Literacy rate, men aged 15 and above

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Country	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Afghanistan										30.31	30.78	31.25	31.72	32.20	32.67	33.14	33.61	34.09	34.56	35.03	35.50	35.97	36.45	36.92	37.39	37.86	38.33	38.81	39.28	39.75	40.22	40.70	41.17	41.64	42.11	42.58	43.06	43.53	44.00	44.47	44.94	45.42
Albania																																99.19	98.92	98.65	98.38	98.11	97.84	97.58	97.31	97.54	97.77	98.01	98.35	98.38	98.41	98.43	98.46	98.49	98.51
Algeria																		63.38	64.43	65.49	66.54	67.59	68.65	69.70	70.76	71.81	72.86	73.92	74.97	76.02	77.08	78.13	79.19	79.71	80.24	80.76	81.28	81.95	82.62	83.10	83.58	84.06	84.54	85.02	85.50	85.98	86.46	86.94	87.42
American Samoa											97.47
Angola																																82.92	82.69	82.47	82.24	82.01	81.79	81.56	81.33	81.11	80.88	80.65	80.43	80.20	79.97
Antigua and Barbuda																																98.40	98.40	98.40	98.40	98.40	98.40	98.40	98.40	98.40	98.40	98.40	98.40	98.40	98.40	98.40
Argentina											94.26	94.44	94.61	94.78	94.96	95.13	95.31	95.48	95.65	95.83	96.00	96.17	96.28	96.38	96.48	96.58	96.68	96.79	96.89	96.99	97.09	97.19	97.50	97.81	98.11	98.42	98.73	98.81	98.88	98.96	98.99	99.23	99.11	99.16	99.06	99.15	99.10	99.02	98.94
Armenia																				99.40	99.43	99.45	99.47	99.49	99.52	99.54	99.56	99.58	99.61	99.63	99.65	99.67	99.69	99.70	99.71	99.73	99.74	99.75	99.77	99.78	99.79	99.81	99.81	99.81	99.81	99.81	99.81	99.81	99.82	99.83	99.84
Aruba																															97.54	97.48	97.42	97.36	97.30	97.24	97.18	97.12	97.06	97.00	96.94	97.05	97.16	97.26	97.37	97.48	97.59	97.69	97.80
Azerbaijan																														99.47	99.52	99.56	99.60	99.65	99.69	99.73	99.78	99.82	99.83	99.84	99.85	99.86	99.85	99.87	99.86	99.86	99.86	99.86	99.87	99.87
Bahrain												76.52	77.72	78.92	80.12	81.33	82.53	83.73	84.93	86.13	87.34	88.54	88.54	88.54	88.54	88.54	88.55	88.55	88.55	88.55	88.55	88.55	88.95	89.35	89.75	90.15	90.55	90.95	91.35	91.75	92.15
Bangladesh												39.73	40.19	40.65	41.11	41.57	42.02	42.48	42.94	43.40	43.86	44.31	45.27	46.23	47.19	48.15	49.11	50.06	51.02	51.98	52.94	53.90	53.22	52.54	51.86	51.19	50.51	49.83	53.00	56.16	59.32	62.48	61.54	64.21	64.37	68.06	75.62	75.70	76.67	77.44	77.82
Barbados	99.29	99.31	99.33	99.35	99.38	99.40	99.42	99.44	99.47	99.49	99.51	99.53	99.56	99.58	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60	99.60
Belarus																				99.38	99.43	99.47	99.51	99.55	99.59	99.63	99.67	99.71	99.75	99.79	99.79	99.79	99.78	99.78	99.78	99.78	99.77	99.77	99.77	99.76	99.77	99.79	99.80	99.81	99.82	99.83	99.84	99.85	99.86	99.87
Belize																						70.27	70.98	71.69	72.41	73.12	73.83	74.55	75.26	75.97	76.68
Benin										25.19	26.32	27.45	28.59	29.72	30.85	31.98	33.11	34.24	35.38	36.51	37.64	38.77	39.90	40.70	41.50	42.29	43.09	43.88	44.68	45.48	46.27	47.07	47.87	46.05	44.24	42.43	40.62	41.34	42.06	42.79	43.51	44.24	44.96	46.46	47.97	49.47	50.97	52.47	53.98
Bhutan																																				65.05	65.18	65.32	65.46	65.59	65.73	65.87	66.00	67.81	69.61	71.41	73.22	75.02
Bolivia							75.84	76.61	77.38	78.15	78.92	79.69	80.46	81.23	82.00	82.77	83.54	84.31	85.08	85.85	86.62	87.39	88.16	88.70	89.24	89.79	90.33	90.88	91.42	91.97	92.51	93.06	93.55	94.05	94.55	95.04	95.54	96.04	94.96	95.80	96.20	96.60	97.11	96.91	96.72	96.52
Bosnia and Herzegovina																						96.31	96.61	96.91	97.21	97.52	97.82	98.12	98.43	98.73	99.03	99.08	99.13	99.17	99.22	99.26	99.31	99.36	99.40	99.45	99.50	99.54	99.36	99.18
Botswana																						65.39	66.64	67.89	69.15	70.40	71.65	72.91	74.16	75.42	76.67	77.92	79.18	80.43	81.00	81.57	82.14	82.71	83.28	83.85	84.41	84.98	85.55	86.12
Brazil											76.38	76.87	77.36	77.86	78.35	78.84	79.33	79.83	80.32	80.81	81.30	81.80	82.29	82.78	83.27	83.77	84.26	84.75	85.24	85.74	86.23	86.77	87.32	87.86	88.41	88.88	89.35	89.77	89.84	90.17	90.06	91.17	91.03	91.18	91.37	91.73	92.58	92.89	93.01
Brunei												85.14	85.87	86.60	87.33	88.06	88.79	89.53	90.26	90.99	91.72	92.45	92.72	92.99	93.26	93.53	93.80	94.07	94.34	94.61	94.88	95.15	95.38	95.61	95.83	96.06	96.29	96.52	96.74	96.97	97.20	97.43	97.52	97.61	97.70	97.79	97.87	97.96	98.05
Bulgaria																																98.74	98.74	98.74	98.74	98.74	98.74	98.74	98.74	98.75	98.75	98.75
Burkina Faso						14.53	14.85	15.17	15.48	15.80	16.12	16.44	16.76	17.08	17.40	17.71	18.03	18.35	18.67	18.99	19.31	19.63	19.40	19.18	18.96	18.74	18.52	20.07	21.62	23.17	24.71	26.26	27.81	29.36	30.37	31.37	29.71	36.57	37.69	38.80	39.92	41.03	42.15	43.26	44.38	45.58	46.78	47.97	49.17
Burundi										34.26	35.53	36.80	38.07	39.34	40.61	41.88	43.16	44.43	45.70	46.97	48.24	50.14	52.05	53.96	55.86	57.77	59.68	61.59	63.49	65.40	67.31	65.53	63.76	61.99	60.22	58.45	56.67	54.90	53.13	55.87	58.61	61.36	64.10	66.84	69.59	71.82	74.06	76.30
Cambodia																													79.48	80.35	81.21	82.08	82.95	83.81	84.68	84.76	84.83	84.91	84.99	83.93	84.11	84.29	84.46	84.64	84.81	86.53
Cameroon							54.63	55.65	56.68	57.70	58.72	59.75	60.77	61.79	62.82	63.84	64.87	65.89	66.91	67.94	68.96	69.98	71.01	72.03	73.05	74.08	75.10	76.12	77.15	78.17	79.19	79.16	79.12	79.09	79.05	79.02	78.98	78.95	78.74	78.54	78.33	78.87	79.40	79.94	80.48	81.02	81.55	82.09	82.63
Cape Verde																					74.76	75.67	76.57	77.48	78.39	79.30	80.21	81.11	82.02	82.93	83.84	84.39	84.94	85.50	86.05	86.60	87.16	87.71	88.26	88.82	89.37	89.92	90.47	90.88	91.29	91.69
Cayman Islands																																						98.72
Central African Republic						29.59	31.01	32.43	33.85	35.26	36.68	38.10	39.52	40.93	42.35	43.77	45.19	46.60	48.02	49.58	51.15	52.71	54.28	55.84	57.40	58.97	60.53	62.10	63.66	65.23	66.79	65.18	63.57	61.97	60.36	58.75	57.14	55.54	53.93	52.32	50.71	50.56	50.41	50.26	50.11	49.96	49.81	49.66	49.51
Chad																								18.26	21.48	24.71	27.93	31.16	34.38	37.60	40.83	40.46	40.10	39.73	39.37	39.33	39.29	39.25	39.20	39.16	39.12	39.08	39.04	39.00	38.96	38.92	31.33
Chile													91.48	91.79	92.10	92.41	92.71	93.02	93.33	93.64	93.95	94.25	94.56	94.69	94.81	94.93	95.06	95.18	95.30	95.43	95.55	95.67	95.80	96.11	96.43	96.75	97.07	97.38	97.70	97.89	97.39	96.90	96.64	96.39	96.71	97.02	96.75	96.48
China													79.19	80.17	81.15	82.13	83.11	84.09	85.07	86.05	87.02	87.84	88.65	89.46	90.27	91.08	91.89	92.70	93.51	94.32	95.14	95.37	95.60	95.84	96.07	96.31	96.54	96.78	97.01	97.25	97.48	97.60	97.73	97.85	97.97	98.10	98.22	98.34	98.47
Colombia																								90.97	91.01	91.05	91.09	91.32	91.54	91.77	92.00	92.22	92.45	92.68	92.90	92.78	92.39	92.43	93.32	93.06	93.25	93.49	93.61	93.74	93.87	94.06	94.40	94.63	94.85	95.02	95.38
Comoros											55.98	56.90	57.83	58.76	59.68	60.61	61.54	62.47	63.39	64.32	65.25	66.17	67.10	68.03	68.95	69.88	70.81	71.73	72.66	73.59	74.51	73.01	71.51	70.01	68.50	67.00	65.50	63.99	62.49	60.99	59.49	57.98	56.48	57.84	59.20	60.56	61.92	63.28	64.64
Congo (Brazzaville)															71.33	72.03	72.73	73.43	74.13	74.83	75.54	76.24	76.94	77.64	78.34	79.04	79.74	80.44	81.14	81.84	82.54	83.25	83.95	84.65	85.35	86.05	86.11	86.18	86.24	86.31	86.37	86.43	86.38	86.33	86.28	86.23	86.18	86.13	86.08
Congo (Kinshasa)																																80.92	80.26	79.59	78.92	78.25	77.58	76.92	79.11	81.31	83.51	85.71	87.91	88.06	88.22	88.37	88.52
Costa Rica															92.68	92.81	92.93	93.05	93.17	93.30	93.42	93.54	93.67	93.79	93.91	94.04	94.16	94.28	94.40	94.53	94.65	94.89	95.13	95.37	95.62	95.86	96.10	96.34	96.58	96.82	97.06	97.31	97.38	97.45	97.52	97.59	97.66	97.73	97.80
Croatia																						98.76	98.81	98.87	98.93	98.98	99.04	99.10	99.15	99.21	99.26	99.32	99.35	99.38	99.41	99.44	99.48	99.51	99.54	99.57	99.60	99.63
Cuba																																	99.81	99.80	99.79	99.78	99.77	99.76	99.75	99.74	99.73	99.72	99.71
Cyprus																							97.83	97.92	98.01	98.10	98.19	98.28	98.36	98.45	98.54	98.63	98.70	98.76	98.83	98.89	98.96	99.02	99.09	99.16	99.22	99.29
Dominican Republic												73.59	74.22	74.85	75.48	76.11	76.74	77.37	78.00	78.63	79.26	79.89	80.52	81.15	81.77	82.40	83.03	83.66	84.29	84.92	85.55	86.18	86.81	87.09	87.37	87.65	87.93	88.21	88.60	88.99	89.38	89.99	90.08	90.46	91.37	91.65	93.79
Ecuador													86.79	87.25	87.71	88.18	88.64	89.11	89.57	90.03	90.50	90.66	90.83	91.00	91.16	91.33	91.50	91.66	91.83	91.99	92.16	92.33	92.50	92.68	92.86	93.04	93.21	93.39	93.75	93.66	93.32	93.05	93.25	94.43	95.26	95.73	95.45	93.78	94.12	94.47	94.81
Egypt							53.62	53.95	54.29	54.62	54.96	55.30	55.63	55.97	56.30	56.64	56.98	57.99	59.01	60.03	61.05	62.06	63.08	64.10	65.12	66.13	67.15	68.35	69.54	70.74	71.93	73.13	74.32	75.52	76.71	77.91	74.62	76.03	77.45	78.86	80.27	80.97	81.68	81.69	80.39	79.09	77.79	76.50
El Salvador																							77.37	78.04	78.70	79.37	80.04	80.70	81.37	82.03	82.70	83.37	84.03	84.70	85.36	86.03	86.70	84.86	87.05	86.83	87.10	88.39	88.81	89.24	89.62	90.01	90.30	90.63	91.10	91.31
Equatorial Guinea																															94.84	95.08	95.31	95.55	95.78	96.01	96.25	96.48	96.72	96.95	97.18
Eritrea																																	65.39	67.00	68.62	70.23	71.85	73.46	75.07	76.00	76.93	77.86	78.79	79.72	80.65	81.58	82.51	83.44	84.37
Estonia																				99.88	99.87	99.86	99.85	99.84	99.83	99.82	99.81	99.80	99.79	99.79	99.78	99.78	99.79	99.80	99.81	99.81	99.82	99.83	99.84	99.84	99.85	99.86
Eswatini							57.38	58.61	59.84	61.07	62.30	63.53	64.76	65.99	67.22	68.45	69.68	70.65	71.61	72.57	73.53	74.49	75.46	76.42	77.38	78.34	79.31	80.27	81.23	82.19	83.15	83.23	83.30	83.38	83.45	83.53	83.60	83.68	83.75	83.83	83.90	84.45	85.00	85.55	86.09	86.64	87.19	87.74	88.29
Ethiopia																									35.98	37.38	38.79	40.19	41.59	42.99	44.39	45.79	47.20	48.60	50.00	41.94	45.54	49.13	50.15	51.16	52.17	53.18	54.19	55.20	56.21	57.22	58.23	59.24
Gabon																								79.44	79.73	80.02	80.30	80.59	80.87	81.16	81.44	81.73	82.02	82.30	82.59	82.87	83.16	83.44	83.73	84.02	84.30	84.59	84.87	85.04	85.20	85.36	85.53	85.69	85.85
Gambia																															48.98	49.17	49.36	49.54	49.73	49.92	50.11	50.29	50.48	50.67	50.86	51.04	51.23	51.42	56.59	61.77
Georgia																																	99.77	99.76	99.75	99.74	99.74	99.73	99.72	99.71	99.70	99.69	99.69	99.68	99.67	99.59	99.51	99.44	99.56	99.68
Ghana																															66.35	67.55	68.75	69.95	71.15	72.35	73.55	74.75	75.95	77.15	78.35	79.00	79.64	80.29	80.94	81.58	82.23	82.88	83.52
Greece												96.06	96.06	96.06	96.06	96.05	96.05	96.05	96.05	96.04	96.04	96.04	96.21	96.39	96.57	96.75	96.92	97.10	97.28	97.46	97.63	97.81	97.22	96.63	96.04	95.45	95.80	96.16	96.11	96.07	97.17	98.28	98.31	98.35	98.38	98.41	98.44	98.47	98.51
Grenada	98.05	98.09	98.12	98.16	98.20	98.24	98.28	98.31	98.35	98.39	98.43	98.47	98.50	98.54	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58	98.58
Guam											96.38	96.69	96.99	97.29	97.60	97.90	98.20	98.51	98.81	99.11	99.42
Guatemala																									71.71	72.17	72.63	73.10	73.56	74.02	74.49	74.95	75.42	76.36	77.30	78.25	79.19	80.13	81.08	82.02	82.96	83.91	84.85	82.72	86.76	86.40	86.05	85.69	85.34
Guinea																											32.90	34.33	35.75	37.18	38.61	40.04	41.47	42.90	42.03	41.16	40.28	39.41	38.54	37.66	36.79	38.50	40.21	41.93	43.64	46.34	49.04	51.73	54.43
Guinea Bissau										33.35	34.50	35.66	36.82	37.97	39.13	40.28	41.44	42.59	43.75	44.90	46.06	47.21	48.37	49.53	50.68	51.84	52.99	54.15	55.30	56.46	57.61	57.94	58.26	58.59	58.91	59.24	59.56	59.89	60.21	60.54	60.86	61.18	61.51	61.83	62.16
Guyana																																								82.44	83.21	83.99	84.76	85.54	86.31
Haiti													37.13	38.37	39.60	40.84	42.07	43.31	44.55	45.78	47.02	48.26	49.49	50.73	51.96	53.20	54.44	55.67	56.91	58.15	59.38	60.62	61.85	63.09	59.85	56.60	53.36	54.55	55.74	56.93	58.12	59.32	60.51	61.70	62.89	64.09	65.28
Honduras																																79.79	80.45	81.11	81.77	82.43	83.09	83.75	84.09	84.44	84.79	85.34	85.70	85.67	87.40	87.92	89.05	88.09	87.14	88.25
Hungary											99.30	99.30	99.29	99.29	99.29	99.28	99.28	99.27	99.27	99.27	99.26	99.26	99.25	99.25	99.24	99.24	99.24	99.23	99.23	99.22	99.22	99.21	99.21	99.21	99.20	99.20	99.19	99.19	99.19	99.18	99.18	99.17	99.17	99.16	99.16
India												54.84	55.52	56.20	56.88	57.56	58.24	58.92	59.60	60.28	60.96	61.64	62.82	64.00	65.17	66.35	67.53	68.70	69.88	71.06	72.23	73.41	73.77	74.12	74.48	74.84	75.19	75.93	76.67	77.40	78.14	78.88	79.38	79.87	80.37	80.87	81.37	81.87	82.37
Indonesia											77.47	78.53	79.58	80.64	81.69	82.75	83.80	84.86	85.91	86.97	88.02	88.45	88.88	89.31	89.74	90.17	90.60	91.03	91.46	91.89	92.32	92.75	93.18	93.61	94.04	94.60	95.16	95.27	95.38	95.65	95.62	95.59	95.99	96.39	96.79	97.11	97.17	97.25	97.33	97.39	97.45
Iran							48.18	49.68	51.17	52.66	54.15	55.64	57.13	58.62	60.12	61.61	63.10	65.33	67.57	69.80	72.04	74.27	75.39	76.51	77.63	78.75	79.87	80.48	81.08	81.69	82.29	82.90	83.50	85.00	86.51	88.01	87.27	87.72	88.18	88.35	88.53	88.70	88.88	89.54	89.64	89.99	90.35
Iraq																															84.09	84.24	84.39	84.54	84.69	84.84	84.99	85.14	85.30	85.45	85.60	85.75	85.90	81.40	90.00	90.00	90.00	91.20
Israel														94.96
Italy												97.46	97.53	97.60	97.67	97.74	97.80	97.87	97.94	98.01	98.08	98.14	98.21	98.28	98.35	98.42	98.48	98.55	98.62	98.69	98.76	98.82	98.86	98.89	98.92	98.95	98.98	99.01	99.05	99.08	99.11	99.14	99.17	99.20	99.23	99.26	99.29	99.32	99.35
Ivory Coast																			44.36	44.32	44.28	44.24	44.20	44.16	44.11	44.07	44.03	43.99	43.95	52.40	60.86	60.09	59.32	58.54	57.77	57.00	56.23	55.45	54.68	53.91	53.14	52.37	51.59	51.15	50.70	59.19	67.68	76.17	84.65	93.14
Jamaica																														74.08	74.71	75.33	75.95	76.58	77.20	77.83	78.45	79.07	79.70	80.32	80.94	81.57	82.19	82.82	83.44
Jordan										80.48	81.09	81.70	82.31	82.92	83.52	84.13	84.74	85.35	85.96	86.57	87.18	87.78	88.39	89.00	89.61	90.22	90.83	91.43	92.04	92.65	93.26	93.87	94.48	95.08	95.13	95.18	95.34	95.49	95.59	95.68	95.77	97.75	98.44	98.47	98.50	98.53	98.56	98.59	98.61
Kazakhstan																				99.07	99.14	99.21	99.28	99.35	99.42	99.49	99.56	99.63	99.69	99.76	99.77	99.77	99.77	99.77	99.77	99.78	99.78	99.78	99.78	99.79	99.83	99.83	99.83	99.83	99.83	99.83	99.83	99.83	99.83
Kenya																															87.49	86.15	84.80	83.46	82.11	80.77	79.42	78.08	78.89	79.71	80.52	81.34	82.15	82.96	83.78	84.08	84.38	84.69	84.99
Kuwait						68.03	68.98	69.93	70.88	71.84	72.79	73.87	74.95	76.03	77.12	78.20	78.49	78.78	79.07	79.37	79.66	79.95	80.24	80.54	80.83	81.12	82.45	83.79	85.12	86.45	87.78	89.12	90.45	91.78	93.11	94.45	94.53	94.79	95.02	95.28	95.55	95.69	95.84	96.35	96.37	96.39	96.54	96.70	96.67	96.86	97.05
Kyrgyzstan																														99.31	99.33	99.35	99.37	99.39	99.41	99.43	99.46	99.48	99.50	99.52	99.54	99.55	99.57	99.59	99.61	99.62	99.64	99.66	99.68
Laos																										73.49	75.06	76.64	78.21	79.79	81.36	77.01	78.37	79.73	81.09	82.45	79.94	77.42	74.91	72.39	69.87	67.36	73.01	78.66	84.31	89.96
Latvia																				99.75	99.76	99.76	99.77	99.77	99.77	99.78	99.78	99.78	99.79	99.79	99.79	99.80	99.81	99.82	99.83	99.83	99.84	99.85	99.86	99.87	99.87	99.88	99.88	99.88	99.88	99.87	99.87	99.87	99.87
Lebanon																																						93.38	93.83	94.27	94.56	94.85	95.13	95.42	95.71	95.99	96.28	96.57	96.85
Lesotho																															80.00	78.39	76.78	75.17	73.56	71.95	70.35	68.74	67.13	65.52	65.97	66.41	66.86	67.30	67.75
Liberia															44.88	45.57	46.26	46.95	47.64	48.33	49.03	49.72	50.41	51.10	51.79	52.48	53.17	53.86	54.55	55.25	55.94	56.63	57.32	58.01	58.70	59.39	60.08	60.77	60.97	61.16	61.35	61.54	61.74	61.93	62.12	62.31	62.50	62.70
Libya															76.99	78.07	79.14	80.21	81.28	82.36	83.43	84.50	85.57	86.65	87.72	88.33	88.95	89.56	90.17	90.79	91.40	92.01	92.62	93.24	93.85
Lithuania																				99.21	99.24	99.28	99.32	99.35	99.39	99.43	99.46	99.50	99.53	99.57	99.61	99.64	99.66	99.67	99.69	99.70	99.72	99.73	99.75	99.76	99.78	99.79
Macau												92.81	92.93	93.06	93.18	93.30	93.43	93.55	93.67	93.80	93.92	94.04	94.17	94.29	94.41	94.54	94.66	94.78	94.91	95.03	95.15	95.28	95.