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Education > Literacy > Literates > Aged 15-19: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 China 99.58 million 2010
2 India 79.46 million 2001
3 Indonesia 19.53 million 2005
4 Brazil 16.62 million 2010
5 Nigeria 11.89 million 2006
6 Mexico 10.81 million 2010
7 Bangladesh 8.34 million 2001
8 Russia 8.17 million 2010
9 Pakistan 7.68 million 1998
10 Philippines 7.57 million 2000
11 Iran 6.41 million 2011
12 Turkey 6.27 million 2011
13 Ethiopia 5.3 million 2007
14 Thailand 4.79 million 2010
15 South Africa 3.87 million 1996
16 Ukraine 3.87 million 2001
17 Colombia 3.72 million 2005
18 Algeria 3.34 million 1998
19 Argentina 3.16 million 2001
20 Italy 2.96 million 2001
21 Peru 2.7 million 2007
22 Tanzania 2.63 million 2002
23 Spain 2.45 million 2001
24 Morocco 2.39 million 2004
25 Ghana 2.32 million 2010
26 Venezuela 2.24 million 2001
27 Malaysia 2.2 million 2000
28 Saudi Arabia 2.12 million 2004
29 North Korea 2.05 million 2008
30 Nepal 1.77 million 2001
31 Romania 1.6 million 2002
32 Sri Lanka 1.58 million 2001
33 Zimbabwe 1.49 million 2002
34 Cambodia 1.46 million 2008
35 Ecuador 1.4 million 2010
36 Kazakhstan 1.37 million 1999
37 Mozambique 1.32 million 2007
38 Chile 1.27 million 2002
39 Guatemala 1.02 million 2002
40 Tunisia 1.01 million 2004
41 Egypt 999,281 2006
42 Malawi 943,172 2008
43 Dominican Republic 939,814 2010
44 Azerbaijan 919,506 2009
45 Tajikistan 863,418 2010
46 Bolivia 853,713 2001
47 Cuba 807,630 2002
48 Greece 720,168 2001
49 Hungary 664,815 2001
50 Honduras 633,879 2001
51 Belarus 623,845 2009
52 Burundi 589,069 2008
53 El Salvador 568,012 2007
54 Portugal 562,839 2011
55 Paraguay 555,465 2002
56 Laos 552,031 2005
57 Nicaragua 517,547 2005
58 Burkina Faso 514,409 2006
59 Kyrgyzstan 491,319 1999
60 Turkmenistan 449,711 1995
61 Slovakia 440,003 2001
62 Costa Rica 402,228 2011
63 Serbia 399,399 2011
64 Bulgaria 370,172 2011
65 Georgia 355,590 2002
66 Papua New Guinea 352,585 2000
67 Moldova 340,761 2004
68 Benin 308,792 2002
69 Croatia 297,380 2001
70 Panama 288,880 2010
71 Sierra Leone 285,799 2004
72 Liberia 274,362 2008
73 Albania 266,391 2011
74 Lithuania 264,236 2011
75 Oman 261,640 2003
76 Uruguay 257,292 1996
77 Mali 254,287 1998
78 Mongolia 253,504 2010
79 Niger 240,704 2001
80 Armenia 232,534 2011
81 Namibia 182,855 2001
82 Kuwait 179,357 2005
83 Lesotho 174,061 2006
84 Mauritania 171,973 2000
85 Republic of Macedonia 163,345 2002
86 Latvia 120,167 2011
87 Swaziland 112,078 2007
88 Mauritius 99,316 2011
89 Fiji 83,149 1996
90 Bahrain 72,446 2010
91 East Timor 70,090 2004
92 Estonia 67,486 2011
93 Bhutan 60,112 2005
94 Qatar 59,867 2010
95 Cyprus 55,320 2011
96 Montenegro 43,732 2011
97 Maldives 38,758 2006
98 Macau 38,589 2011
99 Suriname 37,424 2004
100 Malta 28,297 2005
101 Brunei 27,796 2001
102 Belize 21,544 2000
103 Sao Tome and Principe 16,745 2001
104 Saint Lucia 14,799 2001
105 Kiribati 10,660 2010
106 Tonga 10,151 2006
107 Seychelles 7,188 2010
108 Aruba 6,046 2000
109 Palestine 3,069 2007
110 Tokelau 105 2011

Citation

Education > Literacy > Literates > Aged 15-19: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about Education > Literacy > Literates > Aged 15-19

  • China has had the highest literacy > literates > aged 15-19 since 2000.
  • Iran has ranked in the top 2 for literacy > literates > aged 15-19 since 1996.
  • Brazil has ranked in the top 2 for literacy > literates > aged 15-19 since 2000.
  • Belarus has ranked in the top 2 for literacy > literates > aged 15-19 since 1999.
  • Mexico has ranked in the top 3 for literacy > literates > aged 15-19 since 2000.
  • Cambodia has ranked in the top 3 for literacy > literates > aged 15-19 since 1998.
  • Mozambique has ranked in the top 3 for literacy > literates > aged 15-19 since 1997.
  • Azerbaijan has ranked in the top 3 for literacy > literates > aged 15-19 since 1999.
  • Russia has ranked in the top 4 for literacy > literates > aged 15-19 since 2002.
  • Laos has ranked in the top 4 for literacy > literates > aged 15-19 since 1995.
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