| Rank | Country | total population | Literacy |
133 | Lebanon | 87.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.4%
male: 93.1%
female: 82.2% (2003 est.) |
134 | Turkey | 87.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.4%
male: 95.3%
female: 79.6% (2004 est.) |
135 | Dominican Republic | 87.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87%
male: 86.8%
female: 87.2% (2002 census) |
136 | Equatorial Guinea | 87.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87%
male: 93.4%
female: 80.5% (2000 est.) |
137 | Bolivia | 86.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.7%
male: 93.1%
female: 80.7% (2001 census) |
138 | Bahrain | 86.50 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.5%
male: 88.6%
female: 83.6% (2001 census) |
139 | South Africa | 86.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.4%
male: 87%
female: 85.7% (2003 est.) |
140 | Antigua and Barbuda | 85.80 | definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling
total population: 85.8%
male: NA%
female: NA% (2003 est.) |
141 | Kenya | 85.10 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 85.1%
male: 90.6%
female: 79.7% (2003 est.) |
142 | Namibia | 85.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 85%
male: 86.8%
female: 83.5% (2001 census) |
143 | Sao Tome and Principe | 84.90 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.9%
male: 92.2%
female: 77.9% (2001 census) |
144 | Lesotho | 84.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.8%
male: 74.5%
female: 94.5% (2003 est.) |
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.) |
147 | Libya | 82.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 82.6%
male: 92.4%
female: 72% (2003 est.) |
| World | 82.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 82%
male: 87%
female: 77%
note: over two-thirds of the world's 785 million illiterate adults are found in only eight countries (India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Egypt); of all the illiterate adults in the world, two-thirds are women; extremely low literacy rates are concentrated in three regions, South and West Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Arab states, where around one-third of the men and half of all women are illiterate (2005 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: NA
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 | 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.) |
152 | El Salvador | 80.20 | definition: age 10 and over can read and write
total population: 80.2%
male: 82.8%
female: 77.7% (2003 est.) |
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