Sunday 21 May 2017

East Africa literacy rates, UNESCO 2015



This is a list of countries by literacy rate. The figures represented are almost entirely collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) on behalf of UNESCO with 2015 estimates based on people aged 15 or over who can read and write.


Source Wikipedia

CountryUNESCO[3]Non-UNESCO
literacy rate
Literacy rate (all)Male literacyFemale literacyGender difference
 World86.3%90.0%82.7%7.3%
 Afghanistan38.2%52.0%24.2%27.8%
 Albania97.6%98.4%96.8%1.6%
 Algeria80.2%87.2%73.1%14.0%
 Andorranot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Angola71.1%82.0%60.7%21.3%
 Antigua and Barbudanot reported by UNESCO 201599.0%(2013)[3][note 1]
 Argentina98.1%98.0%98.1%-0.1%
 Armenia99.8%99.8%99.7%0.1%
 Australianot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Austrianot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Azerbaijan99.8%99.9%99.7%0.1%
 Bahamasnot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Bahrain95.7%96.9%93.5%3.5%
 Bangladesh61.5%64.6%58.5%6.1%71% (2014)[5][note 2]
 Barbadosnot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Belarus99.7%99.8%99.7%0.1%
 Belgiumnot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Belize82.7%82.3%83.0%-0.7%
 Benin38.4%49.9%27.3%22.6%
 Bhutan64.9%73.1%55.0%18.1%
 Bolivia95.7%97.8%93.6%4.2%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina98.5%99.5%97.5%2.1%97.2% (2013)[6][note 3]
 Botswana88.5%88.0%88.9%-0.9%
 Brazil92.6%92.2%92.9%-0.7%
 Brunei Darussalam96.4%97.7%95.1%2.6%
 Bulgaria98.4%98.7%98.1%0.7%
 Burkina Faso36%43.0%29.3%13.7%
 Burundi85.6%88.2%83.1%5.1%
 Cabo Verde87.6%92.1%83.1%9.0%
 Cambodia77.2%84.5%70.5%13.9%
 Cameroon75%81.2%68.9%12.3%
 Canadanot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Central African Republic36.8%50.7%24.4%26.4%
 Chad40.2%48.5%31.9%16.6%
 Chile97.3%97.4%97.2%0.2%
 China96.4%98.2%94.5%3.7%
 Colombia94.7%94.6%94.8%-0.2%
 Comoros77.8%81.8%73.7%8.1%
 Congo79.3%86.4%72.9%13.6%
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the77.3%88.9%66.0%22.8%
 Costa Rica97.8%97.7%97.8%-0.1%
 CĂ´te d'Ivoire43.1%53.1%32.5%20.6%
 Croatia99.3%99.7%98.9%0.7%
 Cuba99.7%99.7%99.8%-0.1%
 Cyprus99.1%99.5%98.7%0.8%
 Czech Republicnot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Denmarknot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Djiboutinot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Dominicanot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Dominican Republic91.8%91.2%92.3%-1.1%
 Ecuador94.5%95.4%93.5%1.8%
 Egypt75.2%83.2%67.3%16.0%
 El Salvador88.4%90.7%86.4%4.3%
 Equatorial Guinea95.3%97.4%93.0%4.4%
 Eritrea73.8%82.4%65.5%16.9%
 Estonia99.8%99.8%99.8%0.0%
 Ethiopia49.1%57.2%41.1%16.1%
 Fijinot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Finlandnot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Francenot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Gabon83.2%85.3%81.0%4.3%
 Gambia55.5%63.9%47.6%16.3%
 Georgia99.8%99.8%99.7%0.1%
 Germanynot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Ghana76.6%82.0%71.4%10.7%
 Greece97.7%98.5%96.9%1.6%
 Grenadanot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Guatemala79.3%84.7%74.4%10.4%
 Guinea30.4%38.1%22.8%15.3%
 Guinea-Bissau59.9%71.8%48.3%23.5%
 Guyana88.5%87.2%89.8%-2.6%
 Haiti60.7%64.3%57.3%7.0%
 Honduras88.5%88.4%88.6%-0.1%
 Hungary99.1%99.1%99.0%0.2%
 Icelandnot reported by UNESCO 2015
 India72.1%80.9%62.8%18.1%74.0% (2011)[7][note 4]
 Indonesia93.9%96.3%91.5%4.7%
 Iran86.8%91.2%82.5%8.7%
 Iraq79.7%85.7%73.7%11.9%
 Irelandnot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Israelnot reported by UNESCO 201597.8% (2011)[4][note 5]
 Italy99.2%99.4%99.0%0.4%
 Jamaica88.7%84.0%93.1%-9.1%
 Japannot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Jordan96.7%98.1%95.2%3.0%
 Kazakhstan99.8%99.8%99.8%0.0%
 Kenya78%81.1%74.9%6.2%
 Kiribatinot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of100.0%100.0%100.0%0.0%
 Korea, Republic ofnot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Kuwait96.2%96.9%95.0%1.9%
 Kyrgyzstan99.5%99.6%99.4%0.2%
 Laos79.9%87.1%72.8%14.3%
 Latvia99.9%99.9%99.9%0.0%
 Lebanon93.9%96.0%91.8%4.1%
 Lesotho79.4%70.1%88.3%-18.2%
 Liberia47.6%62.4%32.8%29.6%
 Libya91%96.7%85.6%11.1%
 Liechtensteinnot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Lithuania99.8%99.8%99.8%0.0%
 Luxembourgnot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Macedonia97.8%98.8%96.8%2.0%
 Madagascar64.7%66.7%62.6%4.1%
 Malawi65.8%73.0%58.6%14.4%
 Malaysia94.6%96.2%93.2%3.0%
 Maldives99.3%99.8%98.8%0.9%
 Mali38.7%48.2%29.2%19.0%
 Malta94.1%92.5%95.7%-3.2%
 Marshall Islandsnot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Mauritania52.1%62.6%41.6%21.0%
 Mauritius90.6%92.9%88.5%4.4%
 Mexico94.4%95.6%93.3%2.2%
 Micronesianot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Moldova99.4%99.7%99.1%0.7%
 Monaconot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Mongolia98.4%98.2%98.6%-0.4%
 Montenegro98.7%99.5%98.0%1.4%
 Morocco72.4%82.7%62.5%20.2%
 Mozambique58.8%73.3%45.4%27.9%
 Myanmar93.1%95.2%91.2%4.0%
 Namibia81.9%79.2%84.5%-5.3%
 Naurunot reported by UNESCO 2015
   Nepal64.7%75.6%55.1%20.5%
 Netherlandsnot reported by UNESCO 2015
 New Zealandnot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Nicaragua82.8%82.4%83.2%-0.9%
 Niger19.1%27.3%11.0%16.3%
 Nigeria59.6%69.2%49.7%19.5%71.6% (2010)[8][note 6]
 Norwaynot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Oman94.8%96.9%90.0%6.9%
 Pakistan56.4%69.6%42.7%26.9%
 Palau99.5%99.5%99.6%-0.1%
 Panama95%95.7%94.4%1.2%
 Papua New Guinea64.2%65.6%62.8%2.8%
 Paraguay95.6%96.1%95.0%1.1%
 Peru94.5%97.3%91.7%5.6%
 Philippines96.3%95.8%96.8%-1.0%
 Poland99.8%99.9%99.7%0.2%
 Portugal95.4%96.9%94.1%2.8%
 Qatar97.8%97.9%97.3%0.6%
 Romania98.8%99.1%98.5%0.6%
 Russia99.7%99.7%99.7%0.0%
 Rwanda70.5%73.2%68.0%5.2%
 Saint Kitts and Nevisnot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Saint Lucianot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesnot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Samoa99%98.9%99.1%-0.2%
 San Marinonot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Sao Tome and Principe74.9%81.8%68.4%13.4%
 Saudi Arabia94.7%97.0%91.1%5.9%
 Senegal55.7%68.5%43.8%24.6%
 Serbia98.1%99.1%97.2%1.9%
 Seychelles95.2%94.7%95.7%-1.0%
 Sierra Leone48.1%58.7%37.7%21.1%
 Singapore96.8%98.7%95.1%3.6%
 Slovakia99.6%99.6%99.6%0.0%
 Slovenia99.7%99.7%99.7%0.0%
 Solomon Islandsnot reported by UNESCO 201584.1% (2015)[4][note 7]
 Somalianot reported by UNESCO 2015
 South Africa94.3%95.5%93.1%2.4%
 South Sudan31.9%38.6%25.3%13.3%
 Spain98.1%98.7%97.5%1.3%
 Sri Lanka92.6%93.6%91.7%1.9%
 Sudan75.9%83.3%68.6%14.6%
 Suriname95.6%96.1%95.0%1.1%
 Swaziland87.5%87.4%87.5%-0.1%
 Swedennot reported by UNESCO 2015
  Switzerlandnot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Syria86.4%91.7%81.0%10.7%
 Tajikistan99.8%99.8%99.7%0.1%
 Tanzania, United Republic of80.3%84.8%75.9%9.0%
 Thailand96.7%96.6%96.7%-0.1%
 Timor-Leste67.5%71.5%63.4%8.1%
 Togo66.5%78.3%55.3%23.0%
 Tonga99.4%99.3%99.4%-0.1%
 Trinidad and Tobago99%99.2%98.7%0.5%
 Tunisia81.8%89.6%74.2%15.4%
 Turkey95%98.4%91.8%6.6%
 Turkmenistan99.7%99.8%99.6%0.1%
 Tuvalunot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Uganda73.9%80.8%66.9%14.0%
 Ukraine99.8%99.8%99.7%0.1%
 United Arab Emirates93.8%93.1%95.8%-2.6%
 United Kingdomnot reported by UNESCO 2015
 United States of Americanot reported by UNESCO 2015
 Uruguay98.4%98.1%98.7%-0.6%
 Uzbekistan99.6%99.7%99.5%0.3%
 Vanuatu85.2%86.6%83.8%2.8%
 Venezuela95.4%95.0%95.7%-0.7%
 Vietnam94.5%96.3%92.8%3.4%
 Yemen70.1%85.1%55.0%30.1%
 Zambia63.4%70.9%56.0%14.9%
 Zimbabwe86.5%88.5%84.6%4.0%

List of other states and territories[edit]

TerritoryLiteracy rate (all)Male literacyFemale literacyGender differenceYearNotes
 Aruba97.5%97.5%97.5%0.0%2015[3]A constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
 Cayman Islands98.9%98.7%99.0%-0.3%2007[3]An overseas territory of the United Kingdom.
 Guadeloupe96.5%96.4%96.6%-0.2%2015[3]Overseas region/department of France.
 Guam99.8%99.8%99.8%0.0%2015[3]The United States has sovereignty.
 Kosovo91.9%96.6%87.5%9.1%2003[4]Member of two UN specialized agencies (World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund). It is claimed by Serbia.
 Macau96.2%98.0%94.6%3.4%2015[3]special administrative region of which China has sovereignty.
 Martinique97.0%97.6%96.4%1.2%2015[3]Overseas region/department of France.
 New Caledonia96.9%97.3%96.5%0.8%2015[3]Overseas region/department of France.
 Palestine96.7%98.5%94.8%3.7%2015[3]UN Observer State[9]
 Puerto Rico93.3%92.8%93.8%-1.0%2015[3]The United States has sovereignty.
 RĂ©union93.9%93.2%94.5%-1.3%2015[3]Overseas region/department of France.
 Taiwan98.70%99.73%97.69%2.05%2017[10]Member of one UN specialized agency (World Health Organization) as Chinese Taipei; Claimed by the People's Republic of China.