Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Mongolia

Nepal

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Russia

Eurasia

Belarus

Europe

India

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Cambodia

Southeast Asia

Iran

Turkey

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation members, observers, and dialogue partners. Member states (black) include Russia and China. Observer states (yellow) include India, Iran, and Afghanistan. Dialogue partners (blue) include Turkey and Cambodia.

Member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a political, economic, and security organization created in 2001

Countries

World

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

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

Turkmenistan

Macau S.A.R. (China)

North Korea

South Korea

Georgia

Albania

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

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)

Mauritania

Mauritius

New Caledonia (France)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Réunion (France)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tonga

Vanuatu

None

Mexico

North America

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Maldives

Brunei

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Vietnam

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Tunisia

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

eSwatini

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Republic of the Congo

Rwanda

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Sub-Saharan Africa

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.

World Bank

Literacy Rate

Percent

Djibouti

Sub-Saharan African languages: Afro-Asiatic (blue-green) north, Nilo-Saharan (light orange) central, Niger-Congo (blue) east coast, Indo-European (light blue) west South Africa, south Namibia, Khoisan (dark orange) Namibia, Botswana, Austronesian (yellow) Madagascar.

Languages of Africa. The displayed areas indicate predominance, not exclusivity.

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation	Literacy Rate			African Languages
Value	Class	Rank	Percent	Afro-Asiatic	Austronesian	Indo-European	Khoisan	Niger-Congo	Nilo-Saharan











				96.9%				2.94%
				55.0%	99.1%	26.0%	22.3%	62.2%	18.8%