| Rank | Country | Literacy |
29 | Canada | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
160 | Cape Verde | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 76.6%
male: 85.8%
female: 69.2% (2003 est.) |
58 | Cayman Islands | definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 98%
male: 98%
female: 98% (1970 est.) |
198 | Central African Republic | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 48.6%
male: 64.8%
female: 33.5% (2000 est.) |
215 | Chad | definition: age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic
total population: 25.7%
male: 40.8%
female: 12.8% (2000 est.) |
85 | Chile | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.7%
male: 95.8%
female: 95.6% (2002 census) |
111 | China | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.2%
male: 96%
female: 88.5% (2008 census) |
| Christmas Island | NA |
| Clipperton Island | void |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA |
121 | Colombia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.4%
male: 90.1%
female: 90.7% (2005 census) |
190 | Comoros | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 56.5%
male: 63.6%
female: 49.3% (2003 est.) |
177 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | definition: age 15 and over can read and write French, Lingala, Kingwana, or Tshiluba
total population: 67.2%
male: 80.9%
female: 54.1% (2001 est.) |
146 | Congo, Republic of the | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 83.8%
male: 89.6%
female: 78.4% (2003 est.) |
88 | Cook Islands | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95%
male: NA
female: NA |
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