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Adult Female Literacy Rate

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

World Bank

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.

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Countries

Adult Female Literacy Rate

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Members

Caribbean Languages

Language Families

Class

Rank

Percent

Value

Dutch

English

French

Spanish

Mongolian

Azeri

Karakalpak

Kazakh

Kyrgyz

Turkmen

Uyghur

Uzbek

Baluchi

Mountain Tajik (8 separate languages)

Pashtun

Russian

Tajik and Dari (Persian)

Other and uninhabited

Mandarin Chinese

Tibetan

11.4%93.4%98.7%99.5%
9.48%
99.8%99.7%99.4%
89.2%89.2%97.4%
4.07%79.3%65.6%44.0%12.9%10.8%23.3%42.4%14.3%37.0%4.51%
19.3%1.10%5.87%1.78%9.71%6.94%
5.33%24.7%
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