| Rank | Country | Literacy |
214 | Afghanistan | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 28.1% male: 43.1% female: 12.6% (2000 est.) |
| Akrotiri | void |
51 | Albania | definition: age 9 and over can read and write total population: 98.7% male: 99.2% female: 98.3% (2001 census) |
168 | Algeria | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 69.9% male: 79.6% female: 60.1% (2002 est.) |
73 | American Samoa | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97% male: 98% female: 97% (1980 est.) |
1 | Andorra | definition: NA total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% |
177 | Angola | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 67.4% male: 82.9% female: 54.2% (2001 est.) |
90 | Anguilla | definition: age 12 and over can read and write total population: 95% male: 95% female: 95% (1984 est.) |
| Antarctica | void |
141 | Antigua and Barbuda |  definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling total population: 85.8% male: NA female: NA (2003 est.) |
| Arctic Ocean | void |
71 | Argentina | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.2% male: 97.2% female: 97.2% (2001 census) |
21 | Armenia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.7% female: 99.2% (2001 census) |
69 | Aruba | definition: NA total population: 97.3% male: 97.5% female: 97.1% (2000 census) |
| Ashmore and Cartier Islands | void |
| Atlantic Ocean | void |
27 | Australia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
57 | Austria | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98% male: NA female: NA |