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Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, urban, both sexes (%)

% · higher is better · 136 countries

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2024
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  1. 1Georgia99.9%
  2. 2Mongolia99.1%
  3. 3Uruguay99%
  4. 4United Arab Emirates98.8%
  5. 5Bolivia98.8%
  6. 6Bahrain97.8%
  7. 7Colombia97.1%
  8. 8Paraguay96.5%
  9. 9Ecuador96.2%
  10. 10Brazil96%
  11. 11Sri Lanka95.4%
  12. 12Dominican Republic95.3%
  13. 13Jordan94.7%
  14. 14Lesotho94.4%
  15. 15South Africa94.2%
  16. 16Honduras92.9%
  17. 17El Salvador92.8%
  18. 18Cabo Verde90.1%
  19. 19Guatemala87.2%
  20. 20Zambia84.9%
  21. 21Nigeria83.7%
  22. 22Mali59%

Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, urban, both sexes (%)