Ecuador

Venezuela

Latin America

Algeria

Iran

Iraq

Kuwait

Libya

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

United Arab Emirates

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Angola

Equatorial Guinea

Gabon

Nigeria

Republic of the Congo

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map highlights the O P E C members such as Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Algeria, Nigeria Angola, Venezuela, and Ecuador shaded in blue.

Member states of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), an international cartel founded in 1960 to coordinate petroleum production among its members

Countries

World

OPEC

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Members

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

El Salvador

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

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

India

Maldives

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Bahrain

Egypt

Israel

Jordan

Lebanon

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Syria

Tunisia

Turkey

Yemen

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Eritrea

eSwatini

Ethiopia

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Rwanda

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

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.

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Members	Literacy Rate			Natural Gas Consumption (%)			Female Age at First Marriage			Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Members
Value	Class	Rank	Percent	Class	Rank	Percent of world consumption	Class	Rank	Years	Value