Global Rankings

Literacy Rate

percent

Rank		Country	%
Current	Previous	Country	%
1	53	Palau	100%
1	1	Uzbekistan	100%
1	157	North Korea	100%
1	157	Tuvalu	100%
5	17	Ukraine	99.97%
6	8	Russia	99.93%
7	157	San Marino	99.91%
8	9	Turkmenistan	99.90%
9	3	Latvia	99.89%
10	7	Estonia	99.89%
11	13	Belarus	99.87%
12	4	Armenia	99.84%
13	12	Lithuania	99.82%
14	1	Tajikistan	99.80%
15	6	Kazakhstan	99.78%
16	5	Azerbaijan	99.78%
17	9	Slovenia	99.70%
18	30	Spain	99.70%
19	15	Georgia	99.68%
20	14	Barbados	99.60%
21	19	Kyrgyzstan	99.59%
22	52	Moldova	99.36%
23	20	Italy	99.35%
24	16	Serbia	99.34%
25	26	Romania	99.16%
26	22	Argentina	99.14%
27	33	Croatia	99.13%
28	25	Hungary	99.10%
29	23	Antigua and Barbuda	98.95%
30	24	Uruguay	98.91%
31	36	United Arab Emirates	98.81%
32	27	Poland	98.74%
33	38	Trinidad and Tobago	98.70%
34	50	Cyprus	98.68%
35	28	Mongolia	98.64%
36	37	Kiribati	98.63%
37	29	Grenada	98.60%
38	31	Montenegro	98.53%
39	54	Philippines	98.47%
40	40	Macedonia	98.36%
41	32	Bulgaria	98.35%
42	68	Maldives	98.21%
43	21	Samoa	97.99%
44	157	South Korea	97.97%
45	43	Greece	97.94%
46	41	Saudi Arabia	97.93%
47	42	Costa Rica	97.86%
48	39	Bahrain	97.82%
49	49	Aruba	97.81%
50	55	New Caledonia	97.80%
51	34	Albania	97.68%
52	44	Singapore	97.65%
52	11	Cuba	97.65%
54	46	Oman	97.34%
55	51	Turkey	97.26%
56	57	Brunei	97.21%
57	44	Venezuela	97.19%
58	34	Bosnia and Herzegovina	96.99%
59	48	China	96.74%
60	62	Macao	96.54%
61	58	Kuwait	96.46%
62	47	Chile	96.40%
63	70	Ecuador	96.26%
64	56	Panama	96.26%
65	70	Portugal	96.14%
66	60	Vietnam	96.13%
67	61	Indonesia	96.00%
68	73	Seychelles	95.87%
69	65	Malaysia	95.77%
70	59	Mexico	95.77%
71	157	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	95.63%
72	74	Bolivia	95.55%
73	63	Colombia	95.34%
74	67	Paraguay	94.86%
75	64	Jordan	94.85%
76	66	Brazil	94.80%
77	75	Malta	94.50%
78	107	Syria	94.42%
79	78	Suriname	94.38%
80	94	Equatorial Guinea	94.37%
81	77	Mauritius	94.33%
82	72	Dominican Republic	94.03%
83	69	Peru	93.66%
84	89	Burma (Myanmar)	93.55%
85	76	Qatar	93.46%
86	90	Zimbabwe	93.23%
87	82	Sri Lanka	92.66%
88	83	Puerto Rico	92.39%
89	80	Lebanon	92.01%
90	157	Israel	91.75%
91	86	South Africa	91.15%
92	84	Thailand	91.10%
93	18	Tonga	91.05%
94	92	Swaziland	90.75%
95	81	Lesotho	90.45%
96	87	El Salvador	89.77%
97	91	Iran	88.92%
98	100	Gabon	88.86%
99	97	Cape Verde	88.47%
100	96	Honduras	88.25%
101	110	Jamaica	88.10%
102	88	Vanuatu	87.96%
103	85	Belize	87.88%
104	93	Namibia	87.64%
105	79	Sao Tome and Principe	87.44%
106	125	Papua New Guinea	87.14%
107	106	Botswana	86.82%
108	101	Tunisia	86.25%
109	118	Libya	86.10%
110	98	Guyana	85.64%
111	99	Iraq	84.06%
112	95	Nicaragua	82.61%
113	102	Guatemala	82.11%
114	109	Zambia	82.04%
115	120	India	81.70%
116	113	Kenya	81.53%
117	121	Algeria	81.41%
118	111	Republic of the Congo	80.30%
119	105	Egypt	79.46%
120	117	Uganda	79.06%
121	119	Bangladesh	79.00%
122	108	Rwanda	78.76%
123	104	Tanzania	78.21%
124	116	Solomon Islands	76.60%
125	131	Eritrea	76.57%
126	112	Ghana	76.49%
127	138	Comoros	75.83%
128	122	Laos	75.64%
129	115	Madagascar	74.69%
130	132	Morocco	73.75%
131	129	Togo	72.60%
132	124	Cameroon	72.55%
133	103	Cambodia	71.93%
134	126	Burundi	71.41%
135	134	Nigeria	70.41%
136	114	Malawi	70.15%
137	127	Nepal	68.71%
138	135	Haiti	68.01%
139	130	Angola	66.24%
140	123	Democratic Republic of the Congo	65.69%
141	128	Bhutan	64.91%
142	142	Guinea-Bissau	63.93%
143	136	Mozambique	61.68%
144	143	Sudan	60.70%
145	141	Ethiopia	60.46%
146	144	Mauritania	59.53%
147	139	Pakistan	58.86%
148	133	Somalia	54.12%
149	151	Yemen	54.10%
150	145	Gambia	51.64%
151	148	Benin	51.38%
152	147	Senegal	50.36%
153	140	Ivory Coast	50.00%
154	137	Liberia	48.30%
155	146	Sierra Leone	43.58%
156	150	Central African Republic	42.44%
157	149	Burkina Faso	41.44%
158	155	Guinea	39.62%
159	152	Afghanistan	37.27%
160	154	Niger	35.61%
161	153	Mali	30.76%
162	156	Chad	30.63%

Data

Global Rankings

Literacy Rate