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


Rank	Country	Value	Date of Info
1	Korea, North	100%	2015
2	Azerbaijan	99.9%	2015
2	Cuba	99.9%	2015
2	Latvia	99.9%	2015
2	Poland	99.9%	2015
3	Lithuania	99.8%	2015
3	Maldives	99.8%	2015
3	Belarus	99.8%	2015
3	Kazakhstan	99.8%	2015
3	Tajikistan	99.8%	2015
3	Georgia	99.8%	2015
3	Turkmenistan	99.8%	2015
3	Ukraine	99.8%	2015
3	Estonia	99.8%	2015
4	Croatia	99.7%	2015
4	Armenia	99.7%	2015
4	Russia	99.7%	2015
4	Slovenia	99.7%	2015
4	Taiwan	99.7%	2014
4	Moldova	99.7%	2015
4	Uzbekistan	99.7%	2015
5	Kyrgyzstan	99.6%	2015
6	Palau	99.5%	2015
6	Montenegro	99.5%	2015
6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	99.5%	2015
6	Cyprus	99.5%	2015
7	Italy	99.4%	2015
8	Tonga	99.3%	2015
9	Trinidad and Tobago	99.2%	2015
10	Samoa	99.1%	2015
10	Hungary	99.1%	2015
10	Romania	99.1%	2015
10	Serbia	99.1%	2015
11	Czechia	99%	2011
12	Macedonia	98.8%	2015
13	Spain	98.7%	2015
13	Israel	98.7%	2011
13	Bulgaria	98.7%	2015
13	Cayman Islands	98.7%	2007
14	Singapore	98.6%	2015
15	Greece	98.5%	2015
16	Turkey	98.4%	2015
16	Gaza Strip	98.4%	2015
16	Albania	98.4%	2015
16	Antigua and Barbuda	98.4%	2012
16	West Bank	98.4%	2015
17	China	98.2%	2015
17	Mongolia	98.2%	2015
17	Uruguay	98.2%	2015
18	Argentina	98%	2015
18	Macau	98%	2015
19	Bolivia	97.8%	2015
20	Jordan	97.7%	2015
20	Costa Rica	97.7%	2015
21	Chile	97.6%	2015
22	Brunei	97.5%	2015
22	Aruba	97.5%	2015
23	Equatorial Guinea	97.4%	2015
23	Qatar	97.4%	2015
24	Peru	97.3%	2015
24	New Caledonia	97.3%	2015
25	Portugal	97.1%	2015
26	Saudi Arabia	97%	2015
27	Bahrain	96.9%	2015
28	Libya	96.7%	2015
29	Thailand	96.6%	2015
29	Kosovo	96.6%	2003
30	Kuwait	96.5%	2015
31	Venezuela	96.4%	2015
32	Indonesia	96.3%	2015
32	Vietnam	96.3%	2015
33	Mexico	96.2%	2012
33	Malaysia	96.2%	2015
34	Suriname	96.1%	2015
35	Lebanon	96%	2015
36	Philippines	95.8%	2015
37	Panama	95.7%	2015
38	South Africa	95.5%	2015
39	Ecuador	95.4%	2015
40	Burma	95.2%	2015
41	Paraguay	94.8%	2010
42	Colombia	94.6%	2015
43	Sri Lanka	93.6%	2015
43	Oman	93.6%	2015
44	Malta	93.1%	2015
44	United Arab Emirates	93.1%	2015
45	Mauritius	92.9%	2015
46	Puerto Rico	92.8%	2015
47	Brazil	92.2%	2015
48	Cabo Verde	92.1%	2015
49	Syria	91.7%	2015
50	Seychelles	91.4%	2012
51	Dominican Republic	91.2%	2015
51	Iran	91.2%	2015
52	El Salvador	90.4%	2015
53	World	89.9%	2015
54	Tunisia	89.6%	2015
55	Solomon Islands	88.9%	2009
56	Zimbabwe	88.5%	2015
57	Honduras	88.4%	2015
58	Burundi	88.2%	2015
59	Botswana	88%	2015
60	Swaziland	87.4%	2015
60	Guatemala	87.4%	2015
61	Algeria	87.2%	2015
61	Guyana	87.2%	2015
62	Laos	87.1%	2015
63	Vanuatu	86.6%	2015
64	Congo, Republic Of The	86.4%	2015
65	Iraq	85.7%	2015
66	Gabon	85.3%	2015
66	Uganda	85.3%	2015
67	Yemen	85.1%	2015
68	Cambodia	84.5%	2015
69	Jamaica	84%	2015
70	Sudan	83.3%	2015
71	Nicaragua	82.4%	2015
71	Eritrea	82.4%	2015
72	Egypt	82.2%	2015
73	Ghana	82%	2015
73	Angola	82%	2015
74	Sao Tome and Principe	81.8%	2015
74	Comoros	81.8%	2015
75	India	81.3%	2015
76	Cameroon	81.2%	2015
77	Kenya	81.1%	2015
78	Namibia	79.2%	2015
79	Morocco	78.6%	2015
80	Togo	78.3%	2015
81	Congo, Democratic Republic Of The	78.1%	2015
82	Nepal	76.4%	2015
83	Tanzania	75.9%	2015
84	Mozambique	73.3%	2015
85	Rwanda	73.2%	2015
86	Bhutan	73.1%	2015
87	Malawi	73%	2015
88	Guinea-Bissau	71.8%	2015
89	Timor-Leste	71.5%	2015
90	Zambia	70.9%	2015
91	Lesotho	70.1%	2015
92	Senegal	69.7%	2015
93	Pakistan	69.5%	2015
94	Nigeria	69.2%	2015
95	Madagascar	66.7%	2015
96	Papua New Guinea	65.6%	2015
97	Bangladesh	64.6%	2015
98	Haiti	64.3%	2015
99	Gambia, The	63.9%	2015
100	Mauritania	62.6%	2015
101	Liberia	62.4%	2015
102	Sierra Leone	58.7%	2015
103	Ethiopia	57.2%	2015
104	Cote d'Ivoire	53.1%	2015
105	Afghanistan	52%	2015
106	Central African Republic	50.7%	2015
107	Benin	49.9%	2015
108	Chad	48.5%	2015
109	Mali	48.2%	2015
110	Burkina Faso	43%	2015
111	South Sudan	40%	2009
112	Guinea	38.1%	2015
113	Niger	27.3%	2015




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