| Rank | Country | female | Literacy |
153 | Rwanda | 64.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 70.4%
male: 76.3%
female: 64.7% (2003 est.) |
154 | Iraq | 64.20 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 74.1%
male: 84.1%
female: 64.2% (2000 est.) |
155 | Cambodia | 64.10 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 73.6%
male: 84.7%
female: 64.1% (2004 est.) |
156 | Guatemala | 63.30 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 69.1%
male: 75.4%
female: 63.3% (2002 census) |
157 | Madagascar | 62.50 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 68.9%
male: 75.5%
female: 62.5% (2003 est.) |
158 | Tanzania | 62.20 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write Kiswahili (Swahili), English, or Arabic
total population: 69.4%
male: 77.5%
female: 62.2% (2002 census) |
159 | Laos | 60.90 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 68.7%
male: 77%
female: 60.9% (2001 est.) |
160 | Nigeria | 60.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 68%
male: 75.7%
female: 60.6% (2003 est.) |
161 | Algeria | 60.10 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 69.9%
male: 79.6%
female: 60.1% (2002 est.) |
162 | Cameroon | 59.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 67.9%
male: 77%
female: 59.8% (2001 est.) |
163 | Egypt | 59.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 71.4%
male: 83%
female: 59.4% (2005 est.) |
164 | Djibouti | 58.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 67.9%
male: 78%
female: 58.4% (2003 est.) |
165 | Uganda | 57.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 66.8%
male: 76.8%
female: 57.7% (2002 census) |
166 | Angola | 54.20 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 67.4%
male: 82.9%
female: 54.2% (2001 est.) |
167 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 54.10 | 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.) |
168 | Gabon | 53.30 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 63.2%
male: 73.7%
female: 53.3% (1995 est.) |
169 | Burundi | 52.20 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 59.3%
male: 67.3%
female: 52.2% (2000 est.) |
170 | Haiti | 51.20 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 52.9%
male: 54.8%
female: 51.2% (2003 est.) |
171 | Papua New Guinea | 50.90 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 57.3%
male: 63.4%
female: 50.9% (2000 census) |
172 | Sudan | 50.50 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 61.1%
male: 71.8%
female: 50.5% (2003 est.) |
173 | Wallis and Futuna | 50.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 50%
male: 50%
female: 50% (1969 est.) |
174 | Ghana | 49.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 57.9%
male: 66.4%
female: 49.8% (2000 census) |
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