Literacy rate (%)

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Gender: Female

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EconomyYearLiteracy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)
Afghanistan202226.6%
Albania202298.3%
Algeria201974.2%
American Samoa2023N/A
Andorra2023N/A
Angola202262.5%
Antigua and Barbuda2023N/A
Argentina2023N/A
Armenia2020100%
Aruba202098%
Australia2023N/A
Austria2023N/A
Azerbaijan2023100%
Bahamas, The2023N/A
Bahrain202396%
Bangladesh202174%
Barbados2023N/A
Belarus2019100%
Belgium2023N/A
Belize201591.6%
Benin202236.4%
Bermuda2023N/A
Bhutan202263.9%
Bolivia202091%
Bosnia and Herzegovina202297.1%
Botswana2023N/A
Brazil202294.9%
British Virgin Islands2023N/A
Brunei Darussalam202196.9%
Bulgaria202198.2%
Burkina Faso202229.1%
Burundi202269.4%
Cabo Verde202287.6%
Cambodia202279.7%
Cameroon202073.1%
Canada2023N/A
Cayman Islands201799%
Central African Republic202026.2%
Chad202218.9%
Channel Islands2023N/A
Chile202297.1%
China202095%
Colombia202096%
Comoros202256.9%
Congo, Dem. Rep.202271.7%
Congo, Rep.202175.4%
Costa Rica202198.1%
Cote d'Ivoire202140.3%
Croatia202199.2%
Cuba202199.7%
Curacao2023N/A
Cyprus202199.2%
Czechia2023N/A
Denmark2023N/A
Djibouti2023N/A
Dominica2023N/A
Dominican Republic202295.6%
Ecuador202293%
Egypt, Arab Rep.202268.9%
El Salvador202388%
Equatorial Guinea2023N/A
Eritrea201868.9%
Estonia202199.9%
Eswatini202290.4%
Ethiopia201940.4%
Faroe Islands2023N/A
Fiji202192.4%
Finland2023N/A
France2023N/A
French Polynesia2023N/A
Gabon202285%
Gambia, The202252.3%
Georgia2022100%
Germany2023N/A
Ghana202076.2%
Gibraltar2023N/A
Greece2023N/A
Greenland2023N/A
Grenada2023N/A
Guam2023N/A
Guatemala202278.6%
Guinea202131.3%
Guinea-Bissau202241%
Guyana202289.7%
Haiti201763.9%
Honduras201989%
Hong Kong SAR, China2023N/A
Hungary202199.1%
Iceland2023N/A
India202370%
Indonesia202095%
Iran, Islamic Rep.202284.9%
Iraq201876.3%
Ireland2023N/A
Isle of Man2023N/A
Israel2023N/A
Italy201999%
Jamaica202290.8%
Japan2023N/A
Jordan202392%
Kazakhstan202099.8%
Kenya202280.3%
Kiribati201898.6%
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.2018100%
Korea, Rep.201898.4%
Kosovo2023N/A
Kuwait202095%
Kyrgyz Republic201999.5%
Lao PDR202283.4%
Latvia202199.9%
Lebanon201890%
Lesotho202289.8%
Liberia201734.1%
Libya2023N/A
Liechtenstein2023N/A
Lithuania202199.8%
Luxembourg2023N/A
Macao SAR, China202195.9%
Madagascar202276%
Malawi202265.1%
Malaysia202295%
Maldives202198.4%
Mali202022%
Malta202196.4%
Marshall Islands2023N/A
Mauritania202162.2%
Mauritius202190.5%
Mexico202094%
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.2023N/A
Moldova202199.5%
Monaco2023N/A
Mongolia202099%
Montenegro202198.5%
Morocco202269.1%
Mozambique202049%
Myanmar201986%
Namibia202192.3%
Nauru2023N/A
Nepal202163.3%
Netherlands2023N/A
New Caledonia2023N/A
New Zealand2023N/A
Nicaragua201582.8%
Niger202229.7%
Nigeria202153.3%
North Macedonia201897.8%
Northern Mariana Islands2023N/A
Norway2023N/A
Oman202295%
Pakistan201946%
Palau201596%
Panama201995%
Papua New Guinea201761.6%
Paraguay202094%
Peru202092%
Philippines202297%
Poland202199.8%
Portugal202195.9%
Puerto Rico202192.4%
Qatar2023N/A
Romania202199%
Russian Federation2021100%
Rwanda202277%
Samoa202199.3%
San Marino2022100%
Sao Tome and Principe202291.1%
Saudi Arabia202096%
Senegal202247.1%
Serbia201999%
Seychelles202096.7%
Sierra Leone202241.3%
Singapore202196%
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)2023N/A
Slovak Republic2023N/A
Slovenia2023N/A
Solomon Islands2023N/A
Somalia202244%
South Africa202189%
South Sudan201828.9%
Spain202098%
Sri Lanka202292%
St. Kitts and Nevis2023N/A
St. Lucia2023N/A
St. Martin (French part)2023N/A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines2023N/A
Sudan201856.1%
Suriname202193.4%
Sweden2023N/A
Switzerland2023N/A
Syrian Arab Republic202192%
Tajikistan201794.6%
Tanzania202278.7%
Thailand202291.5%
Timor-Leste202066.5%
Togo201955%
Tonga202199.5%
Trinidad and Tobago202293.8%
Tunisia202278.3%
Turkiye201994%
Turkmenistan201999.6%
Turks and Caicos Islands2023N/A
Tuvalu2023N/A
Uganda202276.5%
Ukraine2021100%
United Arab Emirates202298%
United Kingdom2023N/A
United States2023N/A
Uruguay202299%
Uzbekistan2022100%
Vanuatu202188.4%
Venezuela, RB202297.7%
Vietnam202295%
Virgin Islands (U.S.)2023N/A
West Bank and Gaza202297%
Yemen, Rep.202354.1%
Zambia202084.3%
Zimbabwe202291.2%

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