List by rank

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
208	.	Afghanistan	12.60		2000 est.
233	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
51	.	Albania	98.30		2001 census
169	.	Algeria	60.10		2002 est.
69	.	American Samoa	97.00		1980 est.
7	.	Andorra	100.00		2008
171	.	Angola	58.10		2010 est.
85	.	Anguilla	95.00		2008
231	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
255	.	Antigua and Barbuda	NA		2003 est.
55	.	Argentina	98.10		2010 census
23	.	Armenia	99.40		2010 est.
66	.	Aruba	97.10		2000 census
232	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
45	.	Australia	99.00		2003 est.
257	.	Austria	NA		2008
15	.	Azerbaijan	99.70		2010 census
72	.	Bahamas, The	96.50		2003 est.
102	.	Bahrain	91.60		2010 census
176	.	Bangladesh	52.20		2010 est.
16	.	Barbados	99.70		2002 est.
21	.	Belarus	99.50		2009 census
47	.	Belgium	99.00		2003 est.
149	.	Belize	77.10		2000 census
196	.	Benin	30.30		2010 census
46	.	Bermuda	99.00		2005 est.
195	.	Bhutan	34.00		2003 est.
141	.	Bolivia	80.70		2001 census
73	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	96.50		2010 est.
134	.	Botswana	84.90		2010 est.
234	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
115	.	Brazil	88.80		2004 est.
235	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
256	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		2009
109	.	Brunei	90.20		2001 census
61	.	Bulgaria	98.00		2011
204	.	Burkina Faso	15.20		2003 est.
128	.	Burma	86.40		2006 est.
167	.	Burundi	61.80		2010 est.
153	.	Cambodia	70.90		2008 census
159	.	Cameroon	67.80		2001 est.
40	.	Canada	99.00		2003 est.
146	.	Cape Verde	79.40		2010 est.
60	.	Cayman Islands	98.00		2008
189	.	Central African Republic	43.20		2010 est.
201	.	Chad	24.20		2010 est.
80	.	Chile	95.60		2002 census
118	.	China	88.50		2007
250	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
227	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
249	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
105	.	Colombia	90.70		2005 census
156	.	Comoros	69.70		2010 est.
174	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	57.00		2010 est.
147	.	Congo, Republic of the	78.40		2003 est.
246	.	Cook Islands	NA		2010
222	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
83	.	Costa Rica	95.10		2000 census
187	.	Cote d'Ivoire	46.60		2010 est.
52	.	Croatia	98.20		2010 est.
9	.	Cuba	99.80		2002 census
223	.	Curacao	NA		NA
74	.	Cyprus	96.30		2001 census
35	.	Czech Republic	99.00		2011 census
34	.	Denmark	99.00		2003 est.
221	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
170	.	Djibouti	58.40		2003 est.
89	.	Dominica	94.00		2003 est.
125	.	Dominican Republic	87.20		2002 census
96	.	Ecuador	92.30		2010 census
163	.	Egypt	63.50		2010 est.
145	.	El Salvador	79.60		2007 census
107	.	Equatorial Guinea	90.60		2010 est.
173	.	Eritrea	57.50		2010 est.
10	.	Estonia	99.80		2010 census
194	.	Ethiopia	35.10		2003 est.
228	.	European Union	NA		NA
252	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
209	.	Faroe Islands	12.50		2005
99	.	Fiji	91.90		2003 est.
4	.	Finland	100.00		2000 est.
41	.	France	99.00		2003 est.
62	.	French Polynesia	98.00		2002
229	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
133	.	Gabon	84.90		2010 est.
192	.	Gambia, The	40.40		2010 est.
121	.	Gaza Strip	88.00		2004 est.
14	.	Georgia	99.70		2010 est.
42	.	Germany	99.00		2003 est.
162	.	Ghana	65.30		2010 census
251	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
88	.	Greece	94.20		2001 census
6	.	Greenland	100.00		2001 est.
253	.	Grenada	NA		2003 est.
44	.	Guam	99.00		1990 est.
164	.	Guatemala	63.30		2002 census
254	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
197	.	Guinea	30.00		2010 est.
191	.	Guinea-Bissau	40.60		2010 est.
101	.	Guyana	91.60		2002 Census
178	.	Haiti	51.20		2003 est.
230	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
5	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	100.00		NA
142	.	Honduras	80.20		2001 census
112	.	Hong Kong	89.60		2002
48	.	Hungary	98.90		2010 est.
43	.	Iceland	99.00		2003 est.
184	.	India	47.80		2001 census
127	.	Indonesia	86.80		2004 est.
155	.	Iran	70.40		2002 est.
154	.	Iraq	70.60		2010 est.
38	.	Ireland	99.00		2003 est.
213	.	Isle of Man	5.10		2006
78	.	Israel	95.90		2004 est.
59	.	Italy	98.00		2001 census
100	.	Jamaica	91.60		2003 est.
226	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
39	.	Japan	99.00		2002
248	.	Jersey	NA		NA
114	.	Jordan	89.20		2010 est.
24	.	Kazakhstan	99.30		2010
135	.	Kenya	84.20		2010 est.
207	.	Kiribati	13.00		2008
37	.	Korea, North	99.00		1991 est.
71	.	Korea, South	96.60		2002
123	.	Kosovo	87.50		2007 Census
104	.	Kuwait	91.00		2005 census
54	.	Kyrgyzstan	98.10		2009
165	.	Laos	63.00		2005 Census
8	.	Latvia	99.80		2010 est.
137	.	Lebanon	82.20		2003 est.
79	.	Lesotho	95.60		2010 est.
175	.	Liberia	56.80		2010 est.
136	.	Libya	82.70		2010 est.
3	.	Liechtenstein	100.00		2008
12	.	Lithuania	99.70		2010 est.
2	.	Luxembourg	100.00		2000 est.
122	.	Macau	87.80		2001 census
77	.	Macedonia	95.90		2010 est.
168	.	Madagascar	61.60		2009 est.
157	.	Malawi	68.50		2010 est.
131	.	Malaysia	85.40		2000 census
86	.	Maldives	94.70		2006 Census
202	.	Mali	19.80		2009 census
90	.	Malta	93.90		2005 Census
91	.	Marshall Islands	93.70		2003
177	.	Mauritania	51.20		2010 est.
129	.	Mauritius	86.20		2010 est.
245	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
132	.	Mexico	85.30		2005 Census
120	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	88.00		1980 est.
53	.	Moldova	98.10		2010 est.
31	.	Monaco	99.00		2003 est.
63	.	Mongolia	97.90		2010 est.
64	.	Montenegro	97.40		2010 est.
68	.	Montserrat	97.00		2007
188	.	Morocco	43.90		2009 est.
190	.	Mozambique	42.80		2010 est.
117	.	Namibia	88.50		2010 est.
211	.	Nauru	10.00		2008
220	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
183	.	Nepal	48.30		2010 census
33	.	Netherlands	99.00		2003 est.
81	.	New Caledonia	95.50		1996 census
32	.	New Zealand	99.00		2003 est.
158	.	Nicaragua	67.80		2003 est.
205	.	Niger	15.10		2005 est.
181	.	Nigeria	50.40		2010 est.
243	.	Niue	NA		2005
242	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
75	.	Northern Mariana Islands	96.00		2003
1	.	Norway	100.00		2008
152	.	Oman	73.50		2003 census
193	.	Pakistan	40.30		2009 est.
111	.	Palau	90.00		2001
103	.	Panama	91.20		2000 census
179	.	Papua New Guinea	50.90		2000 census
219	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
93	.	Paraguay	93.00		2003 est.
113	.	Peru	89.40		2007 Census
95	.	Philippines	92.70		2000 census
244	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
22	.	Poland	99.40		2010 est.
92	.	Portugal	93.60		2010 est.
87	.	Puerto Rico	94.40		2002 est.
82	.	Qatar	95.40		2010 est.
65	.	Romania	97.10		2010 est.
20	.	Russia	99.50		2010 est.
160	.	Rwanda	67.50		2010 est.
225	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
58	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	98.00		1987 est.
247	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA		2003 est.
106	.	Saint Lucia	90.60		2001 est.
224	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
36	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	99.00		1982 est.
76	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	96.00		2005
13	.	Samoa	99.70		2003 est.
84	.	San Marino	95.00		NA
148	.	Sao Tome and Principe	77.90		2001 census
139	.	Saudi Arabia	81.30		2010 est.
198	.	Senegal	29.20		2002 est.
70	.	Serbia	96.70		2010 est.
97	.	Seychelles	92.30		2002 census
200	.	Sierra Leone	24.40		2004 est.
116	.	Singapore	88.60		2000 census
216	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
17	.	Slovakia	99.60		2004
11	.	Slovenia	99.70		2010 est.
212	.	Solomon Islands	9.00		2007
199	.	Somalia	25.80		2001 est.
130	.	South Africa	85.70		2003 est.
214	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
203	.	South Sudan	16.00		NA
67	.	Spain	97.00		2010 est.
215	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
110	.	Sri Lanka	90.00		2010 census
180	.	Sudan	50.50		2003 est.
124	.	Suriname	87.20		2004 census
236	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
140	.	Swaziland	80.80		2003 est.
25	.	Sweden	99.00		2003 est.
26	.	Switzerland	99.00		2003 est.
151	.	Syria	73.60		2004 census
238	.	Taiwan	NA		2003
18	.	Tajikistan	99.60		2010 est.
166	.	Tanzania	62.20		2002 census
108	.	Thailand	90.50		2000 census
237	.	Timor-Leste	NA		2002
185	.	Togo	46.90		2003 est.
206	.	Tokelau	13.00		2003
27	.	Tonga	99.00		2007
57	.	Trinidad and Tobago	98.00		2003 est.
161	.	Tunisia	65.30		2004 census
144	.	Turkey	79.60		2004 est.
50	.	Turkmenistan	98.30		1999 est.
56	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	98.00		2005
210	.	Tuvalu	11.00		2001
172	.	Uganda	57.70		2002 census
19	.	Ukraine	99.60		2010 est.
138	.	United Arab Emirates	81.70		2003 est.
28	.	United Kingdom	99.00		2003 est.
29	.	United States	99.00		2003 est.
217	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
49	.	Uruguay	98.40		2003 est.
30	.	Uzbekistan	99.00		2003 est.
239	.	Vanuatu	NA		2004
94	.	Venezuela	92.70		2001 census
98	.	Vietnam	92.00		2002 est.
240	.	Virgin Islands	NA		2005 est.
218	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
182	.	Wallis and Futuna	50.00		969 est.
119	.	West Bank	88.00		2004 est.
241	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
143	.	World	79.70		2010 est.
186	.	Yemen	46.80		2010 est.
150	.	Zambia	74.80		2003 est.
126	.	Zimbabwe	87.20		2003 est.

NOTE: The information regarding Literacy - female(%) 2013 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2013. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Literacy - female(%) 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Literacy - female(%) 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.