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28Gender-related development index
Adult literacy rate, female (% aged 15 and older)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2005 1
1 Iceland .. 2
2 Norway .. 2
3 Australia .. 2
4 Canada .. 2
5 Ireland .. 2
6 Sweden .. 2
7 Switzerland .. 2
8 Japan .. 2
9 Netherlands .. 2
10 France .. 2
11 Finland .. 2
12 United States .. 2
13 Spain .. 2
14 Denmark .. 2
15 Austria .. 2
16 United Kingdom .. 2
17 Belgium .. 2
18 Luxembourg .. 2
19 New Zealand .. 2
20 Italy 98.0
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 97.3 3
22 Germany .. 2
23 Israel 97.7 3
24 Greece 94.2
25 Singapore 88.6
26 Korea (Republic of) .. 2
27 Slovenia 99.6 4 5
28 Cyprus 95.1
29 Portugal 92.0 4
30 Brunei Darussalam 90.2
31 Barbados 99.7 3 5
32 Czech Republic .. 2
33 Kuwait 91.0
34 Malta 89.2
35 Qatar 88.6
36 Hungary .. 2
37 Poland .. 2
38 Argentina 97.2
39 United Arab Emirates 87.8 4
40 Chile 95.6
41 Bahrain 83.6
42 Slovakia .. 2
43 Lithuania 99.6 5
44 Estonia 99.8 5
45 Latvia 99.7 5
46 Uruguay 97.3
47 Croatia 97.1 5
48 Costa Rica 95.1
49 Bahamas 95.0 3
50 Seychelles 92.3
51 Cuba 99.8 5
52 Mexico 90.2
53 Bulgaria 97.7
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga 99.0
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 74.8 4
57 Antigua and Barbuda ..
58 Oman 73.5
59 Trinidad and Tobago 97.8 4
60 Romania 96.3
61 Saudi Arabia 76.3
62 Panama 91.2
63 Malaysia 85.4
64 Belarus 99.4 5
65 Mauritius 80.5
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 94.4 5
67 Russian Federation 99.2 5
68 Albania 98.3 5
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 94.1
70 Brazil 88.8
71 Dominica ..
72 Saint Lucia ..
73 Kazakhstan 99.3 5
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 92.7
75 Colombia 92.9
76 Ukraine 99.2 5
77 Samoa 98.3 4
78 Thailand 90.5
79 Dominican Republic 87.2
80 Belize .. 3
81 China 86.5
82 Grenada ..
83 Armenia 99.2 5
84 Turkey 79.6
85 Suriname 87.2
86 Jordan 87.0
87 Peru 82.5
88 Lebanon 93.6 3
89 Ecuador 89.7
90 Philippines 93.6
91 Tunisia 65.3
92 Fiji 95.9 3
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 76.8
95 Paraguay 92.7 4
96 Georgia ..
97 Guyana 99.2 3 5
98 Azerbaijan 98.2 5
99 Sri Lanka 89.1 4
100 Maldives 96.4
101 Jamaica 85.9 4
102 Cape Verde 75.5 4
103 El Salvador 79.2 4
104 Algeria 60.1
105 Viet Nam 86.9
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 88.0
107 Indonesia 86.8
108 Syrian Arab Republic 73.6
109 Turkmenistan 98.3 5
110 Nicaragua 76.6
111 Moldova 98.6 4 5
112 Egypt 59.4
113 Uzbekistan 99.6 3 5
114 Mongolia 97.5
115 Honduras 80.2
116 Kyrgyzstan 98.1 5
117 Bolivia 80.7
118 Guatemala 63.3
119 Gabon 79.7 4
120 Vanuatu ..
121 South Africa 80.9
122 Tajikistan 99.2 5
123 Sao Tome and Principe 77.9
124 Botswana 81.8
125 Namibia 83.5
126 Morocco 39.6
127 Equatorial Guinea 80.5
128 India 47.8 4
129 Solomon Islands ..
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 60.9
131 Cambodia 64.1
132 Myanmar 86.4
133 Bhutan ..
134 Comoros 63.9 3
135 Ghana 49.8
136 Pakistan 35.4
137 Mauritania 43.4
138 Lesotho 90.3
139 Congo 79.0 4
140 Bangladesh 40.8
141 Swaziland 78.3
142 Nepal 34.9
143 Madagascar 65.3
144 Cameroon 59.8
145 Papua New Guinea 50.9
146 Haiti 56.5 3
147 Sudan 51.8 4
148 Kenya 70.2
149 Djibouti 79.9 3
150 Timor-Leste ..
151 Zimbabwe 86.2 4
152 Togo 38.5
153 Yemen 34.7 4
154 Uganda 57.7
155 Gambia 49.9 3
156 Senegal 29.2
157 Eritrea 71.5 3
158 Nigeria 60.1 4
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 62.2
160 Guinea 18.1
161 Rwanda 59.8
162 Angola 54.2
163 Benin 23.3
164 Malawi 54.0
165 Zambia 59.8
166 Côte d'Ivoire 38.6
167 Burundi 52.2
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 54.1
169 Ethiopia 22.8
170 Chad 12.8
171 Central African Republic 33.5
172 Mozambique 25.0
173 Mali 15.9
174 Niger 15.1
175 Guinea-Bissau 60.0 3
176 Burkina Faso 16.6
177 Sierra Leone 24.2

Notes :
1 - Data refer to national literacy estimates from censuses or surveys conducted between 1995 and 2005, unless otherwise specified. Due to differences in methodology and timeliness of underlying data, comparisons across countries and over time should be made with caution. For more details, see http://www.uis.unesco.org/.
2 - For the purposes of calculating the GDI, a value of 99.0 % was applied.
3 - In the absence of recent data, estimates from UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Institute for Statistics. 2003. Correspondence on adult and youth literacy rates. March. Montreal, based on outdated census or survey information were used, and should be interpreted with caution.
4 -
5 - For the purpose of calculating the GDI, the female and male values appearing in this table were scaled downward to reflect the maximum values for adult literacy (99%), gross enrolment ratios (100%), and GDP per capita (40,000 (PPP US$)). For more details, see Technical note 1.

Source :
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Institute for Statistics. 2007a. Correspondence on adult and youth literacy rates. May. Montreal.