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World map indicating literacy by country (2011 Human Development Report) Grey = no data

List of countries by literacy rate, as included in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Report 2011.[3][4]

The figures from the report represent a mixture of data collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, national self-reported data, and the UNDP's global projection models. 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.[1]

List

Rank Country Literacy rate [b]
-9e99 -9e99 !a -9e99
1  Cuba 99.9 [2]
2  Estonia 99.8
2  Latvia 99.8
4  Barbados 99.7 [j]
4  Belarus 99.7
4  Georgia 99.7
4  Lithuania 99.7
4  Slovenia 99.7 [l]
4  Ukraine 99.7
4  Armenia 99.7
11  Kazakhstan 99.6
11  Tajikistan 99.6
13  Azerbaijan 99.5
13  Turkmenistan 99.5
13  Russia 99.5
16  Hungary 99.4 [j]
17  Kyrgyzstan 99.3
17  Poland 99.3 [j]
19  Tonga 99.2
20  Albania 99.1
21  Antigua and Barbuda 99.0 [q]
21  Australia 99.0 [d]
21  Austria 99.0 [d]
21  Belgium 99.0 [d]
21  Canada 99.0 [d]
21  Czech Republic 99.0 [d]
21  Bosnia and Herzegovina 99.0 [d]
21  Denmark 99.0 [d]
21  Finland 99.0 [d]
21  France 99.0 [d]
21  Germany 99.0 [d]
21  Guyana 99.0 [j]
21  Iceland 99.0 [d]
21  Ireland 99.0 [d]
21  Japan 99.0 [d]
21  North Korea 99.0[3]
21  Luxembourg 99.0 [d]
21  Netherlands 99.0 [d]
21  New Zealand 99.0 [d]
21  Norway 99.0 [d]
21  South Korea 99.0 [d]
21  Slovakia 99.0 [d]
21  Sweden 99.0 [d]
21   Switzerland 99.0 [d]
21  United Kingdom 99.0 [d]
21  United States /  Puerto Rico See also: Literacy in the United States 99.0(US)/94.1(PR)[4][5][6]
47  Italy 98.9
47  Uzbekistan 98.9 [j]
48  Samoa 98.8 [l]
48  Croatia 98.8
48  Trinidad and Tobago 98.8 [l]
48  Uruguay 98.8
48  Bulgaria 98.8
53  Spain 97.7
53  Cyprus 97.7
53  Libya 97.7
53  Serbia 97.7
53  Saint Kitts and Nevis 97.7
53  Romania 97.7
53  Argentina 97.7
60  Mongolia 97.5
61  Greece 97.2
62  Israel 97.1 [k]
62  Macedonia 97.1
64  Maldives 97.0
66  Chile 96.5
67  Costa Rica 96.1
68  Grenada 96.0 [q]
69  China 95.9 [k]
70  Bahamas 95.8 [j]
71  Philippines 95.7
72  Venezuela 95.2
73  Portugal 94.9 [l]
74  Saint Lucia 94.8 [q]
75  Qatar 94.7
75  Singapore 94.7
77  Hong Kong 94.6 [j]
77  Palestinian Authority 94.6 [p]
77  Paraguay 94.6 [l]
80  Kuwait 94.5
81  Fiji 94.4 [j]
82  Sri Lanka 94.2 [w]
83  Thailand 94.1
83  Turkey 94.1[7]
85  Panama 93.6
86  Brunei 93.4
86  Mexico 93.4
88  Suriname 93.3
89  Colombia 93.2
90  Vietnam 92.8
91  Malaysia 92.5
92  Malta 92.4
93  Indonesia 92.0
93  Myanmar 92.0
95  Zimbabwe 91.9 [l]
96  Seychelles 91.8
97  Bahrain 91.4
98  Jordan 91.1
99  Ecuador 91.0
99  Iran 91.0[8]
101  Bolivia 90.7
102  Equatorial Guinea 90.4
103  Lebanon 90.0[9]
103  United Arab Emirates 90.0 [l]
103  Brazil 90.0
106  Lesotho 89.7
107  Peru 89.6
108  Dominican Republic 89.1
109  Tunisia 88.9
110  Sao Tome and Principe 88.8
111  Namibia 88.5
112  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 88.1 [q]
113  Dominica 88.0 [q]
113  South Africa 88.0
115  Syria 87.9
116  Gabon 87.7
117  Mauritius 87.0
118  Swaziland 86.9
119  Jamaica 86.4
120  Saudi Arabia 86.1
121  Cape Verde 84.8 [l]
122  Kenya 84.2
123  Ecuador 84.2
124  El Salvador 84.1
125  Honduras 83.6
126  Oman 89.4
127  Republic of the Congo 81.1 [l]
128  Vanuatu 80.2
129  Iraq 78.1
130  Nicaragua 78.0
131  Botswana 77.7
132  Solomon Islands 76.6 [k]
133  Cambodia 76.3
134  Algeria 75.4
135  Belize 75.1 [q]
136  Guatemala 74.5
138  Comoros 74.2
139  India 74.1
140  Malawi 73.7
141  Uganda 73.3
142  Tanzania 72.9
143  Ghana 72.0* [l]
144  Zambia 70.9
145  Madagascar 70.7
146  Rwanda 70.7
147  Djibouti 70.3 [j]
148  Sudan 70.2 [aa]
149  Angola 70.0
150  Laos 68.7
151    Nepal 68.2
152  Cameroon 67.9
153  Democratic Republic of the Congo 66.8
154  Eritrea 66.6
154  Nigeria 66.6
154  Burundi 66.6
157  Egypt 66.4
158  Yemen 62.4 [l]
159  Pakistan 62.2
160  Haiti 62.1 [j]
160  Morocco 61.5 [10] [11]
161  Papua New Guinea 60.1
163  Mauritania 57.5
164  Bangladesh 55.9
165  Côte d'Ivoire 55.3
166  Central African Republic 55.2
167  Mozambique 55.1
168  Togo 53.2
169  Bhutan 52.8 [v]
170  Guinea-Bissau 52.2
171  Timor-Leste 50.1 [ab]
172  Senegal 49.7
173  Gambia 46.5 [j]
174  Benin 41.7
175  Sierra Leone 40.9
176  Guinea 39.5
177  Afghanistan 37.8
178  Somalia 35.9 [12]
179  Chad 33.6
180  Burkina Faso 28.7
180  Niger 28.7
182  Ethiopia 28.0
183  South Sudan 27.0
184  Mali 26.2

See also

Notes

  • ^ United Nations Development Program [5]
  • ^ Tables can be found UNDP.org
  • ^b 0 Data refer to national literacy estimates from censuses or surveys conducted between 1995 and 2005, unless otherwise specified. Due to differences in methodology and timeliness of underlying data, comparisons across countries and over time should be made with caution. For more details, see Unesco.org.
  • ^d 1 For purposes of calculating the HDI, a value of 99.0% was applied.
  • ^v 2 UNICEF 2004.
  • ^l 3 UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimates based on its Global Age-specific Literacy Projections model, April 2007.
  • ^j 4 In the absence of recent data, estimates from UNESCO Institute for Statistics 2003, based on outdated census or survey information, were used and should be interpreted with caution: Bahamas 95.8, Barbados 90.7, Comoros 56.8, Djibouti 70.3, Eritrea 67.5, Fiji 94.4, Gambia 42.5, Guinea-Bissau 11.00, Guyana 99.0, Haiti 54.8, Hong Kong, China (SAR) 94.6, Hungary 99.4, Lebanon 88.3, Poland 99.8 and Uzbekistan 80.4. Note that the 1991 census in Comoros indicates a literacy rate of 91% for the three independent islands.
  • ^k 5 Data are from national sources.
  • ^q 6 Data are from the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community, based on national sources.
  • ^w 7 www.moe.gov.lk
  • ^aa 8 Data refer to North Sudan only.
  • ^ab 9 UNDP 2007.
  • ^p 10 Calculation made based on literacy rates of 92.7% for the West Bank and 94.3% for the Gaza Strip[13] and relative population sizes of 62.3% in West Bank and 37.7% in Gaza Strip[14]
  • The Holy See (Vatican City) not listed

References

  1. ^ United Nations Development Programme Report 2011.[1][2]
  2. ^ "Cuban Literacy Campaign (Campaña Nacional de Alfabetización en Cuba)". {{cite web}}: Text "article" ignored (help); Text "wikipedia" ignored (help)
  3. ^ CIA World Factbook, 1991
  4. ^ http://nces.ed.gov/naal/estimates/overview.aspx
  5. ^ http://www.livescience.com/3211-14-percent-adults-read.html
  6. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-01-08-adult-literacy_N.htm
  7. ^ Turkish Statistical Institute, 2011
  8. ^ http://hamshahrionline.ir/news-154929.aspx
  9. ^ http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/lebanon_statistics.html
  10. ^ http://www.aujourdhui.ma/societe-details54010.html
  11. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Morocco#Literacy
  12. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/so.html
  13. ^ "Literacy Rate in Palestinian Territories - 2007 Census", Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2009. Retrieved on 2011-01-11.
  14. ^ "The Population, Housing and Establishment Census - 2007, Press Conference on the Preliminary Findings, (Population, Buildings, Housing Units and Establishments)", Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Ramallah, February 2008. Retrieved on 2011-01-11.
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