| Rank | Country | total population | Literacy |
145 | Mauritius | 84.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.4%
male: 88.4%
female: 80.5% (2000 census) |
146 | Congo, Republic of the | 83.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 83.8%
male: 89.6%
female: 78.4% (2003 est.) |
| World | 83.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 83.7%
male: 88.3%
female: 79.2%
note: over two-thirds of the world's 793 million illiterate adults are found in only eight countries (Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Pakistan); of all the illiterate adults in the world, two-thirds are women; extremely low literacy rates are concentrated in three regions, the Arab states, South and West Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa, where around one-third of the men and half of all women are illiterate (2005-09 est.) |
147 | Libya | 82.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 82.6%
male: 92.4%
female: 72% (2003 est.) |
148 | Swaziland | 81.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 81.6%
male: 82.6%
female: 80.8% (2003 est.) |
149 | Oman | 81.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 81.4%
male: 86.8%
female: 73.5% (2003 census) |
150 | Botswana | 81.20 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 81.2%
male: 80.4%
female: 81.8% (2003 est.) |
151 | El Salvador | 81.10 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 81.1%
male: 82.8%
female: 79.6% (2007 census) |
152 | Zambia | 80.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write English
total population: 80.6%
male: 86.8%
female: 74.8% (2003 est.) |
153 | Gibraltar | 80.00 | definition: NA
total population: above 80%
male: NA
female: NA |
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