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2007/2008 Human Development Report

1aBasic indicators for other UN member states
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older) Excel Export results to Excel

HDI Rank Country 1995-2005 1
1 Iceland ..
2 Norway ..
3 Australia ..
4 Canada ..
5 Ireland ..
6 Sweden ..
7 Switzerland ..
8 Japan ..
9 Netherlands ..
10 France ..
11 Finland ..
12 United States ..
13 Spain ..
14 Denmark ..
15 Austria ..
16 United Kingdom ..
17 Belgium ..
18 Luxembourg ..
19 New Zealand ..
20 Italy 98.4
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
22 Germany ..
23 Israel 97.1
24 Greece 96.0
25 Singapore 92.5
26 Korea (Republic of) ..
27 Slovenia 99.7
28 Cyprus 96.8
29 Portugal 93.8
30 Brunei Darussalam 92.7
31 Barbados ..
32 Czech Republic ..
33 Kuwait 93.3
34 Malta 87.9
35 Qatar 89.0
36 Hungary ..
37 Poland ..
38 Argentina 97.2
39 United Arab Emirates 88.7
40 Chile 95.7
41 Bahrain 86.5
42 Slovakia ..
43 Lithuania 99.6
44 Estonia 99.8
45 Latvia 99.7
46 Uruguay 96.8
47 Croatia 98.1
48 Costa Rica 94.9
49 Bahamas ..
50 Seychelles 91.8
51 Cuba 99.8
52 Mexico 91.6
53 Bulgaria 98.2
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 97.8
55 Tonga 98.9
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 84.2
57 Antigua and Barbuda 85.8
58 Oman 81.4
59 Trinidad and Tobago 98.4
60 Romania 97.3
61 Saudi Arabia 82.9
62 Panama 91.9
63 Malaysia 88.7
64 Belarus 99.6
65 Mauritius 84.3
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 96.7
67 Russian Federation 99.4
68 Albania 98.7
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 96.1
70 Brazil 88.6
71 Dominica 88.0
72 Saint Lucia 94.8
73 Kazakhstan 99.5
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 93.0
75 Colombia 92.8
76 Ukraine 99.4
77 Samoa 98.6
78 Thailand 92.6
79 Dominican Republic 87.0
80 Belize 75.1
81 China 90.9
82 Grenada 96.0
83 Armenia 99.4
84 Turkey 87.4
85 Suriname 89.6
86 Jordan 91.1
87 Peru 87.9
88 Lebanon ..
89 Ecuador 91.0
90 Philippines 92.6
91 Tunisia 74.3
92 Fiji ..
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 88.1
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 82.4
95 Paraguay 93.5
96 Georgia 100.0
97 Guyana ..
98 Azerbaijan 98.8
99 Sri Lanka 90.7
100 Maldives 96.3
101 Jamaica 79.9
102 Cape Verde 81.2
103 El Salvador 80.6
104 Algeria 69.9
105 Viet Nam 90.3
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 92.4
107 Indonesia 90.4
108 Syrian Arab Republic 80.8
109 Turkmenistan 98.8
110 Nicaragua 76.7
111 Moldova 99.1
112 Egypt 71.4
113 Uzbekistan ..
114 Mongolia 97.8
115 Honduras 80.0
116 Kyrgyzstan 98.7
117 Bolivia 86.7
118 Guatemala 69.1
119 Gabon 84.0
120 Vanuatu 74.0
121 South Africa 82.4
122 Tajikistan 99.5
123 Sao Tome and Principe 84.9
124 Botswana 81.2
125 Namibia 85.0
126 Morocco 52.3
127 Equatorial Guinea 87.0
128 India 61.0
129 Solomon Islands 76.6
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 68.7
131 Cambodia 73.6
132 Myanmar 89.9
133 Bhutan 47.0
134 Comoros ..
135 Ghana 57.9
136 Pakistan 49.9
137 Mauritania 51.2
138 Lesotho 82.2
139 Congo 84.7
140 Bangladesh 47.5
141 Swaziland 79.6
142 Nepal 48.6
143 Madagascar 70.7
144 Cameroon 67.9
145 Papua New Guinea 57.3
146 Haiti ..
147 Sudan 60.9
148 Kenya 73.6
149 Djibouti ..
150 Timor-Leste 50.1
151 Zimbabwe 89.4
152 Togo 53.2
153 Yemen 54.1
154 Uganda 66.8
155 Gambia ..
156 Senegal 39.3
157 Eritrea ..
158 Nigeria 69.1
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 69.4
160 Guinea 29.5
161 Rwanda 64.9
162 Angola 67.4
163 Benin 34.7
164 Malawi 64.1
165 Zambia 68.0
166 Côte d'Ivoire 48.7
167 Burundi 59.3
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 67.2
169 Ethiopia 35.9
170 Chad 25.7
171 Central African Republic 48.6
172 Mozambique 38.7
173 Mali 24.0
174 Niger 28.7
175 Guinea-Bissau ..
176 Burkina Faso 23.6
177 Sierra Leone 34.8

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/.

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