Literacy - male 2023 Country Ranks by Rank, %


SOURCE: 2023 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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RankCountryValueDate of Info
93 Afghanistan52N/A
12 Albania99N/A
56 Algeria87N/A
1 Andorra100N/A
65 Angola83N/A
15 Antigua and Barbuda98N/A
10 Argentina99N/A
3 Armenia100N/A
18 Aruba98N/A
2 Azerbaijan100N/A
2 Bahrain100N/A
73 Bangladesh78N/A
5 Barbados100N/A
2 Belarus100N/A
90 Benin57N/A
72 Bhutan78N/A
27 Bolivia97N/A
6 Bosnia and Herzegovina99N/A
54 Botswana88N/A
36 Brazil94N/A
16 Brunei98N/A
12 Bulgaria99N/A
92 Burkina Faso55N/A
41 Burma92N/A
67 Burundi81N/A
35 Cabo Verde94N/A
51 Cambodia88N/A
65 Cameroon83N/A
12 Cayman Islands99N/A
94 Central African Republic50N/A
98 Chad35N/A
22 Chile97N/A
14 China99N/A
32 Colombia95N/A
82 Comoros67N/A
48 Congo Democratic Republic of the90N/A
58 Congo Republic of the86N/A
17 Costa Rica98N/A
39 Cote d'Ivoire93N/A
4 Croatia100N/A
5 Cuba100N/A
5 Cyprus100N/A
9 Czechia99N/A
33 Dominican Republic95N/A
34 Ecuador95N/A
70 Egypt79N/A
44 El Salvador91N/A
20 Equatorial Guinea97N/A
62 Eritrea84N/A
2 Estonia100N/A
52 Eswatini88N/A
89 Ethiopia57N/A
8 Fiji99N/A
57 Gabon86N/A
86 Gambia The65N/A
11 Gaza Strip99N/A
4 Georgia100N/A
64 Ghana84N/A
14 Greece99N/A
1 Greenland100N/A
13 Grenada99N/A
55 Guatemala88N/A
88 Guinea61N/A
82 Guinea-Bissau67N/A
49 Guyana89N/A
85 Haiti65N/A
53 Honduras88N/A
8 Hungary99N/A
66 India82N/A
20 Indonesia97N/A
41 Iran92N/A
45 Iraq91N/A
12 Israel99N/A
6 Italy99N/A
63 Jamaica84N/A
12 Jordan99N/A
3 Kazakhstan100N/A
59 Kenya86N/A
1 Korea North100N/A
22 Kuwait97N/A
4 Kyrgyzstan100N/A
43 Laos91N/A
2 Latvia100N/A
24 Lebanon97N/A
75 Lesotho73N/A
87 Liberia63N/A
26 Libya97N/A
3 Lithuania100N/A
14 Macau99N/A
70 Madagascar79N/A
79 Malawi71N/A
28 Malaysia96N/A
19 Maldives98N/A
95 Mali46N/A
38 Malta93N/A
16 Marshall Islands98N/A
77 Mauritania72N/A
37 Mauritius94N/A
29 Mexico96N/A
4 Moldova100N/A
8 Mongolia99N/A
6 Montenegro99N/A
61 Morocco85N/A
74 Mozambique74N/A
46 Namibia91N/A
68 Nepal81N/A
21 New Caledonia97N/A
66 Nicaragua82N/A
96 Niger46N/A
78 Nigeria71N/A
8 North Macedonia99N/A
23 Oman97N/A
80 Pakistan69N/A
25 Palau97N/A
11 Panama99N/A
83 Papua New Guinea66N/A
34 Paraguay95N/A
23 Peru97N/A
30 Philippines96N/A
3 Poland100N/A
18 Portugal98N/A
41 Puerto Rico92N/A
41 Qatar92N/A
8 Romania99N/A
4 Russia100N/A
71 Rwanda79N/A
9 Samoa99N/A
2 San Marino100N/A
27 Sao Tome and Principe97N/A
13 Saudi Arabia99N/A
81 Senegal68N/A
2 Serbia100N/A
32 Seychelles95N/A
91 Sierra Leone55N/A
10 Singapore99N/A
4 Slovenia100N/A
31 South Africa96N/A
97 South Sudan40N/A
9 Spain99N/A
40 Sri Lanka93N/A
84 Sudan65N/A
27 Suriname97N/A
42 Syria92N/A
4 Taiwan100N/A
3 Tajikistan100N/A
59 Tanzania86N/A
31 Thailand96N/A
76 Timor-Leste72N/A
69 Togo80N/A
6 Tonga99N/A
7 Trinidad and Tobago99N/A
50 Tunisia89N/A
8 Turkey (Turkiye)99N/A
3 Turkmenistan100N/A
63 Uganda84N/A
1 Ukraine100N/A
11 United Arab Emirates99N/A
14 Uruguay99N/A
1 Uzbekistan100N/A
47 Vanuatu90N/A
20 Venezuela97N/A
23 Vietnam97N/A
11 West Bank99N/A
60 Yemen85N/A
46 Zambia91N/A
52 Zimbabwe88N/A

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