Global Rankings

Literacy Rate

percent

Rank		Country	%
Current	Previous	Country	%
1	157	North Korea	100%
1	157	Tuvalu	100%
1	1	Uzbekistan	100%
4	17	Ukraine	99.97%
5	7	Russia	99.93%
6	157	San Marino	99.91%
7	9	Turkmenistan	99.90%
8	2	Latvia	99.89%
9	6	Estonia	99.89%
10	13	Belarus	99.87%
11	52	Palau	99.84%
12	3	Armenia	99.84%
13	12	Lithuania	99.82%
14	8	Tajikistan	99.80%
15	5	Kazakhstan	99.78%
16	4	Azerbaijan	99.78%
17	9	Slovenia	99.70%
18	29	Spain	99.70%
19	15	Georgia	99.68%
20	14	Barbados	99.60%
21	18	Kyrgyzstan	99.59%
22	84	Tonga	99.48%
23	51	Moldova	99.36%
24	19	Italy	99.35%
25	16	Serbia	99.34%
26	24	Romania	99.16%
27	21	Argentina	99.14%
28	32	Croatia	99.13%
29	23	Hungary	99.10%
30	22	Antigua and Barbuda	98.95%
31	25	Uruguay	98.91%
32	35	United Arab Emirates	98.81%
33	26	Poland	98.74%
34	37	Trinidad and Tobago	98.70%
35	49	Cyprus	98.68%
36	27	Mongolia	98.64%
37	36	Kiribati	98.61%
38	28	Grenada	98.60%
39	30	Montenegro	98.53%
40	53	Philippines	98.47%
41	39	Macedonia	98.36%
42	31	Bulgaria	98.35%
43	69	Maldives	98.21%
44	20	Samoa	97.99%
45	157	South Korea	97.97%
46	42	Greece	97.94%
47	40	Saudi Arabia	97.93%
48	41	Costa Rica	97.86%
49	38	Bahrain	97.82%
50	48	Aruba	97.81%
51	55	New Caledonia	97.80%
52	33	Albania	97.68%
53	11	Cuba	97.65%
53	43	Singapore	97.65%
55	45	Oman	97.34%
56	50	Turkey	97.26%
57	56	Brunei	97.21%
58	43	Venezuela	97.18%
59	33	Bosnia and Herzegovina	96.99%
60	47	China	96.74%
61	62	Bolivia	96.73%
62	61	Macao	96.54%
63	58	Kuwait	96.46%
64	46	Chile	96.40%
65	57	Panama	96.23%
66	71	Portugal	96.14%
67	59	Vietnam	96.13%
68	60	Indonesia	96.00%
69	62	Mexico	95.90%
70	73	Seychelles	95.87%
71	65	Malaysia	95.77%
72	157	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	95.63%
73	64	Colombia	95.34%
74	68	Paraguay	94.86%
75	67	Brazil	94.74%
76	74	Malta	94.50%
77	66	Jordan	94.44%
78	109	Syria	94.42%
79	77	Suriname	94.38%
80	93	Equatorial Guinea	94.37%
81	76	Mauritius	94.29%
82	72	Dominican Republic	94.03%
83	70	Peru	93.66%
84	89	Burma (Myanmar)	93.53%
85	54	Ecuador	93.49%
86	75	Qatar	93.46%
87	90	Zimbabwe	93.23%
88	80	Sri Lanka	92.74%
89	82	Puerto Rico	92.39%
90	79	Lebanon	92.01%
91	157	Israel	91.75%
92	86	South Africa	91.15%
93	83	Thailand	91.10%
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	112	Jamaica	88.10%
102	88	Vanuatu	87.96%
103	85	Belize	87.88%
104	94	Namibia	87.64%
105	78	Sao Tome and Principe	87.44%
106	124	Papua New Guinea	87.00%
107	108	Botswana	86.82%
108	101	Tunisia	86.25%
109	119	Libya	86.10%
110	98	Guyana	85.64%
111	99	Iraq	84.06%
112	95	Nicaragua	82.61%
113	102	Guatemala	82.11%
114	115	Kenya	81.53%
115	121	Algeria	81.41%
116	113	Republic of the Congo	80.30%
117	105	Egypt	79.45%
118	120	Bangladesh	79.00%
119	111	Rwanda	78.76%
120	104	Tanzania	78.21%
121	107	India	78.16%
122	110	Uganda	77.04%
123	118	Solomon Islands	76.60%
124	131	Eritrea	76.57%
125	114	Ghana	76.49%
126	122	Laos	75.64%
127	138	Comoros	75.62%
128	117	Madagascar	74.69%
129	132	Morocco	73.75%
130	128	Togo	72.60%
131	123	Cameroon	72.55%
132	103	Cambodia	71.93%
133	106	Zambia	71.77%
134	125	Burundi	71.34%
135	134	Nigeria	70.41%
136	116	Malawi	70.15%
137	126	Nepal	68.71%
138	130	Democratic Republic of the Congo	68.50%
139	129	Angola	68.18%
140	135	Haiti	68.01%
141	127	Bhutan	64.91%
142	142	Guinea-Bissau	63.93%
143	136	Mozambique	61.67%
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	41.57%
158	154	Guinea	39.62%
159	152	Afghanistan	37.27%
160	155	Mali	35.63%
161	153	Niger	35.61%
162	156	Chad	30.63%

Data

Global Rankings

Literacy Rate