Literacy - female (%) 2017 country comparisons, ranks, By Rank


Rank	Country	Value	Date of Info
1	Korea, North	100%	2015
2	Latvia	99.9%	2015
3	Cuba	99.8%	2015
3	Estonia	99.8%	2015
3	Kazakhstan	99.8%	2015
3	Azerbaijan	99.8%	2015
3	Lithuania	99.8%	2015
4	Poland	99.7%	2015
4	Tajikistan	99.7%	2015
4	Slovenia	99.7%	2015
4	Ukraine	99.7%	2015
4	Georgia	99.7%	2015
4	Belarus	99.7%	2015
5	Armenia	99.6%	2015
5	Russia	99.6%	2015
5	Palau	99.6%	2015
5	Turkmenistan	99.6%	2015
6	Uzbekistan	99.5%	2015
7	Kyrgyzstan	99.4%	2015
7	Tonga	99.4%	2015
7	Antigua and Barbuda	99.4%	2012
8	Moldova	99.1%	2015
9	Cayman Islands	99%	2007
9	Czechia	99%	2011
9	Hungary	99%	2015
9	Italy	99%	2015
10	Croatia	98.9%	2015
11	Uruguay	98.8%	2015
11	Maldives	98.8%	2015
11	Samoa	98.8%	2015
12	Cyprus	98.7%	2015
12	Trinidad and Tobago	98.7%	2015
13	Mongolia	98.6%	2015
14	Romania	98.5%	2015
15	Argentina	98.1%	2015
15	Bulgaria	98.1%	2015
16	Montenegro	98%	2015
17	Costa Rica	97.8%	2015
18	Spain	97.5%	2015
18	Aruba	97.5%	2015
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina	97.5%	2015
19	Chile	97.4%	2015
20	Taiwan	97.3%	2014
21	Serbia	97.2%	2015
22	Greece	96.9%	2015
22	Albania	96.9%	2015
23	Macedonia	96.8%	2015
23	Qatar	96.8%	2015
23	Israel	96.8%	2011
23	Philippines	96.8%	2015
24	Thailand	96.7%	2015
25	New Caledonia	96.5%	2015
26	Venezuela	96.2%	2015
27	Malta	95.8%	2015
27	United Arab Emirates	95.8%	2015
27	Kuwait	95.8%	2015
28	Singapore	95%	2015
28	Suriname	95%	2015
29	Colombia	94.8%	2015
30	Macau	94.6%	2015
31	China	94.5%	2015
32	Gaza Strip	94.5%	2015
32	West Bank	94.5%	2015
33	Brunei	94.5%	2015
34	Panama	94.4%	2015
34	Portugal	94.4%	2015
35	Mexico	94.2%	2012
36	Puerto Rico	93.8%	2015
37	Bolivia	93.6%	2015
38	Ecuador	93.5%	2015
38	Bahrain	93.5%	2015
39	Malaysia	93.2%	2015
40	South Africa	93.1%	2015
40	Jamaica	93.1%	2015
41	Equatorial Guinea	93%	2015
42	Paraguay	92.9%	2010
42	Jordan	92.9%	2015
42	Brazil	92.9%	2015
43	Vietnam	92.8%	2015
44	Seychelles	92.3%	2012
44	Dominican Republic	92.3%	2015
45	Turkey	91.8%	2015
45	Lebanon	91.8%	2015
46	Peru	91.7%	2015
46	Sri Lanka	91.7%	2015
47	Indonesia	91.5%	2015
48	Burma	91.2%	2015
49	Saudi Arabia	91.1%	2015
50	Guyana	89.8%	2015
51	Botswana	88.9%	2015
52	Honduras	88.6%	2015
53	Mauritius	88.5%	2015
54	Lesotho	88.3%	2015
55	Kosovo	87.5%	2003
55	Swaziland	87.5%	2015
56	El Salvador	86%	2015
57	Libya	85.6%	2015
57	Oman	85.6%	2015
58	Zimbabwe	84.6%	2015
59	Namibia	84.5%	2015
60	Vanuatu	83.8%	2015
61	Nicaragua	83.2%	2015
62	Burundi	83.1%	2015
62	Cabo Verde	83.1%	2015
63	Iran	82.5%	2015
64	World	82.2%	2015
65	Gabon	81%	2015
65	Syria	81%	2015
66	Solomon Islands	79.2%	2009
67	Guatemala	76.3%	2015
68	Kenya	74.9%	2015
69	Tunisia	74.2%	2015
70	Iraq	73.7%	2015
70	Comoros	73.7%	2015
71	Algeria	73.1%	2015
72	Congo, Republic Of The	72.9%	2015
73	Laos	72.8%	2015
74	Uganda	71.5%	2015
75	Ghana	71.4%	2015
76	Cambodia	70.5%	2015
77	Cameroon	68.9%	2015
78	Sudan	68.6%	2015
79	Sao Tome and Principe	68.4%	2015
80	Rwanda	68%	2015
81	Eritrea	65.5%	2015
82	Egypt	65.4%	2015
82	Tanzania	65.4%	2015
83	Timor-Leste	63.4%	2015
84	Papua New Guinea	62.8%	2015
85	Madagascar	62.6%	2015
86	Angola	60.7%	2015
87	India	60.6%	2015
88	Morocco	58.8%	2015
89	Malawi	58.6%	2015
90	Bangladesh	58.5%	2015
91	Haiti	57.3%	2015
92	Zambia	56%	2015
93	Togo	55.3%	2015
94	Bhutan	55%	2015
94	Yemen	55%	2015
95	Nepal	53.1%	2015
96	Congo, Democratic Republic Of The	50%	2015
97	Nigeria	49.7%	2015
98	Guinea-Bissau	48.3%	2015
99	Gambia, The	47.6%	2015
100	Senegal	46.6%	2015
101	Pakistan	45.8%	2015
102	Mozambique	45.4%	2015
103	Mauritania	41.6%	2015
104	Ethiopia	41.1%	2015
105	Sierra Leone	37.7%	2015
106	Liberia	32.8%	2015
107	Cote d'Ivoire	32.5%	2015
108	Chad	31.9%	2015
109	Burkina Faso	29.3%	2015
110	Mali	29.2%	2015
111	Benin	27.3%	2015
112	Central African Republic	24.4%	2015
113	Afghanistan	24.2%	2015
114	Guinea	22.8%	2015
115	South Sudan	16%	2009
116	Niger	11%	2015




Literacy - female (%) 2017 Country Ranks, By Rank SOURCE: CIA World Factbook 2017