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Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, urban, both sexes (%)

% · higher is better · 135 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. 2Bolivia99.3%
  3. 3Uruguay99.1%
  4. 4United Arab Emirates99%
  5. 5Mongolia98.9%
  6. 6Bahrain98.3%
  7. 7Colombia98%
  8. 8Paraguay97.6%
  9. 9Ecuador97.3%
  10. 10Brazil97.1%
  11. 11Sri Lanka96.2%
  12. 12Dominican Republic95.9%
  13. 13Jordan95.7%
  14. 14South Africa95.3%
  15. 15Lesotho95.2%
  16. 16Honduras94.5%
  17. 17El Salvador94.2%
  18. 18Cabo Verde91.9%
  19. 19Guatemala87.5%
  20. 20Zambia83.6%
  21. 21Nigeria82.6%
  22. 22Mali56.2%

Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, urban, both sexes (%)