Muslim 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	Kazakhstan	99.5%	1999
2	Tajikistan	99.4%	2003
3	Uzbekistan	99.3%	2003
=4	Azerbaijan	98.8%	2003
=4	Turkmenistan	98.8%	1999
6	Kyrgyzstan	98.7%	1999
7	Maldives	93.8%	2006
8	Kuwait	93.3%	2005
9	Brunei	91.8%	2003
10	Indonesia	90.4%	2004
11	Jordan	89.9%	2003
12	Bahrain	89.1%	2003
13	Qatar	89%	2004
14	Malaysia	88.9%	2003
=15	Turkey	87.4%	2004
=15	Lebanon	87.4%	2003
17	Albania	86.5%	2003
18	Libya	82.6%	2003
19	Oman	81.4%	2003
20	Syria	79.6%	2004
21	Iran	79.4%	2003
22	Saudi Arabia	78.8%	2003
23	United Arab Emirates	77.9%	2003
24	Tunisia	74.3%	2004
25	Egypt	71.4%	2005
26	Algeria	70%	2003
27	Nigeria	68%	2003
28	Djibouti	67.9%	2003
29	Sudan	61.1%	2003
30	Comoros	56.5%	2003
31	Morocco	52.3%	2004
32	Yemen	50.2%	2003
33	Pakistan	49.9%	2005
34	Chad	47.5%	2003
35	Mali	46.4%	2003
36	Bangladesh	43.1%	2003
37	Mauritania	41.7%	2003
38	Iraq	40.4%	2003
39	Senegal	40.2%	2003
40	The Gambia	40.1%	2003
41	Somalia	37.8%	2001
42	Sierra Leone	35.1%	2004
43	Guinea	29.5%	2003
44	Niger	28.7%	2005
45	Afghanistan	28.1%	2000
46	Burkina Faso	21.8%	2003

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