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UN Literary Statistics on Women & Men

Table 4a. Literacy
Last update: December 2010
Country or area	Year		Adult (15+) literacy rate		Youth (15-24) literacy rate
			Men	Women	Men	Women
Albania	2008	a	99	99	99	100
Algeria	2006		81	64	94	89
Angola	2008	a	83	57	81	65
Argentina	2008	a	98	98	99	99
Armenia	2008	a	100	99	100	100
Aruba	2008	a	98	98	99	99
Azerbaijan	2007		100	99	100	100
Bahrain	2008	a	92	89	100	100
Bangladesh	2008	a	60	50	73	76
Belarus	2008	a	100	100	100	100
Benin	2008	a	54	28	64	42
Bhutan	2005		65	39	80	68
Bolivia	2007		96	86	100	99
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2008	a	99	96	100	99
Botswana	2008	a	83	84	94	96
Brazil	2007		90	90	97	99
Brunei Darussalam	2008	a	97	93	100	100
Bulgaria	2008	a	99	98	97	97
Burkina Faso	2007		37	22	47	33
Burundi	2008	a	72	60	77	75
Cambodia	2008		85	71	89	86
Cameroon	2008	a	84	68	88	84
Cape Verde	2008	a	90	79	97	99
Cayman Islands	2007		99	99	99	99
Central African Republic	2008	a	69	41	72	56
Chad	2008	a	44	22	54	37
Chile	2008		99	99	99	99
China	2008	a	97	91	99	99
China, Macao SAR	2006		96	91	100	100
Colombia	2008		93	93	98	98
Comoros	2008	a	79	68	86	84
Congo	2005		…	…	87	78
Costa Rica	2008	a	96	96	98	99
Côte d'Ivoire	2008	a	64	44	72	60
Croatia	2008	a	100	98	100	100
Cuba	2008	a	100	100	100	100
Cyprus	2008	a	99	97	100	100
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2008		100	100	100	100
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2008	a	78	56	69	62
Dominican Republic	2007		88	88	95	97
Ecuador	2007		87	82	95	96
Egypt	2006		75	58	88	82
El Salvador	2008		87	81	95	96
Equatorial Guinea	2008	a	97	89	98	98
Eritrea	2008	a	77	55	91	84
Estonia	2008	a	100	100	100	100
Ethiopia	2008	a	50	23	62	39
Gabon	2008	a	91	83	98	96
Gambia	2008	a	57	34	70	58
Georgia	2008	a	100	100	100	100
Ghana	2008	a	72	59	81	78
Greece	2008	a	98	96	99	99
Guatemala	2008	a	80	69	89	84
Guinea	2008	a	50	26	67	51
Guinea-Bissau	2008	a	66	37	78	62
Honduras	2007		84	83	93	95
Hungary	2008	a	99	99	98	99
India	2006		75	51	88	74
Indonesia	2006		95	89	97	96
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2006		87	77	97	96
Iraq	2008	a	86	69	85	80
Italy	2008	a	99	99	100	100
Jamaica	2008	a	81	91	92	98
Jordan	2007		95	89	99	99
Kazakhstan	2008	a	100	100	100	100
Kenya	2008	a	90	83	92	93
Kuwait	2007		95	93	98	99
Kyrgyzstan	2008	a	100	99	100	100
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2005		82	63	89	79
Latvia	2008	a	100	100	100	100
Lebanon	2007		93	86	98	99
Lesotho	2008	a	83	95	86	98
Liberia	2008	a	63	53	70	80
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	2008	a	95	81	100	100
Lithuania	2008	a	100	100	100	100
Madagascar	2008	a	77	65	73	68
Malawi	2008	a	80	66	87	85
Malaysia	2008	a	94	90	98	99
Maldives	2006		98	98	99	99
Mali	2006		35	18	47	31
Malta	2005		91	94	97	99
Mauritania	2008	a	64	50	71	63
Mauritius	2008	a	90	85	95	97
Mexico	2008		95	91	98	98
Mongolia	2008	a	97	98	93	97
Morocco	2008	a	69	44	85	68
Mozambique	2008	a	70	40	78	62
Myanmar	2008	a	95	89	96	95
Namibia	2008	a	89	88	91	95
Nepal	2008	a	71	45	86	75
Netherlands Antilles	2008	a	96	96	98	98
Nicaragua	2005		78	78	85	89
Niger	2005		43	15	52	23
Nigeria	2008	a	72	49	78	65
Occupied Palestinian Territory	2008		97	91	99	99
Oman	2008		90	81	98	98
Pakistan	2008		67	40	79	59
Panama	2008	a	94	93	97	96
Papua New Guinea	2008	a	64	56	65	69
Paraguay	2007		96	93	99	99
Peru	2007		95	85	98	97
Philippines	2008	a	93	94	94	96
Poland	2008	a	100	99	100	100
Portugal	2008	a	97	93	100	100
Puerto Rico	2008	a	90	90	86	85
Qatar	2007		94	90	99	99
Republic of Moldova	2008	a	99	98	99	100
Romania	2008	a	98	97	97	98
Russian Federation	2008	a	100	99	100	100
Rwanda	2008	a	75	66	77	77
Samoa	2008	a	99	99	99	100
Sao Tome and Principe	2008	a	94	83	95	96
Saudi Arabia	2008	a	90	80	98	96
Senegal	2006		52	33	58	45
Serbia	2008	a	99	96	99	99
Seychelles	2008	a	91	92	99	99
Sierra Leone	2008	a	52	29	66	46
Singapore	2008	a	97	92	100	100
Slovenia	2008	a	100	100	100	100
South Africa	2008	a	90	88	96	98
Spain	2008		98	97	100	100
Sri Lanka	2008		92	89	97	99
Sudan	2008	a	79	60	89	82
Suriname	2008	a	93	88	96	95
Swaziland	2008	a	87	86	92	95
Syrian Arab Republic	2008	a	90	77	96	93
Tajikistan	2008	a	100	100	100	100
TFYR of Macedonia	2008	a	99	95	99	99
Thailand	2005		96	92	98	98
Togo	2008	a	77	54	87	80
Tonga	2006		99	99	99	100
Trinidad and Tobago	2008	a	99	98	100	100
Tunisia	2008		86	71	98	96
Turkey	2007		96	81	99	94
Turkmenistan	2008	a	100	99	100	100
Uganda	2008	a	82	67	89	86
Ukraine	2008	a	100	100	100	100
United Arab Emirates	2005		89	91	94	97
United Republic of Tanzania	2008	a	79	66	79	76
Uruguay	2008		98	98	99	99
Uzbekistan	2008	a	100	99	100	100
Vanuatu	2008	a	83	80	94	94
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2007		95	95	98	99
Viet Nam	2008	a	95	90	97	96
Yemen	2008	a	79	43	95	70
Zambia	2008	a	81	61	82	68
Zimbabwe	2008	a	94	89	98	99

Sources:

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, National literacy rates for youths (15-24) and adults (15+), available from UIS website, http://www.uis.unesco.org (accessed December 2010).