| Rank | Country | Literacy |
149 | Oman | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 81.4%
male: 86.8%
female: 73.5% (2003 census) |
| Pacific Ocean | void |
196 | Pakistan | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 49.9%
male: 63%
female: 36% (2005 est.) |
112 | Palau | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92%
male: 93%
female: 90% (1980 est.) |
114 | Panama | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.9%
male: 92.5%
female: 91.2% (2000 census) |
189 | Papua New Guinea | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 57.3%
male: 63.4%
female: 50.9% (2000 census) |
| Paracel Islands | void |
94 | Paraguay | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94%
male: 94.9%
female: 93% (2003 est.) |
103 | Peru | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.9%
male: 96.4%
female: 89.4% (2007 Census) |
106 | Philippines | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.6%
male: 92.5%
female: 92.7% (2000 census) |
| Pitcairn Islands | NA |
11 | Poland | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.7% (2003 est.) |
101 | Portugal | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.3%
male: 95.5%
female: 91.3% (2003 est.) |
92 | Puerto Rico | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94.1%
male: 93.9%
female: 94.4% (2002 est.) |
128 | Qatar | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89%
male: 89.1%
female: 88.6% (2004 census) |
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