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Literate world population (OurWorldInData based on OECD and UNESCO)
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The year for estimates corresponds to the estimated dates directly reported by the CIA Factbook. For those countries for which the year was reported by the source as NA, we have assigned 2011 (the most common year in the dataset). The countries where this imputation took place are: Andorra, Vatican, Liechtenstein, Norway, Austria, San Marino, Cook Islands, Niue, Solomon Islands, Gibraltar. The source also notes: "This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of the Factbook. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons. Low levels of literacy, and education in general, can impede the economic development of a country in the current rapidly changing, technology-driven world."
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Egypt 2012 74.9 Libya 2011 90.5 Albania 2011 97.8 Papua New Guinea 2011 62.4 Norway 2011 100.0 Andorra 2011 100.0 Angola 2011 70.4 Latvia 2011 100.8 Antigua and Barbuda 2011 99.0 Argentina 2011 98.9 Armenia 2011 100.6 Vatican 2011 100.0 Montenegro 2011 99.5 Austria 2011 98.0 Myanmar 2011 93.7 Ukraine 2011 100.7 Bangladesh 2011 58.7 Macao 2011 96.6 Seychelles 2011 92.8 Mauritius 2011 89.8 Liechtenstein 2011 100.0 Niue 2011 95.0 South Africa 2011 93.0 Slovenia 2011 100.7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011 98.0 Botswana 2011 85.1 Trinidad and Tobago 2011 99.8 Brunei 2011 95.4 Bulgaria 2011 98.4 Syria 2011 84.1 Swaziland 2011 88.8 Serbia 2011 98.0 Togo 2011 60.4 Mauritania 2011 59.6 Cape Verde 2011 85.9 Poland 2011 100.7 Central African Republic 2011 57.6 Chad 2011 35.4 Sierra Leone 2011 43.3 Vietnam 2011 93.4 Colombia 2011 94.6 Comoros 2011 76.5 Moldova 2011 99.0 Cook Islands 2011 95.0 Costa Rica 2011 96.3 Cote d'Ivoire 2011 57.9 Croatia 2011 99.9 Cuba 2011 100.8 Cyprus 2011 99.7 Czech Republic 2011 99.0 Morocco 2011 67.1 Dominican Republic 2011 90.1 Ecuador 2011 92.6 Equatorial Guinea 2011 94.2 Eritrea 2011 69.9 Estonia 2011 100.8 Tajikistan 2011 100.7 Turkmenistan 2011 100.6 Yemen 2011 65.3 Zimbabwe 2011 84.6 Saudi Arabia 2011 87.2 Gabon 2011 89.0 Gambia 2011 51.1 Georgia 2011 100.7 Mali 2011 33.4 Turkey 2011 94.1 Gibraltar 2011 80.0 Greece 2011 97.3 Lithuania 2011 100.7 Sudan 2011 72.9 Portugal 2011 95.4 Guatemala 2011 76.9 Vanuatu 2011 83.2 Guinea-Bissau 2011 55.3 Macedonia 2011 97.4 San Marino 2011 96.0 Honduras 2011 85.1 Solomon Islands 2011 84.1 Hungary 2011 99.0 Mexico 2011 94.5 Indonesia 2011 93.8 Romania 2011 98.7 Iraq 2011 79.5 Mongolia 2011 97.4 Nepal 2011 57.4 Italy 2011 99.0 Jamaica 2011 87.0 Uzbekistan 2011 99.4 Jordan 2011 96.9 Puerto Rico 2011 90.3 Azerbaijan 2010 100.8 Benin 2010 42.4 Brazil 2010 90.4 Democratic Republic of Congo 2010 67.8 Mozambique 2010 56.1 Namibia 2010 89.8 El Salvador 2010 85.5 Panama 2010 94.1 Singapore 2010 96.9 Kenya 2010 87.4 -
Sources
Data Published By: CIA Factbook (2016)
Data publisher source:Data from censuses, surveys, and registration systems
Link: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2103rank.html
