Female literacy

Macro Region
Africa 107 timeseries
Asia 40 timeseries
Central America and the Caribbean 34 timeseries
Europe 46 timeseries
Middle East 32 timeseries
North America 99.56 % in 2022 WB
Oceania 14 timeseries
South America 24 timeseries
Southeast Asia 24 timeseries
Country (%)
Afghanistan 41.59 in 2021 WB
Albania 99.9 in 2022 WB
Algeria 84.16 in 2019 WB
Angola 80.7 in 2022 WB
Antigua and Barbuda Adult 1 timeseries
Argentina 99.13 in 2001 WB
Armenia 99.9 in 2020 WB
Azerbaijan 99.91 in 2019 WB
Bahrain 100 in 2011 WB
Bangladesh 95.86 in 2020 WB
Barbados 100 in 2012 WB
Belarus 99.9 in 2019 WB
Belize 96.6 in 2011 WB
Benin 59.1 in 2022 WB
Bhutan 98 in 2022 WB
Bolivia 99.54 in 2021 WB
Bosnia and Herzegovina 99.7 in 2022 WB
Botswana 99.14 in 2013 WB
Brazil 99.62 in 2022 WB
Brunei Darussalam 99.83 in 2021 WB
Bulgaria 97.83 in 2021 WB
Burkina Faso 51.68 in 2022 WB
Burundi 93.16 in 2022 WB
Cabo Verde 99.25 in 2022 WB
Cambodia 96.51 in 2022 WB
Cameroon 83.83 in 2020 WB
Central African Republic 29.11 in 2020 WB
Chad 30.64 in 2022 WB
Chile 99.01 in 2022 WB
China 99.82 in 2020 WB
Colombia 99.34 in 2021 WB
Comoros 83.1 in 2022 WB
Congo 79.5 in 2021 WB
Costa Rica 99.61 in 2021 WB
Côte d'Ivoire 76.41 in 2019 WB
Croatia 99.78 in 2021 WB
Cuba 99.9 in 2021 WB
Cyprus 99.91 in 2021 WB
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 100 in 2018 WB
Democratic Republic of the Congo 85.41 in 2022 WB
Djibouti Youth 1 timeseries
Dominican Republic 98.79 in 2022 WB
Ecuador 99.24 in 2022 WB
Egypt 91.74 in 2022 WB
El Salvador 98.71 in 2020 WB
Equatorial Guinea 98.3 in 2010 WB
Eritrea 92.71 in 2018 WB
Estonia 99.99 in 2021 WB
Eswatini 97.08 in 2020 WB
Ethiopia 71.97 in 2017 WB
Fiji Youth 1 timeseries
Gabon 92.63 in 2022 WB
Gambia 79.86 in 2022 WB
Georgia 99.89 in 2022 WB
Ghana 93.36 in 2020 WB
Greece 99.47 in 2009 WB
Grenada 99.4 in 1980 WB
Guatemala 95.86 in 2022 WB
Guinea 49.09 in 2021 WB
Guinea Bissau 62.55 in 2022 WB
Guyana 98.21 in 2022 WB
Haiti 82.63 in 2016 WB
Honduras 97.29 in 2019 WB
Hungary 98.9 in 2021 WB
India 95.54 in 2022 WB
Indonesia 99.78 in 2020 WB
Iran 98.93 in 2022 WB
Iraq 92.1 in 2017 WB
Israel 98.05 in 1983 WB
Italy 99.93 in 2019 WB
Jamaica 99.72 in 2011 WB
Jordan 99.56 in 2021 WB
Kazakhstan 99.9 in 2020 WB
Kenya 89.78 in 2022 WB
Kuwait 99.58 in 2020 WB
Kyrgyzstan 99.8 in 2019 WB
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 93.54 in 2022 WB
Latvia 99.86 in 2021 WB
Lebanon 99.87 in 2019 WB
Lesotho 95.59 in 2022 WB
Liberia 71.85 in 2019 WB
Libya 96.3 in 1994 WB
Lithuania 99.95 in 2021 WB
Macau 99.96 in 2021 WB
Madagascar 80.66 in 2022 WB
Malawi 79.83 in 2022 WB
Malaysia 95.22 in 1991 WB
Maldives 99.32 in 2021 WB
Mali 38.45 in 2020 WB
Malta 99.63 in 2021 WB
Marshall Islands 98.76 in 2011 WB
Mauritania 75.03 in 2021 WB
Mauritius 99.58 in 2021 WB
Mexico 99.1 in 2020 WB
Mongolia 99.23 in 2020 WB
Montenegro 98.91 in 2021 WB
Morocco 98.41 in 2022 WB
Mozambique 64.51 in 2020 WB
Myanmar 95.55 in 2019 WB
Namibia 96.62 in 2021 WB
Nepal 93.25 in 2021 WB
Nicaragua 93.6 in 2015 WB
Niger 40.36 in 2022 WB
Nigeria 68.26 in 2018 WB
North Macedonia 98.5 in 2012 WB
Oman 99.68 in 2022 WB
Pakistan 65.19 in 2019 WB
Palau 99.17 in 2015 WB
Palestine 94.14 in 2020 WB
Panama 99.24 in 2021 WB
Papua New Guinea 71.4 in 2010 WB
Paraguay 99.24 in 2021 WB
Peru 99.18 in 2021 WB
Philippines 98.89 in 2019 WB
Poland 99.9 in 2021 WB
Portugal 99.75 in 2021 WB
Puerto Rico 92.4 in 2021 WB
Qatar 99.65 in 2014 WB
Republic of Korea 100 in 2018 WB
Republic of Moldova 99.7 in 2021 WB
Romania 99.5 in 2021 WB
Russian Federation 99.93 in 2021 WB
Rwanda 90.3 in 2021 WB
Saint Lucia Youth 1 timeseries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 98.8 in 1980 WB
Samoa 99.4 in 2021 WB
Sao Tome and Principe 98.38 in 2022 WB
Saudi Arabia 99.45 in 2020 WB
Senegal 75.22 in 2022 WB
Serbia 100 in 2019 WB
Seychelles 99.6 in 2020 WB
Sierra Leone 71.65 in 2022 WB
Singapore 99.79 in 2020 WB
Slovenia 99.9 in 2001 WB
Solomon Islands Adult 1 timeseries
Somalia 64.65 in 2022 WB
South Africa 97.48 in 2021 WB
South Sudan 47.37 in 2018 WB
Spain 99.76 in 2020 WB
Sri Lanka 99.14 in 2021 WB
Sudan 73.49 in 2018 WB
Suriname 98.7 in 2021 WB
Syrian Arab Republic 95.2 in 2014 WB
Tajikistan 97.74 in 2017 WB
Thailand 99.1 in 2021 WB
Timor-Leste 86.6 in 2020 WB
Togo 84.01 in 2019 WB
Tonga 99.5 in 2021 WB
Trinidad and Tobago 99.18 in 2006 WB
Tunisia 97.98 in 2022 WB
Turkey 99.85 in 2019 WB
Turkmenistan 99.9 in 2005 WB
Uganda 93.02 in 2022 WB
Ukraine 100 in 2021 WB
United Arab Emirates 99.56 in 2022 WB
United Republic of Tanzania 89.16 in 2022 WB
United States of America 4 timeseries
Uruguay 99.22 in 2021 WB
Uzbekistan 100 in 2022 WB
Vanuatu 97.2 in 2021 WB
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 99.11 in 2022 WB
Viet Nam 98.54 in 2019 WB
Yemen 64.08 in 2013 WB
Zambia 92.8 in 2020 WB
Zimbabwe 94.7 in 2022 WB