Guam (U.S.)

Marshall Is.

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Australia & Oceania

Aruba (Neth.)

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Haiti

Jamaica

Seychelles

Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Mongolia

Nepal

North 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

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

Mauritania

Mauritius

New Caledonia (France)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

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

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Tunisia

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

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

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map highlighting adult female literacy rates by country. Dark blue indicates more than 97 percent such as in Russia and Argentina. Medium blue such as Brazil. Light blue such as Libya. Very light blue such as several African countries and India.

The percentage of women ages 15 and older who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life

Countries

World

World Bank

Adult Female Literacy Rate

Percent

A map highlights E C O W A S members highlighted in blue. Some of the Countries are Mali, Niger, Senegal, Nigeria, Guinea, and Côte d'Ivoire.

Member states of the Economic Community of West African States, an organization founded in 1975 to promote economic integration among its members

Adult Female Literacy Rate			Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Members	Fossil Fuel Exports			U.S. Presidential Election by State: Electoral Votes, 2016
Class	Rank	Percent	Value	Class	Rank	Percent	Value