Tuesday, 5 June 2012

List of countries by literacy rate



List of countries by level of literacy by the Report of the United Nations Development Program 2008. Given that the definitions and data collection methods vary across countries, the 'literacy estimated should be used with caution.

List of countries by level of literacy and Position:

Position  State                        Rate of literacy

1          Australia                       100
1          Austria                         100
1          Belgium                        100
1          Canada                                    100
1          Czech Republic            100
1          Denmark                      100
1          Finland             100
1          France                          100
1          Georgia                        100
1          Germany                      100
1          Iceland                         100
1          Ireland                          100
1          Japan                           100
1          Luxembourg                 100
1          Netherlands                  100
1          New Zealand                100
1          Norway                        100
1          Sweden                        100
1          Switzerland                   100
1          Cuba                            100
21        Estonia                         99.9
21        Latvia                           99.9
23        Poland                          99.8
24        Barbados                     98.8
25        Slovenia                       99.8
26        Russia                          99.8
27        Belarus             99.7
28        United Kingdom           100
29        Lithuania                       99.7
30        Slovakia                       99.7
30        United States                99.7
30        Kazakhstan                  99.7
30        Tajikistan                      99.6
32        Armenia                       99.6
32        Ukraine                        99.6
35        Hungary                       99.5
35        Uzbekistan                   99.4
37        Tonga                           99.3
38        Turkmenistan                99.2
39        Azerbaijan                    99.2
40        Kyrgyzstan                   99.1
41        Brazil                            99
42        South Korea                 98.9
43        Italy                              98.9
40        Albania             98.8
42        Samoa                          98.8
44        Trinidad and Tobago    98.7
45        Bulgaria                        98.6
46        Croatia                         98.6
47        Mongolia                      98.6
48        Saint Kitts and Nevis    98.6
50        Spain                            98.5
50        Uruguay                       98.5
52        Guyana             98.4
53        Bosnia-Herzegovina      98.2
53        Argentine                      97.8
53        Maldives                      97.7
55        Cyprus                         97.6
55        Israel                            97.4
57        Republic of Macedonia 97.2
59        Romania                       97.0
60        Chile                            96.9
61        Moldova                      96.7
61        Grenada                       96.6
64        Bahamas                      96.6
67        Costa Rica                   96.6
68        Panama                        96.3
68        Portugal                        96.4
68        Malta                           96.3
85        Saint Lucia                   96.1
69        Fiji                               95.7
69        Mexico             95.6
70        Brunei                          95.5
71        Philippines                    95.5
71        Venezuela                     95.2
72        Greece                         95.1
73        Paraguay                      95
74        Palestine                       94.7
75th     Colombia                     94.6
75th     Hong Kong                  94.6
75th     Thailand                       94.4
78        Seychelles                    94.3
87        Jordan                          94.3
79        Ecuador                       94.2
80        Malaysia                       94.2
80        Singapore                     93.8
81        China                           93.5
82        Sri Lanka                     93.4
82        Vietnam                        93.3
86        Zimbabwe                    93.2
88        Myanmar                      92.9
99        Dominican Republic      92.8
89th     Qatar                           92.8
91        Nauru                           92.8
92        Turkey                         92.6
93        Saint Vincent and the Grenadines          92.6
94        Dominica                      92.5
94        Suriname                      92.5
102      Lebanon                       92.5
96        Indonesia                      92.4
98        Bahrain             92.4
100      Peru                             92.4
102      Bolivia                          92.4
101      Jamaica                        92
104      Antigua and Barbuda    92
106      Mauritius                      92
107      Kuwait                         91.8
111      Belize                           91.6
109      Oman                           91.4
110      United Arab Emirates   91
108      Libya                            90.6
109      Syria                            90.5
108      São Tomé and Príncipe 90.1
112      South Africa                 89.3
125      Cape Verde                 88.6
116      El Salvador                   88.5
114      Lesotho                        88.4
112      Namibia                       87.9
113      Equatorial Guinea         86.6
115      Honduras                     85.8
117      Saudi Arabia                85.5
111      Congo                          84.9
118      Swaziland                     84.4
119      Botswana                     83.2
121      Iran                              82.8
123      Nicaragua                     82.5
124      Solomon Islands           82.1
127      Tunisia                          81.4
128      Vanuatu                        80.6
129      Cambodia                    80.1
129      Kenya                          79.2
131      Gabon                          78.7
132      Madagascar                 77.5
133      Algeria                         76.8
134      Tanzania                       76.3
153      Egypt                           75.9
135      Guatemala                    75.5
136      Uganda                        74.7
137      Laos                             74.4
138      Cameroon                    73.6
138      Zambia             73.1
140      Angola                         72.7
140      Nigeria                         72.5
142      Djibouti                        71.7
143      Democratic Republic of Congo 71.2
144      Malawi             70
145      Rwanda                        68.4
146      India                             67.0
147      Sudan                           65.3
148      Burundi                        64.2
149      East Timor                    63.6
150      Papua New Guinea       63.3
151      Eritrea                          63
152      Comoros                      61.9
154      Ghana                          61
155      Togo                            58.0
156      Haiti                             57.9
157      Mauritania                    57.4
158      Morocco                      57.3
159      Yemen                         57
160      Pakistan                       57.0
161      Central African Republic           56.6
161      Nepal                           55.6
163      Côte d'Ivoire                54.3
164      Bhutan                          53.7
165      Mozambique                53.5
166      Ethiopia                        53.5
167      Bangladesh                   53.1
168      Guinea                          53.0
169      Guinea-Bissau              48
170      Senegal                        46
171      Gambia                        46
172      Benin                            38
173      Sierra Leone                 38
174      Chad                            34
175      Mali                             33
176      Niger                            31
177      Burkina Faso                26


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