| Rank | Country | Literacy |
136 | Bolivia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86.7% male: 93.1% female: 80.7% (2001 census) |
76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.7% male: 99% female: 94.4% (2000 est.) |
150 | Botswana | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 81.2% male: 80.4% female: 81.8% (2003 est.) |
| Bouvet Island | void |
130 | Brazil | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 88.6% male: 88.4% female: 88.8% (2004 est.) |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | void |
64 | British Virgin Islands | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.8% male: NA female: NA (1991 est.) |
105 | Brunei | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.7% male: 95.2% female: 90.2% (2001 census) |
54 | Bulgaria | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.2% male: 98.7% female: 97.7% (2001 census) |
216 | Burkina Faso | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 21.8% male: 29.4% female: 15.2% (2003 est.) |
124 | Burma | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 89.9% male: 93.9% female: 86.4% (2006 est.) |
184 | Burundi | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 59.3% male: 67.3% female: 52.2% (2000 est.) |
164 | Cambodia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 73.6% male: 84.7% female: 64.1% (2004 est.) |
173 | Cameroon | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 67.9% male: 77% female: 59.8% (2001 est.) |