| Rank | Country | total population | Literacy |
111 | West Bank | 92.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.4%
male: 96.7%
female: 88% (2004 est.) |
112 | Palau | 92.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92%
male: 93%
female: 90% (1980 est.) |
113 | Panama | 91.90 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.9%
male: 92.5%
female: 91.2% (2000 census) |
114 | Seychelles | 91.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.8%
male: 91.4%
female: 92.3% (2002 census) |
115 | Macau | 91.30 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.3%
male: 95.3%
female: 87.8% (2001 census) |
116 | Ecuador | 91.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91%
male: 92.3%
female: 89.7% (2001 census) |
117 | Mexico | 91.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91%
male: 92.4%
female: 89.6% (2004 est.) |
118 | China | 90.90 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.9%
male: 95.1%
female: 86.5% (2000 census) |
119 | Sri Lanka | 90.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.7%
male: 92.3%
female: 89.1% (2001 census) |
120 | Zimbabwe | 90.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write English
total population: 90.7%
male: 94.2%
female: 87.2% (2003 est.) |
121 | Indonesia | 90.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.4%
male: 94%
female: 86.8% (2004 est.) |
122 | Vietnam | 90.30 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.3%
male: 93.9%
female: 86.9% (2002 est.) |
123 | Saint Lucia | 90.10 | definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 90.1%
male: 89.5%
female: 90.6% (2001 est.) |
124 | Burma | 89.90 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89.9%
male: 93.9%
female: 86.4% (2006 est.) |
125 | Jordan | 89.90 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89.9%
male: 95.1%
female: 84.7% (2003 est.) |
126 | Suriname | 89.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89.6%
male: 92%
female: 87.2% (2004 census) |
127 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 89.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89%
male: 91%
female: 88% (1980 est.) |
128 | Qatar | 89.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89%
male: 89.1%
female: 88.6% (2004 census) |
129 | Malaysia | 88.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88.7%
male: 92%
female: 85.4% (2000 census) |
130 | Brazil | 88.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88.6%
male: 88.4%
female: 88.8% (2004 est.) |
131 | Jamaica | 87.90 | definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 87.9%
male: 84.1%
female: 91.6% (2003 est.) |
132 | Peru | 87.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.7%
male: 93.5%
female: 82.1% (2004 est.) |
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