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| Rank | Country | Value | Date of Info | |
| 105 | Afghanistan | 37.3% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Akrotiri | 0 | 2023 | |
| 15 | Albania | 98.4% | 2023 | |
| 68 | Algeria | 81.4% | 2023 | |
| 109 | American Samoa | 0 | 2023 | |
| 1 | Andorra | 100% | 2023 | |
| 82 | Angola | 71.1% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Anguilla | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Antarctica | 0 | 2023 | |
| 10 | Antigua and Barbuda | 99% | 2023 | |
| 10 | Argentina | 99% | 2023 | |
| 3 | Armenia | 99.8% | 2023 | |
| 20 | Aruba | 97.8% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Ashmore and Cartier Islands | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Australia | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Austria | 0 | 2023 | |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 99.8% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Bahamas The | 0 | 2023 | |
| 22 | Bahrain | 97.5% | 2023 | |
| 77 | Bangladesh | 74.9% | 2023 | |
| 5 | Barbados | 99.6% | 2023 | |
| 2 | Belarus | 99.9% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Belgium | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Belize | 0 | 2023 | |
| 102 | Benin | 45.8% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Bermuda | 0 | 2023 | |
| 83 | Bhutan | 70.9% | 2023 | |
| 46 | Bolivia | 92.5% | 2023 | |
| 17 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 98.1% | 2023 | |
| 56 | Botswana | 88.5% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Bouvet Island | 0 | 2023 | |
| 43 | Brazil | 94.3% | 2023 | |
| 109 | British Indian Ocean Territory | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | British Virgin Islands | 0 | 2023 | |
| 21 | Brunei | 97.6% | 2023 | |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 98.4% | 2023 | |
| 101 | Burkina Faso | 46% | 2023 | |
| 53 | Burma | 89.1% | 2023 | |
| 78 | Burundi | 74.7% | 2023 | |
| 51 | Cabo Verde | 90.8% | 2023 | |
| 63 | Cambodia | 83.9% | 2023 | |
| 74 | Cameroon | 77.1% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Canada | 0 | 2023 | |
| 11 | Cayman Islands | 98.9% | 2023 | |
| 104 | Central African Republic | 37.4% | 2023 | |
| 108 | Chad | 26.8% | 2023 | |
| 24 | Chile | 97% | 2023 | |
| 26 | China | 96.8% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Christmas Island | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Clipperton Island | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 0 | 2023 | |
| 35 | Colombia | 95.6% | 2023 | |
| 91 | Comoros | 62% | 2023 | |
| 71 | Congo Democratic Republic of the | 80% | 2023 | |
| 70 | Congo Republic of the | 80.6% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Cook Islands | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Coral Sea Islands | 0 | 2023 | |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 98% | 2023 | |
| 52 | Cote d'Ivoire | 89.9% | 2023 | |
| 7 | Croatia | 99.4% | 2023 | |
| 4 | Cuba | 99.7% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Curacao | 0 | 2023 | |
| 7 | Cyprus | 99.4% | 2023 | |
| 10 | Czechia | 99% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Denmark | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Dhekelia | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Djibouti | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Dominica | 0 | 2023 | |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 95.2% | 2023 | |
| 42 | Ecuador | 94.5% | 2023 | |
| 80 | Egypt | 73.1% | 2023 | |
| 53 | El Salvador | 89.1% | 2023 | |
| 36 | Equatorial Guinea | 95.3% | 2023 | |
| 75 | Eritrea | 76.6% | 2023 | |
| 2 | Estonia | 99.9% | 2023 | |
| 57 | Eswatini | 88.4% | 2023 | |
| 98 | Ethiopia | 51.8% | 2023 | |
| 109 | European Union | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Faroe Islands | 0 | 2023 | |
| 9 | Fiji | 99.1% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Finland | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | France | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | French Polynesia | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 0 | 2023 | |
| 62 | Gabon | 85.5% | 2023 | |
| 94 | Gambia The | 58.1% | 2023 | |
| 22 | Gaza Strip | 97.5% | 2023 | |
| 5 | Georgia | 99.6% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Germany | 0 | 2023 | |
| 72 | Ghana | 79% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Gibraltar | 0 | 2023 | |
| 19 | Greece | 97.9% | 2023 | |
| 1 | Greenland | 100% | 2023 | |
| 13 | Grenada | 98.6% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Guam | 0 | 2023 | |
| 64 | Guatemala | 83.3% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Guernsey | 0 | 2023 | |
| 103 | Guinea | 45.3% | 2023 | |
| 97 | Guinea-Bissau | 52.9% | 2023 | |
| 54 | Guyana | 88.8% | 2023 | |
| 92 | Haiti | 61.7% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Holy See (Vatican City) | 0 | 2023 | |
| 56 | Honduras | 88.5% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Hong Kong | 0 | 2023 | |
| 9 | Hungary | 99.1% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Iceland | 0 | 2023 | |
| 79 | India | 74.4% | 2023 | |
| 31 | Indonesia | 96% | 2023 | |
| 55 | Iran | 88.7% | 2023 | |
| 61 | Iraq | 85.6% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Ireland | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Isle of Man | 0 | 2023 | |
| 20 | Israel | 97.8% | 2023 | |
| 8 | Italy | 99.2% | 2023 | |
| 55 | Jamaica | 88.7% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Jan Mayen | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Japan | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Jersey | 0 | 2023 | |
| 15 | Jordan | 98.4% | 2023 | |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 99.8% | 2023 | |
| 66 | Kenya | 82.6% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Kiribati | 0 | 2023 | |
| 1 | Korea North | 100% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Korea South | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Kosovo | 0 | 2023 | |
| 29 | Kuwait | 96.5% | 2023 | |
| 5 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.6% | 2023 | |
| 58 | Laos | 87.1% | 2023 | |
| 2 | Latvia | 99.9% | 2023 | |
| 38 | Lebanon | 95.1% | 2023 | |
| 69 | Lesotho | 81% | 2023 | |
| 99 | Liberia | 48.3% | 2023 | |
| 50 | Libya | 91% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 2023 | |
| 3 | Lithuania | 99.8% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Luxembourg | 0 | 2023 | |
| 23 | Macau | 97.1% | 2023 | |
| 73 | Madagascar | 77.3% | 2023 | |
| 86 | Malawi | 67.3% | 2023 | |
| 39 | Malaysia | 95% | 2023 | |
| 19 | Maldives | 97.9% | 2023 | |
| 106 | Mali | 35.5% | 2023 | |
| 40 | Malta | 94.9% | 2023 | |
| 16 | Marshall Islands | 98.3% | 2023 | |
| 87 | Mauritania | 67% | 2023 | |
| 49 | Mauritius | 92.2% | 2023 | |
| 37 | Mexico | 95.2% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Micronesia Federated States of | 0 | 2023 | |
| 5 | Moldova | 99.6% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Monaco | 0 | 2023 | |
| 8 | Mongolia | 99.2% | 2023 | |
| 10 | Montenegro | 99% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Montserrat | 0 | 2023 | |
| 76 | Morocco | 75.9% | 2023 | |
| 90 | Mozambique | 63.4% | 2023 | |
| 48 | Namibia | 92.3% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Nauru | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Navassa Island | 0 | 2023 | |
| 81 | Nepal | 71.2% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Netherlands | 0 | 2023 | |
| 25 | New Caledonia | 96.9% | 2023 | |
| 109 | New Zealand | 0 | 2023 | |
| 66 | Nicaragua | 82.6% | 2023 | |
| 105 | Niger | 37.3% | 2023 | |
| 91 | Nigeria | 62% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Niue | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Norfolk Island | 0 | 2023 | |
| 15 | North Macedonia | 98.4% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Norway | 0 | 2023 | |
| 34 | Oman | 95.7% | 2023 | |
| 95 | Pakistan | 58% | 2023 | |
| 28 | Palau | 96.6% | 2023 | |
| 34 | Panama | 95.7% | 2023 | |
| 89 | Papua New Guinea | 64.2% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Paracel Islands | 0 | 2023 | |
| 42 | Paraguay | 94.5% | 2023 | |
| 42 | Peru | 94.5% | 2023 | |
| 30 | Philippines | 96.3% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Pitcairn Islands | 0 | 2023 | |
| 3 | Poland | 99.8% | 2023 | |
| 32 | Portugal | 95.9% | 2023 | |
| 47 | Puerto Rico | 92.4% | 2023 | |
| 45 | Qatar | 93.5% | 2023 | |
| 11 | Romania | 98.9% | 2023 | |
| 4 | Russia | 99.7% | 2023 | |
| 76 | Rwanda | 75.9% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Saint Barthelemy | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Saint Martin | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2023 | |
| 9 | Samoa | 99.1% | 2023 | |
| 2 | San Marino | 99.9% | 2023 | |
| 41 | Sao Tome and Principe | 94.8% | 2023 | |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 97.6% | 2023 | |
| 96 | Senegal | 56.3% | 2023 | |
| 6 | Serbia | 99.5% | 2023 | |
| 32 | Seychelles | 95.9% | 2023 | |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | 47.7% | 2023 | |
| 22 | Singapore | 97.5% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Sint Maarten | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Slovakia | 0 | 2023 | |
| 4 | Slovenia | 99.7% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Somalia | 0 | 2023 | |
| 39 | South Africa | 95% | 2023 | |
| 109 | South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands | 0 | 2023 | |
| 107 | South Sudan | 34.5% | 2023 | |
| 13 | Spain | 98.6% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Spratly Islands | 0 | 2023 | |
| 48 | Sri Lanka | 92.3% | 2023 | |
| 93 | Sudan | 60.7% | 2023 | |
| 39 | Suriname | 95% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Svalbard | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Sweden | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Switzerland | 0 | 2023 | |
| 60 | Syria | 86.4% | 2023 | |
| 14 | Taiwan | 98.5% | 2023 | |
| 3 | Tajikistan | 99.8% | 2023 | |
| 67 | Tanzania | 81.8% | 2023 | |
| 44 | Thailand | 94.1% | 2023 | |
| 85 | Timor-Leste | 68.1% | 2023 | |
| 88 | Togo | 66.5% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Tokelau | 0 | 2023 | |
| 7 | Tonga | 99.4% | 2023 | |
| 10 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99% | 2023 | |
| 65 | Tunisia | 82.7% | 2023 | |
| 27 | Turkey (Turkiye) | 96.7% | 2023 | |
| 4 | Turkmenistan | 99.7% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2023 | |
| 72 | Uganda | 79% | 2023 | |
| 1 | Ukraine | 100% | 2023 | |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 98.1% | 2023 | |
| 109 | United Kingdom | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | United States | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | 0 | 2023 | |
| 12 | Uruguay | 98.8% | 2023 | |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100% | 2023 | |
| 53 | Vanuatu | 89.1% | 2023 | |
| 22 | Venezuela | 97.5% | 2023 | |
| 33 | Vietnam | 95.8% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Virgin Islands | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Wake Island | 0 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Wallis and Futuna | 0 | 2023 | |
| 22 | West Bank | 97.5% | 2023 | |
| 59 | World | 86.7% | 2023 | |
| 84 | Yemen | 70.1% | 2023 | |
| 59 | Zambia | 86.7% | 2023 |
Literacy - total population 2023 Country Ranks Alphabetical
SOURCE: 2023 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
NOTE: The information regarding Literacy - total population on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2023. 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
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