Rankings > Literacy - total population (All Ascending)

Rank Country Value / Unit 1. Burkina Faso 21.80 % 2. Afghanistan 28.10 % 3. Niger 28.70 % 4. Guinea 29.50 % 5. Benin 34.70 % 6. Sierra Leone 35.10 % 7. Somalia 37.80 % 8. Senegal 39.30 % 9. Gambia, The 40.10 % 10. Guinea-Bissau 42.40 % 11. Ethiopia 42.70 % 12. Bangladesh 43.10 % 13. Mali 46.40 % 14. Bhutan 47.00 % 15. Chad 47.50 % 16. Mozambique 47.80 % 17. Nepal 48.60 % 18. Pakistan 49.90 % 19. Wallis and Futuna 50.00 % 20. Yemen 50.20 % 21. Cote d'Ivoire 50.90 % 22. Central African Republic 51.00 % 23. Mauritania 51.20 % 24. Morocco 52.30 % 25. Haiti 52.90 % 26. Comoros 56.50 % 27. Papua New Guinea 57.30 % 28. Liberia 57.50 % 29. Ghana 57.90 % 30. Eritrea 58.60 %   Timor-Leste 58.60 % 32. Burundi 59.30 % 33. Togo 60.90 % 34. India 61.00 % 35. Sudan 61.10 % 36. Malawi 62.70 % 37. Gabon 63.20 % 38. Congo, Democratic Republic of the 65.50 % 39. Uganda 66.80 % 40. Angola 67.40 % 41. Nicaragua 67.50 % 42. Cameroon 67.90 %   Djibouti 67.90 % 44. Nigeria 68.00 % 45. Laos 68.70 % 46. Madagascar 68.90 % 47. Guatemala 69.10 % 48. Tanzania 69.40 % 49. Algeria 69.90 % 50. Rwanda 70.40 % 51. Egypt 71.40 % 52. Cambodia 73.60 % 53. Vanuatu 74.00 % 54. Iraq 74.10 % 55. Tunisia 74.30 % 56. Cape Verde 76.60 % 57. Belize 76.90 % 58. Iran 77.00 % 59. United Arab Emirates 77.90 % 60. Saudi Arabia 78.80 % 61. Syria 79.60 % 62. Honduras 80.00 % 63. El Salvador 80.20 % 64. Zambia 80.60 % 65. Botswana 81.20 % 66. Oman 81.40 % 67. Swaziland 81.60 % 68. Libya 82.60 % 69. Congo, Republic of the 83.80 % 70. Mauritius 84.40 % 71. Lesotho 84.80 % 72. Sao Tome and Principe 84.90 % 73. Namibia 85.00 % 74. Kenya 85.10 % 75. Equatorial Guinea 85.70 % 76. Antigua and Barbuda 85.80 % 77. South Africa 86.40 % 78. Bahrain 86.50 % 79. Bolivia 86.70 % 80. Dominican Republic 87.00 % 81. Lebanon 87.40 %   Turkey 87.40 % 83. Peru 87.70 % 84. Jamaica 87.90 % 85. Brazil 88.60 % 86. Malaysia 88.70 % 87. Micronesia, Federated States of 89.00 %   Qatar 89.00 % 89. Suriname 89.60 % 90. Burma 89.90 %   Jordan 89.90 % 92. Virgin Islands 90.00 % 93. Saint Lucia 90.10 % 94. Vietnam 90.30 % 95. Indonesia 90.40 % 96. Sri Lanka 90.70 %   Zimbabwe 90.70 % 98. China 90.90 % 99. Ecuador 91.00 %   Mexico 91.00 % 101. Macau 91.30 % 102. Seychelles 91.80 % 103. Panama 91.90 % 104. Palau 92.00 % 105. Singapore 92.50 % 106. Philippines 92.60 %   Thailand 92.60 % 108. Brunei 92.70 % 109. Colombia 92.80 %   Malta 92.80 % 111. Venezuela 93.00 % 112. Kuwait 93.30 %   Portugal 93.30 % 114. Hong Kong 93.50 % 115. Fiji 93.70 %   Marshall Islands 93.70 % 117. Dominica 94.00 %   Paraguay 94.00 % 119. Puerto Rico 94.10 % 120. Anguilla 95.00 %   Niue 95.00 % 122. Bahamas, The 95.60 % 123. Chile 95.70 % 124. Costa Rica 96.00 %   Greece 96.00 %   Grenada 96.00 %   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 96.00 %   San Marino 96.00 % 129. Macedonia 96.10 %   Taiwan 96.10 % 131. New Caledonia 96.20 % 132. Maldives 96.30 % 133. Serbia 96.40 % 134. Bosnia and Herzegovina 96.70 %   Netherlands Antilles 96.70 % 136. American Samoa 97.00 %   Saint Helena 97.00 % 138. Israel 97.10 % 139. Argentina 97.20 % 140. Aruba 97.30 %   Romania 97.30 % 142. Cyprus 97.60 % 143. British Virgin Islands 97.80 %   Mongolia 97.80 %   Saint Kitts and Nevis 97.80 % 146. Korea, South 97.90 %   Spain 97.90 % 148. Austria 98.00 %   Bermuda 98.00 %   Cayman Islands 98.00 %   French Polynesia 98.00 %   Uruguay 98.00 % 153. Croatia 98.10 % 154. Bulgaria 98.20 % 155. Italy 98.40 % 156. Trinidad and Tobago 98.60 % 157. Albania 98.70 %   Kyrgyzstan 98.70 % 159. Azerbaijan 98.80 %   Guyana 98.80 %   Turkmenistan 98.80 % 162. Tonga 98.90 % 163. Australia 99.00 %   Belgium 99.00 %   Canada 99.00 %   Czech Republic 99.00 %   Denmark 99.00 %   France 99.00 %   Germany 99.00 %   Iceland 99.00 %   Ireland 99.00 %   Japan 99.00 %   Korea, North 99.00 %   Monaco 99.00 %   Netherlands 99.00 %   New Zealand 99.00 %   Sweden 99.00 %   Switzerland 99.00 %   United Kingdom 99.00 %   United States 99.00 % 181. Moldova 99.10 % 182. Uzbekistan 99.30 % 183. Armenia 99.40 %   Hungary 99.40 %   Russia 99.40 %   Ukraine 99.40 % 187. Kazakhstan 99.50 %   Tajikistan 99.50 % 189. Belarus 99.60 %   Lithuania 99.60 %   Slovakia 99.60 % 192. Barbados 99.70 %   Latvia 99.70 %   Samoa 99.70 %   Slovenia 99.70 % 196. Cuba 99.80 %   Estonia 99.80 %   Poland 99.80 % 199. Andorra 100.00 %   Finland 100.00 %   Georgia 100.00 %   Greenland 100.00 %   Holy See (Vatican City) 100.00 %   Liechtenstein 100.00 %   Luxembourg 100.00 %   Norway 100.00 %