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Literacy rates of women in the countries of the world

Rank
(total)
CountryTotal
(percent)
Date
1Andorra100.02016
1Greenland100.02015
1Korea (North)100.02015
1Uzbekistan100.02016
5Latvia99.92015
5San Marino99.9 
7Cuba99.82015
7Estonia99.82015
7Kazakhstan99.82015
7Lithuania99.82015
11Armenia99.72017
11Azerbaijan99.72017
11Belarus99.72018
11Poland99.72015
11Russia99.72018
11Slovenia99.72015
11Tajikistan99.72015
11Ukraine99.72015
19Barbados99.62014
19Turkmenistan99.62015
21Kyrgyzstan99.52018
21Tonga99.52015
23Antigua and Barbuda99.42015
24Georgia99.32017
25Samoa99.22018
26Argentina99.12018
26Fiji99.12018
26Moldova99.12015
29Cayman Islands99.02007
29Czech Republic99.02011
29Hungary99.02015
29Italy99.02018
29Uruguay99.02018
34Croatia98.92015
35Cyprus98.72015
35Trinidad and Tobago98.72015
37Grenada98.62014 est.
37Mongolia98.62018
37Romania98.62018
40Montenegro98.32018
41Marshall Islands98.22011
41Philippines98.22015
43Bulgaria98.12015
43Maldives98.12016
45Spain98.02018
46Costa Rica97.92018
47Albania97.82018
47Aruba97.82018
47Jordan97.82018
50Bosnia and Herzegovina97.52015
50Serbia97.52016
52Taiwan97.32014
53Venezuela97.22016
54Greece96.92015
55Israel96.82011
55North Macedonia96.82015
57New Caledonia96.52015
58Seychelles96.42018
59Chile96.32017
59Palau96.32015
61Malta96.02018
62Singapore95.92018
63United Arab Emirates95.82015
64Palestinian Territories95.72018
65Colombia95.32018
66China95.22018
67Portugal95.12018
68Macau95.02016
69Bahrain94.92018
69Kuwait94.92018
69Panama94.92018
72Qatar94.72017
73Mexico94.62018
74Indonesia94.02018
75Dominican Republic93.82016
76Vietnam93.62018
77Paraguay93.52018
77Turkey93.52017
79Brazil93.42018
79Brunei93.42018
81Lebanon93.32018
82Jamaica93.12015
83Equatorial Guinea93.02015
84Oman92.72018
84Saudi Arabia92.72017
84Suriname92.72018
87Puerto Rico92.42017
88Ecuador92.12017
89Peru91.72018
90Namibia91.42018
91Thailand91.22015
92Malaysia91.12016
93Sri Lanka91.02017
94Guyana89.82015
95São Tomé and Príncipe89.52018
96Mauritius89.42018
97Botswana88.92015
98Bolivia88.62015
99Eswatini88.52015
100Lesotho88.32015
101Honduras87.32016
102El Salvador86.72017
102Vanuatu86.72018
104South Africa86.52017
105Libya85.62015
106Zimbabwe84.62015
107Gabon83.42018
108Zambia83.12018
109Nicaragua82.82015
110Cape Verde82.02015
111Syria81.02015
112Iran80.82016
113Laos79.42015
114Kenya78.22018
115Guatemala76.32015
116Algeria75.32018
117Cambodia75.02015
118Congo (Republic)74.62018
119Tunisia74.22015
120Tanzania73.12015
121Madagascar72.42018
122Myanmar (Burma)71.82016
123Cameroon71.62018
124Ghana71.42015
125Bangladesh71.22018
126Uganda70.82018
127Rwanda69.42018
128Eritrea68.92018
129Congo (Democratic Republic)66.52016
130India65.82018
131Egypt65.52017
132Morocco64.62018
133East Timor64.22018
134Papua New Guinea62.82015
135Burundi61.22017
136Angola60.72015
137Nepal59.72018
138Haiti58.32016
139Bhutan57.12017
140Sudan56.12018
141Malawi55.22015
142Yemen55.02015
143Comoros53.02018
144Nigeria52.72018
145Togo51.22015
146Mozambique50.32017
147Guinea-Bissau48.32015
148Pakistan46.52015
149Ethiopia44.42017
150Iraq44.02018
151Mauritania43.42017
152Gambia41.62015
153Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)40.52018
154Senegal39.82017
154Sierra Leone39.82018
156Liberia34.12017
157Burkina Faso32.72018
158Benin31.12018
159Afghanistan29.82018
160South Sudan28.92018
161Central African Republic25.82018
162Mali25.72018
163Guinea22.82015
164Chad14.02016
165Niger11.02015
 World82.82016 est.

No information is available for non-listed countries.

There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Most presented rates are based on the ability to read and write at a specified age. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons. Low levels of literacy, and education in general, can impede the economic development of a country in the current rapidly changing, technology-driven world.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2020-05-14)