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Belgium total population: 79.22 years male: 76.06 years female: 82.53 years (2009 est.)
Belize total population: 68.2 years male: 66.44 years female: 70.05 years (2009 est.)
Benin total population: 59 years male: 57.83 years female: 60.23 years (2009 est.)
Bermuda total population: 80.43 years male: 77.2 years female: 83.72 years (2009 est.)
Bhutan total population: 66.13 years male: 65.33 years female: 66.97 years (2009 est.)
Bolivia total population: 66.89 years male: 64.2 years female: 69.72 years (2009 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina total population: 78.5 years male: 74.92 years female: 82.34 years (2009 est.)
Botswana total population: 61.85 years male: 61.72 years female: 61.99 years (2009 est.)
Brazil total population: 71.99 years male: 68.43 years female: 75.73 years (2009 est.)
British Virgin Islands total population: 77.26 years male: 76.03 years female: 78.55 years (2009 est.)
Brunei total population: 75.74 years male: 73.52 years female: 78.07 years (2009 est.)
Bulgaria total population: 73.09 years male: 69.48 years female: 76.91 years (2009 est.)
Burkina Faso total population: 52.95 years male: 51.04 years female: 54.91 years (2009 est.)
Burma total population: 63.39 years male: 61.17 years female: 65.74 years (2009 est.)
Burundi total population: 52.09 years male: 51.2 years female: 53.01 years (2009 est.)
Cambodia total population: 62.1 years male: 60.03 years female: 64.27 years (2009 est.)
Cameroon total population: 53.69 years male: 52.89 years female: 54.52 years (2009 est.)
Canada total population: 81.23 years male: 78.69 years female: 83.91 years (2009 est.)
Cape Verde total population: 71.61 years male: 68.27 years female: 75.05 years (2009 est.)
Cayman Islands total population: 80.44 years male: 77.8 years female: 83.14 years (2009 est.)
Central African Republic total population: 44.47 years male: 44.4 years female: 44.54 years (2009 est.)
Chad total population: 47.7 years male: 46.67 years female: 48.77 years (2009 est.)
Chile total population: 77.34 years male: 74.07 years female: 80.77 years (2009 est.)
China total population: 73.47 years male: 71.61 years female: 75.52 years (2009 est.)
Christmas Island total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Colombia total population: 72.81 years male: 68.98 years female: 76.76 years (2009 est.)
Comoros total population: 63.47 years male: 61.07 years female: 65.94 years (2009 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the total population: 54.36 years male: 52.58 years female: 56.2 years (2009 est.)
Congo, Republic of the total population: 54.15 years male: 52.9 years female: 55.43 years (2009 est.)
Cook Islands total population: 74.22 years male: 71.46 years female: 77.13 years (2009 est.)
Costa Rica total population: 77.58 years male: 74.96 years female: 80.34 years (2009 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire total population: 55.45 years male: 54.64 years female: 56.28 years (2009 est.)
Croatia total population: 75.35 years male: 71.72 years female: 79.18 years (2009 est.)
Cuba total population: 77.45 years male: 75.19 years female: 79.85 years (2009 est.)
Cyprus total population: 78.33 years male: 75.91 years female: 80.86 years (2009 est.)
Czech Republic total population: 76.81 years male: 73.54 years female: 80.28 years (2009 est.)
Denmark total population: 78.3 years male: 75.96 years female: 80.78 years (2009 est.)
Djibouti total population: 43.37 years male: 41.89 years female: 44.89 years (2009 est.)
Dominica total population: 75.55 years male: 72.61 years female: 78.64 years (2009 est.)
Dominican Republic total population: 73.7 years male: 71.88 years female: 75.6 years (2009 est.)
Ecuador total population: 75.3 years male: 72.37 years female: 78.37 years (2009 est.)
Egypt total population: 72.12 years male: 69.56 years female: 74.81 years (2009 est.)
El Salvador total population: 72.33 years male: 68.72 years female: 76.11 years (2009 est.)
Equatorial Guinea total population: 61.61 years male: 60.71 years female: 62.54 years (2009 est.)
Eritrea total population: 61.78 years male: 59.71 years female: 63.9 years (2009 est.)
Estonia total population: 72.82 years male: 67.45 years female: 78.53 years (2009 est.)
Ethiopia total population: 55.41 years male: 52.92 years female: 57.97 years (2009 est.)
European Union total population: 78.67 years male: 75.54 years female: 81.97 years (2009 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Faroe Islands total population: 79.44 years male: 77 years female: 82.05 years (2009 est.)
Fiji total population: 70.73 years male: 68.18 years female: 73.41 years (2009 est.)
Finland total population: 78.97 years male: 75.48 years female: 82.61 years (2009 est.)
France total population: 80.98 years male: 77.79 years female: 84.33 years (2009 est.)
French Polynesia total population: 76.71 years male: 74.26 years female: 79.29 years (2009 est.)
Gabon total population: 53.11 years male: 52.19 years female: 54.05 years (2009 est.)
Gambia, The total population: 55.35 years male: 53.43 years female: 57.34 years (2009 est.)
Gaza Strip total population: 73.42 years male: 71.82 years female: 75.12 years (2009 est.)
Georgia total population: 76.72 years male: 73.41 years female: 80.45 years (2009 est.)
Germany total population: 79.26 years male: 76.26 years female: 82.42 years (2009 est.)
Ghana total population: 59.85 years male: 58.98 years female: 60.75 years (2009 est.)
Gibraltar total population: 80.19 years male: 77.3 years female: 83.22 years (2009 est.)
Greece total population: 79.66 years male: 77.11 years female: 82.37 years (2009 est.)
Greenland total population: 70.07 years male: 67.44 years female: 72.85 years (2009 est.)
Grenada total population: 65.95 years male: 64.06 years female: 67.85 years (2009 est.)
Guam total population: 78.01 years male: 74.97 years female: 81.23 years (2009 est.)
Guatemala total population: 70.29 years male: 68.49 years female: 72.19 years (2009 est.)
Guernsey total population: 80.77 years male: 77.76 years female: 83.88 years (2009 est.)
Guinea total population: 57.09 years male: 55.63 years female: 58.6 years (2009 est.)
Guinea-Bissau total population: 47.9 years male: 46.07 years female: 49.79 years (2009 est.)
Guyana total population: 66.68 years male: 64.09 years female: 69.4 years (2009 est.)
Haiti total population: 60.78 years male: 59.13 years female: 62.48 years (2009 est.)
Honduras total population: 69.4 years male: 67.86 years female: 71.02 years (2009 est.)
Hong Kong total population: 81.86 years male: 79.16 years female: 84.79 years (2009 est.)
Hungary total population: 73.44 years male: 69.27 years female: 77.87 years (2009 est.)
Iceland total population: 80.67 years male: 78.53 years female: 82.9 years (2009 est.)
India total population: 69.89 years male: 67.46 years female: 72.61 years (2009 est.)
Indonesia total population: 70.76 years male: 68.26 years female: 73.38 years (2009 est.)
Iran total population: 71.14 years male: 69.65 years female: 72.72 years (2009 est.)
Iraq total population: 69.94 years male: 68.6 years female: 71.34 years (2009 est.)
Ireland total population: 78.24 years male: 75.6 years female: 81.06 years (2009 est.)
Isle of Man total population: 78.82 years male: 75.86 years female: 81.93 years (2009 est.)
Israel total population: 80.73 years male: 78.62 years female: 82.95 years (2009 est.)
Italy total population: 80.2 years male: 77.26 years female: 83.33 years (2009 est.)
Jamaica total population: 73.53 years male: 71.83 years female: 75.3 years (2009 est.)
Japan total population: 82.12 years male: 78.8 years female: 85.62 years (2009 est.)
Jersey total population: 79.75 years male: 77.23 years female: 82.46 years (2009 est.)
Jordan total population: 78.87 years male: 76.34 years female: 81.56 years (2009 est.)
Kazakhstan total population: 67.87 years male: 62.58 years female: 73.47 years (2009 est.)
Kenya total population: 57.86 years male: 57.49 years female: 58.24 years (2009 est.)
Kiribati total population: 63.22 years male: 60.14 years female: 66.45 years (2009 est.)
Korea, North total population: 63.81 years male: 61.23 years female: 66.53 years (2009 est.)
Korea, South total population: 78.72 years male: 75.45 years female: 82.22 years (2009 est.)
Kuwait total population: 77.71 years male: 76.51 years female: 78.95 years (2009 est.)
Kyrgyzstan total population: 69.43 years male: 65.43 years female: 73.64 years (2009 est.)
Laos total population: 56.68 years male: 54.56 years female: 58.9 years (2009 est.)
Latvia total population: 72.15 years male: 66.98 years female: 77.59 years (2009 est.)
Lebanon total population: 73.66 years male: 71.15 years female: 76.31 years (2009 est.)
Lesotho total population: 40.38 years male: 41.18 years female: 39.54 years (2009 est.)
Liberia total population: 41.84 years male: 40.71 years female: 43 years (2009 est.)
Libya total population: 77.26 years male: 74.98 years female: 79.65 years (2009 est.)
Liechtenstein total population: 80.06 years male: 76.59 years female: 83.53 years (2009 est.)
Lithuania total population: 74.9 years male: 69.98 years female: 80.1 years (2009 est.)
Luxembourg total population: 79.33 years male: 76.07 years female: 82.81 years (2009 est.)
Macau total population: 84.36 years male: 81.39 years female: 87.47 years (2009 est.)
Macedonia total population: 74.68 years male: 72.18 years female: 77.38 years (2009 est.)
Madagascar total population: 62.89 years male: 60.93 years female: 64.91 years (2009 est.)
Malawi total population: 43.82 years male: 44.07 years female: 43.57 years (2009 est.)
Malaysia total population: 73.29 years male: 70.56 years female: 76.21 years (2009 est.)
Maldives total population: 73.97 years male: 71.78 years female: 76.28 years (2009 est.)
Mali total population: 50.35 years male: 48.38 years female: 52.38 years (2009 est.)
Malta total population: 79.44 years male: 77.21 years female: 81.8 years (2009 est.)
Marshall Islands total population: 71.19 years male: 69.15 years female: 73.34 years (2009 est.)
Mauritania total population: 60.37 years male: 58.22 years female: 62.59 years (2009 est.)
Mauritius total population: 74 years male: 70.53 years female: 77.65 years (2009 est.)
Mayotte total population: 62.91 years male: 60.65 years female: 65.24 years (2009 est.)
Mexico total population: 76.06 years male: 73.25 years female: 79 years (2009 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of total population: 70.94 years male: 69.06 years female: 72.93 years (2009 est.)
Moldova total population: 70.8 years male: 67.1 years female: 74.71 years (2009 est.)
Monaco total population: 80.09 years male: 76.3 years female: 84.09 years (2009 est.)
Mongolia total population: 67.65 years male: 65.23 years female: 70.19 years (2009 est.)
Montserrat total population: 72.76 years male: 74.74 years female: 70.68 years (2009 est.)
Morocco total population: 71.8 years male: 69.42 years female: 74.3 years (2009 est.)
Mozambique total population: 41.18 years male: 41.83 years female: 40.53 years (2009 est.)
Namibia total population: 51.24 years male: 51.61 years female: 50.86 years (2009 est.)
Nauru total population: 64.2 years male: 60.58 years female: 68.01 years (2009 est.)
Nepal total population: 65.46 years male: 64.3 years female: 66.67 years (2009 est.)
Netherlands total population: 79.4 years male: 76.8 years female: 82.14 years (2009 est.)
Netherlands Antilles total population: 76.65 years male: 74.33 years female: 79.09 years (2009 est.)
New Caledonia total population: 74.98 years male: 71.99 years female: 78.12 years (2009 est.)
New Zealand total population: 80.36 years male: 78.43 years female: 82.39 years (2009 est.)
Nicaragua total population: 71.5 years male: 69.35 years female: 73.75 years (2009 est.)
Niger total population: 52.6 years male: 51.39 years female: 53.85 years (2009 est.)
Nigeria total population: 46.94 years male: 46.16 years female: 47.76 years (2009 est.)
Niue total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Norfolk Island total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Northern Mariana Islands total population: 76.7 years male: 74.08 years female: 79.47 years (2009 est.)
Norway total population: 79.95 years male: 77.29 years female: 82.74 years (2009 est.)
Oman total population: 74.16 years male: 71.87 years female: 76.55 years (2009 est.)
Pakistan total population: 64.49 years male: 63.4 years female: 65.64 years (2009 est.)
Palau total population: 71.22 years male: 68.08 years female: 74.54 years (2009 est.)
Panama total population: 77.25 years male: 74.47 years female: 80.16 years (2009 est.)
Papua New Guinea total population: 66.34 years male: 64.08 years female: 68.72 years (2009 est.)
Paraguay total population: 75.77 years male: 73.19 years female: 78.49 years (2009 est.)
Peru total population: 70.74 years male: 68.88 years female: 72.69 years (2009 est.)
Philippines total population: 71.09 years male: 68.17 years female: 74.15 years (2009 est.)
Pitcairn Islands total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Poland total population: 75.63 years male: 71.65 years female: 79.85 years (2009 est.)
Portugal total population: 78.21 years male: 74.95 years female: 81.69 years (2009 est.)
Puerto Rico total population: 78.53 years male: 74.85 years female: 82.39 years (2009 est.)
Qatar total population: 75.35 years male: 73.66 years female: 77.14 years (2009 est.)
Romania total population: 72.45 years male: 68.95 years female: 76.16 years (2009 est.)
Russia total population: 66.03 years male: 59.33 years female: 73.14 years (2009 est.)
Rwanda total population: 50.52 years male: 49.25 years female: 51.83 years (2009 est.)
Saint Helena total population: 78.44 years male: 75.52 years female: 81.5 years (2009 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis total population: 73.2 years male: 70.33 years female: 76.25 years (2009 est.)
Saint Lucia total population: 76.45 years male: 73.78 years female: 79.27 years (2009 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon total population: 79.07 years male: 76.69 years female: 81.57 years (2009 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total population: 73.65 years male: 71.82 years female: 75.54 years (2009 est.)
Samoa total population: 71.86 years male: 69.03 years female: 74.84 years (2009 est.)
San Marino total population: 81.97 years male: 78.53 years female: 85.72 years (2009 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe total population: 68.32 years male: 66.65 years female: 70.04 years (2009 est.)
Saudi Arabia total population: 76.3 years male: 74.23 years female: 78.48 years (2009 est.)
Senegal total population: 59 years male: 57.12 years female: 60.93 years (2009 est.)
Serbia total population: 73.9 years male: 71.09 years female: 76.89 years (2009 est.)
Seychelles total population: 73.02 years male: 68.33 years female: 77.85 years (2009 est.)
Sierra Leone total population: 41.24 years male: 38.92 years female: 43.64 years (2009 est.)
Singapore total population: 81.98 years male: 79.37 years female: 84.78 years (2009 est.)
Slovakia total population: 75.4 years male: 71.47 years female: 79.53 years (2009 est.)
Slovenia total population: 76.92 years male: 73.25 years female: 80.84 years (2009 est.)
Solomon Islands total population: 73.69 years male: 71.14 years female: 76.37 years (2009 est.)
Somalia total population: 49.63 years male: 47.78 years female: 51.53 years (2009 est.)
South Africa total population: 48.98 years male: 49.81 years female: 48.13 years (2009 est.)
Spain total population: 80.05 years male: 76.74 years female: 83.57 years (2009 est.)
Sri Lanka total population: 75.14 years male: 73.08 years female: 77.28 years (2009 est.)
Sudan total population: 51.42 years male: 50.49 years female: 52.4 years (2009 est.)
Suriname total population: 73.73 years male: 71 years female: 76.65 years (2009 est.)
Svalbard total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Swaziland total population: 31.99 years male: 31.69 years female: 32.3 years (2009 est.)
Sweden total population: 80.86 years male: 78.59 years female: 83.26 years (2009 est.)
Switzerland total population: 80.85 years male: 78.03 years female: 83.83 years (2009 est.)
Syria total population: 71.19 years male: 69.8 years female: 72.68 years (2009 est.)
Taiwan total population: 77.96 years male: 75.12 years female: 81.05 years (2009 est.)
Tajikistan total population: 65.33 years male: 62.29 years female: 68.52 years (2009 est.)
Tanzania total population: 52.01 years male: 50.56 years female: 53.51 years (2009 est.)
Thailand total population: 73.1 years male: 70.77 years female: 75.55 years (2009 est.)
Timor-Leste total population: 67.27 years male: 64.92 years female: 69.75 years (2009 est.)
Togo total population: 58.69 years male: 56.56 years female: 60.88 years (2009 est.)
Tokelau total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Tonga total population: 70.73 years male: 68.18 years female: 73.41 years (2009 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago total population: 70.86 years male: 67.98 years female: 73.82 years (2009 est.)
Tunisia total population: 75.78 years male: 73.98 years female: 77.7 years (2009 est.)
Turkey total population: 71.96 years male: 70.12 years female: 73.89 years (2009 est.)
Turkmenistan total population: 67.87 years male: 64.94 years female: 70.95 years (2009 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands total population: 75.42 years male: 73.12 years female: 77.83 years (2009 est.)
Tuvalu total population: 69.29 years male: 66.99 years female: 71.7 years (2009 est.)
Uganda total population: 52.72 years male: 51.66 years female: 53.81 years (2009 est.)
Ukraine total population: 68.25 years male: 62.37 years female: 74.5 years (2009 est.)
United Arab Emirates total population: 76.11 years male: 73.56 years female: 78.78 years (2009 est.)
United Kingdom total population: 79.01 years male: 76.52 years female: 81.63 years (2009 est.)
United States total population: 78.11 years male: 75.65 years female: 80.69 years (2009 est.)
Uruguay total population: 76.35 years male: 73.1 years female: 79.72 years (2009 est.)
Uzbekistan total population: 71.96 years male: 68.95 years female: 75.15 years (2009 est.)
Vanuatu total population: 63.98 years male: 62.37 years female: 65.66 years (2009 est.)
Venezuela total population: 73.61 years male: 70.54 years female: 76.83 years (2009 est.)
Vietnam total population: 71.58 years male: 68.78 years female: 74.57 years (2009 est.)
Virgin Islands total population: 79.05 years male: 76.02 years female: 82.26 years (2009 est.)
Wallis and Futuna total population: 78.2 years male: 75.22 years female: 81.32 years (2009 est.)
West Bank total population: 74.54 years male: 72.54 years female: 76.65 years (2009 est.)
Western Sahara total population: 54.32 years male: 52 years female: 56.73 years (2009 est.)
World total population: 66.57 years male: 64.52 years female: 68.76 years (2009 est.)
Yemen total population: 63.27 years male: 61.3 years female: 65.33 years (2009 est.)
Zambia total population: 38.63 years male: 38.53 years female: 38.73 years (2009 est.)
Zimbabwe total population: 45.77 years male: 46.36 years female: 45.16 years (2009 est.)
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Field Listing :: Literacy
This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of the Factbook. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons. Low levels of literacy, and education in general, can impede the economic development of a country in the current rapidly changing, technology-driven world. Country
Literacy(%)
Afghanistan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 28.1% male: 43.1% female: 12.6% (2000 est.)
Albania definition: age 9 and over can read and write total population: 98.7% male: 99.2% female: 98.3% (2001 census)
Algeria definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 69.9% male: 79.6% female: 60.1% (2002 est.)
American Samoa definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97% male: 98% female: 97% (1980 est.)
Andorra definition: NA total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100%
Angola definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 67.4% male: 82.9% female: 54.2% (2001 est.)
Anguilla definition: age 12 and over can read and write total population: 95% male: 95% female: 95% (1984 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling total population: 85.8% male: NA female: NA (2003 est.)
Argentina definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.2% male: 97.2% female: 97.2% (2001 census)
Armenia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.7% female: 99.2% (2001 census)
Aruba definition: NA total population: 97.3% male: 97.5% female: 97.1% (2000 census)
Australia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Austria definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98% male: NA female: NA
Azerbaijan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.8% male: 99.5% female: 98.2% (1999 census)
Bahamas, The definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.6% male: 94.7% female: 96.5% (2003 est.)
Bahrain definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86.5% male: 88.6% female: 83.6% (2001 census)
Bangladesh definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 47.9% male: 54% female: 41.4% (2001 Census)
Barbados definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 99.7% male: 99.7% female: 99.7% (2002 est.)
Belarus definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.8% female: 99.4% (1999 census)
Belgium definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Belize definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 76.9% male: 76.7% female: 77.1% (2000 census)