List of countries by literacy rate

World map indicating literacy by country in 2013 (2013 UN Human Development Report and Individual statistics departments) Grey = no data

This is a list of countries by literacy rate. The figures represent a mixture of data collected by the CIA World Factbook,[1] and national self-reported data. Where data was unavailable, older figures were used. For highly developed/high income countries where literacy statistics were not collected, a rate of 99% was assumed.

List

According to the CIA World Factbook, almost 75% of the world's 775 million illiterate adults are concentrated in ten countries (in descending order: India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, Brazil, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo). Women represent two-thirds of all illiterate adults globally. Extremely low literacy rates are focused in three regions: South Asia, West Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. The global literacy rate for all people aged 15 and over is 84.1%. The global literacy rate for all males is 88.6% and the rate for all females is 79.7%.[2]

Country Literacy rate (all) Male Literacy Female Literacy Gender Difference Criteria
 World 84.1% 88.6% 79.7% 8.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Afghanistan 28.1% 43.1% 12.6% 30.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2000 est.)[1]
 Albania 96.8% 98% 95.7% 2.3% age 9 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Algeria 91.8% 91.8% 91.8% 0.0% age 15 and over can read and write [3]
 American Samoa 97% 98% 97% 1% age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)[1]
 Andorra 100% 100% 100% 0% age 15 and over can read and write[1]
 Angola 70.4% 82.6% 58.6% 24.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Antigua and Barbuda 99% 98.4% 99.4% -1.0% age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling (2011 est.)[1]
 Argentina 97.9% 97.8% 97.9% -0.1% age 10 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Armenia 99.6% 99.7% 99.5% 0.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Aruba 96.8% 96.9% 96.7% 0.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Australia 96% 96% 96% 0% age 15 and over can read brief texts on familiar topics (2011-2)[4]
 Austria 98% N/A N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write[1]
 Azerbaijan 99.8% 99.9% 99.7% 0.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1]
 Bahamas, The 95.6% 94.7% 96.5% -1.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Bahrain 94.6% 96.1% 91.6% 4.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1]
 Bangladesh 57.7% 62% 53.4% 8.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Barbados 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 0.0% age 15 and over has ever attended school (2002 est.)[1]
 Belarus 99.6% 99.8% 99.5% 0.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2009 census)[1]
 Belgium 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Belize 76.9% 76.7% 77.1% -0.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2000 census)[1]
 Benin 42.4% 55.2% 30.3% 24.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1]
 Bermuda 98% 98% 99% -1% age 15 and over can read and write (2005 est.)[1]
 Bhutan 52.8% 65% 38.7% 26.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2005 est.)[1]
 Bolivia 91.2% 95.8% 86.8% 9.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2009 est.)[1]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 99.4% 99.8% 98.9% 0.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Botswana 85.1% 84.6% 85.6% -1.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Brazil 95.8% N/A N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write (2012 est.)[5][6][7]
 British Virgin Islands 97.8% N/A N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write (1991 est.)[1]
 Brunei 95.4% 97% 93.9% 3.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Bulgaria 98.4% 98.7% 98% 0.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2011)[1]
 Burkina Faso 28.7% 36.7% 21.6% 15.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2007 est.)[1]
 Burma 92.7% 95.1% 90.4% 4.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Burundi 67.2% 72.9% 61.8% 11.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Cambodia 73.9% 82.8% 65.9% 16.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2009 est.)[1]
 Cameroon 71.3% 78.3% 64.8% 13.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Canada 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Cape Verde 84.9% 89.7% 80.3% 9.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Cayman Islands 98.9% 98.7% 99% -0.3% age 15 and over has ever attended school (2007 est.)[1]
 Central African Republic 56.6% 69.6% 44.2% 25.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Chad 35.4% 45.6% 25.4% 20.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Chile 98.6% 98.6% 98.5% 0.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2009 est.)[1]
 China 95.1% 97.5% 92.7% 4.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Christmas Island N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Colombia 93.6% 93.5% 93.7% -0.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est)[1]
 Comoros 75.5% 80.5% 70.6% 9.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 66.8% 76.9% 57% 19.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Congo, Republic of the 83.8% 89.6% 78.4% 11.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Cook Islands 95% N/A N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write[1]
 Costa Rica 96.3% 96% 96.5% -0.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Croatia 99.2% 99.4% 98.7% 0.7% age 10 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[8]
 Cuba 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 0.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Cyprus 98.7% 99.3% 98.1% 1.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Czech Republic 99% 99% 99% 0% (2011 est.)[1]
 Denmark 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Djibouti 70% N/A N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write (2012 est.)[9]
 Dominica 94% 94% 94% 0% age 15 and over has ever attended school (2003 est.)[1]
 Dominican Republic 90.1% 90% 90.2% -0.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Ecuador 91.6% 93.1% 90.2% 2.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Egypt 73.9% 81.7% 65.8% 15.9% age 10 and over can read and write (2012 est.)[1]
 El Salvador 84.5% 87.1% 82.3% 4.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Equatorial Guinea 94.2% 97.1% 91.1% 6.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Eritrea 80% N/A N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write (2013 est.)[10]
 Estonia 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 0.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Ethiopia 39% 49.1% 28.9% 20.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2007 est.)[1]
 Falkland Islands N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Faroe Islands N/A N/A N/A N/A Note – probably 99%, the same as Denmark proper[1]
 Fiji 93.7% 95.5% 91.9% 3.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Finland 100% 100% 100% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2000 est.)[1]
 France 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 French Polynesia 98% 98% 98% 0% age 14 and over can read and write (1977 est.)[1]
 Gabon 88.4% 91.9% 84.9% 7.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Gambia, The 50% 60% 40.4% 19.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Gaza Strip 96.4% 98.3% 94.3% 4.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2012 est.)[11]
 Georgia 99.7% 99.8% 99.7% 0.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Germany 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Ghana 71.5% 78.3% 65.3% 13.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1]
 Gibraltar >80% N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Greece 98.9% 98.8% 99% -0.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census)[1]
 Greenland 100% 100% 100% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2001 est.)[1]
 Grenada 96% N/A N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Guam 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)[1]
 Guatemala 83.4% N/A N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write (2012 est.)[12]
 Guernsey N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Guinea 41% 52% 30% 22% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Guinea-Bissau 55.3% 68.9% 42.1% 26.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Guyana 91.8% 92% 91.6% 0.4% age 15 and over has ever attended school (2002 census)[1]
 Haiti 52.9% 54.8% 51.2% 3.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Honduras 83.4% 79.8% 80.2% -0.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2009 census)[1]
 Hong Kong 93.5% 96.9% 89.6% 7.3% age 15 and over has ever attended school (2002)[1]
 Hungary 99% 99.2% 98.9% 0.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Iceland 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 India 74.4% 82.1% 65.5% 16.6% age 7 and over can read and write (2011 census)[13]
 Indonesia 92.8% 97% 89.6% 7.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Iran 85% 89.3% 80.7% 8.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2008 est.)[14]
 Iraq 80.2% 89% 73.6% 15.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2012 est.)[1]
 Ireland 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Isle of Man N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Israel 97.1% 98.5% 95.9% 2.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2004 est.)[1]
 Italy 99% 99.2% 98.7% 0.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 census)[1]
 Ivory Coast 56.2% 65.2% 46.6% 18.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Jamaica 87.9% 84.1% 91.6% -7.5% age 15 and over has ever attended school (2003 est.)[1]
 Japan 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census)[1]
 Jersey N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Jordan 93.4% 96.6% 90.2% 6.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Kazakhstan 99.5% 99.8% 99.3% 0.5% age 15 and over can read and write (1999 est.)[1]
 Kenya 87.4% 90.6% 84.2% 6.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Kiribati N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Korea, North 100% 100% 100% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2008 est.)[1]
 Korea, South 97.9% 99.2% 96.6% 2.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2002)[1]
 Kosovo, Republic of 91.9% 96.6% 87.5% 9.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2007 census)[1]
 Kuwait 94% 94.4% 97% -2.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2007-2011 census)[15]
 Kyrgyzstan 98.7% 99.3% 98.1% 1.2% age 15 and over can read and write (1999 census)[1]
 Laos 73% 83% 63% 20% age 15 and over can read and write (2005 census)[1]
 Latvia 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 0.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Lebanon 89.6% 93.4% 86% 7.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Lesotho 89.6% 83.3% 95.6% -12.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Liberia 60.8% 64.8% 56.8% 10.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Libya 94.2% 98.6% 90.7% 7.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Liechtenstein 100% 100% 100% 0% age 10 and over can read and write[1]
 Lithuania 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 0.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Luxembourg 100% 100% 100% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2000 est.)[1]
 Macau 91.3% 95.3% 87.8% 7.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census)[1]
 Macedonia, Republic of 97.3% 98.7% 95.9% 2.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Madagascar 64.5% 67.4% 61.6% 5.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2009 est.)[1]
 Malawi 74.8% 81.1% 68.5% 12.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Malaysia 93.1% 95.4% 90.7% 4.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1]
 Maldives 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2006 census)[1]
 Mali 27.7% 36.1% 19.8% 16.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2009 census)[1]
 Malta 92.8% 91.7% 93.9% -2.2% age 10 and over can read and write (2005 census)[1]
 Marshall Islands 93.7% 93.6% 93.7% -0.1% age 15 and over can read and write (1999 est.)[1]
 Mauritania 58% 64.9% 51.2% 13.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Mauritius 89.8% 92.3% 87.3% 5.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 census)[16]
 Mexico 93.4% 93.7% 93.1% 0.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2009 estimate)[1]
 Micronesia, Federated States of 89% 91% 88% 3% age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)[1]
 Moldova 98.5% 99.1% 98.1% 1.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Monaco 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Mongolia 97.4% 96.9% 97.9% -1.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Montenegro 98.4% 99.4% 97.4% 2.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Montserrat 97% 97% 97% 0% age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970 est.)[1]
 Morocco 67.1% 76.1% 57.6% 18.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Mozambique 56.1% 70.8% 42.8% 28.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Namibia 88.8% 89% 88.5% 0.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Nauru N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
   Nepal 66% 75.1% 57.4% 17.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1]
 Netherlands 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 New Caledonia 96.2% 96.8% 95.5% 1.3% age 15 and over can read and write (1996 census)[1]
 New Zealand 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Nicaragua 67.5% 67.2% 67.8% -0.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Niger 28.7% 42.9% 15.1% 27.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2005 est.)[1]
 Nigeria 61.3% 72.1% 50.4% 21.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Niue 95% N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Norfolk Island 100% 100% 100% 0% [1]
 Northern Mariana Islands 97% 97% 96% 1% age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)[1]
 Norway 100% 100% 100% 0% [1]
 Oman 81.4% 86.8% 73.5% 13.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 census)[1]
 Pakistan 55% 67% 42% 25% age 15 and over can read and write.
 Palau 92% 93% 90% 3% age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)[1]
 Palestine 95.6% 98.1% 93.1% 5.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2012 est.)[17]
 Panama 91.9% 92.5% 91.2% 1.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2000 census)[1]
 Papua New Guinea 57.3% 63.4% 50.9% 12.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2000 census)[1]
 Paraguay 94% 94.9% 93% 1.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Peru 92.9% 96.4% 89.4% 7.0% age 15 and over can read and write (2007 census)[1]
 Philippines 95.4% 95% 95.8% -0.8% age 15 and over can read and write[1]
 Pitcairn Islands N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Poland 99.7% 99.9% 99.6% 0.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Portugal 95.4% 97% 94% 3% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Puerto Rico 94.1% 93.9% 94.4% -0.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 est.)[1]
 Qatar 96.3% 96.5% 95.4% 1.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Romania 97.7% 98.3% 97.1% 1.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Russia 99.7% 99.7% 99.6% 0.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Rwanda 71.1% 74.8% 67.5% 7.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 97% 97% 98% -1% age 20 and over can read and write (1987 est.)[1]
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 97.8% N/A N/A N/A age 15 and over has ever attended school (2003 est.)[1]
 Saint Lucia 90.1% 89.5% 90.6% -1.1% age 15 and over has ever attended school (2001 est.)[1]
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (1982 est.)[1]
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 96% 96% 96% 0% age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970 est.)[1]
 Samoa 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% -0.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 San Marino 96% 97% 95% 2% age 10 and over can read and write[1]
 Sao Tome and Principe 84.9% 92.2% 77.9% 14.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census)[1]
 Saudi Arabia 86.6% 90.4% 81.3% 9.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Senegal 39.3% 51.1% 29.2% 21.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 est.)[1]
 Serbia 98% 99.2% 96.9% 2.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 Seychelles 91.8% 91.4% 92.3% -0.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census)[1]
 Sierra Leone 35.1% 46.9% 24.4% 22.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2004 est.)[1]
 Singapore 95.9% 98.0% 93.8% 4.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Slovakia 99.6% 99.7% 99.6% 0.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2004)[1]
 Slovenia 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 0.0% (2010 est.)[1]
 Solomon Islands 84.1% 88.9% 79.2% 9.7% [1]
 Somalia N/A N/A N/A N/A [18]
 South Africa 93.1% 93.9% 92.2% 1.7% age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1]
 South Sudan 27% 40% 16% 24% age 15 and over can read and write[1]
 Spain 97.7% 98.5% 97% 1.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Sri Lanka 98.1% 97.7% 98.6% -0.9% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1]
 Sudan 71.9% 80.7% 63.2% 17.5% age 15 and over can read and write[1]
 Suriname 92.6% 95% 90.2% 4.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1]
 Svalbard N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Swaziland 81.6% 82.6% 80.8% 1.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Sweden 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
  Switzerland 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Syria 79.6% 86% 73.6% 12.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2004 census)[1]
 Taiwan 98.29% 99.62% 96.97% 2.65% age 15 and over can read and write (2012)[19]
 Tajikistan 99.7% 99.8% 99.6% 0.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Tanzania 69.4% 77.5% 62.2% 15.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census)[1]
 Thailand 93.5% 95.6% 91.5% 4.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2005 census)[1]
 Timor-Leste 58.6% N/A N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write (2002)[1]
 Togo 60.9% 75.4% 46.9% 28.5% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Tokelau N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Tonga 98.9% 98.8% 99% -0.2% can read and write Tongan and/or English (1999 est.)[1]
 Trinidad and Tobago 98.6% 99.1% 98% 1.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Tunisia 88.3% 95.1% 80.3% 14.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1]
 Turkey 98.78% 99.3% 98.2% 1.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2012 est.)[20]
 Turkmenistan 98.8% 99.3% 98.3% 1.0% age 15 and over can read and write (1999 est.)[1]
 Turks and Caicos Islands 98% 99% 98% 1% age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970 est.)[1]
 Tuvalu N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Uganda 66.8% 76.8% 57.7% 19.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census)[1]
 Ukraine 99.7% 99.8% 99.6% 0.2% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 United Arab Emirates 77.9% 76.1% 81.7% -5.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 United Kingdom 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling (2003 est.)[1]
 United States 99% 99% 99% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 United States Virgin Islands 90-95% est. N/A N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write (2005 est.)[1]
 Uruguay 98% 97.6% 98.4% -0.8% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Uzbekistan 99.3% 99.6% 99% 0.6% age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1]
 Vanuatu 74% N/A N/A N/A age 15 and over can read and write (1999 census)[1]
  Vatican City 99% 99% 99% 0% [1]
 Venezuela 95.5% 95.7% 95.4% 0.3% age 15 and over can read and write (2009 est.)[21]
 Vietnam 94% 96.1% 92% 4.1% age 15 and over can read and write (2002 est.)[1]
 Wallis and Futuna 50% 50% 50% 0% age 15 and over can read and write (1969 est.)[1]
 Western Sahara N/A N/A N/A N/A [1]
 Yemen 63.9% 81.2% 46.8% 34.4% age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1]
 Zambia 80.6% 86.8% 74.8% 12% age 15 and over can read and write English (2003 est.)[1]
 Zimbabwe 90.7% 94.2% 87.2% 7.0% age 15 and over can read and write English (2003 est.)[1]

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References

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  18. ↑ No reliable data on nationwide literacy rate. 2013 FSNAU survey indicates considerable differences per region, with the autonomous northeastern Puntland region having the highest registered literacy rate (72%)
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