Literacy Rate by Country
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Literacy Rate

162 countries ranked by Literacy Rate, in %.

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Rank Country Continent Literacy Rate Year
1 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. flagKorea, Dem. People's Rep. Asia
100.0%
 2008
2 Tajikistan flagTajikistan Asia
100.0%
 2009
3 Palau flagPalau Oceania
100.0%
 2020
4 Tuvalu flagTuvalu Oceania
100.0%
 2022
5 Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan Asia
100.0%
 2022
6 Russian Federation flagRussian Federation Europe
99.9%
 2021
7 San Marino flagSan Marino Europe
99.9%
 2022
8 Latvia flagLatvia Europe
99.9%
 2011
9 Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan Asia
99.9%
 2022
10 Estonia flagEstonia Europe
99.9%
 2011
11 Belarus flagBelarus Europe
99.9%
 2019
12 Armenia flagArmenia Asia
99.8%
 2023
13 Lithuania flagLithuania Europe
99.8%
 2011
14 Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan Asia
99.8%
 2023
15 Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan Asia
99.7%
 2009
16 Spain flagSpain Europe
99.7%
 2021
17 Georgia flagGeorgia Asia
99.7%
 2024
18 Slovenia flagSlovenia Europe
99.5%
 1991
19 Ukraine flagUkraine Europe
99.4%
 2001
20 Guam flagGuam Oceania
99.4%
 1990
21 Moldova flagMoldova Europe
99.4%
 2014
22 Italy flagItaly Europe
99.3%
 2019
23 Serbia flagSerbia Europe
99.3%
 2022
24 Kyrgyz Republic flagKyrgyz Republic Asia
99.2%
 2009
25 Romania flagRomania Europe
99.2%
 2021
26 Argentina flagArgentina South America
99.1%
 2020
27 Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda North America
98.9%
 2001
28 Uruguay flagUruguay South America
98.9%
 2024
29 Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands North America
98.9%
 2007
30 United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates Asia
98.8%
 2024
31 Cyprus flagCyprus Asia
98.7%
 2011
32 Mongolia flagMongolia Asia
98.6%
 2023
33 Kiribati flagKiribati Oceania
98.6%
 2020
34 Montenegro flagMontenegro Europe
98.5%
 2018
35 Philippines flagPhilippines Asia
98.5%
 2020
36 Bulgaria flagBulgaria Europe
98.3%
 2011
37 Maldives flagMaldives Asia
98.2%
 2019
38 Croatia flagCroatia Europe
98.2%
 2001
39 Samoa flagSamoa Oceania
98.0%
 2019
40 Korea, Rep. flagKorea, Rep. Asia
98.0%
 2008
41 West Bank and Gaza flagWest Bank and Gaza Asia
97.9%
 2024
42 Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia Asia
97.9%
 2024
43 Bahrain flagBahrain Asia
97.8%
 2024
44 Qatar flagQatar Asia
97.8%
 2014
45 Albania flagAlbania Europe
97.7%
 2023
46 Cuba flagCuba North America
97.7%
 2019
47 Singapore flagSingapore Asia
97.7%
 2021
48 Costa Rica flagCosta Rica North America
97.4%
 2011
49 Oman flagOman Asia
97.3%
 2022
50 Turkiye flagTurkiye Asia
97.3%
 2021
51 Venezuela, RB flagVenezuela, RB South America
97.2%
 2017
52 Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina Europe
97.0%
 2013
53 Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago North America
96.9%
 1990
54 Aruba flagAruba North America
96.8%
 2010
55 China flagChina Asia
96.7%
 2020
56 Nauru flagNauru Oceania
96.6%
 2023
57 Macao SAR, China flagMacao SAR, China Asia
96.5%
 2016
58 Kuwait flagKuwait Asia
96.5%
 2020
59 Chile flagChile South America
96.4%
 2017
60 Ecuador flagEcuador South America
96.3%
 2022
61 Panama flagPanama North America
96.3%
 2024
62 New Caledonia flagNew Caledonia Oceania
96.1%
 1996
63 North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia Europe
96.1%
 2002
64 Viet Nam flagViet Nam Asia
96.1%
 2022
65 Brunei Darussalam flagBrunei Darussalam Asia
96.1%
 2011
66 Indonesia flagIndonesia Asia
96.0%
 2020
67 Marshall Islands flagMarshall Islands Oceania
95.8%
 2021
68 Malaysia flagMalaysia Asia
95.8%
 2022
69 Mexico flagMexico North America
95.8%
 2024
70 Bolivia flagBolivia South America
95.6%
 2023
71 Colombia flagColombia South America
95.3%
 2024
72 Paraguay flagParaguay South America
94.9%
 2024
73 Jordan flagJordan Asia
94.8%
 2023
74 Brazil flagBrazil South America
94.8%
 2024
75 Portugal flagPortugal Europe
94.5%
 2011
76 Syrian Arab Republic flagSyrian Arab Republic Asia
94.4%
 2021
77 Mauritius flagMauritius Africa
94.3%
 2023
78 Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic North America
94.0%
 2024
79 Seychelles flagSeychelles Africa
93.9%
 2010
80 Greece flagGreece Europe
93.9%
 2009
81 Peru flagPeru South America
93.7%
 2024
82 Myanmar flagMyanmar Asia
93.5%
 2020
83 Malta flagMalta Europe
93.3%
 2011
84 Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe Africa
93.2%
 2019
85 Suriname flagSuriname South America
92.9%
 2012
86 Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka Asia
92.7%
 2023
87 Puerto Rico (US) flagPuerto Rico (US) North America
92.4%
 2017
88 Lebanon flagLebanon Asia
92.0%
 2019
89 South Africa flagSouth Africa Africa
91.2%
 2024
90 Thailand flagThailand Asia
91.1%
 2022
91 Tonga flagTonga Oceania
91.1%
 2019
92 Eswatini flagEswatini Africa
90.8%
 2022
93 Lesotho flagLesotho Africa
90.4%
 2024
94 El Salvador flagEl Salvador North America
89.8%
 2024
95 Iran, Islamic Rep. flagIran, Islamic Rep. Asia
88.9%
 2023
96 Gabon flagGabon Africa
88.9%
 2021
97 Cabo Verde flagCabo Verde Africa
88.5%
 2024
98 Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea Africa
88.3%
 2000
99 Honduras flagHonduras North America
88.2%
 2024
100 Vanuatu flagVanuatu Oceania
88.0%
 2023
101 Belize flagBelize North America
87.9%
 2022
102 Namibia flagNamibia Africa
87.6%
 2023
103 Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe Africa
87.4%
 2019
104 Nicaragua flagNicaragua North America
87.3%
 2014
105 Papua New Guinea flagPapua New Guinea Oceania
87.1%
 2022
106 Tunisia flagTunisia Africa
86.2%
 2023
107 Guyana flagGuyana South America
85.6%
 2020
108 Iraq flagIraq Asia
84.1%
 2021
109 Kenya flagKenya Africa
82.2%
 2000
110 Guatemala flagGuatemala North America
82.1%
 2024
111 Zambia flagZambia Africa
82.0%
 2023
112 India flagIndia Asia
81.7%
 2023
113 Botswana flagBotswana Africa
81.2%
 2003
114 Jamaica flagJamaica North America
79.9%
 1999
115 Egypt, Arab Rep. flagEgypt, Arab Rep. Africa
79.5%
 2022
116 Uganda flagUganda Africa
79.1%
 2021
117 Bangladesh flagBangladesh Asia
79.0%
 2022
118 Rwanda flagRwanda Africa
78.8%
 2022
119 Tanzania flagTanzania Africa
78.2%
 2022
120 Solomon Islands flagSolomon Islands Oceania
76.6%
 1999
121 Ghana flagGhana Africa
76.5%
 2021
122 Congo, Rep. flagCongo, Rep. Africa
76.1%
 2005
123 Comoros flagComoros Africa
75.8%
 2021
124 Lao PDR flagLao PDR Asia
75.6%
 2023
125 Algeria flagAlgeria Africa
75.1%
 2008
126 Madagascar flagMadagascar Africa
74.7%
 2021
127 Togo flagTogo Africa
72.6%
 2022
128 Cameroon flagCameroon Africa
72.6%
 2018
129 Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste Asia
72.5%
 2022
130 Cambodia flagCambodia Asia
71.9%
 2021
131 Burundi flagBurundi Africa
71.4%
 2020
132 Nigeria flagNigeria Africa
70.4%
 2024
133 Malawi flagMalawi Africa
70.2%
 2020
134 Nepal flagNepal Asia
68.7%
 2019
135 Haiti flagHaiti North America
68.0%
 2017
136 Angola flagAngola Africa
66.2%
 2015
137 Congo, Dem. Rep. flagCongo, Dem. Rep. Africa
65.7%
 2020
138 Bhutan flagBhutan Asia
64.9%
 2022
139 Eritrea flagEritrea Africa
64.7%
 2008
140 Morocco flagMorocco Africa
64.3%
 2014
141 Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau Africa
63.9%
 2022
142 Mozambique flagMozambique Africa
61.7%
 2022
143 Ethiopia flagEthiopia Africa
60.5%
 2022
144 Mauritania flagMauritania Africa
59.5%
 2020
145 Liberia flagLiberia Africa
59.4%
 2010
146 Pakistan flagPakistan Asia
58.9%
 2021
147 Somalia, Fed. Rep. flagSomalia, Fed. Rep. Africa
54.1%
 2022
148 Sudan flagSudan Africa
53.5%
 2008
149 Gambia, The flagGambia, The Africa
51.6%
 2021
150 Benin flagBenin Africa
51.4%
 2022
151 Senegal flagSenegal Africa
50.4%
 2023
152 Cote d'Ivoire flagCote d'Ivoire Africa
50.0%
 2021
153 Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone Africa
43.6%
 2019
154 Central African Republic flagCentral African Republic Africa
42.4%
 2019
155 Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso Africa
41.4%
 2023
156 Guinea flagGuinea Africa
39.6%
 2018
157 Afghanistan flagAfghanistan Asia
37.3%
 2021
158 Yemen, Rep. flagYemen, Rep. Asia
37.1%
 1994
159 Niger flagNiger Africa
35.6%
 2022
160 Mali flagMali Africa
35.5%
 2018
161 Chad flagChad Africa
30.6%
 2019
162 South Sudan flagSouth Sudan Africa
26.8%
 2008
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