Former British colonies Compared by Education > Literacy > Female

DEFINITION: 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 our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Barbados	99.7%	2002
=2	Canada	99%	2003
=2	Australia	99%	2003
=2	New Zealand	99%	2003
=2	United States	99%	2003
6	Guyana	98.5%	2003
=7	Trinidad and Tobago	98%	2003
=7	Saint Kitts and Nevis	98%	1980
=7	Grenada	98%	1970
10	The Bahamas	96.5%	2003
11	Israel	95.9%	2004
12	Maldives	94.7%	2006
13	Lesotho	94.5%	2003
14	Belize	94.1%	2003
15	Dominica	94%	2003
16	Fiji	91.9%	2003
17	Jamaica	91.6%	2003
18	Kuwait	91%	2005
19	Saint Lucia	90.6%	2001
20	Sri Lanka	90%	2003
21	Singapore	89.7%	2003
22	Qatar	88.6%	2004
23	Brunei	88.5%	2003
24	Zimbabwe	87.2%	2003
25	Burma	86.4%	2006
26	Malaysia	85.4%	2003
27	Bahrain	85%	2003
28	Jordan	84.7%	2003
29	Namibia	83.7%	2003
30	Botswana	81.8%	2003
31	United Arab Emirates	81.7%	2003
32	Swaziland	80.8%	2003
33	Kenya	79.7%	2003
34	Zambia	74.8%	2003
35	Tanzania	70.7%	2003
36	Ghana	67.1%	2003
37	Nigeria	60.6%	2003
38	Uganda	60.4%	2003
39	Egypt	59.4%	2005
40	Sudan	50.5%	2003
41	Malawi	49.8%	2003
42	India	48.3%	2003
43	Pakistan	36%	2005
44	Bhutan	34%	2003
45	The Gambia	32.8%	2003
46	Bangladesh	31.8%	2003
47	Yemen	30%	2003
48	Somalia	25.8%	2001
49	Sierra Leone	24.4%	2004

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