| 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 |
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