| Rank | Country | male | Literacy |
117 | Libya | 92.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 82.6% male: 92.4% female: 72% (2003 est.) |
118 | Mexico | 92.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91% male: 92.4% female: 89.6% (2004 est.) |
119 | Ecuador | 92.30 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91% male: 92.3% female: 89.7% (2001 census) |
120 | Sri Lanka | 92.30 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 90.7% male: 92.3% female: 89.1% (2001 census) |
121 | Sao Tome and Principe | 92.20 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 84.9% male: 92.2% female: 77.9% (2001 census) |
122 | Malaysia | 92.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 88.7% male: 92% female: 85.4% (2000 census) |
123 | Malta | 92.00 | definition: age 10 and over can read and write total population: 92.8% male: 92% female: 93.6% (2003 est.) |
124 | Suriname | 92.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 89.6% male: 92% female: 87.2% (2004 census) |
125 | Seychelles | 91.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.8% male: 91.4% female: 92.3% (2002 census) |
126 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 91.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 89% male: 91% female: 88% (1980 est.) |
127 | Kenya | 90.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 85.1% male: 90.6% female: 79.7% (2003 est.) |
128 | Colombia | 90.10 |  definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 90.4% male: 90.1% female: 90.7% (2005 census) |