| Rank | Country | male | Literacy |
175 | Burundi | 67.30 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 59.3%
male: 67.3%
female: 52.2% (2000 est.) |
176 | Nicaragua | 67.20 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 67.5%
male: 67.2%
female: 67.8% (2003 est.) |
177 | Ghana | 66.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 57.9%
male: 66.4%
female: 49.8% (2000 census) |
178 | Morocco | 65.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 52.3%
male: 65.7%
female: 39.6% (2004 census) |
179 | Central African Republic | 64.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 48.6%
male: 64.8%
female: 33.5% (2000 est.) |
180 | Comoros | 63.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 56.5%
male: 63.6%
female: 49.3% (2003 est.) |
181 | Mozambique | 63.50 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 47.8%
male: 63.5%
female: 32.7% (2003 est.) |
182 | Papua New Guinea | 63.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 57.3%
male: 63.4%
female: 50.9% (2000 census) |
183 | Pakistan | 63.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 49.9%
male: 63%
female: 36% (2005 est.) |
184 | Nepal | 62.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 48.6%
male: 62.7%
female: 34.9% (2001 census) |
185 | Cote d'Ivoire | 60.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 48.7%
male: 60.8%
female: 38.6% (2000 est.) |
186 | Bhutan | 60.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 47%
male: 60%
female: 34% (2003 est.) |
187 | Mauritania | 59.50 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 51.2%
male: 59.5%
female: 43.4% (2000 census) |
188 | Guinea-Bissau | 58.10 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 42.4%
male: 58.1%
female: 27.4% (2003 est.) |
189 | Haiti | 54.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 52.9%
male: 54.8%
female: 51.2% (2003 est.) |
190 | Bangladesh | 53.90 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 43.1%
male: 53.9%
female: 31.8% (2003 est.) |
191 | Mali | 53.50 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 46.4%
male: 53.5%
female: 39.6% (2003 est.) |
192 | Senegal | 51.10 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 39.3%
male: 51.1%
female: 29.2% (2002 est.) |
193 | Ethiopia | 50.30 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 42.7%
male: 50.3%
female: 35.1% (2003 est.) |
194 | Wallis and Futuna | 50.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 50%
male: 50%
female: 50% (1969 est.) |
195 | Somalia | 49.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 37.8%
male: 49.7%
female: 25.8% (2001 est.) |
196 | Benin | 47.90 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 34.7%
male: 47.9%
female: 23.3% (2002 census) |
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