Adult Literacy Rate by country

Adult Literacy Rate for Male, Female, and Total Population by country for most recent year available. Year of data collection for each country is listed when known. Adult literacy rates are defined as the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. Data Sources: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics, via World Bank DataBank; CIA World Factbook; Country shapes from Natural Earth 50M scale data.

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notes <div><div><div>Adult Literacy Rate for Male, Female, and Total Population by country for most recent year available. Year of data collection for each country is listed when known. </div><div>Adult literacy rates are defined as the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. </div>Data Sources: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics, via <a href='http://databank.worldbank.org' target='_blank'>World Bank DataBank</a><span style='line-height: 1.38462;'>; CIA World Factbook; Country shapes from Natural Earth 50M scale data.</span></div></div>
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