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Distribution of the female to male adult literacy ratio around the world

Variable Description

Ratio of the female to male adult literacy ratio (ages 15 and older).

  • Average value: 0.95 (unweighted across 101 countries)
  • Maximum value: 1.23 (Lesotho)
  • Minimum value: 0.31 (Chad)
  • Distribution: see figure

Country Overview

Country Literacy Ratio Rank
Afghanistan n/a n/a
Albania 0.99 19
Algeria 0.76 77
Angola 0.65 86
Argentina 1 6
Armenia 0.99 19
Australia n/a n/a
Austria n/a n/a
Azerbaijan 0.99 19
Bahrain 0.94 48
Bangladesh n/a n/a
Belarus 1 6
Belgium n/a n/a
Benin 0.49 97
Bhutan n/a n/a
Bolivia 0.87 60
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.95 46
Botswana 1.02 4
Brazil 1 6
Bulgaria 0.99 19
Burkina Faso 0.52 94
Burundi 0.78 73
Cambodia 0.76 77
Cameroon 0.78 73
Canada n/a n/a
Central African Republic 0.52 94
Chad 0.31 101
Chile 1 6
China 0.91 54
Chinese Taipei n/a n/a
Colombia 1 6
Congo n/a n/a
Congo, Dem. Rep. 0.67 85
Costa Rica 1 6
Ivory Coast 0.63 88
Croatia 0.98 34
Cuba 1 6
Czech Republic n/a n/a
Denmark n/a n/a
Dominican Republic 1 6
Ecuador 0.97 36
Egypt 0.72 83
El Salvador n/a n/a
Equatorial Guinea 0.86 61
Eritrea n/a n/a
Estonia 1 6
Ethiopia n/a n/a
Fiji n/a n/a
Finland n/a n/a
France n/a n/a
Gabon n/a n/a
Gambia n/a n/a
Georgia n/a n/a
Germany n/a n/a
Ghana 0.75 79
Greece 0.96 41
Guatemala 0.84 65
Guinea 0.42 99
Guinea-Bissau n/a n/a
Haiti n/a n/a
Honduras 1.01 5
Hong Kong n/a n/a
Hungary n/a n/a
Iceland n/a n/a
India 0.65 86
Indonesia 0.92 51
Iran 0.84 65
Iraq n/a n/a
Ireland n/a n/a
Israel 0.97 36
Italy 0.99 19
Jamaica 1.16 2
Japan n/a n/a
Jordan 0.89 58
Kazakhstan 0.99 19
Kenya 0.9 57
Korea n/a n/a
North Korea n/a n/a
Kuwait 0.96 41
Kyrgyzstan 0.99 19
Lao PDR 0.79 72
Latvia 1 6
Lebanon n/a n/a
Lesotho 1.23 1
Liberia n/a n/a
Libya n/a n/a
Lithuania 1 6
Luxembourg n/a n/a
Macedonia 0.96 41
Madagascar 0.85 63
Malawi 0.72 83
Malaysia 0.93 49
Mali 0.45 98
Malta 1.03 3
Mauritania 0.73 81
Mauritius 0.91 54
Mexico 0.97 36
Moldova 0.99 19
Mongolia 0.99 19
Morocco 0.6 89
Mozambique n/a n/a
Myanmar 0.92 51
Namibia 0.96 41
Nepal 0.56 92
Netherlands n/a n/a
New Zealand n/a n/a
Nicaragua 1 6
Niger 0.35 100
Nigeria n/a n/a
Norway n/a n/a
Palestine 0.91 54
Oman 0.85 63
Pakistan 0.57 90
Panama 0.99 19
Papua New Guinea 0.8 69
Paraguay n/a n/a
Peru 0.88 59
Philippines 1 6
Poland n/a n/a
Portugal n/a n/a
Puerto Rico n/a n/a
Romania 0.98 34
Russian Federation 0.99 19
Rwanda 0.84 65
Saudi Arabia 0.8 69
Senegal 0.57 90
Serbia and Montenegro n/a n/a
Sierra Leone 0.52 94
Singapore 0.92 51
Slovak Republic n/a n/a
Slovenia n/a n/a
Somalia n/a n/a
South Africa 0.96 41
Spain n/a n/a
Sri Lanka 0.97 36
Sudan 0.73 81
Swaziland 0.97 36
Sweden n/a n/a
Switzerland n/a n/a
Syria 0.86 61
Tajikistan 0.99 19
Tanzania 0.8 69
Thailand 0.95 46
Timor-Leste n/a n/a
Togo 0.56 92
Trinidad and Tobago n/a n/a
Tunisia 0.78 73
Turkey 0.84 65
Turkmenistan 0.99 19
Uganda 0.75 79
Ukraine 0.99 19
United Arab Emirates n/a n/a
United Kingdom n/a n/a
United States n/a n/a
Uruguay n/a n/a
Uzbekistan n/a n/a
Venezuela 0.99 19
Vietnam 0.93 49
Yemen n/a n/a
Zambia 0.78 73
Zimbabwe n/a n/a

Source: United Nations Development Fund. Human Development Report. New York: UNDP (2006).

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