Adult Literacy Rate, 2024 compilation

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Adult Literacy Rate, 2024 compilation: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Positionderived	Country	Adults 15+ who can read and write (%)	Female	Male	Reference year
=1	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia · 2008 reading, too old to compare	100.0000	100.00	100.00	2008
=1	TuvaluTUVPolynesia · 2022 reading	100.0000	100.00	100.00	2022
=1	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia · 2022 reading	100.0000	100.00	100.00	2022
4	RussiaRUSEastern Europe · 2021 reading	99.9300	99.94	99.92	2021
5	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe · 2022 reading	99.9100	99.93	99.90	2022
=6	LatviaLVANorthern Europe · 2011 reading, too old to compare	99.9000	99.91	99.88	2011
=6	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia · 2022 reading	99.9000	99.90	99.90	2022
8	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe · 2011 reading, too old to compare	99.8900	99.91	99.86	2011
9	BelarusBLREastern Europe · 2019 reading	99.8700	99.88	99.87	2019
10	PalauPLWMicronesia · 2020 reading	99.8448	99.71	100.00	2020
11	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia · 2023 reading	99.8400	99.90	99.77	2023
12	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe · 2011 reading, too old to compare	99.8200	99.83	99.79	2011
13	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia · 2023 reading	99.7800	99.73	99.84	2023
14	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia · 2009 reading, too old to compare	99.7300	99.68	99.79	2009
15	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia · 2009 reading, too old to compare	99.7299	99.55	100.00	2009
16	SpainESPSouthern Europe · 2021 reading	99.7000	99.59	99.81	2021
17	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2024 reading	99.6800	99.62	99.75	2024
18	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe · 1991 reading, too old to compare	99.5200	99.45	99.60	1991
19	TongaTONPolynesia · 2023 reading	99.4800	99.64	99.28	2023
20	UkraineUKREastern Europe · 2001 reading, too old to compare	99.4300	99.17	99.74	2001
21	GuamGUMMicronesia · 1990 reading, too old to compare	99.3700	99.31	99.42	1990
22	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe · 2014 reading	99.3600	99.14	99.60	2014
23	ItalyITASouthern Europe · 2019 reading	99.3500	99.22	99.48	2019
24	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe · 2022 reading	99.3400	99.10	99.61	2022
25	QatarQATWestern Asia · 2024 reading	99.3200	99.57	99.24	2024

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 92.2000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Female

  Highest3 share it

  LowestChad18.64

  Middle country: 91.82

• Male

  Highest4 share it

  LowestChad44.52

  Middle country: 92.99

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