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Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

[%] · lower is better · 148 countries

INFORM (European Commission JRC and partners) (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0updated 2026
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  1. 1Latvia0
  2. 1Lithuania0
  3. 1Uzbekistan0
  4. 1Russian Federation0
  5. 1Estonia0
  6. 1Armenia0
  7. 1Azerbaijan0
  8. 1Poland0
  9. 1Tuvalu0
  10. 1Turkmenistan0
  11. 1Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0
  12. 1Kazakhstan0
  13. 1Ukraine0
  14. 1Belarus0
  15. 1Palau0
  16. 2Cuba0.1
  17. 2Kyrgyz Republic0.1
  18. 2Serbia0.1
  19. 2Italy0.1
  20. 2Moldova0.1
  21. 2Cyprus0.1
  22. 2Spain0.1
  23. 2Croatia0.1
  24. 2Georgia0.1
  25. 2Tonga0.1
  26. 3Hungary0.2
  27. 3Montenegro0.2
  28. 3Uruguay0.2
  29. 3Romania0.2
  30. 3Samoa0.2
  31. 3Argentina0.2
  32. 4Mongolia0.3
  33. 4Bulgaria0.3
  34. 4United Arab Emirates0.3
  35. 4Korea, Rep.0.3
  36. 4Kiribati0.3
  37. 4Philippines0.3
  38. 5Costa Rica0.4
  39. 5West Bank and Gaza0.4
  40. 5Bosnia and Herzegovina0.4
  41. 5Qatar0.4
  42. 6Venezuela, RB0.5
  43. 6Albania0.5
  44. 6Maldives0.5
  45. 6Singapore0.5
  46. 6Saudi Arabia0.5
  47. 6North Macedonia0.5
  48. 6Brunei Darussalam0.5
  49. 6Bahrain0.5
  50. 7Oman0.6
  51. 7Chile0.6
  52. 7Turkiye0.6
  53. 8Naoero0.7
  54. 8Portugal0.7
  55. 8China0.7
  56. 9Viet Nam0.8
  57. 9Ecuador0.8
  58. 9Kuwait0.8
  59. 9Seychelles0.8
  60. 9Panama0.8
  61. 10Malaysia0.9
  62. 10Indonesia0.9
  63. 10Marshall Islands0.9
  64. 10Mexico0.9
  65. 11Colombia1
  66. 11Bolivia1
  67. 12Paraguay1.1
  68. 12Suriname1.1
  69. 12Brazil1.1
  70. 12Jordan1.1
  71. 12Malta1.1
  72. 13Mauritius1.2
  73. 13Syrian Arab Republic1.2
  74. 14Sao Tome and Principe1.3
  75. 14Dominican Republic1.3
  76. 14Peru1.3
  77. 15Myanmar1.4
  78. 16Sri Lanka1.6
  79. 17Lebanon1.7
  80. 18South Africa1.9
  81. 18Eswatini1.9
  82. 18Thailand1.9
  83. 19Lesotho2
  84. 20Zimbabwe2.1
  85. 20El Salvador2.1
  86. 20Guyana2.1
  87. 21Iran, Islamic Rep.2.3
  88. 22Honduras2.4
  89. 22Cabo Verde2.4
  90. 23Vanuatu2.5
  91. 23Namibia2.5
  92. 23Belize2.5
  93. 24Papua New Guinea2.6
  94. 25Botswana2.7
  95. 26Tunisia2.8
  96. 27Gabon2.9
  97. 28Iraq3.2
  98. 29Cambodia3.3
  99. 30Kenya3.4
  100. 31Nicaragua3.5
  101. 32Guatemala3.6
  102. 32Zambia3.6
  103. 33India3.7
  104. 33Algeria3.7
  105. 34Congo, Rep.3.8
  106. 35Uganda3.9
  107. 35Congo, Dem. Rep.3.9
  108. 36Egypt, Arab Rep.4.1
  109. 36Bangladesh4.1
  110. 37Rwanda4.2
  111. 38Cameroon4.3
  112. 38Tanzania4.3
  113. 39Morocco4.4
  114. 39Madagascar4.4
  115. 40Eritrea4.5
  116. 41Ghana4.6
  117. 42Burundi4.7
  118. 42Lao PDR4.7
  119. 43Angola5.2
  120. 43Togo5.2
  121. 43Timor-Leste5.2
  122. 44Nepal5.4
  123. 45Nigeria5.5
  124. 46Malawi5.9
  125. 46Haiti5.9
  126. 47Mauritania6.1
  127. 48Bhutan6.4
  128. 49Guinea-Bissau6.5
  129. 50Mozambique6.8
  130. 50Comoros6.8
  131. 51Sudan6.9
  132. 52Ethiopia7
  133. 53Pakistan7.2
  134. 53Gambia, The7.2
  135. 54Somalia, Fed. Rep.7.8
  136. 55Benin8.1
  137. 56Cote d'Ivoire8.2
  138. 56Senegal8.2
  139. 57Sierra Leone8.4
  140. 57Liberia8.4
  141. 58Guinea8.7
  142. 59Burkina Faso9.1
  143. 60Central African Republic9.4
  144. 61Afghanistan9.5
  145. 62Niger9.6
  146. 63South Sudan9.7
  147. 64Mali9.9
  148. 65Chad10

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)