Countries ranked by Literacy Rate

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Countries ranked by adult literacy rate — the percentage of the population aged 15+ who can read and write.

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Ranked by Literacy Rate

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Countries ranked by Literacy Rate

Rank	Country	Value	Percentile	Year
#101	EG Egypt	79.5%	32th	2022
#102	BD Bangladesh	79.0%	31th	2022
#103	RW Rwanda	78.8%	31th	2022
#104	TZ Tanzania	78.2%	30th	2022
#105	IN India	78.2%	29th	2024
#106	UG Uganda	77.0%	29th	2024
#107	GH Ghana	76.5%	28th	2021
#108	CG Congo	76.1%	27th	2005
#109	LA Laos	75.6%	27th	2023
#110	KM Comoros	75.6%	26th	2021
#111	DZ Algeria	75.1%	25th	2008
#112	MG Madagascar	74.7%	24th	2021
#113	TG Togo	72.6%	24th	2022
#114	CM Cameroon	72.6%	23th	2018
#115	KH Cambodia	71.9%	22th	2021
#116	ZM Zambia	71.8%	22th	2024
#117	BI Burundi	71.3%	21th	2020
#118	NG Nigeria	70.4%	20th	2024
#119	MW Malawi	70.2%	20th	2020
#120	TL East Timor	69.4%	19th	2022
#121	NP Nepal	68.7%	18th	2019
#122	CD Democratic Republic of the Congo	68.5%	18th	2023
#123	AO Angola	68.2%	17th	2023
#124	HT Haiti	68.0%	16th	2017
#125	BT Bhutan	64.9%	16th	2022
#126	ER Eritrea	64.7%	15th	2008
#127	MA Morocco	64.3%	14th	2014
#128	GW Guinea-Bissau	63.9%	14th	2022
#129	MZ Mozambique	61.7%	13th	2022
#130	ET Ethiopia	60.5%	12th	2022
#131	MR Mauritania	59.5%	12th	2020
#132	LR Liberia	59.4%	11th	2010
#133	PK Pakistan	58.9%	10th	2021
#134	SO Somalia	54.1%	10th	2022
#135	SD Sudan	53.5%	9th	2008
#136	GM Gambia	51.6%	8th	2021
#137	BJ Benin	51.4%	7th	2022
#138	SN Senegal	50.4%	7th	2023
#139	CI Ivory Coast	50.0%	6th	2021
#140	SL Sierra Leone	43.6%	5th	2019
#141	CF Central African Republic	42.4%	5th	2019
#142	BF Burkina Faso	41.6%	4th	2023
#143	GN Guinea	39.6%	3th	2018
#144	AF Afghanistan	37.3%	3th	2021
#145	ML Mali	35.6%	2th	2024
#146	NE Niger	35.6%	1th	2022
#147	TD Chad	30.6%	1th	2019
#148	SS South Sudan	26.8%	0th	2008