| Rank | Country | male | Literacy |
143 | Iraq | 84.10 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 74.1% male: 84.1% female: 64.2% (2000 est.) |
144 | Jamaica | 84.10 | definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 87.9% male: 84.1% female: 91.6% (2003 est.) |
145 | Iran | 83.50 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 77% male: 83.5% female: 70.4% (2002 est.) |
146 | Tunisia | 83.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 74.3% male: 83.4% female: 65.3% (2004 census) |
147 | Egypt | 83.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 71.4% male: 83% female: 59.4% (2005 est.) |
148 | Laos | 83.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 73% male: 83% female: 63% (2005 Census) |
149 | Angola | 82.90 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 67.4% male: 82.9% female: 54.2% (2001 est.) |
150 | El Salvador | 82.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 81.1% male: 82.8% female: 79.6% (2007 census) |
151 | Swaziland | 82.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 81.6% male: 82.6% female: 80.8% (2003 est.) |
152 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 80.90 | 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.) |
153 | Botswana | 80.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 81.2% male: 80.4% female: 81.8% (2003 est.) |