List by rank

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
202	.	Afghanistan	43.10		2000 est.
232	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
34	.	Albania	99.20		2001 census
162	.	Algeria	79.60		2002 est.
68	.	American Samoa	98.00		1980 est.
7	.	Andorra	100.00		2008
155	.	Angola	82.70		2010 est.
100	.	Anguilla	95.00		2008
231	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
255	.	Antigua and Barbuda	NA		2003 est.
69	.	Argentina	98.00		2010 census
22	.	Armenia	99.70		2010 est.
73	.	Aruba	97.50		2000 census
233	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
56	.	Australia	99.00		2003 est.
256	.	Austria	NA		2008
8	.	Azerbaijan	99.90		2010 census
104	.	Bahamas, The	94.70		2003 est.
90	.	Bahrain	96.10		2010 census
190	.	Bangladesh	61.30		2010 est.
23	.	Barbados	99.70		2002 est.
16	.	Belarus	99.80		2009 census
57	.	Belgium	99.00		2003 est.
169	.	Belize	76.70		2000 census
193	.	Benin	55.20		2010 census
70	.	Bermuda	98.00		2005 est.
192	.	Bhutan	60.00		2003 est.
115	.	Bolivia	93.10		2001 census
28	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	99.40		2010 est.
149	.	Botswana	84.00		2010 est.
235	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
138	.	Brazil	88.40		2004 est.
234	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
257	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		2009
99	.	Brunei	95.20		2001 census
62	.	Bulgaria	98.70		2011
206	.	Burkina Faso	29.40		2003 est.
111	.	Burma	93.90		2006 est.
176	.	Burundi	72.90		2010 est.
146	.	Cambodia	85.10		2008 census
148	.	Cameroon	84.00		2001 est.
51	.	Canada	99.00		2003 est.
135	.	Cape Verde	89.30		2010 est.
66	.	Cayman Islands	98.00		2008
180	.	Central African Republic	69.30		2010 est.
201	.	Chad	45.00		2010 est.
94	.	Chile	95.80		2002 census
92	.	China	96.00		2007
249	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
227	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
250	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
132	.	Colombia	90.10		2005 census
160	.	Comoros	80.20		2010 est.
167	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	76.90		2010 est.
133	.	Congo, Republic of the	89.60		2003 est.
246	.	Cook Islands	NA		2010
221	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
103	.	Costa Rica	94.70		2000 census
186	.	Cote d'Ivoire	65.20		2010 est.
26	.	Croatia	99.50		2010 est.
12	.	Cuba	99.80		2002 census
223	.	Curacao	NA		NA
58	.	Cyprus	98.90		2001 census
45	.	Czech Republic	99.00		2011 census
46	.	Denmark	99.00		2003 est.
222	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
165	.	Djibouti	78.00		2003 est.
108	.	Dominica	94.00		2003 est.
142	.	Dominican Republic	86.80		2002 census
106	.	Ecuador	94.20		2010 census
159	.	Egypt	80.30		2010 est.
154	.	El Salvador	82.80		2007 census
74	.	Equatorial Guinea	97.10		2010 est.
163	.	Eritrea	78.70		2010 est.
15	.	Estonia	99.80		2010 census
197	.	Ethiopia	50.30		2003 est.
228	.	European Union	NA		NA
252	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
213	.	Faroe Islands	6.90		2005
96	.	Fiji	95.50		2003 est.
4	.	Finland	100.00		2000 est.
53	.	France	99.00		2003 est.
67	.	French Polynesia	98.00		2002
229	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
125	.	Gabon	91.90		2010 est.
191	.	Gambia, The	60.00		2010 est.
84	.	Gaza Strip	96.70		2004 est.
14	.	Georgia	99.80		2010 est.
52	.	Germany	99.00		2003 est.
164	.	Ghana	78.30		2010 census
251	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
71	.	Greece	97.80		2001 census
6	.	Greenland	100.00		2001 est.
254	.	Grenada	NA		2003 est.
54	.	Guam	99.00		1990 est.
172	.	Guatemala	75.40		2002 census
253	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
195	.	Guinea	52.00		2010 est.
183	.	Guinea-Bissau	68.20		2010 est.
124	.	Guyana	92.00		2002 Census
194	.	Haiti	54.80		2003 est.
230	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
5	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	100.00		NA
161	.	Honduras	79.80		2001 census
81	.	Hong Kong	96.90		2002
33	.	Hungary	99.20		2010 est.
55	.	Iceland	99.00		2003 est.
174	.	India	73.40		2001 census
109	.	Indonesia	94.00		2004 est.
150	.	Iran	83.50		2002 est.
145	.	Iraq	86.00		2010 est.
50	.	Ireland	99.00		2003 est.
210	.	Isle of Man	9.50		2006
64	.	Israel	98.50		2004 est.
60	.	Italy	98.80		2001 census
147	.	Jamaica	84.10		2003 est.
226	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
48	.	Japan	99.00		2002
248	.	Jersey	NA		NA
93	.	Jordan	95.80		2010 est.
13	.	Kazakhstan	99.80		2010
130	.	Kenya	90.60		2010 est.
208	.	Kiribati	12.00		2008
49	.	Korea, North	99.00		1991 est.
32	.	Korea, South	99.20		2002
86	.	Kosovo	96.60		2007 Census
105	.	Kuwait	94.40		2005 census
30	.	Kyrgyzstan	99.30		2009
153	.	Laos	83.00		2005 Census
11	.	Latvia	99.80		2010 est.
114	.	Lebanon	93.10		2003 est.
152	.	Lesotho	83.30		2010 est.
188	.	Liberia	64.80		2010 est.
95	.	Libya	95.60		2010 est.
3	.	Liechtenstein	100.00		2008
20	.	Lithuania	99.70		2010 est.
2	.	Luxembourg	100.00		2000 est.
98	.	Macau	95.30		2001 census
61	.	Macedonia	98.70		2010 est.
184	.	Madagascar	67.40		2009 est.
158	.	Malawi	81.10		2010 est.
123	.	Malaysia	92.00		2000 census
117	.	Maldives	93.00		2006 Census
205	.	Mali	36.10		2009 census
126	.	Malta	91.70		2005 Census
112	.	Marshall Islands	93.60		2003
187	.	Mauritania	64.90		2010 est.
129	.	Mauritius	90.90		2010 est.
245	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
140	.	Mexico	86.90		2005 Census
128	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	91.00		1980 est.
36	.	Moldova	99.10		2010 est.
44	.	Monaco	99.00		2003 est.
80	.	Mongolia	96.90		2010 est.
27	.	Montenegro	99.40		2010 est.
76	.	Montserrat	97.00		2007
181	.	Morocco	68.90		2009 est.
179	.	Mozambique	70.80		2010 est.
136	.	Namibia	89.00		2010 est.
212	.	Nauru	9.00		2008
220	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
175	.	Nepal	73.00		2010 census
42	.	Netherlands	99.00		2003 est.
82	.	New Caledonia	96.80		1996 census
43	.	New Zealand	99.00		2003 est.
185	.	Nicaragua	67.20		2003 est.
203	.	Niger	42.90		2005 est.
177	.	Nigeria	72.10		2010 est.
243	.	Niue	NA		2005
242	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
75	.	Northern Mariana Islands	97.00		2003
1	.	Norway	100.00		2008
141	.	Oman	86.80		2003 census
182	.	Pakistan	68.60		2009 est.
116	.	Palau	93.00		2001
119	.	Panama	92.50		2000 census
189	.	Papua New Guinea	63.40		2000 census
219	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
102	.	Paraguay	94.90		2003 est.
88	.	Peru	96.40		2007 Census
120	.	Philippines	92.50		2000 census
244	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
19	.	Poland	99.70		2010 est.
79	.	Portugal	96.90		2010 est.
110	.	Puerto Rico	93.90		2002 est.
87	.	Qatar	96.50		2010 est.
65	.	Romania	98.30		2010 est.
21	.	Russia	99.70		2010 est.
173	.	Rwanda	74.80		2010 est.
224	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
77	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	97.00		1987 est.
247	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA		2003 est.
134	.	Saint Lucia	89.50		2001 est.
225	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
47	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	99.00		1982 est.
91	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	96.00		2005
25	.	Samoa	99.60		2003 est.
78	.	San Marino	97.00		NA
121	.	Sao Tome and Principe	92.20		2001 census
131	.	Saudi Arabia	90.40		2010 est.
196	.	Senegal	51.10		2002 est.
31	.	Serbia	99.20		2010 est.
127	.	Seychelles	91.40		2002 census
200	.	Sierra Leone	46.90		2004 est.
85	.	Singapore	96.60		2000 census
216	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
18	.	Slovakia	99.70		2004
17	.	Slovenia	99.70		2010 est.
211	.	Solomon Islands	9.00		2007
199	.	Somalia	49.70		2001 est.
139	.	South Africa	87.00		2003 est.
214	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
204	.	South Sudan	40.00		NA
63	.	Spain	98.50		2010 est.
215	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
118	.	Sri Lanka	92.60		2010 census
178	.	Sudan	71.80		2003 est.
122	.	Suriname	92.00		2004 census
236	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
156	.	Swaziland	82.60		2003 est.
37	.	Sweden	99.00		2003 est.
38	.	Switzerland	99.00		2003 est.
144	.	Syria	86.00		2004 census
237	.	Taiwan	NA		2003
10	.	Tajikistan	99.80		2010 est.
166	.	Tanzania	77.50		2002 census
101	.	Thailand	94.90		2000 census
238	.	Timor-Leste	NA		2002
171	.	Togo	75.40		2003 est.
207	.	Tokelau	12.00		2003
59	.	Tonga	98.80		2007
35	.	Trinidad and Tobago	99.10		2003 est.
151	.	Tunisia	83.40		2004 census
97	.	Turkey	95.30		2004 est.
29	.	Turkmenistan	99.30		1999 est.
40	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	99.00		2005
209	.	Tuvalu	10.00		2001
168	.	Uganda	76.80		2002 census
9	.	Ukraine	99.80		2010 est.
170	.	United Arab Emirates	76.10		2003 est.
39	.	United Kingdom	99.00		2003 est.
41	.	United States	99.00		2003 est.
218	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
72	.	Uruguay	97.60		2003 est.
24	.	Uzbekistan	99.60		2003 est.
240	.	Vanuatu	NA		2004
113	.	Venezuela	93.30		2001 census
89	.	Vietnam	96.10		2002 est.
241	.	Virgin Islands	NA		2005 est.
217	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
198	.	Wallis and Futuna	50.00		969 est.
83	.	West Bank	96.70		2004 est.
239	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
137	.	World	88.60		2010 est.
157	.	Yemen	81.20		2010 est.
143	.	Zambia	86.80		2003 est.
107	.	Zimbabwe	94.20		2003 est.

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