List by rank

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
119		Afghanistan	43.10		2000 est.
129		Akrotiri	NA		NA
7		Albania	99.20		2001 census
77		Algeria	79.60		2002 est.
16		American Samoa	98.00		1980 est.
1		Andorra	100.00		2008
71		Angola	82.90		2001 est.
34		Anguilla	95.00		2008
129		Antarctica	NA		NA
129		Antigua and Barbuda	NA		2003 est.
20		Argentina	97.20		2001 census
3		Armenia	99.70		2001 census
19		Aruba	97.50		2000 census
129		Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
9		Australia	99.00		2003 est.
129		Austria	NA		2008
5		Azerbaijan	99.50		2008
36		Bahamas, The	94.70		2003 est.
59		Bahrain	88.60		2001 census
110		Bangladesh	54.00		2001 Census
3		Barbados	99.70		2002 est.
2		Belarus	99.80		2007
9		Belgium	99.00		2003 est.
82		Belize	76.70		2000 census
116		Benin	47.90		2002 census
16		Bermuda	98.00		2005 est.
106		Bhutan	60.00		2003 est.
44		Bolivia	93.10		2001 census
9		Bosnia and Herzegovina	99.00		2000 est.
75		Botswana	80.40		2003 est.
129		Bouvet Island	NA		NA
60		Brazil	88.40		2004 est.
129		British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
129		British Virgin Islands	NA		2005
32		Brunei	95.20		2001 census
12		Bulgaria	98.70		2001 census
123		Burkina Faso	29.40		2003 est.
40		Burma	93.90		2006 est.
95		Burundi	67.30		2000 est.
66		Cambodia	84.70		2004 est.
80		Cameroon	77.00		2001 est.
9		Canada	99.00		2003 est.
65		Cape Verde	85.80		2003 est.
16		Cayman Islands	98.00		2008
99		Central African Republic	64.80		2000 est.
122		Chad	40.80		2000 est.
28		Chile	95.80		2002 census
29		China	95.70		2007
129		Christmas Island	NA		NA
129		Clipperton Island	NA		NA
129		Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
55		Colombia	90.10		2005 census
100		Comoros	63.60		2003 est.
74		Congo, Democratic Republic of the	80.90		2001 est.
56		Congo, Republic of the	89.60		2003 est.
129		Cook Islands	NA		2005
129		Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
36		Costa Rica	94.70		2000 census
105		Cote d'Ivoire	60.80		2000 est.
6		Croatia	99.30		2001 census
2		Cuba	99.80		2002 census
129		Curacao	NA		NA
10		Cyprus	98.90		2001 census
9		Czech Republic	99.00		2003 est.
9		Denmark	99.00		2003 est.
129		Dhekelia	NA		NA
78		Djibouti	78.00		2003 est.
39		Dominica	94.00		2003 est.
63		Dominican Republic	86.80		2002 census
48		Ecuador	92.30		2001 census
70		Egypt	83.00		2005 est.
72		El Salvador	82.80		2007 census
42		Equatorial Guinea	93.40		2000 est.
94		Eritrea	69.90		2003 est.
2		Estonia	99.80		2000 census
113		Ethiopia	50.30		2003 est.
129		European Union	NA		NA
129		Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
129		Faroe Islands	NA		NA
30		Fiji	95.50		2003 est.
1		Finland	100.00		2000 est.
9		France	99.00		2003 est.
16		French Polynesia	98.00		977 est.
129		French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
89		Gabon	73.70		2000
117		Gambia, The	47.80		2003 est.
24		Gaza Strip	96.70		2004 est.
1		Georgia	100.00		2004 est.
9		Germany	99.00		2003 est.
97		Ghana	66.40		2000 census
129		Gibraltar	NA		NA
17		Greece	97.80		2001 census
1		Greenland	100.00		2001 est.
129		Grenada	NA		2003 est.
9		Guam	99.00		1990 est.
87		Guatemala	75.40		2002 census
129		Guernsey	NA		NA
121		Guinea	42.60		2003 est.
108		Guinea-Bissau	58.10		2003 est.
50		Guyana	92.00		2002 Census
109		Haiti	54.80		2003 est.
129		Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
1		Holy See (Vatican City)	100.00		NA
76		Honduras	79.80		2001 census
22		Hong Kong	96.90		2002
5		Hungary	99.50		2003 est.
9		Iceland	99.00		2003 est.
90		India	73.40		2001 census
39		Indonesia	94.00		2004 est.
68		Iran	83.50		2002 est.
67		Iraq	84.10		2000 est.
9		Ireland	99.00		2003 est.
129		Isle of Man	NA		NA
13		Israel	98.50		2004 est.
11		Italy	98.80		2001 census
67		Jamaica	84.10		2003 est.
129		Jan Mayen	NA		NA
9		Japan	99.00		2002
129		Jersey	NA		NA
33		Jordan	95.10		2003 est.
2		Kazakhstan	99.80		2009
54		Kenya	90.60		2003 est.
124		Kiribati	12.00		2005
9		Korea, North	99.00		NA
7		Korea, South	99.20		2002
25		Kosovo	96.60		2007 Census
37		Kuwait	94.40		2005 census
6		Kyrgyzstan	99.30		2008
70		Laos	83.00		2005 Census
2		Latvia	99.80		2000 census
44		Lebanon	93.10		2003 est.
88		Lesotho	74.50		2003 est.
91		Liberia	73.30		2003 est.
47		Libya	92.40		2003 est.
1		Liechtenstein	100.00		2008
4		Lithuania	99.60		2001 census
1		Luxembourg	100.00		2000 est.
31		Macau	95.30		2001 census
15		Macedonia	98.20		2002 census
86		Madagascar	75.50		2003 est.
84		Malawi	76.10		2003 est.
50		Malaysia	92.00		2000 census
45		Maldives	93.00		2006 Census
111		Mali	53.50		2003 est.
51		Malta	91.70		2005 Census
41		Marshall Islands	93.60		2003
107		Mauritania	59.50		2000 census
60		Mauritius	88.40		2000 census
129		Mayotte	NA		NA
62		Mexico	86.90		2005 Census
53		Micronesia, Federated States of	91.00		2000
3		Moldova	99.70		2005 est.
9		Monaco	99.00		2003 est.
16		Mongolia	98.00		2000 census
129		Montenegro	NA		NA
21		Montserrat	97.00		2007
98		Morocco	65.70		2004 census
101		Mozambique	63.50		2003 est.
63		Namibia	86.80		2001 census
128		Nauru	8.00		2006
129		Navassa Island	NA		NA
104		Nepal	62.70		2001 census
9		Netherlands	99.00		2003 est.
24		Netherlands Antilles	96.70		2003 est.
23		New Caledonia	96.80		1996 census
9		New Zealand	99.00		2003 est.
96		Nicaragua	67.20		2003 est.
120		Niger	42.90		2005 est.
85		Nigeria	75.70		2003 est.
129		Niue	NA		2005
129		Norfolk Island	NA		NA
21		Northern Mariana Islands	97.00		1980 est.
1		Norway	100.00		2008
63		Oman	86.80		2003 census
103		Pakistan	63.00		2005 est.
45		Palau	93.00		2001
46		Panama	92.50		2000 census
102		Papua New Guinea	63.40		2000 census
129		Paracel Islands	NA		NA
35		Paraguay	94.90		2003 est.
26		Peru	96.40		2007 Census
46		Philippines	92.50		2000 census
129		Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
2		Poland	99.80		2003 est.
30		Portugal	95.50		2003 est.
40		Puerto Rico	93.90		2002 est.
58		Qatar	89.10		2004 census
14		Romania	98.40		2002 census
3		Russia	99.70		2002 census
83		Rwanda	76.30		2003 est.
129		Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
21		Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	97.00		1987 est.
129		Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA		2003 est.
57		Saint Lucia	89.50		2001 est.
129		Saint Martin	NA		NA
9		Saint Pierre and Miquelon	99.00		1982 est.
27		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	96.00		2005
4		Samoa	99.60		2003 est.
21		San Marino	97.00		NA
49		Sao Tome and Principe	92.20		2001 census
66		Saudi Arabia	84.70		2003 est.
112		Senegal	51.10		2002 est.
10		Serbia	98.90		2003 census
52		Seychelles	91.40		2002 census
118		Sierra Leone	46.90		2004 est.
25		Singapore	96.60		2000 census
129		Sint Maarten	NA		NA
3		Slovakia	99.70		2004
3		Slovenia	99.70		2008
127		Solomon Islands	9.00		2006
115		Somalia	49.70		2001 est.
61		South Africa	87.00		2003 est.
129		South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
12		Spain	98.70		2003 est.
129		Spratly Islands	NA		NA
48		Sri Lanka	92.30		2001 census
92		Sudan	71.80		2003 est.
50		Suriname	92.00		2004 census
129		Svalbard	NA		NA
73		Swaziland	82.60		2003 est.
9		Sweden	99.00		2003 est.
9		Switzerland	99.00		2003 est.
64		Syria	86.00		2004 census
129		Taiwan	NA		2003
3		Tajikistan	99.70		2000 census
79		Tanzania	77.50		2002 census
35		Thailand	94.90		2000 census
129		Timor-Leste	NA		2002
87		Togo	75.40		2003 est.
126		Tokelau	10.00		2004
11		Tonga	98.80		2004
8		Trinidad and Tobago	99.10		2003 est.
69		Tunisia	83.40		2004 census
31		Turkey	95.30		2004 est.
6		Turkmenistan	99.30		1999 est.
9		Turks and Caicos Islands	99.00		2005
125		Tuvalu	11.00		2001
81		Uganda	76.80		2002 census
3		Ukraine	99.70		2001 census
84		United Arab Emirates	76.10		2003 est.
9		United Kingdom	99.00		2003 est.
9		United States	99.00		2003 est.
129		United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
18		Uruguay	97.60		2003 est.
4		Uzbekistan	99.60		2003 est.
129		Vanuatu	NA		2004
43		Venezuela	93.30		2001 census
40		Vietnam	93.90		2002 est.
129		Virgin Islands	NA		2005 est.
129		Wake Island	NA		NA
114		Wallis and Futuna	50.00		969 est.
24		West Bank	96.70		2004 est.
129		Western Sahara	NA		NA
61		World	87.00		2005 est.
93		Yemen	70.50		2003 est.
63		Zambia	86.80		2003 est.
38		Zimbabwe	94.20		2003 est.

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