Literacy Rate

Name: Literacy Rate
Creator: GK Maps

North Korea has the highest Literacy Rate (2024) of any country, at 100.0 %. It is followed by Uzbekistan (100.0) and Belarus (99.9).

Literacy Rate — 142 countries (%)
1	North Korea	100.0
2	Uzbekistan	100.0
3	Belarus	99.9
4	Estonia	99.9
5	Latvia	99.9
6	Russia	99.9
7	Turkmenistan	99.9
8	Armenia	99.8
9	Azerbaijan	99.8
10	Lithuania	99.8
11	Georgia	99.7
12	Kazakhstan	99.7
13	Spain	99.7
14	Tajikistan	99.7
15	Slovenia	99.5
16	Moldova	99.4
17	Ukraine	99.4
18	Italy	99.3
19	Serbia	99.3
20	Kyrgyzstan	99.2
21	Romania	99.2
22	Argentina	99.1
23	Hungary	98.9
24	Uruguay	98.9
25	United Arab Emirates	98.8
26	Cyprus	98.7
27	Poland	98.7
28	Mongolia	98.6
29	Montenegro	98.5
30	Philippines	98.5
31	Bulgaria	98.3
32	Croatia	98.2
33	South Korea	98.0
34	Saudi Arabia	97.9
35	Qatar	97.8
36	Albania	97.7
37	Cuba	97.7
38	Costa Rica	97.4
39	Oman	97.3
40	Turkey	97.3
41	Venezuela	97.2
42	Bosnia and Herz.	97.0
43	Trinidad and Tobago	96.9
44	Bolivia	96.7
45	China	96.7
46	Kuwait	96.5
47	Chile	96.4
48	Panama	96.2
49	Brunei	96.1
50	New Caledonia	96.1
51	North Macedonia	96.1
52	Vietnam	96.1
53	Indonesia	96.0
54	Malaysia	95.8
55	Mexico	95.6
56	Colombia	95.3
57	Paraguay	94.9
58	Brazil	94.7
59	Portugal	94.5
60	Jordan	94.4
61	Syria	94.4
62	Dominican Rep.	94.0
63	Greece	93.9
64	Peru	93.7
65	Ecuador	93.5
66	Myanmar	93.5
67	Zimbabwe	93.2
68	Suriname	92.9
69	Sri Lanka	92.7
70	Puerto Rico	92.4
71	Lebanon	92.0
72	Israel	91.8
73	South Africa	91.2
74	Thailand	91.1
75	eSwatini	90.8
76	Lesotho	90.4
77	El Salvador	89.8
78	Gabon	88.9
79	Iran	88.9
80	Eq. Guinea	88.3
81	Honduras	88.3
82	Vanuatu	88.0
83	Belize	87.9
84	Namibia	87.6
85	Nicaragua	87.3
86	Papua New Guinea	87.0
87	Tunisia	86.3
88	Guyana	85.6
89	Iraq	84.1
90	Kenya	82.2
91	Guatemala	82.1
92	Botswana	81.2
93	Jamaica	79.9
94	Egypt	79.5
95	Bangladesh	79.0
96	Rwanda	78.8
97	India	78.2
98	Tanzania	78.2
99	Uganda	77.0
100	Solomon Is.	76.6
101	Ghana	76.5
102	Congo	76.1
103	Laos	75.6
104	Algeria	75.1
105	Madagascar	74.7
106	Cameroon	72.6
107	Togo	72.6
108	Cambodia	71.9
109	Zambia	71.8
110	Burundi	71.3
111	Nigeria	70.4
112	Malawi	70.2
113	Timor-Leste	69.4
114	Nepal	68.7
115	Dem. Rep. Congo	68.5
116	Angola	68.2
117	Haiti	68.0
118	Bhutan	64.9
119	Eritrea	64.7
120	Morocco	64.3
121	Guinea-Bissau	63.9
122	Mozambique	61.7
123	Ethiopia	60.5
124	Libya	60.2
125	Mauritania	59.5
126	Liberia	59.4
127	Pakistan	58.9
128	Somalia	54.1
129	Sudan	53.5
130	Gambia	51.6
131	Benin	51.4
132	Senegal	50.4
133	Côte d'Ivoire	50.0
134	Sierra Leone	43.6
135	Central African Rep.	42.4
136	Burkina Faso	41.6
137	Guinea	39.6
138	Afghanistan	37.3
139	Yemen	37.1
140	Mali	35.6
141	Niger	35.6
142	Chad	30.6

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