Male literacy

Macro Region
Africa 106 timeseries
Asia 40 timeseries
Central America and the Caribbean 34 timeseries
Europe 46 timeseries
Middle East 32 timeseries
North America 98.79 % in 2022 WB
Oceania 14 timeseries
South America 24 timeseries
Southeast Asia 24 timeseries
Country (%)
Afghanistan 52.06 in 2021 WB
Albania 98.7 in 2022 WB
Algeria 87.42 in 2018 WB
Angola 82.8 in 2022 WB
Antigua and Barbuda Adult 1 timeseries
Argentina 97.19 in 2001 WB
Armenia 99.84 in 2020 WB
Azerbaijan 99.87 in 2019 WB
Bahrain 93.1 in 2011 WB
Bangladesh 77.82 in 2020 WB
Barbados 99.5 in 1980 WB
Belarus 99.87 in 2019 WB
Belize 80.4 in 2001 WB
Benin 57.9 in 2022 WB
Bhutan 79.2 in 2022 WB
Bolivia 97.44 in 2020 WB
Bosnia and Herzegovina 99.4 in 2022 WB
Botswana 86.12 in 2013 WB
Brazil 94.45 in 2022 WB
Brunei Darussalam 98.26 in 2021 WB
Bulgaria 98.69 in 2021 WB
Burkina Faso 40.07 in 2022 WB
Burundi 81.84 in 2022 WB
Cabo Verde 94.47 in 2022 WB
Cambodia 88.13 in 2022 WB
Cameroon 83.4 in 2020 WB
Central African Republic 49.23 in 2020 WB
Chad 35.78 in 2022 WB
Chile 97.19 in 2022 WB
China 98.63 in 2020 WB
Colombia 95.38 in 2020 WB
Comoros 66.55 in 2022 WB
Congo 85.94 in 2021 WB
Costa Rica 97.99 in 2021 WB
Côte d'Ivoire 93.14 in 2019 WB
Croatia 99.69 in 2021 WB
Cuba 99.63 in 2021 WB
Cyprus 99.58 in 2021 WB
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 100 in 2018 WB
Democratic Republic of the Congo 89.63 in 2022 WB
Dominican Republic 95.4 in 2022 WB
Ecuador 94.93 in 2022 WB
Egypt 79.99 in 2022 WB
El Salvador 91.73 in 2020 WB
Equatorial Guinea 97.18 in 2010 WB
Eritrea 84.37 in 2018 WB
Estonia 99.87 in 2021 WB
Eswatini 89.07 in 2020 WB
Ethiopia 59.24 in 2017 WB
Fiji Youth 1 timeseries
Gabon 86.3 in 2022 WB
Gambia 65.31 in 2022 WB
Georgia 99.62 in 2022 WB
Ghana 84.49 in 2020 WB
Greece 96.07 in 2009 WB
Grenada 98.4 in 1980 WB
Guatemala 88.32 in 2022 WB
Guinea 61.15 in 2021 WB
Guinea Bissau 67.58 in 2022 WB
Guyana 90.43 in 2022 WB
Haiti 65.28 in 2016 WB
Honduras 88.25 in 2019 WB
Hungary 99.1 in 2021 WB
India 83.45 in 2022 WB
Indonesia 97.45 in 2020 WB
Iran 93 in 2022 WB
Iraq 91.2 in 2017 WB
Israel 94.96 in 1983 WB
Italy 99.48 in 2019 WB
Jamaica 74.08 in 1999 WB
Jordan 98.71 in 2021 WB
Kazakhstan 99.9 in 2020 WB
Kenya 85.58 in 2022 WB
Kuwait 97.05 in 2020 WB
Kyrgyzstan 99.7 in 2019 WB
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 91.64 in 2022 WB
Latvia 99.86 in 2021 WB
Lebanon 97.01 in 2019 WB
Lesotho 73.94 in 2022 WB
Liberia 62.7 in 2017 WB
Libya 87.72 in 1994 WB
Lithuania 99.81 in 2021 WB
Macau 98.47 in 2021 WB
Madagascar 78.93 in 2022 WB
Malawi 71.37 in 2022 WB
Malaysia 88.56 in 1991 WB
Maldives 97.57 in 2021 WB
Mali 40.43 in 2020 WB
Malta 93.44 in 2021 WB
Marshall Islands 98.33 in 2011 WB
Mauritania 71.78 in 2021 WB
Mauritius 93.91 in 2021 WB
Mexico 96.06 in 2020 WB
Mongolia 99.12 in 2020 WB
Montenegro 99.45 in 2021 WB
Morocco 85.62 in 2022 WB
Mozambique 72.47 in 2020 WB
Myanmar 92.39 in 2019 WB
Namibia 92.16 in 2021 WB
Nepal 80.98 in 2021 WB
Nicaragua 82.44 in 2015 WB
Niger 46.3 in 2022 WB
Nigeria 71.26 in 2018 WB
North Macedonia 98.7 in 2012 WB
Oman 98.62 in 2022 WB
Pakistan 69.29 in 2019 WB
Palau 96.81 in 2015 WB
Palestine 98.8 in 2019 WB
Panama 96.14 in 2019 WB
Papua New Guinea 65.29 in 2010 WB
Paraguay 94.92 in 2020 WB
Peru 96.99 in 2020 WB
Philippines 95.71 in 2019 WB
Poland 99.8 in 2021 WB
Portugal 97.76 in 2021 WB
Puerto Rico 92.4 in 2021 WB
Qatar 97.79 in 2014 WB
Republic of Korea 99.2 in 2018 WB
Republic of Moldova 99.7 in 2021 WB
Romania 99.1 in 2021 WB
Russian Federation 99.92 in 2021 WB
Rwanda 78.7 in 2021 WB
Saint Lucia Youth 1 timeseries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 96.9 in 1980 WB
Samoa 99 in 2021 WB
Sao Tome and Principe 96.47 in 2022 WB
Saudi Arabia 98.62 in 2020 WB
Senegal 69.06 in 2022 WB
Serbia 99.88 in 2019 WB
Seychelles 95.8 in 2020 WB
Sierra Leone 56.03 in 2022 WB
Singapore 98.54 in 2020 WB
Slovenia 99.7 in 2001 WB
Solomon Islands Adult 1 timeseries
Somalia 54.04 in 2022 WB
South Africa 90.68 in 2021 WB
South Sudan 40.26 in 2018 WB
Spain 99.03 in 2020 WB
Sri Lanka 93.34 in 2021 WB
Sudan 65.44 in 2018 WB
Suriname 96.5 in 2021 WB
Syrian Arab Republic 91.6 in 2014 WB
Tajikistan 99.8 in 2010 WB
Thailand 95.5 in 2021 WB
Timor-Leste 73.3 in 2020 WB
Togo 79.99 in 2019 WB
Tonga 99.4 in 2021 WB
Trinidad and Tobago 98.75 in 2000 WB
Tunisia 89.54 in 2022 WB
Turkey 99.08 in 2019 WB
Turkmenistan 99.6 in 2005 WB
Uganda 84.85 in 2022 WB
Ukraine 100 in 2021 WB
United Arab Emirates 98.82 in 2022 WB
United Republic of Tanzania 85.53 in 2022 WB
United States of America 4 timeseries
Uruguay 98.48 in 2019 WB
Uzbekistan 100 in 2022 WB
Vanuatu 89.8 in 2021 WB
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 97.46 in 2022 WB
Viet Nam 96.99 in 2019 WB
Yemen 73.16 in 2004 WB
Zambia 91 in 2020 WB
Zimbabwe 88.21 in 2022 WB