983	91.8	1,983
Italy *	99.9	2,011	98.8	2,011
Jamaica *	96.3	2,014	88.1	2,014
Japan *
Jordan *	99.1	2,012	97.9	2,012
Kazakhstan *	99.9	2,010	99.8	2,010
Kenya *	86.5	2,014	78.7	2,014
Kiribati *
North Korea *	100	2,008	100	2,008
South Korea *
Kuwait *	99.2	2,017	96.1	2,018
Kyrgyzstan *	99.8	2,009	99.2	2,009
Laos *	92.5	2,015	84.7	2,015
Latvia *	99.8	2,011	99.9	2,011
Lebanon *	99.2	2,009	91.2	2,009
Lesotho *	86.6	2,014	76.6	2,014
Liberia *	49.1	2,007	42.9	2,007
Libya *	99.6	2,004	86.1	2,004
Liechtenstein *
Lithuania *	99.9	2,011	99.8	2,011
Luxembourg *
Madagascar *	76.8	2,012	71.6	2,012
Malawi *	72.9	2,015	62.1	2,015
Malaysia *	98.2	2,001	89.5	2,001
Maldives *	99.3	2,014	98.6	2,014
Mali *	49.4	2,015	33.1	2,015
Malta *	98.9	2,011	93.3	2,011
Marshall Islands *	98.5	2,011	98.3	2,011
Martinique	99.8	2,014	96.9	2,014
Mauritania *	56.1	2,007	45.5	2,007
Mauritius *	98.1	2,011	93.2	2,016
Mayotte
Mexico *	99.1	2,016	94.9	2,016
Micronesia *
Monaco *
Mongolia *	98.5	2,010	98.3	2,010
Montenegro *	99.2	2,011	98.4	2,011
Montserrat *
Morocco *	97.7	2,018	73.8	2,018
Mozambique *	70.5	2,015	56	2,015
Myanmar *	84.8	2,016	75.6	2,016
Namibia *	94.4	2,011	88.3	2,011
Nauru *
Nepal *	84.8	2,011	68	2,018
Netherlands *
New Caledonia	99.2	2,014	97.8	2,014
New Zealand *
Nicaragua *	87	2,005	78	2,005
Niger *	39.8	2,012	30.6	2,012
Nigeria *	66.4	2,008	51.1	2,008
Niue *
North Macedonia *	98.7	2,002	96.1	2,002
Northern Mariana Islands *
Norway *
Oman *	98.7	2,017	96.1	2,017
Pakistan *	74.5	2,017	59.1	2,017
Palau *	98.7	2,015	96.6	2,015
Palestine	99	2,020	97	2,019
Panama *	97.6	2,010	94.1	2,010
Papua New Guinea *	67.9	2,010	61.6	2,010
Paraguay *	98.5	2,016	94.7	2,016
Peru *	98.9	2,016	94.1	2,017
Philippines *	98.1	2,013	96.4	2,013
Pitcairn Islands
Poland *	99.8	2,008	98.7	2,008
Portugal *	99.4	2,011	94.5	2,011
Puerto Rico *	98.8	2,010	92.4	2,017
Qatar *	95.9	2,004	89	2,004
Moldova *	99.5	2,012	99.1	2,012
Romania *	99	2,011	98.6	2,011
Russia *	99.7	2,010	99.7	2,010
Rwanda *	85.1	2,014	70.8	2,014
Réunion	95.7	1,982	78.6	1,982
Saint Helena *			96	1,998
Saint Kitts and Nevis *
Saint Lucia *
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	99.5	1,982	99.3	1,982
Saint Martin
Samoa *	99.2	2,011	99	2,011
San Marino *
São Tomé and Príncipe *	96.7	2,012	90.1	2,012
Saudi Arabia *	99.2	2,013	94.4	2,013
Senegal *	69.5	2,017	51.9	2,017
Serbia *	99.7	2,016	98.8	2,016
Seychelles	99	2,010	94	2,010
Sierra Leone *	57	2,013	32.4	2,013
Singapore *	99.9	2,016	97	2,016
Sint Maarten
Slovakia *
Slovenia *	99.8	2,014	99.7	2,014
Solomon Islands *			76.6	1,999
Somalia *
South Africa *	99	2,015	94.4	2,015
South Sudan *	36.7	2,008	26.8	2,008
Spain *	99.6	2,016	98.3	2,016
Sri Lanka *	98.9	2,017	91.9	2,017
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *	98	1,970	95.6	1,970
Sudan *	65.8	2,008	53.5	2,008
Suriname *	97.7	2,012	92.9	2,012
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Sweden *
Switzerland *
Syria *	92.5	2,004	80.8	2,004
Tajikistan *	99.9	2,014	99.8	2,014
Tanzania *	85.8	2,015	77.9	2,015
Thailand *	98.1	2,015	92.9	2,015
Timor-Leste *	79.5	2,010	58.3	2,010
Togo *	84.3	2,015	63.7	2,015
Tokelau *
Tonga *	99.4	2,011	99.4	2,011
Trinidad and Tobago *	99.3	1,990	96.9	1,990
Tunisia *	96.2	2,014	79	2,014
Turkey *	99.6	2,016	96.2	2,016
Turkmenistan *	99.8	2,014	99.7	2,014
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu *
Uganda *	83.7	2,012	70.2	2,012
Ukraine *	100	2,012	100	2,012
United Arab Emirates *	95	2,005	90	2,005
United Kingdom *
United States *
U.S. Virgin Islands *
Uruguay *	98.9	2,017	98.6	2,017
Uzbekistan *	100	2,016	100	2,016
Vanuatu *	95.3	2,014	84.7	2,014
Venezuela *	98.8	2,016	97.1	2,016
Vietnam *	97.1	2,009	95.8	2,019
Wallis and Futuna
Western Sahara
Yemen *	77	2,004	54.1	2,004
Zambia *	88.7	2,010	83	2,010
Zimbabwe *	90.4	2,014	88.7	2,014

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