Christian countries Compared by People > Literacy > Total population

DEFINITION: This entry is derived from People > Literacy, which includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of the Factbook. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons. Low levels of literacy, and education in general, can impede the economic development of a country in the current rapidly changing, technology-driven world.
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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
=1	Greenland	100%	2013
=1	Andorra	100%	2013
=1	Luxembourg	100%	2013
=1	Liechtenstein	100%	2013
=1	Finland	100%	2013
=1	Norway	100%	2013
=1	Holy See (Vatican City)	100%	2013
=8	Latvia	99.8%	2013
=8	Cuba	99.8%	2013
=10	Poland	99.7%	2013
=10	Kazakhstan	99.7%	2013
=10	Russia	99.7%	2013
=10	Ukraine	99.7%	2013
=10	Slovenia	99.7%	2013
=10	Lithuania	99.7%	2013
=10	Georgia	99.7%	2013
=10	Barbados	99.7%	2013
=18	Belarus	99.6%	2013
=18	Armenia	99.6%	2013
=18	Slovakia	99.6%	2013
=21	Netherlands	99%	2013
=21	Canada	99%	2013
=21	Germany	99%	2013
=21	Iceland	99%	2013
=21	Antigua and Barbuda	99%	2013
=21	Switzerland	99%	2013
=21	Belgium	99%	2013
=21	Sweden	99%	2013
=21	United States	99%	2013
=21	Tonga	99%	2013
=21	New Zealand	99%	2013
=21	United Kingdom	99%	2013
=21	Hungary	99%	2013
=21	Italy	99%	2013
=21	Moldova	99%	2013
=21	Denmark	99%	2013
=21	Australia	99%	2013
=21	Ireland	99%	2013
=21	France	99%	2013
=21	Monaco	99%	2013
=41	Croatia	98.9%	2013
=41	Cayman Islands	98.9%	2013
43	Trinidad and Tobago	98.8%	2013
44	Cyprus	98.7%	2013
45	Chile	98.6%	2013
46	Montenegro	98.5%	2013
47	Bulgaria	98.4%	2013
48	Uruguay	98.1%	2013
=49	Austria	98%	2013
=49	Bermuda	98%	2013
=49	Serbia	98%	2013
=49	Bosnia and Herzegovina	98%	2013
53	Argentina	97.9%	2013
54	British Virgin Islands	97.8%	2013
=55	Romania	97.7%	2013
=55	Spain	97.7%	2013
57	Republic of Macedonia	97.4%	2013
58	Greece	97.3%	2013
59	American Samoa	97%	2013
60	Aruba	96.8%	2013
61	Costa Rica	96.3%	2013
=62	Grenada	96%	2013
=62	San Marino	96%	2013
64	The Bahamas	95.6%	2013
65	Venezuela	95.5%	2013
=66	Philippines	95.4%	2013
=66	Portugal	95.4%	2013
=68	Cook Islands	95%	2013
=68	Anguilla	95%	2013
70	Suriname	94.7%	2013
71	Equatorial Guinea	94.2%	2013
72	Panama	94.1%	2013
73	Dominica	94%	2013
74	Paraguay	93.9%	2013
75	Fiji	93.7%	2013
76	Colombia	93.6%	2013
77	Mexico	93.5%	2013
78	South Africa	93%	2013
79	Malta	92.4%	2013
80	Palau	92%	2013
=81	Guyana	91.8%	2013
=81	Seychelles	91.8%	2013
83	Ecuador	91.6%	2013
84	Bolivia	91.2%	2013
85	Brazil	90.4%	2013
86	Puerto Rico	90.3%	2013
87	Dominican Republic	90.1%	2013
=88	Peru	89.6%	2013
=88	Lesotho	89.6%	2013
=90	Federated States of Micronesia	89%	2013
=90	Gabon	89%	2013
92	Namibia	88.8%	2013
93	Swaziland	87.8%	2013
94	Kenya	87.4%	2013
95	Jamaica	87%	2013
=96	Honduras	85.1%	2013
=96	Botswana	85.1%	2013
98	Cape Verde	84.9%	2013
99	El Salvador	84.5%	2013
100	Zimbabwe	83.6%	2013
101	Nicaragua	78%	2013
102	Belize	76.9%	2013
103	Guatemala	75.9%	2013
104	Malawi	74.8%	2013
105	Uganda	73.2%	2013
106	Ghana	71.5%	2013
107	Cameroon	71.3%	2013
108	Rwanda	71.1%	2013
109	Angola	70.4%	2013
110	Eritrea	68.9%	2013
111	Tanzania	67.8%	2013
112	Burundi	67.2%	2013
113	Democratic Republic of the Congo	66.8%	2013
114	Papua New Guinea	62.4%	2013
115	Zambia	61.4%	2013
116	Nigeria	61.3%	2013
117	Liberia	60.8%	2013
118	East Timor	58.3%	2013
119	Central African Republic	56.6%	2013
120	Mozambique	56.1%	2013
121	Haiti	48.7%	2013
122	Ethiopia	39%	2013
123	South Sudan	27%	2013

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