| Rank | Country | male | Literacy |
123 | Seychelles | 91.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.8% male: 91.4% female: 92.3% (2002 census) |
124 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 91.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 89% male: 91% female: 88% (1980 est.) |
125 | Kenya | 90.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 85.1% male: 90.6% female: 79.7% (2003 est.) |
126 | Colombia | 90.10 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 90.4% male: 90.1% female: 90.7% (2005 census) |
127 | Congo, Republic of the | 89.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 83.8% male: 89.6% female: 78.4% (2003 est.) |
128 | Saint Lucia | 89.50 | definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 90.1% male: 89.5% female: 90.6% (2001 est.) |
129 | Qatar | 89.10 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 89% male: 89.1% female: 88.6% (2004 census) |
130 | Bahrain | 88.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86.5% male: 88.6% female: 83.6% (2001 census) |
131 | Brazil | 88.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 88.6% male: 88.4% female: 88.8% (2004 est.) |
132 | Mauritius | 88.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 84.4% male: 88.4% female: 80.5% (2000 census) |