1Table 4a. Literacy,,,,,,,,,,,,, 2Last update: December 2012,,,,,,,,,,,,, 3Country or area,Year,,Adult (15+) literacy rate,,,,,, Youth (15-24) literacy rate,,,, 4,,,Total,,Men,,Women,,Total,, Men,,Women 5Albania,2008,,96,,97,,95,,99,,99,,99 6Algeria,2006,,73,,81,,64,,92,,94,,89 7Angola,2010,*,70,,83,,58,,73,,80,,66 8Antigua and Barbuda,2010,*,99,,98,,99,,…,,…,,… 9Argentina,2010,*,98,,98,,98,,99,,99,,99 10Armenia,2010,*,100,,100,,99,,100,,100,,100 11Aruba,2010,,97,,97,,97,,99,,99,,99 12Azerbaijan,2009,,100,,100,,100,,100,,100,,100 13Bahrain,2010,*,92,,93,,90,,100,,100,,100 14Bangladesh,2010,*,57,,61,,52,,77,,75,,78 15Belarus,2009,,100,,100,,99,,100,,100,,100 16Benin,2010,*,42,,55,,30,,55,,66,,45 17Bhutan,2005,,53,,65,,39,,74,,80,,68 18Bolivia (Plurinational State of),2009,,91,,96,,87,,99,,100,,99 19Bosnia and Herzegovina,2010,*,98,,99,,96,,100,,100,,100 20Botswana,2010,*,84,,84,,85,,95,,94,,97 21Brazil,2009,,90,,90,,90,,98,,97,,99 22Brunei Darussalam,2010,*,95,,97,,94,,100,,100,,100 23Bulgaria,2011,,98,,99,,98,,98,,98,,98 24Burkina Faso,2007,,29,,37,,22,,39,,47,,33 25Burundi,2010,*,67,,73,,62,,78,,78,,78 26Cambodia,2009,,74,,83,,66,,87,,88,,86 27Cameroon,2007,,71,,79,,63,,83,,89,,77 28Cape Verde,2010,*,84,,89,,79,,98,,97,,99 29Cayman Islands,2007,,99,,99,,99,,99,,99,,99 30Central African Republic,2010,*,56,,69,,43,,65,,72,,58 31Chad,2010,*,34,,45,,24,,47,,53,,41 32Chile,2009,,99,,99,,98,,99,,99,,99 33China,2010,*,94,,97,,91,,99,,99,,99 34"China, Macao Special Administrative Region",2006,,93,,96,,91,,100,,100,,100 35Colombia,2010,,93,,93,,93,,98,,98,,99 36Comoros,2010,*,75,,80,,70,,86,,86,,85 37Congo,2005,,…,,…,,…,,80,,87,,78 38Costa Rica,2010,*,96,,96,,96,,98,,98,,99 39Côte d'Ivoire,2010,*,56,,65,,47,,67,,72,,62 40Croatia,2010,*,99,,99,,98,,100,,100,,100 41Cuba,2010,*,100,,100,,100,,100,,100,,100 42Cyprus,2010,*,98,,99,,97,,100,,100,,100 43Democratic People's Republic of Korea,2008,,100,,100,,100,,100,,100,,100 44Democratic Republic of the Congo,2010,*,67,,77,,57,,65,,68,,62 45Dominican Republic,2010,,90,,89,,90,,97,,96,,98 46Ecuador,2010,,92,,93,,90,,99,,98,,99 47Egypt,2010,,72,,80,,64,,88,,91,,84 48El Salvador,2010,,84,,87,,82,,96,,96,,96 49Equatorial Guinea,2010,*,94,,97,,91,,98,,98,,98 50Eritrea,2010,*,68,,79,,58,,89,,92,,87 51Estonia,2010,*,100,,100,,100,,100,,100,,100 52Ethiopia,2007,,39,,49,,29,,55,,63,,47 53Gabon,2010,*,88,,92,,85,,98,,99,,97 54Gambia,2010,*,50,,60,,40,,67,,72,,62 55Georgia,2010,*,100,,100,,100,,100,,100,,100 56Ghana,2010,*,67,,73,,61,,81,,82,,80 57Greece,2010,*,97,,98,,96,,99,,99,,99 58Guatemala,2010,*,75,,81,,70,,87,,89,,85 59Guinea,2010,*,41,,52,,30,,63,,70,,57 60Guinea-Bissau,2010,*,54,,68,,41,,72,,79,,65 61Haiti,2006,,49,*,53,*,45,*,72,,74,,70 62Honduras,2010,,85,,85,,85,,95,,94,,96 63Hungary,2010,*,99,,99,,99,,99,,99,,99 64India,2006,,63,,75,,51,,81,,88,,74 65Indonesia,2009,,93,,96,,90,,99,,100,,99 66Iran (Islamic Republic of),2008,,85,,89,,81,,99,,99,,99 67Iraq,2010,*,78,,86,,71,,83,,85,,81 68Italy,2010,*,99,,99,,99,,100,,100,,100 69Jamaica,2010,*,87,,82,,91,,95,,93,,98 70Jordan,2010,,93,,96,,89,,99,,99,,99 71Kazakhstan,2010,*,100,,100,,100,,100,,100,,100 72Kenya,2010,*,87,,91,,84,,93,,92,,94 73Kuwait,2008,,94,,95,,92,,99,,99,,99 74Kyrgyzstan,2009,,99,,100,,99,,100,,100,,100 75Lao People's Democratic Republic,2005,,73,,82,,63,,84,,89,,79 76Latvia,2010,*,100,,100,,100,,100,,100,,100 77Lebanon,2007,,90,,93,,86,,99,,98,,99 78Lesotho,2010,*,90,,83,,96,,92,,86,,98 79Liberia,2010,*,61,,65,,57,,77,,71,,82 80Libya,2010,*,89,,96,,83,,100,,100,,100 81Lithuania,2010,*,100,,100,,100,,100,,100,,100 82Madagascar,2009,*,64,,67,,62,,65,,66,,64 83Malawi,2010,*,75,,81,,68,,87,,87,,87 84Malaysia,2010,,93,,95,,91,,98,,98,,98 85Maldives,2006,,98,,98,,98,,99,,99,,99 86Mali,2010,,31,,43,,20,,44,,56,,34 87Malta,2005,,92,,91,,94,,98,,97,,99 88Mauritania,2010,*,58,,65,,51,,68,,71,,65 89Mauritius,2010,*,89,,91,,86,,97,,96,,98 90Mexico,2010,,93,,94,,92,,98,,98,,98 91Mongolia,2010,*,97,,97,,98,,96,,94,,97 92Montenegro,2010,*,98,,99,,97,,99,,99,,99 93Morocco,2009,,56,,69,,44,,79,,87,,72 94Mozambique,2010,*,56,,71,,43,,72,,79,,65 95Myanmar,2010,*,92,,95,,90,,96,,96,,96 96Namibia,2010,*,89,,89,,88,,93,,91,,95 97Nepal,2010,*,60,,73,,48,,83,,88,,78 98Netherlands Antilles,2010,*,96,,96,,96,,98,,98,,98 99Nicaragua,2005,,78,,78,,78,,87,,85,,89 100Niger,2005,,29,,43,,15,,37,,52,,23 101Nigeria,2010,*,61,,72,,50,,72,,78,,66 102Occupied Palestinian Territory,2010,,95,,98,,92,,99,,99,,99 103Oman,2008,,87,,90,,81,,98,,98,,98 104Pakistan,2009,,55,,69,,40,,71,,79,,61 105Panama,2010,,94,,95,,93,,98,,98,,97 106Papua New Guinea,2010,*,61,,64,,57,,68,,65,,72 107Paraguay,2010,,94,,95,,93,,99,,99,,99 108Peru,2007,,90,,95,,85,,97,,98,,97 109Philippines,2008,,95,,95,,96,,98,,97,,98 110Poland,2010,*,100,,100,,99,,100,,100,,100 111Portugal,2010,*,95,,97,,94,,100,,100,,100 112Puerto Rico,2010,*,90,,90,,91,,87,,86,,87 113Qatar,2010,,96,,97,,95,,97,,96,,98 114Republic of Moldova,2010,*,99,,99,,98,,99,,99,,100 115Romania,2010,*,98,,98,,97,,97,,97,,97 116Russian Federation,2010,*,100,,100,,99,,100,,100,,100 117Rwanda,2010,*,71,,75,,68,,77,,77,,78 118Samoa,2010,*,99,,99,,99,,99,,99,,100 119Sao Tome and Principe,2010,*,89,,94,,85,,95,,95,,96 120Saudi Arabia,2010,*,87,,90,,81,,98,,99,,97 121Senegal,2009,,50,,62,,39,,65,,74,,56 122Serbia,2010,*,98,,99,,97,,99,,99,,99 123Seychelles,2010,*,92,,91,,92,,99,,99,,99 124Sierra Leone,2010,*,42,,54,,31,,59,,69,,50 125Singapore,2010,,96,,98,,94,,100,,100,,100 126Slovenia,2010,*,100,,100,,100,,100,,100,,100 127Solomon Islands,1999,,77,,84,,69,,85,,90,,80 128South Africa,2007,,89,,91,,87,,98,,97,,98 129Spain,2010,,98,,99,,97,,100,,100,,100 130Sri Lanka,2010,,91,,93,,90,,98,,98,,99 131Sudan (pre-secession),2010,*,71,,80,,62,,87,,90,,84 132Suriname,2010,,95,,95,,94,,98,,98,,99 133Swaziland,2010,*,87,,88,,87,,94,,92,,95 134Syrian Arab Republic,2010,*,83,,90,,77,,95,,96,,94 135Tajikistan,2010,*,100,,100,,100,,100,,100,,100 136Thailand,2005,,94,,96,,92,,98,,98,,98 137TFYR of Macedonia,2010,*,97,,99,,96,,99,,99,,99 138Timor-Leste,2010,,58,,64,,53,,80,,80,,79 139Togo,2009,,57,,71,,44,,82,,88,,75 140Tonga,2006,,99,,99,,99,,99,,99,,100 141Trinidad and Tobago,2010,*,99,,99,,98,,100,,100,,100 142Tunisia,2008,,78,,86,,71,,97,,98,,96 143Turkey,2009,,91,,96,,85,,98,,99,,97 144Turkmenistan,2010,*,100,,100,,99,,100,,100,,100 145Uganda,2010,,73,,83,,65,,87,,90,,85 146Ukraine,2010,*,100,,100,,100,,100,,100,,100 147United Arab Emirates,2005,,90,,89,,91,,95,,94,,97 148United Republic of Tanzania,2010,*,73,,79,,67,,77,,78,,76 149Uruguay,2010,,98,,98,,98,,99,,98,,99 150Uzbekistan,2010,*,99,,100,,99,,100,,100,,100 151Vanuatu,2010,*,83,,84,,81,,94,,94,,94 152Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of),2009,,96,,96,,95,,99,,98,,99 153Viet Nam,2010,*,93,,95,,91,,97,,97,,96 154Yemen,2010,*,64,,81,,47,,85,,96,,74 155Zambia,2010,*,71,,81,,62,,74,,82,,67 156Zimbabwe,2010,*,92,,95,,90,,99,,98,,100 157