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Social indicators
Introduction \| Statistics

Indicators on illiteracy

Last update: 28 January 2005

Estimated adult (15+)
illiteracy rate (%)
2000 - 2004

Illiteracy rate (%)

Ages 15-24

Ages 25+

Country or area

Men

Women

Year

Men

Women

Men

Women

Albania	0.8	1.7		2001	b	0.6	0.5	.	.
Algeria	22.0	40.4		2000-2004	a	6.0	14.4	.	.
Angola	17.9	46.2		2001	d	17.3	37.4	.	.
Argentina	3.0	3.0		2000-2004	a	1.6	1.1	.	.
Armenia	0.3	0.8		2001	b	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.0
Azerbaijan	0.5	1.8		1999	b	0.1	0.1	0.7	2.4
Bahrain	11.4	16.4		2001	b	3.2	2.7	.	.
Bangladesh	49.7	68.6		2000-2004	a	42.2	58.9	.	.
Barbados	0.3	0.3		2000-2004	a	0.2	0.2	.	.
Belarus	0.2	0.4		2000-2004	a	0.2	0.2	.	.
Belize	23.3	22.9		2000	b	16.1	15.4	.	.
Benin	45.2	74.5		2000-2004	a	27.3	61.5	.	.
Bolivia	6.9	19.3		2001	b	1.5	3.9	.	.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.6	8.9		2000	d	0.4	0.3	.	.
Botswana	23.9	18.5		2000-2004	a	14.5	7.2	.	.
Brazil	13.8	13.5		2000	b	7.3	4.3	16.4	17.0
Brunei Darussalam	3.7	8.6		2001	b	1.0	0.7	.	.
Bulgaria	0.9	1.9		2000-2004	a	0.2	0.4	.	.
Burkina Faso	81.5	91.9		1996	b	74.5	86.0	.	.
Burundi	33.2	48.1		2000	d	24.4	30.5	.	.
Cambodia	19.2	40.7		1998	b	18.1	28.8	21.7	49.0
Cameroon	23.0	40.2		.		.	.	.	.
Cape Verde	14.6	32.0		2000-2004	a	8.0	13.7	.	.
Central African Rep.	35.2	66.5		2000	d	29.7	53.2	.	.
Chad	59.4	87.3		2000	d	44.7	76.9	.	.
Chile	4.2	4.4		2002	b	1.2	0.8	.	.
China e	4.9	13.5		2000	b	0.8	1.5	5.9	16.6
China, Macao SAR	4.7	12.2		2001	b	0.6	0.2	4.0	8.5
Colombia	7.9	7.8		2000-2004	a	3.5	2.1	.	.
Comoros	36.5	50.9		2000-2004	a	34.4	47.8	.	.
Congo	11.1	22.9		2000-2004	a	1.6	2.7	.	.
Costa Rica	4.3	4.1		2000-2004	a	1.9	1.3	.	.
Côte d'Ivoire	39.9	61.9		2000	d	30.5	48.5	.	.
Croatia	0.7	2.9		2001	b	0.4	0.3	0.8	3.4
Cuba	3.0	3.2		2000-2004	a	0.2	0.2	.	.
Cyprus	1.4	4.9		2001	b	0.3	0.2	1.6	6.0
Dem. Rep. of the Congo	20.2	48.1		2000	d	23.3	38.9	.	.
Dominican Republic	12.0	12.7		2000	d	6.9	5.0	.	.
Ecuador	7.7	10.3		2001	b	3.6	3.5	9.4	13.1
Egypt	32.8	56.4		1996	b	21.0	33.1	.	.
El Salvador	17.6	22.9		2000-2004	a	10.4	11.9	.	.
Estonia	0.2	0.2		2000	b	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1
Ethiopia