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Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male (%)

% · higher is better · 170 countries

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2024
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  1. 1Georgia99.8%
  2. 2West Bank and Gaza99.4%
  3. 3Qatar99.2%
  4. 4United Arab Emirates99%
  5. 5Bolivia98.8%
  6. 6Bahrain98.7%
  7. 7Uruguay98.6%
  8. 8Saudi Arabia98.6%
  9. 9Mongolia98.4%
  10. 10Panama97.1%
  11. 11Peru97%
  12. 12Jordan96.6%
  13. 13Mexico96.3%
  14. 14Paraguay95.4%
  15. 15Colombia95%
  16. 16Ecuador94.5%
  17. 17Brazil94.4%
  18. 18Dominican Republic93.6%
  19. 19Sri Lanka93.5%
  20. 20Cabo Verde92.9%
  21. 21El Salvador91.6%
  22. 22South Africa91.5%
  23. 23Honduras87.6%
  24. 24Guatemala86.9%
  25. 25India85.7%
  26. 26Lesotho83.2%
  27. 27Uganda81.3%
  28. 28Zambia80.6%
  29. 29Nigeria78.4%
  30. 30Mali45.2%

Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male (%)