World |
84.1% |
88.6% |
79.7% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Afghanistan |
28.1% |
43.1% |
12.6% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2000 est.)[1] |
Albania |
96.8% |
98% |
95.7% |
age 9 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Algeria |
72.6% |
81.3% |
63.9% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010)[3] |
American Samoa |
97% |
98% |
97% |
age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)[1] |
Andorra |
100% |
100% |
100% |
age 15 and over can read and write[1] |
Angola |
70.4% |
82.6% |
58.6% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Anguilla |
95% |
95% |
95% |
age 12 and over can read and write (1984 est.)[1] |
Antigua and Barbuda |
99% |
98.4% |
99.4% |
age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling (2011 est.)[1] |
Argentina |
97.9% |
97.8% |
97.9% |
age 10 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Armenia |
99.6% |
99.7% |
99.5% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Aruba |
96.8% |
96.9% |
96.7% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Australia |
96% |
96% |
96% |
age 15 and over can read brief texts on familiar topics (2011-2)[4] |
Austria |
98% |
N/A |
N/A |
age 15 and over can read and write[1] |
Azerbaijan |
99.8% |
99.9% |
99.7% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1] |
Bahamas, The |
95.6% |
94.7% |
96.5% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Bahrain |
94.6% |
96.1% |
91.6% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1] |
Bangladesh |
57.7% |
62% |
53.4% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Barbados |
99.7% |
99.7% |
99.7% |
age 15 and over has ever attended school (2002 est.)[1] |
Belarus |
99.6% |
99.8% |
99.5% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2009 census)[1] |
Belgium |
99% |
99% |
99% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Belize |
76.9% |
76.7% |
77.1% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2000 census)[1] |
Benin |
42.4% |
55.2% |
30.3% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1] |
Bermuda |
98% |
98% |
99% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2005 est.)[1] |
Bhutan |
52.8% |
65% |
38.7% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2005 est.)[1] |
Bolivia |
91.2% |
95.8% |
86.8% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2009 est.)[1] |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
99.4% |
99.8% |
98.9% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Botswana |
85.1% |
84.6% |
85.6% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Brazil |
91.3% |
N/A |
N/A |
age 15 and over can read and write (2012 est.)[5][6][7] |
British Virgin Islands |
97.8% |
N/A |
N/A |
age 15 and over can read and write (1991 est.)[1] |
Brunei |
95.4% |
97% |
93.9% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Bulgaria |
98.4% |
98.7% |
98% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011)[1] |
Burkina Faso |
28.7% |
36.7% |
21.6% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2007 est.)[1] |
Burma |
92.7% |
95.1% |
90.4% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Burundi |
67.2% |
72.9% |
61.8% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Cambodia |
73.9% |
82.8% |
65.9% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2009 est.)[1] |
Cameroon |
71.3% |
78.3% |
64.8% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Canada |
99% |
99% |
99% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Cape Verde |
84.9% |
89.7% |
80.3% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Cayman Islands |
98.9% |
98.7% |
99% |
age 15 and over has ever attended school (2007 est.)[1] |
Central African Republic |
56.6% |
69.6% |
44.2% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Chad |
35.4% |
45.6% |
25.4% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Chile |
98.6% |
98.6% |
98.5% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2009 est.)[1] |
China |
95.1% |
97.5% |
92.7% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Christmas Island |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
[1] |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
[1] |
Colombia |
93.6% |
93.5% |
93.7% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est)[1] |
Comoros |
75.5% |
80.5% |
70.6% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
66.8% |
76.9% |
57% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Congo, Republic of the |
83.8% |
89.6% |
78.4% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Cook Islands |
95% |
N/A |
N/A |
age 15 and over can read and write[1] |
Costa Rica |
96.3% |
96% |
96.5% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Croatia |
99.2% |
99.4% |
98.7% |
age 10 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[8] |
Cuba |
99.8% |
99.8% |
99.8% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Cyprus |
98.7% |
99.3% |
98.1% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Czech Republic |
99% |
99% |
99% |
(2011 est.)[1] |
Denmark |
99% |
99% |
99% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Djibouti |
70% |
N/A |
N/A |
age 15 and over can read and write (2012 est.)[9] |
Dominica |
94% |
94% |
94% |
age 15 and over has ever attended school (2003 est.)[1] |
Dominican Republic |
90.1% |
90% |
90.2% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Ecuador |
91.6% |
93.1% |
90.2% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Egypt |
73.9% |
81.7% |
65.8% |
age 10 and over can read and write (2012 est.)[1] |
El Salvador |
84.5% |
87.1% |
82.3% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Equatorial Guinea |
94.2% |
97.1% |
91.1% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Eritrea |
80% |
N/A |
N/A |
age 15 and over can read and write (2013 est.)[10] |
Estonia |
99.8% |
99.8% |
99.8% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Ethiopia |
39% |
49.1% |
28.9% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2007 est.)[1] |
Falkland Islands |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
[1] |
Faroe Islands |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Note – probably 99%, the same as Denmark proper[1] |
Fiji |
93.7% |
95.5% |
91.9% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Finland |
100% |
100% |
100% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2000 est.)[1] |
France |
99% |
99% |
99% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
French Polynesia |
98% |
98% |
98% |
age 14 and over can read and write (1977 est.)[1] |
Gabon |
88.4% |
91.9% |
84.9% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Gambia, The |
50% |
60% |
40.4% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Gaza Strip |
96.4% |
98.3% |
94.3% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2012 est.)[11] |
Georgia |
99.7% |
99.8% |
99.7% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Germany |
99% |
99% |
99% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Ghana |
71.5% |
78.3% |
65.3% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1] |
Gibraltar |
>80% |
N/A |
N/A |
[1] |
Greece |
98% |
98.8% |
99% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census)[1] |
Greenland |
100% |
100% |
100% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2001 est.)[1] |
Grenada |
96% |
NA |
NA |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Guam |
99% |
99% |
99% |
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)[1] |
Guatemala |
69.1% |
75.4% |
63.3% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census)[1] |
Guernsey |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
[1] |
Guinea |
41% |
52% |
30% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Guinea-Bissau |
55.3% |
68.9% |
42.1% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Guyana |
91.8% |
92% |
91.6% |
age 15 and over has ever attended school (2002 census)[1] |
Haiti |
52.9% |
54.8% |
51.2% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Honduras |
80% |
79.8% |
80.2% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census)[1] |
Hong Kong |
93.5% |
96.9% |
89.6% |
age 15 and over has ever attended school (2002)[1] |
Hungary |
99% |
99.2% |
98.9% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Iceland |
99% |
99% |
99% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
India |
74.4% |
82.1% |
65.5% |
age 7 and over can read and write (2011 census)[12] |
Indonesia |
92.8% |
97% |
89.6% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Iran |
85% |
89.3% |
80.7% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2008 est.)[13] |
Iraq |
80.2% |
89% |
73.6% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2012 est.)[1] |
Ireland |
99% |
99% |
99% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Isle of Man |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
[1] |
Israel |
97.1% |
98.5% |
95.9% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2004 est.)[1] |
Italy |
99% |
99.2% |
98.7% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 census)[1] |
Ivory Coast |
56.2% |
65.2% |
46.6% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Jamaica |
87.9% |
84.1% |
91.6% |
age 15 and over has ever attended school (2003 est.)[1] |
Japan |
99% |
99% |
99% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census)[1] |
Jersey |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
[1] |
Jordan |
93.4% |
96.6% |
90.2% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Kazakhstan |
99.5% |
99.8% |
99.3% |
age 15 and over can read and write (1999 est.)[1] |
Kenya |
87.4% |
90.6% |
84.2% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Kiribati |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
[1] |
Korea, North |
100% |
100% |
100% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2008 est.)[1] |
Korea, South |
97.9% |
99.2% |
96.6% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2002)[1] |
Kosovo, Republic of |
91.9% |
96.6% |
87.5% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2007 census)[1] |
Kuwait |
94% |
94.4% |
97% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2007-2011 census)[14] |
Kyrgyzstan |
98.7% |
99.3% |
98.1% |
age 15 and over can read and write (1999 census)[1] |
Laos |
73% |
83% |
63% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2005 census)[1] |
Latvia |
99.8% |
99.8% |
99.8% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Lebanon |
89.6% |
93.4% |
86% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Lesotho |
89.6% |
83.3% |
95.6% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Liberia |
60.8% |
64.8% |
56.8% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Libya |
94.2% |
98.6% |
90.7% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Liechtenstein |
100% |
100% |
100% |
age 10 and over can read and write[1] |
Lithuania |
99.7% |
99.7% |
99.7% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Luxembourg |
100% |
100% |
100% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2000 est.)[1] |
Macau |
91.3% |
95.3% |
87.8% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census)[1] |
Macedonia, Republic of |
97.3% |
98.7% |
95.9% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Madagascar |
64.5% |
67.4% |
61.6% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2009 est.)[1] |
Malawi |
74.8% |
81.1% |
68.5% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Malaysia |
93.1% |
95.4% |
90.7% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1] |
Maldives |
99% |
99% |
99% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2006 census)[1] |
Mali |
27.7% |
36.1% |
19.8% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2009 census)[1] |
Malta |
92.8% |
91.7% |
93.9% |
age 10 and over can read and write (2005 census)[1] |
Marshall Islands |
93.7% |
93.6% |
93.7% |
age 15 and over can read and write (1999 est.)[1] |
Mauritania |
58% |
64.9% |
51.2% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Mauritius |
89.8% |
92.3% |
87.3% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 census)[15] |
Mexico |
93.4% |
93.7% |
93.1% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2009 estimate)[1] |
Micronesia, Federated States of |
89% |
91% |
88% |
age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)[1] |
Moldova |
98.5% |
99.1% |
98.1% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Monaco |
99% |
99% |
99% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Mongolia |
97.4% |
96.9% |
97.9% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Montenegro |
98.4% |
99.4% |
97.4% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Montserrat |
97% |
97% |
97% |
age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970 est.)[1] |
Morocco |
67.1% |
76.1% |
57.6% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Mozambique |
56.1% |
70.8% |
42.8% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Namibia |
88.8% |
89% |
88.5% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Nauru |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
[1] |
Nepal |
66% |
75.1% |
57.4% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1] |
Netherlands |
99% |
99% |
99% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
New Caledonia |
96.2% |
96.8% |
95.5% |
age 15 and over can read and write (1996 census)[1] |
New Zealand |
99% |
99% |
99% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Nicaragua |
67.5% |
67.2% |
67.8% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Niger |
28.7% |
42.9% |
15.1% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2005 est.)[1] |
Nigeria |
61.3% |
72.1% |
50.4% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Niue |
95% |
N/A |
N/A |
[1] |
Norfolk Island |
100% |
100% |
100% |
[1] |
Northern Mariana Islands |
97% |
97% |
96% |
age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)[1] |
Norway |
100% |
100% |
100% |
[1] |
Oman |
81.4% |
86.8% |
73.5% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 census)[1] |
Pakistan |
55% |
67% |
42% |
age 15 and over can read and write.[2] |
Palau |
92% |
93% |
90% |
age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)[1] |
Palestine |
95.6% |
98.1% |
93.1% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2012 est.)[16] |
Panama |
91.9% |
92.5% |
91.2% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2000 census)[1] |
Papua New Guinea |
57.3% |
63.4% |
50.9% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2000 census)[1] |
Paraguay |
94% |
94.9% |
93% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Peru |
92.9% |
96.4% |
89.4% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2007 census)[1] |
Philippines |
95.4% |
95% |
95.8% |
age 15 and over can read and write[1] |
Pitcairn Islands |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
[1] |
Poland |
99.7% |
99.9% |
99.6% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Portugal |
95.4% |
97% |
94% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Puerto Rico |
94.1% |
93.9% |
94.4% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2002 est.)[1] |
Qatar |
96.3% |
96.5% |
95.4% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Romania |
97.7% |
98.3% |
97.1% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Russia |
99.7% |
99.7% |
99.6% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Rwanda |
71.1% |
74.8% |
67.5% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha |
97% |
97% |
98% |
age 20 and over can read and write (1987 est.)[1] |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
97.8% |
N/A |
N/A |
age 15 and over has ever attended school (2003 est.)[1] |
Saint Lucia |
90.1% |
89.5% |
90.6% |
age 15 and over has ever attended school (2001 est.)[1] |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
99% |
99% |
99% |
age 15 and over can read and write (1982 est.)[1] |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
96% |
96% |
96% |
age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970 est.)[1] |
Samoa |
99.7% |
99.6% |
99.7% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
San Marino |
96% |
97% |
95% |
age 10 and over can read and write[1] |
Sao Tome and Principe |
84.9% |
92.2% |
77.9% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census)[1] |
Saudi Arabia |
86.6% |
90.4% |
81.3% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Senegal |
39.3% |
51.1% |
29.2% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2002 est.)[1] |
Serbia |
98% |
99.2% |
96.9% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
Seychelles |
91.8% |
91.4% |
92.3% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census)[1] |
Sierra Leone |
35.1% |
46.9% |
24.4% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2004 est.)[1] |
Singapore |
95.9% |
98.0% |
93.8% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Slovakia |
99.6% |
99.7% |
99.6% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2004)[1] |
Slovenia |
99.7% |
99.7% |
99.7% |
(2010 est.)[1] |
Solomon Islands |
84.1% |
88.9% |
79.2% |
[1] |
Somalia |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
[17] |
South Africa |
93.1% |
93.9% |
92.2% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2011 est.)[1] |
South Sudan |
27% |
40% |
16% |
age 15 and over can read and write[1] |
Spain |
97.7% |
98.5% |
97% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Sri Lanka |
91.2% |
92.6% |
90% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1] |
Sudan |
71.9% |
80.7% |
63.2% |
age 15 and over can read and write[1] |
Suriname |
92.6% |
95% |
90.2% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1] |
Svalbard |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
[1] |
Swaziland |
81.6% |
82.6% |
80.8% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Sweden |
99% |
99% |
99% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Switzerland |
99% |
99% |
99% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Syria |
79.6% |
86% |
73.6% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2004 census)[1] |
Taiwan |
98.29% |
99.62% |
96.97% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2012)[18] |
Tajikistan |
99.7% |
99.8% |
99.6% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Tanzania |
69.4% |
77.5% |
62.2% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census)[1] |
Thailand |
93.5% |
95.6% |
91.5% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2005 census)[1] |
Timor-Leste |
58.6% |
N/A |
N/A |
age 15 and over can read and write (2002)[1] |
Togo |
60.9% |
75.4% |
46.9% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Tokelau |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
[1] |
Tonga |
98.9% |
98.8% |
99% |
can read and write Tongan and/or English (1999 est.)[1] |
Trinidad and Tobago |
98.6% |
99.1% |
98% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Tunisia |
88.3% |
95.1% |
80.3% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 census)[1] |
Turkey |
95.3% |
98.3% |
92.2% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2012 est.)[19] |
Turkmenistan |
98.8% |
99.3% |
98.3% |
age 15 and over can read and write (1999 est.)[1] |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
98% |
99% |
98% |
age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970 est.)[1] |
Tuvalu |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
[1] |
Uganda |
66.8% |
76.8% |
57.7% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2002 census)[1] |
Ukraine |
99.7% |
99.8% |
99.6% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
United Arab Emirates |
77.9% |
76.1% |
81.7% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
United Kingdom |
99% |
99% |
99% |
age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling (2003 est.)[1] |
United States |
99% |
99% |
99% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
United States Virgin Islands |
90-95% est. |
N/A |
N/A |
age 15 and over can read and write (2005 est.)[1] |
Uruguay |
98% |
97.6% |
98.4% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Uzbekistan |
99.3% |
99.6% |
99% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2003 est.)[1] |
Vanuatu |
74% |
N/A |
N/A |
age 15 and over can read and write (1999 census)[1] |
Vatican City |
99% |
99% |
99% |
[1] |
Venezuela |
93% |
93.3% |
92.7% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2001 census)[1] |
Vietnam |
94% |
96.1% |
92% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2002 est.)[1] |
Wallis and Futuna |
50% |
50% |
50% |
age 15 and over can read and write (1969 est.)[1] |
Western Sahara |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
[1] |
Yemen |
63.9% |
81.2% |
46.8% |
age 15 and over can read and write (2010 est.)[1] |
Zambia |
80.6% |
86.8% |
74.8% |
age 15 and over can read and write English (2003 est.)[1] |
Zimbabwe |
90.7% |
94.2% |
87.2% |
age 15 and over can read and write English (2003 est.)[1] |