List by rank

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
142		Afghanistan	12.60		2000 est.
145		Akrotiri	NA		NA
11		Albania	98.30		2001 census
101		Algeria	60.10		2002 est.
19		American Samoa	97.00		1980 est.
1		Andorra	100.00		2008
106		Angola	54.20		2001 est.
29		Anguilla	95.00		2008
145		Antarctica	NA		NA
145		Antigua and Barbuda	NA		2003 est.
17		Argentina	97.20		2001 census
7		Armenia	99.20		2001 census
18		Aruba	97.10		2000 census
145		Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
8		Australia	99.00		2003 est.
145		Austria	NA		2008
12		Azerbaijan	98.20		2008
22		Bahamas, The	96.50		2003 est.
69		Bahrain	83.60		2001 census
121		Bangladesh	41.40		2001 Census
3		Barbados	99.70		2002 est.
5		Belarus	99.40		2007
8		Belgium	99.00		2003 est.
82		Belize	77.10		2000 census
136		Benin	23.30		2002 census
8		Bermuda	99.00		2005 est.
127		Bhutan	34.00		2003 est.
75		Bolivia	80.70		2001 census
32		Bosnia and Herzegovina	94.40		2000 est.
72		Botswana	81.80		2003 est.
145		Bouvet Island	NA		NA
55		Brazil	88.80		2004 est.
145		British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
145		British Virgin Islands	NA		2005
49		Brunei	90.20		2001 census
15		Bulgaria	97.70		2001 census
138		Burkina Faso	15.20		2003 est.
64		Burma	86.40		2006 est.
109		Burundi	52.20		2000 est.
95		Cambodia	64.10		2004 est.
102		Cameroon	59.80		2001 est.
8		Canada	99.00		2003 est.
90		Cape Verde	69.20		2003 est.
14		Cayman Islands	98.00		2008
128		Central African Republic	33.50		2000 est.
141		Chad	12.80		2000 est.
26		Chile	95.60		2002 census
59		China	87.60		2007
145		Christmas Island	NA		NA
145		Clipperton Island	NA		NA
145		Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
46		Colombia	90.70		2005 census
115		Comoros	49.30		2003 est.
107		Congo, Democratic Republic of the	54.10		2001 est.
80		Congo, Republic of the	78.40		2003 est.
145		Cook Islands	NA		2005
145		Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
28		Costa Rica	95.10		2000 census
123		Cote d'Ivoire	38.60		2000 est.
18		Croatia	97.10		2001 census
2		Cuba	99.80		2002 census
145		Curacao	NA		NA
23		Cyprus	96.30		2001 census
8		Czech Republic	99.00		2003 est.
8		Denmark	99.00		2003 est.
145		Dhekelia	NA		NA
104		Djibouti	58.40		2003 est.
35		Dominica	94.00		2003 est.
61		Dominican Republic	87.20		2002 census
51		Ecuador	89.70		2001 census
103		Egypt	59.40		2005 est.
79		El Salvador	79.60		2007 census
76		Equatorial Guinea	80.50		2000 est.
117		Eritrea	47.60		2003 est.
2		Estonia	99.80		2000 census
125		Ethiopia	35.10		2003 est.
145		European Union	NA		NA
145		Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
145		Faroe Islands	NA		NA
41		Fiji	91.90		2003 est.
1		Finland	100.00		2000 est.
8		France	99.00		2003 est.
14		French Polynesia	98.00		977 est.
145		French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
108		Gabon	53.30		2000
129		Gambia, The	32.80		2003 est.
57		Gaza Strip	88.00		2004 est.
1		Georgia	100.00		2004 est.
8		Germany	99.00		2003 est.
114		Ghana	49.80		2000 census
145		Gibraltar	NA		NA
33		Greece	94.20		2001 census
1		Greenland	100.00		2001 est.
145		Grenada	NA		2003 est.
8		Guam	99.00		1990 est.
96		Guatemala	63.30		2002 census
145		Guernsey	NA		NA
137		Guinea	18.10		2003 est.
133		Guinea-Bissau	27.40		2003 est.
42		Guyana	91.60		2002 Census
110		Haiti	51.20		2003 est.
145		Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
1		Holy See (Vatican City)	100.00		NA
77		Honduras	80.20		2001 census
52		Hong Kong	89.60		2002
6		Hungary	99.30		2003 est.
8		Iceland	99.00		2003 est.
116		India	47.80		2001 census
63		Indonesia	86.80		2004 est.
89		Iran	70.40		2002 est.
94		Iraq	64.20		2000 est.
8		Ireland	99.00		2003 est.
145		Isle of Man	NA		NA
25		Israel	95.90		2004 est.
14		Italy	98.00		2001 census
42		Jamaica	91.60		2003 est.
145		Jan Mayen	NA		NA
8		Japan	99.00		2002
145		Jersey	NA		NA
68		Jordan	84.70		2003 est.
6		Kazakhstan	99.30		2009
78		Kenya	79.70		2003 est.
140		Kiribati	13.00		2005
8		Korea, North	99.00		NA
21		Korea, South	96.60		2002
60		Kosovo	87.50		2007 Census
45		Kuwait	91.00		2005 census
13		Kyrgyzstan	98.10		2008
97		Laos	63.00		2005 Census
3		Latvia	99.70		2000 census
71		Lebanon	82.20		2003 est.
31		Lesotho	94.50		2003 est.
120		Liberia	41.60		2003 est.
87		Libya	72.00		2003 est.
1		Liechtenstein	100.00		2008
4		Lithuania	99.60		2001 census
1		Luxembourg	100.00		2000 est.
58		Macau	87.80		2001 census
34		Macedonia	94.10		2002 census
98		Madagascar	62.50		2003 est.
114		Malawi	49.80		2003 est.
66		Malaysia	85.40		2000 census
30		Maldives	94.70		2006 Census
122		Mali	39.60		2003 est.
36		Malta	93.90		2005 Census
37		Marshall Islands	93.70		2003
119		Mauritania	43.40		2000 census
76		Mauritius	80.50		2000 census
145		Mayotte	NA		NA
67		Mexico	85.30		2005 Census
57		Micronesia, Federated States of	88.00		2000
9		Moldova	98.60		2005 est.
8		Monaco	99.00		2003 est.
16		Mongolia	97.50		2000 census
145		Montenegro	NA		NA
19		Montserrat	97.00		2007
122		Morocco	39.60		2004 census
130		Mozambique	32.70		2003 est.
70		Namibia	83.50		2001 census
144		Nauru	9.00		2006
145		Navassa Island	NA		NA
126		Nepal	34.90		2001 census
8		Netherlands	99.00		2003 est.
20		Netherlands Antilles	96.80		2003 est.
27		New Caledonia	95.50		1996 census
8		New Zealand	99.00		2003 est.
91		Nicaragua	67.80		2003 est.
139		Niger	15.10		2005 est.
100		Nigeria	60.60		2003 est.
145		Niue	NA		2005
145		Norfolk Island	NA		NA
24		Northern Mariana Islands	96.00		1980 est.
1		Norway	100.00		2008
86		Oman	73.50		2003 census
124		Pakistan	36.00		2005 est.
50		Palau	90.00		2001
44		Panama	91.20		2000 census
111		Papua New Guinea	50.90		2000 census
145		Paracel Islands	NA		NA
38		Paraguay	93.00		2003 est.
53		Peru	89.40		2007 Census
39		Philippines	92.70		2000 census
145		Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
3		Poland	99.70		2003 est.
43		Portugal	91.30		2003 est.
32		Puerto Rico	94.40		2002 est.
56		Qatar	88.60		2004 census
23		Romania	96.30		2002 census
7		Russia	99.20		2002 census
93		Rwanda	64.70		2003 est.
145		Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
14		Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	98.00		1987 est.
145		Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA		2003 est.
47		Saint Lucia	90.60		2001 est.
145		Saint Martin	NA		NA
8		Saint Pierre and Miquelon	99.00		1982 est.
24		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	96.00		2005
3		Samoa	99.70		2003 est.
29		San Marino	95.00		NA
81		Sao Tome and Principe	77.90		2001 census
88		Saudi Arabia	70.80		2003 est.
132		Senegal	29.20		2002 est.
34		Serbia	94.10		2003 census
40		Seychelles	92.30		2002 census
135		Sierra Leone	24.40		2004 est.
56		Singapore	88.60		2000 census
145		Sint Maarten	NA		NA
4		Slovakia	99.60		2004
4		Slovenia	99.60		2008
144		Solomon Islands	9.00		2006
134		Somalia	25.80		2001 est.
65		South Africa	85.70		2003 est.
145		South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
17		Spain	97.20		2003 est.
145		Spratly Islands	NA		NA
54		Sri Lanka	89.10		2001 census
112		Sudan	50.50		2003 est.
61		Suriname	87.20		2004 census
145		Svalbard	NA		NA
74		Swaziland	80.80		2003 est.
8		Sweden	99.00		2003 est.
8		Switzerland	99.00		2003 est.
85		Syria	73.60		2004 census
145		Taiwan	NA		2003
7		Tajikistan	99.20		2000 census
99		Tanzania	62.20		2002 census
48		Thailand	90.50		2000 census
145		Timor-Leste	NA		2002
118		Togo	46.90		2003 est.
143		Tokelau	11.00		2004
8		Tonga	99.00		2004
14		Trinidad and Tobago	98.00		2003 est.
92		Tunisia	65.30		2004 census
79		Turkey	79.60		2004 est.
11		Turkmenistan	98.30		1999 est.
14		Turks and Caicos Islands	98.00		2005
143		Tuvalu	11.00		2001
105		Uganda	57.70		2002 census
7		Ukraine	99.20		2001 census
73		United Arab Emirates	81.70		2003 est.
8		United Kingdom	99.00		2003 est.
8		United States	99.00		2003 est.
145		United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
10		Uruguay	98.40		2003 est.
8		Uzbekistan	99.00		2003 est.
145		Vanuatu	NA		2004
39		Venezuela	92.70		2001 census
62		Vietnam	86.90		2002 est.
145		Virgin Islands	NA		2005 est.
145		Wake Island	NA		NA
113		Wallis and Futuna	50.00		969 est.
57		West Bank	88.00		2004 est.
145		Western Sahara	NA		NA
83		World	77.00		2005 est.
131		Yemen	30.00		2003 est.
84		Zambia	74.80		2003 est.
61		Zimbabwe	87.20		2003 est.

NOTE: The information regarding Literacy - female(%) 2011 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2011. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Literacy - female(%) 2011 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Literacy - female(%) 2011 should be addressed to the CIA.