Literacy
Literacy, 2024: from 30.6% (Chad, 2019) to 100% (Uzbekistan, 2022), median 91.1%.
Ranking
| Rank | Country | Value (% of adults) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuvalu | 100% | 2022 |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100% | 2022 |
| 3 | Russia | 99.9% | 2021 |
| 4 | San Marino | 99.9% | 2022 |
| 5 | Turkmenistan | 99.9% | 2022 |
| 6 | Belarus | 99.9% | 2019 |
| 7 | Armenia | 99.8% | 2023 |
| 7 | Palau | 99.8% | 2020 |
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 99.8% | 2023 |
| 10 | Spain | 99.7% | 2021 |
| 11 | Georgia | 99.7% | 2024 |
| 12 | Tonga | 99.5% | 2023 |
| 13 | Italy | 99.3% | 2019 |
| 14 | Serbia | 99.3% | 2022 |
| 15 | Romania | 99.2% | 2021 |
| 16 | Argentina | 99.1% | 2020 |
| 17 | Uruguay | 98.9% | 2024 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 98.8% | 2024 |
| 19 | Mongolia | 98.6% | 2024 |
| 20 | Kiribati | 98.6% | 2020 |
| 21 | Philippines | 98.5% | 2020 |
| 22 | Maldives | 98.2% | 2019 |
| 23 | Samoa | 98.0% | 2019 |
| 24 | Palestine | 97.9% | 2024 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 97.9% | 2024 |
| 26 | Bahrain | 97.8% | 2024 |
| 27 | Albania | 97.7% | 2023 |
| 28 | Cuba | 97.7% | 2019 |
| 28 | Singapore | 97.7% | 2021 |
| 30 | Oman | 97.3% | 2022 |
| 31 | Turkey | 97.3% | 2021 |
| 32 | People's Republic of China | 96.7% | 2020 |
| 33 | Bolivia | 96.7% | 2024 |
| 34 | Nauru | 96.6% | 2023 |
| 35 | Kuwait | 96.5% | 2020 |
| 36 | Panama | 96.2% | 2024 |
| 37 | Vietnam | 96.1% | 2022 |
| 38 | Indonesia | 96.0% | 2020 |
| 39 | Malaysia | 95.8% | 2022 |
| 40 | Marshall Islands | 95.8% | 2021 |
| 41 | Mexico | 95.6% | 2024 |
| 42 | Colombia | 95.3% | 2024 |
| 43 | Paraguay | 94.9% | 2024 |
| 44 | Brazil | 94.7% | 2024 |
| 45 | Jordan | 94.4% | 2024 |
| 46 | Syria | 94.4% | 2021 |
| 47 | Mauritius | 94.3% | 2023 |
| 48 | Dominican Republic | 94.0% | 2024 |
| 49 | Peru | 93.7% | 2024 |
| 50 | Myanmar | 93.5% | 2020 |
| 51 | Ecuador | 93.5% | 2024 |
| 52 | Zimbabwe | 93.2% | 2019 |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 92.7% | 2024 |
| 54 | Lebanon | 92.0% | 2019 |
| 55 | South Africa | 91.2% | 2024 |
| 56 | Thailand | 91.1% | 2022 |
| 57 | Eswatini | 90.8% | 2022 |
| 58 | Lesotho | 90.5% | 2024 |
| 59 | El Salvador | 89.8% | 2024 |
| 60 | Iran | 88.9% | 2023 |
| 61 | Gabon | 88.9% | 2021 |
| 62 | Cape Verde | 88.5% | 2024 |
| 63 | Honduras | 88.3% | 2024 |
| 64 | Vanuatu | 88.0% | 2023 |
| 65 | Belize | 87.9% | 2022 |
| 66 | Namibia | 87.6% | 2023 |
| 67 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 87.4% | 2019 |
| 68 | Papua New Guinea | 87.0% | 2022 |
| 69 | Tunisia | 86.3% | 2023 |
| 70 | Guyana | 85.6% | 2020 |
| 71 | Iraq | 84.1% | 2021 |
| 72 | Guatemala | 82.1% | 2024 |
| 73 | Egypt | 79.5% | 2022 |
| 74 | Bangladesh | 79.0% | 2022 |
| 75 | Rwanda | 78.8% | 2022 |
| 76 | Tanzania | 78.2% | 2022 |
| 77 | India | 78.2% | 2024 |
| 78 | Uganda | 77.0% | 2024 |
| 79 | Ghana | 76.5% | 2021 |
| 80 | Laos | 75.6% | 2023 |
| 81 | Comoros | 75.6% | 2021 |
| 82 | Madagascar | 74.7% | 2021 |
| 83 | Togo | 72.6% | 2022 |
| 84 | Cambodia | 71.9% | 2021 |
| 85 | Zambia | 71.8% | 2024 |
| 86 | Burundi | 71.3% | 2020 |
| 87 | Nigeria | 70.4% | 2024 |
| 88 | Malawi | 70.2% | 2020 |
| 89 | East Timor | 69.4% | 2022 |
| 90 | Nepal | 68.7% | 2019 |
| 91 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 68.5% | 2023 |
| 92 | Angola | 68.2% | 2023 |
| 93 | Bhutan | 64.9% | 2022 |
| 94 | Guinea-Bissau | 63.9% | 2022 |
| 95 | Mozambique | 61.7% | 2022 |
| 96 | Ethiopia | 60.5% | 2022 |
| 97 | Mauritania | 59.5% | 2020 |
| 98 | Pakistan | 58.9% | 2021 |
| 99 | Somalia | 54.1% | 2022 |
| 100 | The Gambia | 51.6% | 2021 |
| 101 | Benin | 51.4% | 2022 |
| 102 | Senegal | 50.4% | 2023 |
| 103 | Ivory Coast | 50.0% | 2021 |
| 104 | Sierra Leone | 43.6% | 2019 |
| 105 | Central African Republic | 42.4% | 2019 |
| 106 | Burkina Faso | 41.6% | 2023 |
| 107 | Afghanistan | 37.3% | 2021 |
| 108 | Mali | 35.6% | 2024 |
| 109 | Niger | 35.6% | 2022 |
| 110 | Chad | 30.6% | 2019 |
Source
Literacy — World Bank, World Development Indicators, SE.ADT.LITR.ZS · CC BY 4.0 · Nov 2026 · datacatalog.worldbank.org · source updated Oct 8, 2026
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