List by rank

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
138		Afghanistan	28.10		2000 est.
141		Akrotiri	NA		NA
12		Albania	98.70		2001 census
96		Algeria	69.90		2002 est.
24		American Samoa	97.00		1980 est.
1		Andorra	100.00		NA
103		Angola	67.40		2001 est.
32		Anguilla	95.00		1984 est.
141		Antarctica	NA		NA
69		Antigua and Barbuda	85.80		2003 est.
22		Argentina	97.20		2001 census
6		Armenia	99.40		2001 census
21		Aruba	97.30		2000 census
141		Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
9		Australia	99.00		2003 est.
17		Austria	98.00		NA
11		Azerbaijan	98.80		1999 census
31		Bahamas, The	95.60		2003 est.
66		Bahrain	86.50		2001 census
125		Bangladesh	47.90		2001 Census
3		Barbados	99.70		2002 est.
4		Belarus	99.60		1999 census
9		Belgium	99.00		2003 est.
87		Belize	76.90		2000 census
135		Benin	34.70		2002 census
17		Bermuda	98.00		2005 est.
127		Bhutan	47.00		2003 est.
65		Bolivia	86.70		2001 census
25		Bosnia and Herzegovina	96.70		2000 est.
79		Botswana	81.20		2003 est.
141		Bouvet Island	NA		NA
61		Brazil	88.60		2004 est.
141		British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
19		British Virgin Islands	97.80		NA
43		Brunei	92.70		2001 census
15		Bulgaria	98.20		2001 census
140		Burkina Faso	21.80		2003 est.
57		Burma	89.90		2006 est.
111		Burundi	59.30		2000 est.
92		Cambodia	73.60		2004 est.
101		Cameroon	67.90		2001 est.
9		Canada	99.00		2003 est.
88		Cape Verde	76.60		2003 est.
17		Cayman Islands	98.00		1970 est.
124		Central African Republic	48.60		2000 est.
139		Chad	25.70		2000 est.
30		Chile	95.70		2002 census
50		China	91.60		2007
141		Christmas Island	NA		NA
141		Clipperton Island	NA		NA
141		Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
54		Colombia	90.40		2005 census
116		Comoros	56.50		2003 est.
104		Congo, Democratic Republic of the	67.20		2001 est.
75		Congo, Republic of the	83.80		2003 est.
32		Cook Islands	95.00		NA
141		Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
33		Costa Rica	94.90		2000 census
123		Cote d'Ivoire	48.70		2000 est.
16		Croatia	98.10		2001 census
2		Cuba	99.80		2002 census
141		Curacao	NA		NA
20		Cyprus	97.60		2001 census
9		Czech Republic	99.00		2003 est.
9		Denmark	99.00		2003 est.
141		Dhekelia	NA		NA
101		Djibouti	67.90		2003 est.
35		Dominica	94.00		2003 est.
64		Dominican Republic	87.00		2002 census
52		Ecuador	91.00		2001 census
94		Egypt	71.40		2005 est.
80		El Salvador	81.10		2007 census
64		Equatorial Guinea	87.00		2000 est.
112		Eritrea	58.60		2003 est.
2		Estonia	99.80		2000 census
129		Ethiopia	42.70		2003 est.
141		European Union	NA		NA
141		Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
141		Faroe Islands	NA		NA
37		Fiji	93.70		2003 est.
1		Finland	100.00		2000 est.
9		France	99.00		2003 est.
17		French Polynesia	98.00		1977 est.
141		French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
106		Gabon	63.20		1995 est.
131		Gambia, The	40.10		2003 est.
46		Gaza Strip	92.40		2004 est.
1		Georgia	100.00		2004 est.
9		Germany	99.00		2003 est.
113		Ghana	57.90		2000 census
82		Gibraltar	80.00		NA
29		Greece	96.00		2001 census
1		Greenland	100.00		2001 est.
29		Grenada	96.00		2003 est.
141		Guam	NA		NA
98		Guatemala	69.10		2002 census
141		Guernsey	NA		NA
136		Guinea	29.50		2003 est.
130		Guinea-Bissau	42.40		2003 est.
49		Guyana	91.80		2002 Census
117		Haiti	52.90		2003 est.
141		Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
1		Holy See (Vatican City)	100.00		NA
82		Honduras	80.00		2001 census
38		Hong Kong	93.50		2002
6		Hungary	99.40		2003 est.
9		Iceland	99.00		2003 est.
109		India	61.00		2001 census
54		Indonesia	90.40		2004 est.
86		Iran	77.00		2002 est.
90		Iraq	74.10		2000 est.
9		Ireland	99.00		2003 est.
141		Isle of Man	NA		NA
23		Israel	97.10		2004 est.
14		Italy	98.40		2001 census
62		Jamaica	87.90		2003 est.
141		Jan Mayen	NA		NA
9		Japan	99.00		2002
141		Jersey	NA		NA
57		Jordan	89.90		2003 est.
5		Kazakhstan	99.50		1999 est.
70		Kenya	85.10		2003 est.
141		Kiribati	NA		NA
9		Korea, North	99.00		NA
18		Korea, South	97.90		2002
48		Kosovo	91.90		2007 Census
39		Kuwait	93.30		2005 census
12		Kyrgyzstan	98.70		1999 census
93		Laos	73.00		2005 Census
3		Latvia	99.70		2000 census
63		Lebanon	87.40		2003 est.
73		Lesotho	84.80		2003 est.
114		Liberia	57.50		NA
76		Libya	82.60		2003 est.
1		Liechtenstein	100.00		NA
4		Lithuania	99.60		2001 census
1		Luxembourg	100.00		2000 est.
51		Macau	91.30		2001 census
28		Macedonia	96.10		2002 census
99		Madagascar	68.90		2003 est.
107		Malawi	62.70		2003 est.
60		Malaysia	88.70		2000 census
36		Maldives	93.80		2006 Census
128		Mali	46.40		2003 est.
42		Malta	92.80		2005 Census
37		Marshall Islands	93.70		1999
119		Mauritania	51.20		2000 census
74		Mauritius	84.40		2000 census
141		Mayotte	NA		NA
68		Mexico	86.10		2005 Census
59		Micronesia, Federated States of	89.00		1980 est.
8		Moldova	99.10		2005 est.
9		Monaco	99.00		2003 est.
19		Mongolia	97.80		2000 census
141		Montenegro	NA		NA
24		Montserrat	97.00		1970 est.
118		Morocco	52.30		2004 census
126		Mozambique	47.80		2003 est.
71		Namibia	85.00		2001 census
141		Nauru	NA		NA
141		Navassa Island	NA		NA
124		Nepal	48.60		2001 census
9		Netherlands	99.00		2003 est.
141		Netherlands Antilles	NA		NA
27		New Caledonia	96.20		1996 census
9		New Zealand	99.00		2003 est.
102		Nicaragua	67.50		2003 est.
137		Niger	28.70		2005 est.
100		Nigeria	68.00		2003 est.
32		Niue	95.00		NA
141		Norfolk Island	NA		NA
24		Northern Mariana Islands	97.00		1980 est.
1		Norway	100.00		NA
78		Oman	81.40		2003 census
122		Pakistan	49.90		2005 est.
47		Palau	92.00		1980 est.
48		Panama	91.90		2000 census
115		Papua New Guinea	57.30		2000 census
141		Paracel Islands	NA		NA
35		Paraguay	94.00		2003 est.
41		Peru	92.90		2007 Census
44		Philippines	92.60		2000 census
141		Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
2		Poland	99.80		2003 est.
39		Portugal	93.30		2003 est.
34		Puerto Rico	94.10		2002 est.
59		Qatar	89.00		2004 census
21		Romania	97.30		2002 census
6		Russia	99.40		2002 census
95		Rwanda	70.40		2003 est.
141		Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
24		Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	97.00		1987 est.
19		Saint Kitts and Nevis	97.80		2003 est.
56		Saint Lucia	90.10		2001 est.
141		Saint Martin	NA		NA
9		Saint Pierre and Miquelon	99.00		1982 est.
29		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	96.00		1970 est.
3		Samoa	99.70		2003 est.
29		San Marino	96.00		NA
72		Sao Tome and Principe	84.90		2001 census
84		Saudi Arabia	78.80		2003 est.
132		Senegal	39.30		2002 est.
26		Serbia	96.40		NA
49		Seychelles	91.80		2002 census
134		Sierra Leone	35.10		2004 est.
45		Singapore	92.50		2000 census
141		Sint Maarten	NA		NA
4		Slovakia	99.60		2004
3		Slovenia	99.70		NA
141		Solomon Islands	NA		NA
133		Somalia	37.80		2001 est.
67		South Africa	86.40		2003 est.
141		South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
18		Spain	97.90		2003 est.
141		Spratly Islands	NA		NA
53		Sri Lanka	90.70		2001 census
108		Sudan	61.10		2003 est.
58		Suriname	89.60		2004 census
141		Svalbard	NA		NA
77		Swaziland	81.60		2003 est.
9		Sweden	99.00		2003 est.
9		Switzerland	99.00		2003 est.
83		Syria	79.60		2004 census
28		Taiwan	96.10		2003
5		Tajikistan	99.50		2000 census
97		Tanzania	69.40		2002 census
44		Thailand	92.60		2000 census
112		Timor-Leste	58.60		2002
110		Togo	60.90		2003 est.
141		Tokelau	NA		NA
10		Tonga	98.90		1999 est.
13		Trinidad and Tobago	98.60		2003 est.
89		Tunisia	74.30		2004 census
63		Turkey	87.40		2004 est.
11		Turkmenistan	98.80		1999 est.
17		Turks and Caicos Islands	98.00		1970 est.
141		Tuvalu	NA		NA
105		Uganda	66.80		2002 census
6		Ukraine	99.40		2001 census
85		United Arab Emirates	77.90		2003 est.
9		United Kingdom	99.00		2003 est.
9		United States	99.00		2003 est.
141		United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
17		Uruguay	98.00		2003 est.
7		Uzbekistan	99.30		2003 est.
91		Vanuatu	74.00		1999 census
40		Venezuela	93.00		2001 census
55		Vietnam	90.30		2002 est.
141		Virgin Islands	NA		NA
141		Wake Island	NA		NA
121		Wallis and Futuna	50.00		1969 est.
46		West Bank	92.40		2004 est.
141		Western Sahara	NA		NA
141		World	NA		NA
120		Yemen	50.20		2003 est.
81		Zambia	80.60		2003 est.
53		Zimbabwe	90.70		2003 est.

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