List of countries by literacy rate

Rank	Country	Literacy rate [b]
1	Georgia	100.0
2	Cuba	99.8
2	Estonia	99.8
2	Latvia	99.8
5	Barbados	99.7 [j]
5	Slovenia	99.7 [l]
5	Belarus	99.7
5	Lithuania	99.7
5	Ukraine	99.7
5	Armenia	99.7
10	Kazakhstan	99.6
10	Tajikistan	99.6
12	Azerbaijan	99.5
12	Turkmenistan	99.5
12	Russia	99.5
16	Hungary	99.4 [j]
17	Kyrgyzstan	99.3
17	Poland	99.3 [j]
19	Moldova	99.2 [l]
19	Tonga	99.2
21	Albania	99.0
21	Antigua and Barbuda	99.0 [q]
21	Australia	99.0 [d]
21	Austria	99.0 [d]
21	Belgium	99.0 [d]
21	Canada	99.0 [d]
21	Czech Republic	99.0 [d]
21	North Korea	99.0 [d]
21	Denmark	99.0 [d]
21	Finland	99.0 [d]
21	France	99.0 [d]
21	Germany	99.0 [d]
21	Guyana	99.0 [j]
21	Iceland	99.0 [d]
21	Ireland	99.0 [d]
21	Japan	99.0 [d]
21	South Korea	99.0 [d]
21	Luxembourg	99.0 [d]
21	Netherlands	99.0 [d]
21	New Zealand	99.0 [d]
21	Norway	99.0 [d]
21	Slovakia	99.0 [d]
21	Sweden	99.0 [d]
21	Switzerland	99.0 [d]
21	United Kingdom	99.0 [d]
21	United States See also: Literacy in the United States	99.0 [d]
47	Italy	98.9
48	Samoa	98.7 [l]
48	Trinidad and Tobago	98.7 [l]
48	Croatia	98.7
51	Bulgaria	98.3
52	Spain	97.9 [d]
52	Uruguay	97.9
54	Saint Kitts and Nevis	97.8 [k]
55	Cyprus	97.7
56	Romania	97.6
56	Argentina	97.6
58	Mongolia	97.3
59	Israel	97.1 [k]
59	Greece	97.1
61	Maldives	97.0
61	Macedonia	97.0
63	Uzbekistan	96.9 [j]
64	Bosnia and Herzegovina	96.7
65	Chile	96.5
66	Serbia	96.4
67	Grenada	96.0 [q]
68	Costa Rica	95.9
69	Bahamas	95.8 [j]
70	Venezuela	95.2
71	Brunei Darussalam	94.9
71	Portugal	94.9 [l]
73	Saint Lucia	94.8 [q]
74	Hong Kong	94.6 [j]
74	Paraguay	94.6 [l]
76	Kuwait	94.5
77	Singapore	94.4
77	Fiji	94.4 [j]
79	Thailand	94.1
80	Panama	93.4
80	Philippines	93.4
82	China	93.3
82	Palestinian Authority	93.3 [p]
84	Qatar	93.1
85	Mexico	92.8
86	Colombia	92.7
87	Malta	92.4
88	Indonesia	92.0
89	Malaysia	91.9
90	Seychelles	91.8
91	Zimbabwe	91.2 [l]
92	Jordan	91.1
93	Ecuador	91.0
94	Sri Lanka	90.8 [w]
95	Bolivia	90.7
96	Suriname	90.4
97	Vietnam	90.3
98	United Arab Emirates	90.0 [l]
98	Brazil	90.0
100	Myanmar	89.9
101	Peru	89.6
101	Lebanon	89.6 [j]
103	Dominican Republic	89.1
104	Bahrain	88.8
105	Turkey	88.7
106	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	88.1 [q]
107	Dominica	88.0 [q]
107	Namibia	88.0
107	South Africa	88.0
110	Sao Tome and Principe	87.9
111	Mauritius	87.4
112	Equatorial Guinea	87.0
113	Libya	86.8 [l]
114	Gabon	86.2 [l]
115	Jamaica	86.0
116	Saudi Arabia	85.0
117	Cape Verde	83.8 [l]
118	Honduras	83.6
119	Syria	83.1
120	Botswana	82.9
121	Iran	82.3
122	Lesotho	82.2
123	El Salvador	82.0 [l]
124	Oman	81.4
125	Republic of the Congo	81.1 [l]
126	Swaziland	79.6
127	Vanuatu	78.1
128	Tunisia	77.7
129	Nicaragua	78.0
130	Solomon Islands	76.6 [k]
131	Cambodia	76.3
132	Algeria	75.4
133	Belize	75.1 [q]
133	Comoros	75.1 [j]
135	Kenya	73.6
135	Uganda	73.6
137	Guatemala	73.2
138	Tanzania	72.3
139	Nigeria	72.0 [l]
140	Malawi	71.8
141	Madagascar	70.7
142	Zambia	70.6
143	Djibouti	70.3 [j]
144	Laos	68.7
145	Cameroon	67.9
146	Angola	67.4
147	Democratic Republic of the Congo	67.2
148	Egypt	66.4
149	India	66.0
150	Ghana	65.0
151	Rwanda	64.9
152	Guinea-Bissau	64.6 [j]
153	Eritrea	64.2 [j]
155	Haiti	62.1 [j]
156	Sudan	60.9 [aa]
157	Burundi	59.3
158	Yemen	58.9 [l]
159	Papua New Guinea	57.8
160	Nepal	56.5
161	Mauritania	55.8
162	Morocco	55.6
163	Pakistan	54.2
164	Bangladesh	53.5
165	Togo	53.2
166	Bhutan	52.8 [v]
167	Timor-Leste	50.1 [ab]
168	Côte d'Ivoire	48.7
169	Central African Republic	48.6
170	Mozambique	44.4
171	Gambia	42.5 [j]
172	Senegal	41.9
173	Benin	40.5
174	Sierra Leone	38.1
175	Ethiopia	35.9
176	Chad	31.8
177	Guinea	29.5
178	Burkina Faso	28.7
178	Niger	28.7
180	Mali	26.2