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Lithuania Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palau West Bank and Gaza Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Moldova Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Vincent and Grenadines Samoa Saint Thomas and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Eswatini Syria Tajikistan Thailand North Macedonia Timor Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Tanzania Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Africa Americas Asia Australia & New Zealand Caribbean Central America Central Asia Eastern Africa Eastern Asia Eastern Europe Europe European Union High Income Countries Latin America & Caribbean Low Income Countries Lower Middle Income Countries Melanesia Micronesia Middle Africa Middle Income Countries Northern Africa Northern America Northern Europe Oceania Polynesia South America South-Eastern Asia Southern Africa Southern Asia Southern Europe Sub-Saharan Africa Upper Middle Income Countries Western Africa Western Asia Western Europe World Advanced Settings Region Calculation Sum Average Weighted Average Literacy rate, people aged 15 and above percent, 1970–2016 Cancel Download Average Sum Average Weighted Average Select Country/Region Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Ivory Coast Cape Verde Cambodia Cameroon Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Macau Colombia Comoros Congo (Brazzaville) Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus North Korea Congo (Kinshasa) Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Greece Greenland Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Italy Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palau West Bank and Gaza Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Moldova Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Vincent and Grenadines Samoa Saint Thomas and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Eswatini Syria Tajikistan Thailand North Macedonia Timor Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Tanzania Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Africa Americas Asia Australia & New Zealand Caribbean Central America Central Asia Eastern Africa Eastern Asia Eastern Europe Europe European Union High Income Countries Latin America & Caribbean Low Income Countries Lower Middle Income Countries Melanesia Micronesia Middle Africa Middle Income Countries Northern Africa Northern America Northern Europe Oceania Polynesia South America South-Eastern Asia Southern Africa Southern Asia Southern Europe Sub-Saharan Africa Upper Middle Income Countries Western Africa Western Asia Western Europe World Select Country/Region Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Ivory Coast Cape Verde Cambodia Cameroon Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Macau Colombia Comoros Congo (Brazzaville) Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus North Korea Congo (Kinshasa) Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Greece Greenland Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Italy Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palau West Bank and Gaza Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Moldova Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Vincent and Grenadines Samoa Saint Thomas and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Eswatini Syria Tajikistan Thailand North Macedonia Timor Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Tanzania Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Africa Americas Asia Australia & New Zealand Caribbean Central America Central Asia Eastern Africa Eastern Asia Eastern Europe Europe European Union High Income Countries Latin America & Caribbean Low Income Countries Lower Middle Income Countries Melanesia Micronesia Middle Africa Middle Income Countries Northern Africa Northern America Northern Europe Oceania Polynesia South America South-Eastern Asia Southern Africa Southern Asia Southern Europe Sub-Saharan Africa Upper Middle Income Countries Western Africa Western Asia Western Europe World 1970 -- Select Country -- Select Country -- Select Country -- Select Country 2016 -- Select Country -- Select Country -- Select Country -- Select Country 1970–2016 SUMMARY -- Select Country -- 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