Education > Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Men > Per capita: Countries Compared
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 171.88 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 2 | Bangladesh | 170.02 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 3 | Mali | 157.84 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 4 | Burkina Faso | 154.44 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 5 | The Gambia | 151.15 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 6 | Comoros | 139.32 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 7 | Haiti | 136.3 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 8 | Iraq | 134.16 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 9 | Mauritania | 133.01 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 10 | Ethiopia | 132.73 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 11 | Senegal | 127.25 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 12 | Morocco | 127.22 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 13 | Pakistan | 124.22 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 14 | Cote d'Ivoire | 112.89 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 15 | Chad | 108.83 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 16 | Nepal | 107.23 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 17 | Egypt | 106.72 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 18 | Burundi | 105.38 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 19 | India | 103.29 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 20 | Mozambique | 102.18 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 21 | Nicaragua | 101.23 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 22 | Benin | 100.3 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 23 | Guinea-Bissau | 100.02 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 24 | Central African Republic | 99.75 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 90.33 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
| 25 | Lesotho | 88.72 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 87.16 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 27 | Eritrea | 86.64 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 28 | Liberia | 82.14 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 29 | Sudan | 81.87 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 80.2 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
| 30 | Papua New Guinea | 79.3 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 31 | Qatar | 76.24 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 32 | Yemen | 74.55 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 72.81 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
| 33 | Algeria | 71.75 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 34 | Honduras | 69.75 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 35 | Madagascar | 66.49 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 36 | Laos | 65.5 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 37 | Guatemala | 64.97 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 64.09 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
| 38 | Nigeria | 62.49 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 39 | Malawi | 62.26 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 40 | Rwanda | 62.05 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 41 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 61.59 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 60.67 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
| 42 | Oman | 58.79 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 43 | Botswana | 58.09 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 44 | Kuwait | 57.84 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 45 | Tunisia | 57.79 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 46 | Togo | 57.28 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 47 | Cambodia | 54.16 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 48 | El Salvador | 54.16 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 49 | Jamaica | 54.02 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 50 | Iran | 53.99 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 51 | Cameroon | 53.18 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 50.53 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 53 | Ghana | 50.38 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 49.6 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 55 | Uganda | 49.15 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 56 | Djibouti | 48.25 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 57 | Reunion | 46.08 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 58 | Swaziland | 43.33 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 59 | Mauritius | 41.38 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 60 | Brazil | 41.28 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 61 | South Africa | 41.11 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 62 | Namibia | 40.43 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 63 | Tanzania | 40.03 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 64 | Cape Verde | 37.22 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 65 | Burma | 35.86 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 66 | Zambia | 34.75 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 67 | Bahrain | 34.14 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 68 | Malta | 31.61 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 69 | Syria | 30.8 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 29.9 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
| 70 | Kenya | 26.89 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 71 | Libya | 26.74 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 72 | China | 26.62 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 73 | Indonesia | 25.9 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 74 | Colombia | 25.71 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 75 | Albania | 25.28 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 76 | Malaysia | 24.68 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 77 | Congo, Republic of the | 23.43 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 78 | Panama | 22.92 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 79 | Puerto Rico | 22.43 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 80 | Lebanon | 22.11 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 22.07 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
| 81 | Ecuador | 21.37 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 82 | Bolivia | 21.04 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 83 | Venezuela | 20.93 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 84 | Mexico | 20.75 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 85 | Sri Lanka | 20.28 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 86 | Turkey | 19.9 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 87 | Equatorial Guinea | 18.91 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 88 | Brunei | 18.74 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 89 | Vietnam | 18.37 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 90 | The Bahamas | 18.13 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 91 | Portugal | 17.15 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 92 | Belize | 16.81 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 93 | Paraguay | 16.61 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 94 | Zimbabwe | 16.59 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 95 | Peru | 15.77 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 96 | Fiji | 15.59 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 97 | Costa Rica | 14.82 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 98 | Netherlands Antilles | 14.54 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 99 | Jordan | 13.81 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 100 | Philippines | 13.78 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 101 | Singapore | 13.48 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 102 | Chile | 12.9 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 103 | Hong Kong | 12.88 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 104 | Cuba | 11.47 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 105 | Macau | 11.01 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 106 | Argentina | 10.51 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 107 | Uruguay | 9.84 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 108 | Thailand | 9.45 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 109 | Martinique | 9.16 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 110 | Israel | 8.74 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 111 | Maldives | 7.66 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 112 | Greece | 5.54 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 113 | Spain | 5.12 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 114 | Mongolia | 4.76 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 115 | Cyprus | 4.57 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 116 | Italy | 4.14 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 117 | Romania | 3.66 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 118 | Bulgaria | 3.62 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 119 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.55 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 120 | Guyana | 3.2 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 121 | Armenia | 3.06 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 122 | South Korea | 2.94 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 123 | Samoa | 2.74 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 124 | Croatia | 2.41 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 125 | Hungary | 1.86 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 126 | Moldova | 1.51 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 127 | Lithuania | 1.3 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 128 | Uzbekistan | 1.27 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 129 | Slovenia | 1.25 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 130 | Kazakhstan | 1.21 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 131 | Barbados | 1.12 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 132 | Tajikistan | 1.09 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 133 | Russia | 1.04 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 134 | Poland | 0.956 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 135 | Ukraine | 0.914 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 136 | Estonia | 0.887 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 137 | Belarus | 0.861 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
| 138 | Latvia | 0.774 per 1,000 people | 2003 |
