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Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes (estimate using the Global Age-Specific Literacy Projections Model) (%)

% · higher is better · 99 countries

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2024
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  1. 1Hungary99.3%
  2. 2Moldova99.2%
  3. 3Tonga96.2%
  4. 4Maldives95%
  5. 5Venezuela, RB93.2%
  6. 6Chile93%
  7. 7Puerto Rico (US)92.4%
  8. 8Macao SAR, China90.4%
  9. 9Zimbabwe84.8%
  10. 10Brazil83.5%
  11. 11Thailand83.2%
  12. 12Madagascar71.9%
  13. 13Lao PDR68.7%
  14. 14Guyana65.2%
  15. 15Kenya61.1%
  16. 16Vanuatu60.5%
  17. 17Congo, Dem. Rep.56.9%
  18. 18Tanzania54.2%
  19. 19Iran, Islamic Rep.53.6%
  20. 20Malawi47.4%
  21. 21Uganda42.1%
  22. 22Angola40.5%
  23. 23Morocco39.4%
  24. 24Egypt, Arab Rep.37.9%
  25. 25Burundi35.3%
  26. 26Senegal32.4%
  27. 27Mozambique31.4%
  28. 28Sierra Leone28.5%
  29. 29Gambia, The25.2%
  30. 30Guinea22%
  31. 31Guinea-Bissau21%
  32. 32Mali20.7%
  33. 33Chad9.9%

Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes (estimate using the Global Age-Specific Literacy Projections Model) (%)