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Literacy - total population 2020 Country Ranks, Alphabetical

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Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
115		Afghanistan	43%		2018
19		Albania	98.1%		2018
72		Algeria	81.4%		2018
1		Andorra	100%		2016
91		Angola	71.1%		2015
11		Antigua and Barbuda	99%		2015
11		Argentina	99%		2018
4		Armenia	99.7%		2017
20		Aruba	97.8%		2018
3		Azerbaijan	99.8%		2017
22		Bahrain	97.5%		2018
88		Bangladesh	73.9%		2018
5		Barbados	99.6%		2014
3		Belarus	99.8%		2018
116		Benin	42.4%		2018
97		Bhutan	66.6%		2017
51		Bolivia	92.5%		2015
16		Bosnia and Herzegovina	98.5%		2015
57		Botswana	88.5%		2015
49		Brazil	93.2%		2018
24		Brunei	97.2%		2018
17		Bulgaria	98.4%		2015
117		Burkina Faso	41.2%		2018
85		Burma	75.6%		2016
95		Burundi	68.4%		2017
60		Cabo Verde	86.8%		2015
74		Cambodia	80.5%		2015
86		Cameroon	75%		2015
12		Cayman Islands	98.9%		2007
118		Central African Republic	36.8%		2015
122		Chad	22.3%		2016
27		Chile	96.9%		2015
30		China	96.4%		2015
41		Colombia	94.7%		2016
81		Comoros	77.8%		2015
82		Congo, Democratic Republic Of The	77%		2016
77		Congo, Republic Of The	79.3%		2015
20		Costa Rica	97.8%		2015
8		Croatia	99.3%		2015
3		Cuba	99.8%		2015
10		Cyprus	99.1%		2015
11		Czechia	99%		2011
47		Dominican Republic	93.8%		2016
44		Ecuador	94.4%		2016
73		Egypt	80.8%		2017
58		El Salvador	88.1%		2016
38		Equatorial Guinea	95.3%		2015
89		Eritrea	73.8%		2015
3		Estonia	99.8%		2015
59		Eswatini	87.5%		2015
112		Ethiopia	49.1%		2015
67		Gabon	83.2%		2015
109		Gambia, The	55.5%		2015
27		Gaza Strip	96.9%		2016
3		Georgia	99.8%		2015
83		Ghana	76.6%		2015
21		Greece	97.7%		2015
1		Greenland	100%		2015
15		Grenada	98.6%		2014
71		Guatemala	81.5%		2015
120		Guinea	30.4%		2015
105		Guinea-Bissau	59.9%		2015
57		Guyana	88.5%		2015
104		Haiti	60.7%		2015
55		Honduras	89%		2016
10		Hungary	99.1%		2015
90		India	71.2%		2015
37		Indonesia	95.4%		2016
63		Iran	85.5%		2016
75		Iraq	79.7%		2015
20		Israel	97.8%		2011
9		Italy	99.2%		2015
56		Jamaica	88.7%		2015
37		Jordan	95.4%		2015
3		Kazakhstan	99.8%		2015
79		Kenya	78%		2015
34		Kuwait	96%		2017
6		Kyrgyzstan	99.5%		2015
65		Laos	84.7%		2015
2		Latvia	99.9%		2015
46		Lebanon	93.9%		2015
76		Lesotho	79.4%		2015
114		Liberia	47.6%		2015
54		Libya	91%		2015
3		Lithuania	99.8%		2015
29		Macau	96.5%		2016
98		Madagascar	64.7%		2015
103		Malawi	62.1%		2015
42		Malaysia	94.6%		2015
8		Maldives	99.3%		2015
119		Mali	33.1%		2015
44		Malta	94.4%		2015
18		Marshall Islands	98.3%		2011
110		Mauritania	52.1%		2015
49		Mauritius	93.2%		2016
40		Mexico	94.9%		2016
7		Moldova	99.4%		2015
17		Mongolia	98.4%		2015
14		Montenegro	98.7%		2015
94		Morocco	68.5%		2015
108		Mozambique	56%		2015
69		Namibia	81.9%		2015
100		Nepal	63.9%		2015
27		New Caledonia	96.9%		2015
68		Nicaragua	82.8%		2015
123		Niger	19.1%		2015
106		Nigeria	59.6%		2015
20		North Macedonia	97.8%		2015
33		Oman	96.1%		2017
107		Pakistan	57.9%		2015
28		Palau	96.6%		2015
39		Panama	95%		2015
99		Papua New Guinea	64.2%		2015
41		Paraguay	94.7%		2016
45		Peru	94.2%		2016
31		Philippines	96.3%		2015
3		Poland	99.8%		2015
35		Portugal	95.7%		2015
48		Puerto Rico	93.3%		2015
23		Qatar	97.3%		2015
13		Romania	98.8%		2015
4		Russia	99.7%		2015
92		Rwanda	70.5%		2015
11		Samoa	99%		2015
87		Sao Tome and Principe	74.9%		2015
41		Saudi Arabia	94.7%		2015
111		Senegal	51.9%		2017
13		Serbia	98.8%		2016
53		Seychelles	91.8%		2012
113		Sierra Leone	48.1%		2015
26		Singapore	97%		2016
4		Slovenia	99.7%		2015
66		Solomon Islands	84.1%		2009
44		South Africa	94.4%		2015
121		South Sudan	27%		2009
18		Spain	98.3%		2016
52		Sri Lanka	91.9%		2017
84		Sudan	75.9%		2015
36		Suriname	95.6%		2015
62		Syria	86.4%		2015
16		Taiwan	98.5%		2014
3		Tajikistan	99.8%		2015
80		Tanzania	77.9%		Swahili
50		Thailand	92.9%		2015
96		Timor-Leste	67.5%		2015
101		Togo	63.7%		2015
7		Tonga	99.4%		2015
11		Trinidad and Tobago	99%		2015
70		Tunisia	81.8%		2015
32		Turkey	96.2%		2016
4		Turkmenistan	99.7%		2015
78		Uganda	78.4%		2015
3		Ukraine	99.8%		2015
47		United Arab Emirates	93.8%		2015
15		Uruguay	98.6%		2017
1		Uzbekistan	100%		2016
64		Vanuatu	85.2%		2015
25		Venezuela	97.1%		2016
43		Vietnam	94.5%		2015
27		West Bank	96.9%		2016
93		Yemen	70.1%		2015
102		Zambia	63.4%		2015
61		Zimbabwe	86.5%		2015

NOTE: The information regarding Literacy - total population on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2020. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Literacy - total population information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Literacy - total population should be addressed to the CIA.

SOURCE: CIA World Factbook 2020
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