Literacy

Afghanistan	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 43% male: 55.5% female: 29.8% (2018)
Albania	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.1% male: 98.5% female: 97.8% (2018)
Algeria	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 81.4% male: 87.4% female: 75.3% (2018)
Andorra	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2016)
Angola	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 71.1% male: 82% female: 60.7% (2015)
Antigua and Barbuda	definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling total population: 99% male: 98.4% female: 99.4% (2015)
Argentina	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 98.9% female: 99.1% (2018)
Armenia	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2017)
Aruba	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.8% male: 97.8% female: 97.8% (2018)
Azerbaijan	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.9% female: 99.7% (2017)
Bahrain	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.5% male: 99.9% female: 94.9% (2018)
Bangladesh	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 74.7% male: 77.4% female: 72% (2019)
Barbados	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.6% female: 99.6% (2014)
Belarus	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2018)
Benin	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 42.4% male: 54% female: 31.1% (2018)
Bhutan	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 66.6% male: 75% female: 57.1% (2017)
Bolivia	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.5% male: 96.5% female: 88.6% (2015)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.5% male: 99.5% female: 97.5% (2015)
Botswana	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 88.5% male: 88% female: 88.9% (2015)
Brazil	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.2% male: 93% female: 93.4% (2018)
Brunei	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.2% male: 98.1% female: 93.4% (2018)
Bulgaria	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.4% male: 98.7% female: 98.1% (2015)
Burkina Faso	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 41.2% male: 50.1% female: 32.7% (2018)
Burma	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 75.6% male: 80% female: 71.8% (2016)
Burundi	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 68.4% male: 76.3% female: 61.2% (2017)
Cambodia	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 80.5% male: 86.5% female: 75% (2015)
Cameroon	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 77.1% male: 82.6% female: 71.6% (2018)
Cayman Islands	definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 98.9% male: 98.7% female: 99% (2007)
Central African Republic	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 37.4% male: 49.5% female: 25.8% (2018)
Chad	definition: age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic total population: 22.3% male: 31.3% female: 14% (2016)
Chile	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.4% male: 96.3% female: 96.3% (2017)
China	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.8% male: 98.5% female: 95.2% (2018)
Colombia	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.1% male: 94.9% female: 95.3% (2018)
Comoros	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 58.8% male: 64.6% female: 53% (2018)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	definition: age 15 and over can read and write French, Lingala, Kingwana, or Tshiluba total population: 77% male: 88.5% female: 66.5% (2016)
Congo, Republic of the	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 80.3% male: 86.1% female: 74.6% (2018)
Costa Rica	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.9% male: 97.8% female: 97.9% (2018)
Cote d'Ivoire	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 47.2% male: 53.7% female: 40.5% (2018)
Croatia	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.3% male: 99.7% female: 98.9% (2015)
Cuba	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.9% female: 99.8% (2015)
Cyprus	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.1% male: 99.5% female: 98.7% (2015)
Dominican Republic	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.8% male: 93.8% female: 93.8% (2016)
Ecuador	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.8% male: 93.8% female: 92.1% (2017)
Egypt	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 71.2% male: 76.5% female: 65.5% (2017)
El Salvador	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 88.5% male: 90.6% female: 86.7% (2017)
Equatorial Guinea	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.3% male: 97.4% female: 93% (2015)
Eritrea	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 76.6% male: 84.4% female: 68.9% (2018)
Estonia	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.8% (2015)
Ethiopia	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 51.8% male: 57.2% female: 44.4% (2017)
Fiji	total population: 99.1% male: 99.1% female: 99.1% (2018)
Gabon	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 84.7% male: 85.9% female: 83.4% (2018)
Gambia, The	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 50.8% male: 61.8% female: 41.6% (2015)
Gaza Strip	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.2% male: 98.7% female: 95.7% (2018) note: estimates are for Gaza and the West Bank
Georgia	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.4% female: 99.3% (2017)
Ghana	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 76.6% male: 82% female: 71.4% (2015)
Greece	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.7% male: 98.5% female: 96.9% (2015)
Greenland	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2015)
Grenada	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.6% male: 98.6% female: 98.6% (2014 est.)
Guatemala	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 81.5% male: 87.4% female: 76.3% (2015)
Guinea	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 30.4% male: 38.1% female: 22.8% (2015)
Guinea-Bissau	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 59.9% male: 71.8% female: 48.3% (2015)
Guyana	definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 88.5% male: 87.2% female: 89.8% (2015)
Haiti	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 61.7% male: 65.3% female: 58.3% (2016)
Honduras	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 87.2% male: 87.1% female: 87.3% (2016)
Hungary	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.1% male: 99.1% female: 99% (2015)
India	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 74.4% male: 82.4% female: 65.8% (2018)
Indonesia	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.7% male: 97.3% female: 94% (2018)
Iran	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 85.5% male: 90.4% female: 80.8% (2016)
Iraq	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 50.1% male: 56.2% female: 44% (2018)
Israel	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.8% male: 98.7% female: 96.8% (2011)
Italy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.2% male: 99.4% female: 99% (2018)
Jamaica	definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 88.7% male: 84% female: 93.1% (2015)
Jordan	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.2% male: 98.6% female: 97.8% (2018)
Kazakhstan	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.8% (2015)
Kenya	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 81.5% male: 85% female: 78.2% (2018)
Korea, North	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2015)
Korea, South	definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2019) total population: 98% (2019) male: 99.2% female: 96.6%
Kuwait	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.1% male: 96.7% female: 94.9% (2018)
Kyrgyzstan	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.7% female: 99.5% (2018)
Laos	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 84.7% male: 90% female: 79.4% (2015)
Latvia	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.9% male: 99.9% female: 99.9% (2015)
Lebanon	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.1% male: 96.9% female: 93.3% (2018)
Lesotho	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 79.4% male: 70.1% female: 88.3% (2015)
Liberia	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 48.3% male: 62.7% female: 34.1% (2017)
Libya	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91% male: 96.7% female: 85.6% (2015)
Lithuania	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.8% (2015)
Macau	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.5% male: 98.2% female: 95% (2016)
Madagascar	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 74.8% male: 77.3% female: 72.4% (2018)
Malawi	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 62.1% male: 69.8% female: 55.2% (2015)
Malaysia	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.7% male: 96.3% female: 91.1% (2016)
Maldives	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.7% male: 97.3% female: 98.1% (2016)
Mali	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 35.5% male: 46.2% female: 25.7% (2018)
Malta	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.5% male: 93% female: 96% (2018)
Marshall Islands	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.3% male: 98.3% female: 98.2% (2011)
Mauritania	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 53.5% male: 63.7% female: 43.4% (2017)
Mauritius	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.3% male: 93.4% female: 89.4% (2018)
Mexico	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.4% male: 95.8% female: 94.6% (2018)
Moldova	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.7% female: 99.1% (2015)
Mongolia	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.4% male: 98.2% female: 98.6% (2018)
Montenegro	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.8% male: 99.5% female: 98.3% (2018)
Morocco	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 73.8% male: 83.3% female: 64.6% (2018) note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara
Mozambique	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 60.7% male: 72.6% female: 50.3% (2017)
Namibia	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.5% male: 91.6% female: 91.4% (2018)
Nepal	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 67.9% male: 78.6% female: 59.7% (2018)
New Caledonia	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.9% male: 97.3% female: 96.5% (2015)
Nicaragua	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 82.6% male: 82.4% female: 82.8% (2015)
Niger	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 19.1% male: 27.3% female: 11% (2015)
Nigeria	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 62% male: 71.3% female: 52.7% (2018)
Oman	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.7% male: 97% female: 92.7% (2018)
Pakistan	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 59.1% male: 71.1% female: 46.5% (2015)
Palau	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.6% male: 96.8% female: 96.3% (2015)
Panama	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.4% male: 96% female: 94.9% (2018)
Papua New Guinea	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 64.2% male: 65.6% female: 62.8% (2015)
Paraguay	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94% male: 94.5% female: 93.5% (2018)
Peru	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.4% male: 97.1% female: 91.7% (2018)
Philippines	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.2% male: 98.1% female: 98.2% (2015)
Poland	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.9% female: 99.7% (2015)
Portugal	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.1% male: 97.4% female: 95.1% (2018)
Puerto Rico	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.4% male: 92.4% female: 92.4% (2017)
Qatar	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.5% male: 92.4% female: 94.7% (2017)
Romania	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.8% male: 99.1% female: 98.6% (2018)
Russia	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.7% female: 99.7% (2018)
Rwanda	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 73.2% male: 77.6% female: 69.4% (2018)
Samoa	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.1% male: 99% female: 99.2% (2018)
San Marino	total population: 99.9% male: 99.9% female: 99.9% (2018)
Sao Tome and Principe	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.8% male: 96.2% female: 89.5% (2018)
Saudi Arabia	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.3% male: 97.1% female: 92.7% (2017)
Senegal	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 51.9% male: 64.8% female: 39.8% (2017)
Serbia	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.3% male: 99.1% female: 97.5% (2016)
Seychelles	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.9% male: 95.4% female: 96.4% (2018)
Sierra Leone	definition: age 15 and over can read and write English, Mende, Temne, or Arabic total population: 43.2% male: 51.6% female: 39.8% (2018)
Singapore	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.3% male: 98.9% female: 95.9% (2018)
Slovenia	definition: NA total population: 99.7% male: 99.7% female: 99.7% (2015)
South Africa	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 87% male: 87.7% female: 86.5% (2017)
South Sudan	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 34.5% male: 40.3% female: 28.9% (2018)
Spain	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.4% male: 98.9% female: 98% (2018)
Sri Lanka	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.9% male: 93% female: 91% (2017)
Sudan	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 60.7% male: 65.4% female: 56.1% (2018)
Suriname	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.4% male: 96.1% female: 92.7% (2018)
Syria	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86.4% male: 91.7% female: 81% (2015)
Taiwan	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.5% male: 99.7% female: 97.3% (2014)
Tajikistan	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2015)
Tanzania	definition: age 15 and over can read and write Kiswahili (Swahili), English, or Arabic total population: 77.9% male: 83.2% female: 73.1% (2015)
Thailand	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.9% male: 94.7% female: 91.2% (2015)
Togo	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 63.7% male: 77.3% female: 51.2% (2015)
Tonga	definition: can read and write Tongan and/or English total population: 99.4% male: 99.4% female: 99.5% (2015)
Trinidad and Tobago	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99.2% female: 98.7% (2015)
Tunisia	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 81.8% male: 89.6% female: 74.2% (2015)
Turkey	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.2% male: 98.8% female: 93.5% (2017)
Turkmenistan	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.8% female: 99.6% (2015)
Uganda	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 76.5% male: 82.7% female: 70.8% (2018)
Ukraine	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2015)
United Arab Emirates	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.8% male: 93.1% female: 95.8% (2015)
Uruguay	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.7% male: 98.4% female: 99% (2018)
Uzbekistan	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2016)
Vanuatu	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 87.5% male: 88.3% female: 86.7% (2018)
Venezuela	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.1% male: 97% female: 97.2% (2016)
Vietnam	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95% male: 96.5% female: 93.6% (2018)
West Bank	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.2% male: 98.7% female: 95.7% (2018) note: estimates are for Gaza and the West Bank
World	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86.3% male: 89.8% female: 82.8% (2018) note: more than three-quarters of the world's 750 million illiterate adults are found in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa; of all the illiterate adults in the world, almost two-thirds are women (2016)
Yemen	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 70.1% male: 85.1% female: 55% (2015)
Zambia	definition: age 15 and over can read and write English total population: 86.7% male: 90.6% female: 83.1% (2018)
Zimbabwe	definition: age 15 and over can read and write English total population: 86.5% male: 88.5% female: 84.6% (2015)

Source: CIA Factbook