Heavily indebted countries Compared by Education > Literacy > Total population

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	Hungary	99.4%	2003
=3	Iceland	99%	2003
=3	Canada	99%	2003
=3	Netherlands	99%	2003
=3	France	99%	2003
=3	Ireland	99%	2003
=3	United Kingdom	99%	2003
=3	United States	99%	2003
=3	Belgium	99%	2003
=3	Germany	99%	2003
=3	Japan	99%	2002
13	Italy	98.6%	2003
14	Austria	98%	2008
15	Spain	97.9%	2003
16	Saint Kitts and Nevis	97.8%	2003
17	Cyprus	97.6%	2003
18	Greece	97.5%	2003
19	Israel	97.1%	2004
=20	Grenada	96%	2003
=20	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	96%	1970
=22	Belize	94.1%	2003
=22	Puerto Rico	94.1%	2002
24	Dominica	94%	2003
25	Portugal	93.3%	2003
26	Singapore	93.2%	2003
27	Malta	92.8%	2005
28	Sri Lanka	92.3%	2003
29	Seychelles	91.9%	2003
30	Zimbabwe	90.7%	2003
31	Saint Lucia	90.1%	2001
32	Jordan	89.9%	2003
33	Jamaica	87.9%	2003
34	Lebanon	87.4%	2003
35	Antigua and Barbuda	85.8%	2003
36	Sao Tome and Principe	84.9%	2001
37	Cape Verde	76.6%	2003
38	Egypt	71.4%	2005
39	Malawi	62.7%	2003
40	Sudan	61.1%	2003
41	Eritrea	58.6%	2003
42	Morocco	52.3%	2004

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