Countries by literacy rate

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Literacy rate
Niger
15.500
Chad
22.300
South Sudan
26.800
Afghanistan
31.700
Guinea
32
Sierra Leone
32.400
Benin
32.900
Mali
33.100
Burkina Faso
34.600
Central African Republic
36.800
Ethiopia
39
The Gambia
42
Senegal
42.800
Liberia
42.900
Iraq
43.700
Ivory Coast
43.900
Mauritania
45.500
Guinea-Bissau
45.600
Haiti
48.700
Comoros
49.200
Mozambique
50.600
Nigeria
51.100
Sudan
53.500
Pakistan
57
Bhutan
57
Laos
58.300
East Timor
58.300
Nepal
59.600
Burundi
61.600
Malawi
62.100
Togo
63.700
Eritrea
64.700
Angola
66
Rwanda
68.300
India
69.300
Morocco
69.400
Uganda
70.200
Cameroon
71.300
Ghana
71.500
Madagascar
71.600
Bangladesh
72.800
Cambodia
73.900
Egypt
75.100
Algeria
75.100
Myanmar
75.600
Lesotho
76.600
Democratic Republic of the Congo
77
Tanzania
77.900
Kenya
78.700
Tunisia
79
Republic of the Congo
79.300
Guatemala
81.300
Gabon
82.300
Zambia
83
Swaziland
83.100
Iran
84.700
Guyana
85.600
Cape Verde
86.800
El Salvador
88
Namibia
88.300
Zimbabwe
88.700
Honduras
89
São Tomé and Príncipe
90.100
Sri Lanka
91.200
Lebanon
91.200
Brazil
91.700
Dominican Republic
92
Bolivia
92.500
Mauritius
92.700
Thailand
92.900
Suriname
92.900
Oman
93
Malaysia
93.100
Malta
93.300
Vietnam
93.500
Seychelles
94
Panama
94.100
Colombia
94.200
Peru
94.200
South Africa
94.400
Saudi Arabia
94.400
Ecuador
94.400
Mexico
94.500
Portugal
94.500
Bahrain
94.600
China
95.100
Paraguay
95.100
Indonesia
95.400
Turkey
95.600
Kuwait
95.700
Brunei
96.100
Chile
96.300
Philippines
96.400
Palau
96.600
Palestinian National Authority
96.900
Singapore
97
Bosnia and Herzegovina
97
Venezuela
97.100
Greece
97.100
Albania
97.200
Costa Rica
97.400
Qatar
97.700
Jordan
97.900
Argentina
98.100
Spain
98.300
Mongolia
98.300
Marshall Islands
98.300
Bulgaria
98.400
Montenegro
98.400
Uruguay
98.500
Romania
98.600
Maldives
98.600
Cyprus
98.700
Italy
98.800
Serbia
98.800
Samoa
99
Croatia
99.100
Moldova
99.100
Kyrgyzstan
99.200
Tonga
99.400
Belarus
99.600
Georgia
99.600
Russia
99.700
Armenia
99.700
Kazakhstan
99.800
Cuba
99.800
Azerbaijan
99.800
Lithuania
99.800
Latvia
99.900
Estonia
99.900
Ukraine
100
Uzbekistan
100
North Korea
100
Andorra
100