Countries by Literacy Rate

The world celebrate “international literacy day” on 8th September each year. Literacy is basic right for all and therefore it is responsibility of every state and individual to get education and play their role in increase of literacy that is compulsory for social and human development moreover literacy helps to reduce poverty, bring new opportunities, to help in maintaining population strength and to reduce child mortality. It is also very important to eradicate discrimination and for the guaranteed sustainable development. According to the UNESCO (United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 67.4 million children are out of school in the following table literacy indicators are given country wise with respective age group and year of estimation. The data is delivered from “United Nation Statistics Division Website” the data on was last updated on June 2011 on their website.

ADULT (15+) LITERACY RATE

Country or area	Year	Total	Men	Women
Albania	2008	96	97	95
Algeria	2006	73	81	64
Angola	2009	70	83	58
Argentina	2009	98	98	98
Armenia	2009	100	100	99
Aruba	2009	98	98	98
Azerbaijan	2007	100	100	99
Bahrain	2009	91	92	90
Bangladesh	2009	56	61	51
Belarus	2009	100	100	100
Benin	2009	42	54	29
Bhutan	2005	53	65	39
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2008	91	95	87
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2009	98	99	96
Botswana	2009	84	84	84
Brazil	2008	90	90	90
Brunei Darussalam	2009	95	97	94
Bulgaria	2009	98	99	98
Burkina Faso	2007	29	37	22
Burundi	2009	67	73	61
Cambodia	2008	78	85	71
Cameroon	2007	71	79	63
Cape Verde	2009	85	90	80
Cayman Islands	2007	99	99	99
Central African Republic	2009	55	69	42
Chad	2009	34	44	23
Chile	2009	99	99	98
China	2009	94	97	91
China, Macao SAR	2006	93	96	91
Colombia	2009	93	93	93
Comoros	2009	74	80	69
Congo	2005	…	…	…
Costa Rica	2009	96	96	96
Côte d'Ivoire	2009	55	65	45
Croatia	2009	99	99	98
Cuba	2009	100	100	100
Cyprus	2009	98	99	97
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2008	100	100	100
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2009	67	77	57
Dominican Republic	2007	88	88	88
Ecuador	2009	84	87	81
Egypt	2006	66	75	58
El Salvador	2009	84	87	82
Equatorial Guinea	2009	93	97	90
Eritrea	2009	67	78	56
Estonia	2009	100	100	100
Ethiopia	2005	30	42	18
Gabon	2009	88	91	84
Gambia	2009	46	58	36
Georgia	2009	100	100	100
Ghana	2009	67	73	60
Greece	2009	97	98	96
Guatemala	2009	74	80	69
Guinea	2009	39	51	28
Guinea-Bissau	2009	52	67	38
Haiti	2006	49	53	45
Honduras	2007	84	84	83
Hungary	2009	99	99	99
India	2006	63	75	51
Indonesia	2008	92	95	89
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2008	85	89	81
Iraq	2009	78	86	70
Italy	2009	99	99	99
Jamaica	2009	86	81	91
Jordan	2007	92	95	89
Kazakhstan	2009	100	100	100
Kenya	2009	87	91	84
Kuwait	2008	94	95	92
Kyrgyzstan	2009	99	100	99
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2005	73	82	63
Latvia	2009	100	100	100
Lebanon	2007	90	93	86
Lesotho	2009	90	83	95
Liberia	2009	59	64	55
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	2009	89	95	82
Lithuania	2009	100	100	100
Madagascar	2009	64	67	62
Malawi	2009	74	81	67
Malaysia	2009	92	95	90
Maldives	2006	98	98	98
Mali	2006	26	35	18
Malta	2005	92	91	94
Mauritania	2009	57	65	50
Mauritius	2009	88	91	85
Mexico	2009	93	95	92
Mongolia	2009	97	97	98
Morocco	2009	56	69	44
Mozambique	2009	55	70	41
Myanmar	2009	92	95	90
Namibia	2009	89	89	88
Nepal	2009	59	72	47
Netherlands Antilles	2009	96	96	96
Nicaragua	2005	78	78	78
Niger	2005	29	43	15
Nigeria	2009	61	72	50
Occupied Palestinian Territory	2009	95	97	92
Oman	2008	87	90	81
Pakistan	2008	56	69	40
Panama	2009	94	94	93
Papua New Guinea	2009	60	64	57
Paraguay	2007	95	96	93
Peru	2007	90	95	85
Philippines	2008	95	95	96
Poland	2009	100	100	99
Portugal	2009	95	97	93
Puerto Rico	2009	90	90	91
Qatar	2009	95	95	93
Republic of Moldova	2009	98	99	98
Romania	2009	98	98	97
Russian Federation	2009	100	100	99
Rwanda	2009	71	75	67
Samoa	2009	99	99	99
Sao Tome and Principe	2009	89	94	84
Saudi Arabia	2009	86	90	81
Senegal	2009	50	62	39
Serbia	2009	98	99	96
Seychelles	2009	92	91	92
Sierra Leone	2009	41	53	30
Singapore	2009	95	97	92
Slovenia	2009	100	100	100
South Africa	2007	89	91	87
Spain	2009	98	98	97
Sri Lanka	2008	91	92	89
Sudan	2009	70	80	61
Suriname	2008	95	95	94
Swaziland	2009	87	88	86
Syrian Arab Republic	2009	84	90	78
Tajikistan	2009	100	100	100
TFYR of Macedonia	2009	97	99	96
Thailand	2005	94	96	92
Togo	2006	57	70	44
Tonga	2006	99	99	99
Trinidad and Tobago	2009	99	99	98
Tunisia	2008	78	86	71
Turkey	2009	91	96	85
Turkmenistan	2009	100	100	99
Uganda	2006	71	81	62
Ukraine	2009	100	100	100
United Arab Emirates	2005	90	89	91
United Republic of Tanzania	2009	73	79	67
Uruguay	2009	98	98	99
Uzbekistan	2009	99	100	99
Vanuatu	2009	82	84	80
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2007	95	95	95
Viet Nam	2009	93	95	91
Yemen	2009	62	80	45
Zambia	2009	71	81	61
Zimbabwe	2009	92	95	89

YOUTH (15-24) LITERACY RATE

Country or area	Year	Total	Men	Women
Albania	2008	99	99	99
Algeria	2006	92	94	89
Angola	2009	73	81	66
Argentina	2009	99	99	99
Armenia	2009	100	100	100
Aruba	2009	99	99	99
Azerbaijan	2007	100	100	100
Bahrain	2009	100	100	100
Bangladesh	2009	75	74	77
Belarus	2009	100	100	100
Benin	2009	54	65	43
Bhutan	2005	74	80	68
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2008	99	99	99
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2009	100	100	100
Botswana	2009	95	94	97
Brazil	2008	98	97	99
Brunei Darussalam	2009	100	100	100
Bulgaria	2009	97	98	97
Burkina Faso	2007	39	47	33
Burundi	2009	77	77	76
Cambodia	2008	87	89	86
Cameroon	2007	83	89	77
Cape Verde	2009	98	97	99
Cayman Islands	2007	99	99	99
Central African Republic	2009	65	72	57
Chad	2009	46	54	39
Chile	2009	99	99	99
China	2009	99	99	99
China, Macao SAR	2006	100	100	100
Colombia	2009	98	97	98
Comoros	2009	85	86	85
Congo	2005	80	87	78
Costa Rica	2009	98	98	99
Côte d'Ivoire	2009	67	72	61
Croatia	2009	100	100	100
Cuba	2009	100	100	100
Cyprus	2009	100	100	100
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2008	100	100	100
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2009	65	69	62
Dominican Republic	2007	96	95	97
Ecuador	2009	97	97	97
Egypt	2006	85	88	82
El Salvador	2009	95	95	95
Equatorial Guinea	2009	98	98	98
Eritrea	2009	89	92	86
Estonia	2009	100	100	100
Ethiopia	2005	45	56	33
Gabon	2009	98	99	97
Gambia	2009	65	71	60
Georgia	2009	100	100	100
Ghana	2009	80	81	79
Greece	2009	99	99	99
Guatemala	2009	87	89	84
Guinea	2009	61	68	54
Guinea-Bissau	2009	71	78	64
Haiti	2006	72	74	70
Honduras	2007	94	93	95
Hungary	2009	99	99	99
India	2006	81	88	74
Indonesia	2008	99	100	99
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2008	99	99	99
Iraq	2009	83	85	80
Italy	2009	100	100	100
Jamaica	2009	95	92	98
Jordan	2007	99	99	99
Kazakhstan	2009	100	100	100
Kenya	2009	93	92	94
Kuwait	2008	99	99	99
Kyrgyzstan	2009	100	100	100
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2005	84	89	79
Latvia	2009	100	100	100
Lebanon	2007	99	98	99
Lesotho	2009	92	86	98
Liberia	2009	76	70	81
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	2009	100	100	100
Lithuania	2009	100	100	100
Madagascar	2009	65	66	64
Malawi	2009	86	87	86
Malaysia	2009	99	98	99
Maldives	2006	99	99	99
Mali	2006	39	47	31
Malta	2005	98	97	99
Mauritania	2009	68	71	64
Mauritius	2009	97	96	98
Mexico	2009	99	99	98
Mongolia	2009	96	95	97
Morocco	2009	79	87	72
Mozambique	2009	71	78	64
Myanmar	2009	96	96	95
Namibia	2009	93	91	95
Nepal	2009	82	87	77
Netherlands Antilles	2009	98	98	98
Nicaragua	2005	87	85	89
Niger	2005	37	52	23
Nigeria	2009	72	78	65
Occupied Palestinian Territory	2009	99	99	99
Oman	2008	98	98	98
Pakistan	2008	71	79	61
Panama	2009	96	97	96
Papua New Guinea	2009	67	65	70
Paraguay	2007	99	99	99
Peru	2007	97	98	97
Philippines	2008	98	97	98
Poland	2009	100	100	100
Portugal	2009	100	100	100
Puerto Rico	2009	87	87	88
Qatar	2009	98	98	98
Republic of Moldova	2009	99	99	100
Romania	2009	97	97	98
Russian Federation	2009	100	100	100
Rwanda	2009	77	77	77
Samoa	2009	99	99	100
Sao Tome and Principe	2009	95	95	96
Saudi Arabia	2009	98	99	97
Senegal	2009	65	74	56
Serbia	2009	99	99	99
Seychelles	2009	99	99	99
Sierra Leone	2009	58	68	48
Singapore	2009	100	100	100
Slovenia	2009	100	100	100
South Africa	2007	98	97	98
Spain	2009	100	100	100
Sri Lanka	2008	98	97	99
Sudan	2009	86	89	83
Suriname	2008	99	99	99
Swaziland	2009	93	92	95
Syrian Arab Republic	2009	94	96	93
Tajikistan	2009	100	100	100
TFYR of Macedonia	2009	99	99	99
Thailand	2005	98	98	98
Togo	2006	76	85	68
Tonga	2006	99	99	100
Trinidad and Tobago	2009	100	100	100
Tunisia	2008	97	98	96
Turkey	2009	98	99	97
Turkmenistan	2009	100	100	100
Uganda	2006	84	87	81
Ukraine	2009	100	100	100
United Arab Emirates	2005	95	94	97
United Republic of Tanzania	2009	77	78	76
Uruguay	2009	99	98	100
Uzbekistan	2009	100	100	100
Vanuatu	2009	94	94	94
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2007	98	98	99
Viet Nam	2009	97	97	96
Yemen	2009	84	96	72
Zambia	2009	75	82	67
Zimbabwe	2009	99	98	99