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Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity index (estimate using the Global Age-Specific Literacy Projections Model) (GPIA)

GPIA · higher is better · 100 countries

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2024
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  1. 1Zimbabwe1
  2. 2Maldives1
  3. 2Tonga1
  4. 2Brazil1
  5. 3Venezuela, RB1
  6. 3Puerto Rico (US)1
  7. 3Moldova1
  8. 3Hungary1
  9. 3Chile1
  10. 4Guyana0.99
  11. 4Vanuatu0.99
  12. 5Macao SAR, China0.98
  13. 5Thailand0.98
  14. 6Madagascar0.97
  15. 7Kenya0.95
  16. 8Tanzania0.93
  17. 9Lao PDR0.92
  18. 9Uganda0.92
  19. 9Iran, Islamic Rep.0.92
  20. 10Malawi0.91
  21. 11Egypt, Arab Rep.0.87
  22. 11Burundi0.87
  23. 12Gambia, The0.84
  24. 13Congo, Dem. Rep.0.82
  25. 14Sierra Leone0.8
  26. 15Morocco0.78
  27. 16Angola0.77
  28. 17Senegal0.72
  29. 18Mozambique0.71
  30. 19Mali0.67
  31. 20Guinea-Bissau0.63
  32. 21Chad0.57
  33. 22Guinea0.55

Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity index (estimate using the Global Age-Specific Literacy Projections Model) (GPIA)