| Rank | Country | Literacy |
13 | Latvia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.7% (2000 census) |
132 | Lebanon | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.4%
male: 93.1%
female: 82.2% (2003 est.) |
144 | Lesotho | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.8%
male: 74.5%
female: 94.5% (2003 est.) |
188 | Liberia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 57.5%
male: 73.3%
female: 41.6% (2003 est.) |
147 | Libya | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 82.6%
male: 92.4%
female: 72% (2003 est.) |
6 | Liechtenstein | definition: age 10 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% |
17 | Lithuania | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.6%
female: 99.6% (2001 census) |
7 | Luxembourg | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% (2000 est.) |
117 | Macau | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.3%
male: 95.3%
female: 87.8% (2001 census) |
79 | Macedonia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.1%
male: 98.2%
female: 94.1% (2002 census) |
171 | Madagascar | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 68.9%
male: 75.5%
female: 62.5% (2003 est.) |
180 | Malawi | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 62.7%
male: 76.1%
female: 49.8% (2003 est.) |
129 | Malaysia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88.7%
male: 92%
female: 85.4% (2000 census) |
96 | Maldives | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.8%
male: 93%
female: 94.7% (2006 Census) |
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