Literacy rate:

🇹🇩 Chad: 27%
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso: 34%
🇲🇱 Mali: 31%
🇸🇸 South Sudan: 35%
🇦🇫 Afghanistan: 37%
🇨🇫 CAR: 37%
🇳🇪 Niger: 38%
🇬🇳 Guinea: 45%
🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 52%
🇵🇰 Pakistan: 58%
🇳🇬 Nigeria: 62%
🇳🇵 Nepal: 71%
🇪🇬 Egypt: 75%
🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 75%
🇮🇳 India: 76%
🇩🇿 Algeria: 81%
🇰🇪 Kenya: 83%
🇮🇶 Iraq: 86%
🇸🇾 Syria: 86%
🇮🇷 Iran: 89%
🇿🇦 South Africa: 90%
🇮🇱 Israel: 92%
🇧🇷 Brazil: 95%
🇲🇽 Mexico: 95%
🇮🇩 Indonesia: 96%
🇵🇭 Philippines: 96%
🇹🇷 Turkey: 97%
🇨🇳 China: 97%
🇦🇷 Argentina: 97%
🇴🇲 Oman: 97%
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia: 98%
🇦🇪 UAE: 98%
🇶🇦 Qatar: 98%
🇰🇷 South Korea: 99%
🇷🇸 Serbia: 99%
🇪🇸 Spain: 99%
🇮🇹 Italy: 99%
🇷🇺 Russia: 100%
🇺🇦 Ukraine: 100%
🇵🇱 Poland: 100%
🇰🇵 North Korea: 100%

Note: The share of adults aged 15 and older who can both read and write. Figures are rounded.

According to World Bank (2023)