List of countries by literacy rate

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World literacy rates by country, based on The World Factbook.

List of countries by literacy rate, as included in the United Nations Development Programme Report 2005^[1].

Rank	Country	Literacy rate
1	Australia	99.9
1	Austria	99.9
1	Belgium	99.9
1	Canada	99.9
1	Czech Republic	99.9
1	Denmark	99.9
1	Finland	99.9
1	France	99.9
1	Georgia	99.9
1	Germany	99.9
1	Iceland	99.9
1	Ireland	99.9
1	Japan	99.9
1	Luxembourg	99.9
1	Netherlands	99.9
1	New Zealand	99.9
1	Norway	99.9
1	Sweden	99.9
1	Switzerland	99.9
1	United States	99.9
1	United Kingdom	99.9
21	Estonia	99.8
22	Trinidad and Tobago	99.7
23	Barbados	99.7
23	Latvia	99.7
23	Poland	99.7
23	Slovenia	99.7
27	Belarus	99.6
27	Lithuania	99.6
27	Slovakia	99.6
30	Kazakhstan	99.5
30	Tajikistan	99.5
32	Armenia	99.4
32	Russian Federation	99.4
32	Ukraine	99.4
35	Hungary	99.3
35	Uzbekistan	99.3
37	Tonga	98.9
38	Azerbaijan	98.8
38	Turkmenistan	98.8
40	Albania	98.7
40	Kyrgyzstan	98.7
40	Samoa	98.7
43	Italy	98.5
45	Bulgaria	98.2
46	Croatia	98.1
47	South Korea	97.9
48	Mongolia	97.8
48	Saint Kitts and Nevis	97.8
50	Spain	97.7
51	Uruguay	97.7
53	Romania	97.3
54	Argentina	97.2
56	Cuba	96.9
56	Israel	96.9
58	Cyprus	96.8
59	Guyana	96.5
60	Moldova	96.2
61	Republic of Macedonia	96.1
61	Taiwan	96.1
62	Grenada	96.0
63	Costa Rica	95.8
64	Chile	95.7
65	Bahamas	95.5
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina	94.6
67	Colombia	94.2
68	Hong Kong S.A.R. of the People's Republic of China	93.5
69	Venezuela	93.0
70	Fiji	92.9
71	Brunei	92.7
72	Philippines	92.6
72	Thailand	92.6
74	Malta	92.5
74	Portugal	92.5
74	Singapore	92.5
75	Palestinian territories	91.9
75	Panama	91.9
75	Seychelles	91.9
78	Paraguay	91.6
52	Greece	91.5
79	Ecuador	91.0
80	People's Republic of China (mainland only)	90.9
81	Sri Lanka	90.4
82	Mexico	90.3
82	Vietnam	90.3
84	Saint Lucia	90.1
85	Zimbabwe	90.0
86	Jordan	89.9
87	Myanmar	89.7
88	Qatar	89.2
89	Malaysia	88.7
90	Brazil	88.4
91	Turkey	88.3
92	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	88.1
93	Dominica	88.0
93	Suriname	88.0
95	Indonesia	87.9
96	Bahrain	87.7
96	Dominican Republic	87.7
96	Peru	87.7
99	Jamaica	87.6
100	Bolivia	86.5
100	Lebanon	86.5
102	Antigua and Barbuda	85.8
103	Namibia	85.0
104	Mauritius	84.3
105	Equatorial Guinea	84.2
106	São Tomé and Principe	83.1
107	Kuwait	82.9
107	Syria	82.9
109	Congo	82.8
110	South Africa	82.4
111	Libya	81.7
112	Lesotho	81.4
113	Iran	80.0
113	Honduras	80.0
115	El Salvador	79.7
116	Saudi Arabia	79.4
117	Swaziland	79.2
118	Botswana	78.9
119	United Arab Emirates	77.3
120	Belize	76.9
121	Nicaragua	76.7
122	Solomon Islands	76.6
123	Cape Verde	75.7
124	Oman	74.4
125	Tunisia	74.3
126	Vanuatu	74.0
127	Cambodia	73.6
127	Kenya	73.6
129	Gabon	71.0
130	Madagascar	70.6
131	Algeria	69.8
132	Tanzania	69.4
133	Guatemala	69.1
134	Uganda	68.9
135	Laos	68.7
136	Cameroon	67.9
136	Zambia	67.9
138	Angola	66.8
138	Nigeria	66.8
140	Djibouti	65.5
141	Democratic Republic of Congo	65.3
142	Malawi	64.1
143	Rwanda	64.0
144	India	61.0
145	Sudan	59.0
146	Burundi	58.9
147	Timor-Leste	58.6
148	Papua New Guinea	57.3
149	Eritrea	56.7
150	Comoros	56.2
152	Ghana	54.1
153	Togo	53.0
154	Haiti	51.9
155	Mauritania	51.2
156	Morocco	50.7
157	Yemen	49.0
158	Pakistan	48.7
159	Central African Republic	48.6
159	Nepal	48.6
161	Côte d’Ivoire	48.1
162	Bhutan	47.0
163	Mozambique	46.5
164	Ethiopia	41.5
165	Bangladesh	41.1
166	Guinea	41.0
167	Guinea-Bissau	39.6
168	Senegal	39.3
169	Gambia	37.8
170	Afghanistan	36.0
171	Benin	33.6
172	Sierra Leone	29.6
173	Chad	25.5
174	Egypt	25.1
174	Mali	19.0
175	Niger	14.4
176	Burkina Faso	12.8

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