Literacy Rate by Country

Ranking of 162 countries by Literacy Rate (%)

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Rank	Country	Continent	Literacy Rate	Year
1	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	Asia	100.0%	2008
2	Tajikistan	Asia	100.0%	2009
3	Palau	Oceania	100.0%	2020
4	Tuvalu	Oceania	100.0%	2022
5	Uzbekistan	Asia	100.0%	2022
6	Russian Federation	Europe	99.9%	2021
7	San Marino	Europe	99.9%	2022
8	Latvia	Europe	99.9%	2011
9	Turkmenistan	Asia	99.9%	2022
10	Estonia	Europe	99.9%	2011
11	Belarus	Europe	99.9%	2019
12	Armenia	Asia	99.8%	2023
13	Lithuania	Europe	99.8%	2011
14	Azerbaijan	Asia	99.8%	2023
15	Kazakhstan	Asia	99.7%	2009
16	Spain	Europe	99.7%	2021
17	Georgia	Asia	99.7%	2024
18	Slovenia	Europe	99.5%	1991
19	Ukraine	Europe	99.4%	2001
20	Guam	Oceania	99.4%	1990
21	Moldova	Europe	99.4%	2014
22	Italy	Europe	99.3%	2019
23	Serbia	Europe	99.3%	2022
24	Kyrgyz Republic	Asia	99.2%	2009
25	Romania	Europe	99.2%	2021
26	Argentina	South America	99.1%	2020
27	Antigua and Barbuda	North America	98.9%	2001
28	Uruguay	South America	98.9%	2024
29	Cayman Islands	North America	98.9%	2007
30	United Arab Emirates	Asia	98.8%	2024
31	Cyprus	Asia	98.7%	2011
32	Mongolia	Asia	98.6%	2023
33	Kiribati	Oceania	98.6%	2020
34	Montenegro	Europe	98.5%	2018
35	Philippines	Asia	98.5%	2020
36	Bulgaria	Europe	98.3%	2011
37	Maldives	Asia	98.2%	2019
38	Croatia	Europe	98.2%	2001
39	Samoa	Oceania	98.0%	2019
40	Korea, Rep.	Asia	98.0%	2008
41	West Bank and Gaza	Asia	97.9%	2024
42	Saudi Arabia	Asia	97.9%	2024
43	Bahrain	Asia	97.8%	2024
44	Qatar	Asia	97.8%	2014
45	Albania	Europe	97.7%	2023
46	Cuba	North America	97.7%	2019
47	Singapore	Asia	97.7%	2021
48	Costa Rica	North America	97.4%	2011
49	Oman	Asia	97.3%	2022
50	Turkiye	Asia	97.3%	2021
51	Venezuela, RB	South America	97.2%	2017
52	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	97.0%	2013
53	Trinidad and Tobago	North America	96.9%	1990
54	Aruba	North America	96.8%	2010
55	China	Asia	96.7%	2020
56	Nauru	Oceania	96.6%	2023
57	Macao SAR, China	Asia	96.5%	2016
58	Kuwait	Asia	96.5%	2020
59	Chile	South America	96.4%	2017
60	Ecuador	South America	96.3%	2022
61	Panama	North America	96.3%	2024
62	New Caledonia	Oceania	96.1%	1996
63	North Macedonia	Europe	96.1%	2002
64	Viet Nam	Asia	96.1%	2022
65	Brunei Darussalam	Asia	96.1%	2011
66	Indonesia	Asia	96.0%	2020
67	Marshall Islands	Oceania	95.8%	2021
68	Malaysia	Asia	95.8%	2022
69	Mexico	North America	95.8%	2024
70	Bolivia	South America	95.6%	2023
71	Colombia	South America	95.3%	2024
72	Paraguay	South America	94.9%	2024
73	Jordan	Asia	94.8%	2023
74	Brazil	South America	94.8%	2024
75	Portugal	Europe	94.5%	2011
76	Syrian Arab Republic	Asia	94.4%	2021
77	Mauritius	Africa	94.3%	2023
78	Dominican Republic	North America	94.0%	2024
79	Seychelles	Africa	93.9%	2010
80	Greece	Europe	93.9%	2009
81	Peru	South America	93.7%	2024
82	Myanmar	Asia	93.5%	2020
83	Malta	Europe	93.3%	2011
84	Zimbabwe	Africa	93.2%	2019
85	Suriname	South America	92.9%	2012
86	Sri Lanka	Asia	92.7%	2023
87	Puerto Rico (US)	North America	92.4%	2017
88	Lebanon	Asia	92.0%	2019
89	South Africa	Africa	91.2%	2024
90	Thailand	Asia	91.1%	2022
91	Tonga	Oceania	91.1%	2019
92	Eswatini	Africa	90.8%	2022
93	Lesotho	Africa	90.4%	2024
94	El Salvador	North America	89.8%	2024
95	Iran, Islamic Rep.	Asia	88.9%	2023
96	Gabon	Africa	88.9%	2021
97	Cabo Verde	Africa	88.5%	2024
98	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	88.3%	2000
99	Honduras	North America	88.2%	2024
100	Vanuatu	Oceania	88.0%	2023
101	Belize	North America	87.9%	2022
102	Namibia	Africa	87.6%	2023
103	Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	87.4%	2019
104	Nicaragua	North America	87.3%	2014
105	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	87.1%	2022
106	Tunisia	Africa	86.2%	2023
107	Guyana	South America	85.6%	2020
108	Iraq	Asia	84.1%	2021
109	Kenya	Africa	82.2%	2000
110	Guatemala	North America	82.1%	2024
111	Zambia	Africa	82.0%	2023
112	India	Asia	81.7%	2023
113	Botswana	Africa	81.2%	2003
114	Jamaica	North America	79.9%	1999
115	Egypt, Arab Rep.	Africa	79.5%	2022
116	Uganda	Africa	79.1%	2021
117	Bangladesh	Asia	79.0%	2022
118	Rwanda	Africa	78.8%	2022
119	Tanzania	Africa	78.2%	2022
120	Solomon Islands	Oceania	76.6%	1999
121	Ghana	Africa	76.5%	2021
122	Congo, Rep.	Africa	76.1%	2005
123	Comoros	Africa	75.8%	2021
124	Lao PDR	Asia	75.6%	2023
125	Algeria	Africa	75.1%	2008
126	Madagascar	Africa	74.7%	2021
127	Togo	Africa	72.6%	2022
128	Cameroon	Africa	72.6%	2018
129	Timor-Leste	Asia	72.5%	2022
130	Cambodia	Asia	71.9%	2021
131	Burundi	Africa	71.4%	2020
132	Nigeria	Africa	70.4%	2024
133	Malawi	Africa	70.2%	2020
134	Nepal	Asia	68.7%	2019
135	Haiti	North America	68.0%	2017
136	Angola	Africa	66.2%	2015
137	Congo, Dem. Rep.	Africa	65.7%	2020
138	Bhutan	Asia	64.9%	2022
139	Eritrea	Africa	64.7%	2008
140	Morocco	Africa	64.3%	2014
141	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	63.9%	2022
142	Mozambique	Africa	61.7%	2022
143	Ethiopia	Africa	60.5%	2022
144	Mauritania	Africa	59.5%	2020
145	Liberia	Africa	59.4%	2010
146	Pakistan	Asia	58.9%	2021
147	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	Africa	54.1%	2022
148	Sudan	Africa	53.5%	2008
149	Gambia, The	Africa	51.6%	2021
150	Benin	Africa	51.4%	2022
151	Senegal	Africa	50.4%	2023
152	Cote d'Ivoire	Africa	50.0%	2021
153	Sierra Leone	Africa	43.6%	2019
154	Central African Republic	Africa	42.4%	2019
155	Burkina Faso	Africa	41.4%	2023
156	Guinea	Africa	39.6%	2018
157	Afghanistan	Asia	37.3%	2021
158	Yemen, Rep.	Asia	37.1%	1994
159	Niger	Africa	35.6%	2022
160	Mali	Africa	35.5%	2018
161	Chad	Africa	30.6%	2019
162	South Sudan	Africa	26.8%	2008

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