Mauritania

São Tomé and Príncipe

None

Gabon

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Côte d'Ivoire

Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Ghana

Gambia

Equatorial Guinea

Liberia

Malawi

Namibia

Niger

Senegal

Sierra Leone

eSwatini

Togo

Tanzania

Zambia

Burundi

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Ethiopia

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Madagascar

Mozambique

Nigeria

Rwanda

Chad

Uganda

South Africa

Zimbabwe

Central African Republic

Democratic Republic of Congo

Eritrea

Mali

Sudan

Somalia

South Sudan

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map highlights malaria risk areas in green, including regions in sub-Saharan Africa such as Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Madagascar.

Areas of elevated occurrence of malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa

Malaria Risk Areas

IAMAT

American Samoa (U.S.)

Guam (U.S.)

Marshall Is.

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Solomon Is.

Australia & Oceania

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Barbados

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

Martinique (France)

Seychelles

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Mongolia

Nepal

North Korea

South Korea

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Belarus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Estonia

Greece

Hungary

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Northern Macedonia

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Ukraine

Europe

Argentina

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Latin America

Guadeloupe (France)

Mauritius

New Caledonia (France)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Réunion (France)

Tonga

Vanuatu

Mexico

North America

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Tunisia

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Cabo Verde

Comoros

Lesotho

A world map shows literacy rates. Dark purple (more than 98 percent): Russia, Argentina, Poland, Ukraine, and Mongolia. Purple to light purple (70 to 98 percent): China, Brazil, India. Very light purple (less than 70 percent): Countries in central Africa.

The percentage of the population, age 15 years or older, who has the ability to read, write, and use arithmetic. Some countries, such as the United States, Canada, and Australia do not report these rates to UNESCO.

Malaria Risk Areas	Literacy Rate
Malaria Risk Areas	Class	Rank	Percent







38.2%




81.1%