| Rank | Country | male | Literacy |
153 | Honduras | 79.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 80%
male: 79.8%
female: 80.2% (2001 census) |
154 | Algeria | 79.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 69.9%
male: 79.6%
female: 60.1% (2002 est.) |
155 | Djibouti | 78.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 67.9%
male: 78%
female: 58.4% (2003 est.) |
156 | Tanzania | 77.50 | 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) |
157 | Cameroon | 77.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 67.9%
male: 77%
female: 59.8% (2001 est.) |
158 | Laos | 77.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 68.7%
male: 77%
female: 60.9% (2001 est.) |
159 | Uganda | 76.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 66.8%
male: 76.8%
female: 57.7% (2002 census) |
160 | Belize | 76.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 76.9%
male: 76.7%
female: 77.1% (2000 census) |
161 | Rwanda | 76.30 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 70.4%
male: 76.3%
female: 64.7% (2003 est.) |
162 | Malawi | 76.10 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 62.7%
male: 76.1%
female: 49.8% (2003 est.) |
163 | United Arab Emirates | 76.10 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 77.9%
male: 76.1%
female: 81.7% (2003 est.) |
164 | Nigeria | 75.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 68%
male: 75.7%
female: 60.6% (2003 est.) |
165 | Madagascar | 75.50 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 68.9%
male: 75.5%
female: 62.5% (2003 est.) |
166 | Guatemala | 75.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 69.1%
male: 75.4%
female: 63.3% (2002 census) |
167 | Togo | 75.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 60.9%
male: 75.4%
female: 46.9% (2003 est.) |
168 | Lesotho | 74.50 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.8%
male: 74.5%
female: 94.5% (2003 est.) |
169 | Gabon | 73.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 63.2%
male: 73.7%
female: 53.3% (1995 est.) |
170 | India | 73.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 61%
male: 73.4%
female: 47.8% (2001 census) |
171 | Liberia | 73.30 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 57.5%
male: 73.3%
female: 41.6% (2003 est.) |
172 | Sudan | 71.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 61.1%
male: 71.8%
female: 50.5% (2003 est.) |
173 | Yemen | 70.50 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 50.2%
male: 70.5%
female: 30% (2003 est.) |
174 | Eritrea | 69.90 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 58.6%
male: 69.9%
female: 47.6% (2003 est.) |
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