The Literacy Rate of the Population

Рейтинг показывает процент грамотного населения в каждой стране среди граждан старше 15 лет. Грамотным считается человек, который освоил письменную речь, то есть, умеет читать и писать. Для многих это удивительно, но очень большая часть населения земли не обучена грамоте. Причём, бывает так, что человек умеет писать и читать на своём родном языке, но из-за иммиграции попадает в ситуацию, когда он не владеет чтением и письмом на языке страны, в которой живёт. Это существенно снижает качество жизни людей и вынуждает их трудиться на низкооплачиваемой работе.

More than 800 million adults worldwide still cannot read or write. Illiterate populations significantly hinder the development of countries. For example, in the United States, people with low literacy levels are among the lowest-paid workers and are 16.5 times more likely to receive government assistance (data from the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics). This demonstrates a direct correlation between literacy levels and financial well-being.

Over the past two centuries, literacy rates have significantly increased. Each new generation is better educated than the previous one. Currently, the worst situation is observed in African countries.

Country rankings in 2024.

Rank		Value percents	Population
1	Barbados	100	287 thousand
2	Slovakia	100	5.4 million
3	Azerbaijan	100	9.9 million
4	Tajikistan	100	9.1 million
5	Lithuania	100	2.8 million
6	Latvia	100	1.9 million
7	Estonia	100	1.3 million
8	Belarus	100	9.5 million
9	Norway	100	5.3 million
10	Turkmenistan	100	5.9 million
11	Slovenia	100	2.1 million
12	Armenia	100	3.0 million
13	Kazakhstan	100	18.3 million
14	Ukraine	100	44.6 million
15	North Korea	100	25.5 million
16	Finland	100	5.5 million
17	Cuba	100	11.3 million
18	Russia	100	-
19	Uzbekistan	100	33.0 million
20	Georgia	100	3.7 million
21	Kyrgyzstan	100	6.3 million
22	United States	99	326.7 million
23	Cayman Islands	99	64 thousand
24	Hungary	99	9.8 million
25	Samoa	99	196 thousand
26	Canada	99	37.1 million
27	Japan	99	126.5 million
28	United Kingdom	99	66.5 million
29	Netherlands	99	17.2 million
30	France	99	67.0 million
31	Czechia	99	10.7 million
32	Switzerland	99	8.5 million
33	Poland	99	38.0 million
34	Romania	99	19.5 million
35	Montenegro	99	631 thousand
36	Sweden	99	10.2 million
37	Croatia	99	4.1 million
38	Serbia	99	7.0 million
39	Ireland	99	4.9 million
40	Trinidad & Tobago	99	-
41	Uruguay	99	3.4 million
42	Antigua & Barbuda	99	-
43	Argentina	99	44.5 million
44	Germany	99	82.9 million
45	Australia	99	25.0 million
46	Belgium	99	11.4 million
47	New Zealand	99	4.8 million
48	Denmark	99	5.8 million
49	Iceland	99	353 thousand
50	Cyprus	99	1.2 million
51	Spain	99	46.8 million
52	Tonga	99	103 thousand
53	Moldova	99	2.7 million
54	Mongolia	99	3.2 million
55	Italy	99	60.4 million
56	North Macedonia	98	2.1 million
57	Aruba	98	106 thousand
58	Marshall Islands	98	58 thousand
59	Costa Rica	98	5.0 million
60	New Caledonia	98	284 thousand
61	Maldives	98	516 thousand
62	Greece	98	10.7 million
63	South Korea	98	51.6 million
64	United Arab Emirates	98	9.6 million
65	Saudi Arabia	98	33.7 million
66	Palestinian Territories	98	-
67	Albania	98	2.9 million
68	Austria	98	8.8 million
69	Jordan	98	10.0 million
70	Bulgaria	98	7.0 million
71	Bosnia & Herzegovina	97	-
72	Venezuela	97	28.9 million
73	Singapore	97	5.6 million
74	Macao SAR China	97	-
75	Brunei	97	429 thousand
76	Palau	97	18 thousand
77	Israel	97	8.9 million
78	Turkey	97	82.3 million
79	China	97	1.4 billion
80	Portugal	96	10.3 million
81	Philippines	96	106.7 million
82	Chile	96	18.7 million
83	Kuwait	96	4.1 million
84	Seychelles	96	97 thousand
85	Panama	96	4.2 million
86	Oman	96	4.8 million
87	Colombia	96	49.6 million
88	Vietnam	96	95.5 million
89	Indonesia	96	267.7 million
90	Malta	95	485 thousand
91	Malaysia	95	31.5 million
92	Lebanon	95	6.8 million
93	Mexico	95	126.2 million
94	Paraguay	95	7.0 million
95	South Africa	95	57.8 million
96	Peru	94	32.0 million
97	Dominican Republic	94	10.6 million
98	Thailand	94	69.4 million
99	Equatorial Guinea	94	1.3 million
100	Ecuador	94	17.1 million
101	Suriname	94	576 thousand
102	Qatar	93	2.8 million
103	Brazil	93	209.5 million
104	Bolivia	92	11.4 million
105	Namibia	92	2.4 million
106	Sri Lanka	92	21.7 million
107	Puerto Rico	92	3.2 million
108	Bahrain	91	1.6 million
109	Mauritius	91	1.3 million
110	Côte d’Ivoire	90	-
111	Myanmar (Burma}	89	-
112	El Salvador	89	6.4 million
113	Zimbabwe	89	14.4 million
114	Honduras	89	9.6 million
115	Jamaica	88	2.9 million
116	Eswatini	88	-
117	Zambia	87	17.4 million
118	Botswana	87	2.3 million
119	Cape Verde	87	544 thousand
120	Iran	86	81.8 million
121	Libya	86	-
122	Guyana	86	779 thousand
123	Iraq	86	38.4 million
124	Gabon	85	2.1 million
125	Laos	85	7.1 million
126	Nicaragua	83	6.5 million
127	Kenya	82	51.4 million
128	Cambodia	81	16.2 million
129	Algeria	81	42.2 million
130	Syria	81	16.9 million
131	Guatemala	81	17.2 million
132	Tunisia	79	11.6 million
133	Ghana	79	29.8 million
134	Tanzania	78	56.3 million
135	Eritrea	77	6.2 million
136	Uganda	77	42.7 million
137	Congo - Kinshasa	77	-
138	Solomon Islands	77	653 thousand
139	Lesotho	77	2.1 million
140	Belize	77	383 thousand
141	Cameroon	77	25.2 million
142	Madagascar	77	26.3 million
143	Bangladesh	75	161.4 million
144	Morocco	74	36.0 million
145	India	74	1.4 billion
146	Rwanda	73	12.3 million
147	Egypt	71	98.4 million
148	Nepal	68	28.1 million
149	Timor-Leste	68	-
150	Burundi	68	11.2 million
151	Togo	67	7.9 million
152	Bhutan	67	754 thousand
153	Angola	66	30.8 million
154	Papua New Guinea	62	8.6 million
155	Haiti	62	11.1 million
156	Malawi	62	18.1 million
157	Nigeria	62	195.9 million
158	Mozambique	61	29.5 million
159	Sudan	61	41.8 million
160	Comoros	59	832 thousand
161	Pakistan	58	212.2 million
162	Yemen	54	28.5 million
163	Mauritania	53	4.4 million
164	Senegal	52	15.9 million
165	Ethiopia	52	109.2 million
166	Gambia	51	2.3 million
167	Liberia	48	4.8 million
168	Guinea-Bissau	46	1.9 million
169	Sierra Leone	43	7.7 million
170	Benin	42	11.5 million
171	Guinea	40	12.4 million
172	Burkina Faso	39	19.8 million
173	Central African Republic	37	4.7 million
174	Niger	35	22.4 million
175	South Sudan	35	11.0 million
176	Mali	31	19.1 million
177	Afghanistan	31	37.2 million
178	Chad	22	15.5 million

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