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WORLD STATISTICS

Rankings

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15+)

percent of people aged 15+. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via World Bank.

110 countries. Each uses its most recent reported year (2019–2024); countries without a report in the last five years of coverage are excluded. Regional aggregates are not ranked.

  1. 1Tuvalu100%2022
  2. 2Uzbekistan100%2022
  3. 4San Marino100%2022
  4. 5Turkmenistan100%2022
  5. 6Belarus100%2019
  6. 7Palau100%2020
  7. 8Armenia100%2023
  8. 9Azerbaijan100%2023
  9. 10Spain100%2021
  10. 11Georgia100%2024
  11. 12Tonga99%2023
  12. 13Italy99%2019
  13. 14Serbia99%2022
  14. 15Romania99%2021
  15. 16Argentina99%2020
  16. 17Uruguay99%2024
  17. 19Mongolia99%2024
  18. 20Kiribati99%2020
  19. 21Philippines98%2020
  20. 22Maldives98%2019
  21. 23Samoa98%2019
  22. 25Saudi Arabia98%2024
  23. 26Bahrain98%2024
  24. 27Albania98%2023
  25. 28Cuba98%2019
  26. 29Singapore98%2021
  27. 30Oman97%2022
  28. 31Turkiye97%2021
  29. 32China97%2020
  30. 33Bolivia97%2024
  31. 34Naoero97%2023
  32. 35Kuwait96%2020
  33. 36Panama96%2024
  34. 37Viet Nam96%2022
  35. 38Indonesia96%2020
  36. 39Malaysia96%2022
  37. 41Mexico96%2024
  38. 42Colombia95%2024
  39. 43Paraguay95%2024
  40. 44Brazil95%2024
  41. 45Jordan94%2024
  42. 47Mauritius94%2023
  43. 49Peru94%2024
  44. 50Myanmar94%2020
  45. 51Ecuador93%2024
  46. 52Zimbabwe93%2019
  47. 53Sri Lanka93%2024
  48. 54Lebanon92%2019
  49. 55South Africa91%2024
  50. 56Thailand91%2022
  51. 57Eswatini91%2022
  52. 58Lesotho90%2024
  53. 59El Salvador90%2024
  54. 61Gabon89%2021
  55. 62Cabo Verde88%2024
  56. 63Honduras88%2024
  57. 64Vanuatu88%2023
  58. 65Belize88%2022
  59. 66Namibia88%2023
  60. 69Tunisia86%2023
  61. 70Guyana86%2020
  62. 71Iraq84%2021
  63. 72Guatemala82%2024
  64. 74Bangladesh79%2022
  65. 75Rwanda79%2022
  66. 76Tanzania78%2022
  67. 77India78%2024
  68. 78Uganda77%2024
  69. 79Ghana76%2021
  70. 80Lao PDR76%2023
  71. 81Comoros76%2021
  72. 82Madagascar75%2021
  73. 83Togo73%2022
  74. 84Cambodia72%2021
  75. 85Zambia72%2024
  76. 86Burundi71%2020
  77. 87Nigeria70%2024
  78. 88Malawi70%2020
  79. 89Timor-Leste69%2022
  80. 90Nepal69%2019
  81. 92Angola68%2023
  82. 93Bhutan65%2022
  83. 94Guinea-Bissau64%2022
  84. 95Mozambique62%2022
  85. 96Ethiopia60%2022
  86. 97Mauritania60%2020
  87. 98Pakistan59%2021
  88. 100Gambia, The52%2021
  89. 101Benin51%2022
  90. 102Senegal50%2023
  91. 103Cote d'Ivoire50%2021
  92. 104Sierra Leone44%2019
  93. 106Burkina Faso42%2023
  94. 107Afghanistan37%2021
  95. 108Mali36%2024
  96. 109Niger36%2022
  97. 110Chad31%2019