| Rank | Country | male | Literacy |
111 | Bolivia | 93.10 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.7%
male: 93.1%
female: 80.7% (2001 census) |
112 | Lebanon | 93.10 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.4%
male: 93.1%
female: 82.2% (2003 est.) |
113 | Palau | 93.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92%
male: 93%
female: 90% (1980 est.) |
114 | Colombia | 92.90 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.8%
male: 92.9%
female: 92.7% (2004 est.) |
115 | Panama | 92.50 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.9%
male: 92.5%
female: 91.2% (2000 census) |
116 | Philippines | 92.50 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.6%
male: 92.5%
female: 92.7% (2000 census) |
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 | 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.) |
129 | 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.) |
130 | Qatar | 89.10 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89%
male: 89.1%
female: 88.6% (2004 census) |
131 | Bahrain | 88.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.5%
male: 88.6%
female: 83.6% (2001 census) |
132 | Brazil | 88.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88.6%
male: 88.4%
female: 88.8% (2004 est.) |
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