WUNRN
Table 4a. Literacy |
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Last update: December 2010 |
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Country
or area |
Year |
|
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Men |
Women |
Men |
Women |
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Albania |
2008 |
|
a |
99 |
|
99 |
|
99 |
|
100 |
|
|
Algeria |
2006 |
81 |
|
64 |
|
94 |
|
89 |
|
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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 |
|
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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 |
|
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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 |
|
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Cameroon |
2008 |
|
a |
84 |
|
68 |
|
88 |
|
84 |
|
|
Cape
Verde |
2008 |
|
a |
90 |
|
79 |
|
97 |
|
99 |
|
|
Cayman
Islands |
2007 |
99 |
|
99 |
|
99 |
|
99 |
|
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Central
African Republic |
2008 |
|
a |
69 |
|
41 |
|
72 |
|
56 |
|
|
Chad |
2008 |
|
a |
44 |
|
22 |
|
54 |
|
37 |
|
|
Chile |
2008 |
99 |
|
99 |
|
99 |
|
99 |
|
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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 |
|
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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 |
|
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Democratic
Republic of the Congo |
2008 |
|
a |
78 |
|
56 |
|
69 |
|
62 |
|
|
Dominican
Republic |
2007 |
88 |
|
88 |
|
95 |
|
97 |
|
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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 |
|
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Hungary |
2008 |
|
a |
99 |
|
99 |
|
98 |
|
99 |
|
|
India |
2006 |
75 |
|
51 |
|
88 |
|
74 |
|
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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 |
|
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Latvia |
2008 |
|
a |
100 |
|
100 |
|
100 |
|
100 |
|
|
Lebanon |
2007 |
93 |
|
86 |
|
98 |
|
99 |
|
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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 |
|
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Mauritania |
2008 |
|
a |
64 |
|
50 |
|
71 |
|
63 |
|
|
Mauritius |
2008 |
|
a |
90 |
|
85 |
|
95 |
|
97 |
|
|
Mexico |
2008 |
95 |
|
91 |
|
98 |
|
98 |
|
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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 |
|
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Niger |
2005 |
43 |
|
15 |
|
52 |
|
23 |
|
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Nigeria |
2008 |
|
a |
72 |
|
49 |
|
78 |
|
65 |
|
|
Occupied
Palestinian Territory |
2008 |
97 |
|
91 |
|
99 |
|
99 |
|
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Oman |
2008 |
90 |
|
81 |
|
98 |
|
98 |
|
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Pakistan |
2008 |
67 |
|
40 |
|
79 |
|
59 |
|
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Panama |
2008 |
|
a |
94 |
|
93 |
|
97 |
|
96 |
|
|
Papua
New Guinea |
2008 |
|
a |
64 |
|
56 |
|
65 |
|
69 |
|
|
Paraguay |
2007 |
96 |
|
93 |
|
99 |
|
99 |
|
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Peru |
2007 |
95 |
|
85 |
|
98 |
|
97 |
|
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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 |
|
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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 |
|
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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 |
|
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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 |
|
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Togo |
2008 |
|
a |
77 |
|
54 |
|
87 |
|
80 |
|
|
Tonga |
2006 |
99 |
|
99 |
|
99 |
|
100 |
|
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Trinidad
and Tobago |
2008 |
|
a |
99 |
|
98 |
|
100 |
|
100 |
|
|
Tunisia |
2008 |
86 |
|
71 |
|
98 |
|
96 |
|
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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 |
|
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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 |
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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).