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Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) — series 2

Name: Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) — series 2
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: social, % of males ages 15 and above, literacy, rate, adult, male, males, ages, and, above, series

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•170 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

88.7% of males ages 15 and above

Median: 94.9% of males ages 15 and above

Countries Covered

170

with available data

Highest

North Korea

100.0% of males ages 15 and above

Lowest

South Sudan

34.8% of males ages 15 and above

Top 5 Countries

1North Korea100.0% of males ages 15 and above

2Palau100.0% of males ages 15 and above

3Tajikistan100.0% of males ages 15 and above

4Tuvalu100.0% of males ages 15 and above

5Uzbekistan100.0% of males ages 15 and above

By Region

Europe99.1% of males ages 15 and above(16 countries)

South America96.4% of males ages 15 and above(7 countries)

North America91.6% of males ages 15 and above(2 countries)

Asia90.7% of males ages 15 and above(24 countries)

Other86.8% of males ages 15 and above(112 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (34.8% of males ages 15 and above)High (100.0% of males ages 15 and above)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 88.7% of males ages 15 and above)

Europe (16)

South America (7)

North America (2)

Asia (24)

Other (112)

Africa (9)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	North Korea	100.0% of males ages 15 and above
2	Palau	100.0% of males ages 15 and above
3	Tajikistan	100.0% of males ages 15 and above
4	Tuvalu	100.0% of males ages 15 and above
5	Uzbekistan	100.0% of males ages 15 and above
6	Russian Federation	99.9% of males ages 15 and above
7	San Marino	99.9% of males ages 15 and above
8	Turkmenistan	99.9% of males ages 15 and above
9	Latvia	99.9% of males ages 15 and above
10	Belarus	99.9% of males ages 15 and above
11	Estonia	99.9% of males ages 15 and above
12	Azerbaijan	99.8% of males ages 15 and above
13	Spain	99.8% of males ages 15 and above
14	Kazakhstan	99.8% of males ages 15 and above
15	Lithuania	99.8% of males ages 15 and above
16	Armenia	99.8% of males ages 15 and above
17	Georgia	99.8% of males ages 15 and above
18	Ukraine	99.7% of males ages 15 and above
19	Serbia	99.6% of males ages 15 and above
20	Moldova, Republic of	99.6% of males ages 15 and above
21	Slovenia	99.6% of males ages 15 and above
22	Kyrgyzstan	99.5% of males ages 15 and above
23	Italy	99.5% of males ages 15 and above
24	State of Palestine	99.4% of males ages 15 and above
25	Guam	99.4% of males ages 15 and above
26	Croatia	99.3% of males ages 15 and above
27	Hungary	99.3% of males ages 15 and above
28	Cyprus	99.3% of males ages 15 and above
29	Barbados	99.3% of males ages 15 and above
30	Poland	99.3% of males ages 15 and above
31	Tonga	99.3% of males ages 15 and above
32	Türkiye	99.3% of males ages 15 and above
33	Bosnia and Herzegovina	99.2% of males ages 15 and above
34	Montenegro	99.2% of males ages 15 and above
35	Argentina	99.1% of males ages 15 and above
36	Cuba	99.0% of males ages 15 and above
37	United Arab Emirates	99.0% of males ages 15 and above
38	Romania	99.0% of males ages 15 and above
39	Singapore	98.9% of males ages 15 and above
40	Bolivia	98.8% of males ages 15 and above
41	Bulgaria	98.8% of males ages 15 and above
42	Cayman Islands	98.7% of males ages 15 and above
43	Bahrain	98.7% of males ages 15 and above
44	Uruguay	98.6% of males ages 15 and above
45	Oman	98.6% of males ages 15 and above
46	Kiribati	98.6% of males ages 15 and above
47	Saudi Arabia	98.6% of males ages 15 and above
48	Philippines	98.4% of males ages 15 and above
49	Antigua and Barbuda	98.4% of males ages 15 and above
50	People's Republic of China	98.4% of males ages 15 and above
51	Mongolia	98.4% of males ages 15 and above
52	South Korea	98.3% of males ages 15 and above
53	Samoa	98.3% of males ages 15 and above
54	The Republic of North Macedonia	98.2% of males ages 15 and above
55	Macao	98.2% of males ages 15 and above
56	Maldives	98.2% of males ages 15 and above
57	Albania	98.2% of males ages 15 and above
58	Grenada	98.1% of males ages 15 and above
59	Trinidad and Tobago	98.0% of males ages 15 and above
60	Qatar	97.8% of males ages 15 and above
61	American Samoa	97.5% of males ages 15 and above
62	Indonesia	97.4% of males ages 15 and above
63	Brunei Darussalam	97.4% of males ages 15 and above
64	Costa Rica	97.3% of males ages 15 and above
65	Vietnam	97.2% of males ages 15 and above
66	Venezuela	97.2% of males ages 15 and above
67	Syrian Arab Republic	97.2% of males ages 15 and above
68	Panama	97.1% of males ages 15 and above
69	Kuwait	97.1% of males ages 15 and above
70	Peru	97.0% of males ages 15 and above
71	Aruba	96.9% of males ages 15 and above
72	Malaysia	96.8% of males ages 15 and above
73	New Caledonia	96.8% of males ages 15 and above
74	Jordan	96.6% of males ages 15 and above
75	Chile	96.5% of males ages 15 and above
76	Mexico	96.3% of males ages 15 and above
77	Portugal	96.3% of males ages 15 and above
78	Mauritius	96.1% of males ages 15 and above
79	Greece	96.1% of males ages 15 and above
80	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	95.8% of males ages 15 and above
81	Marshall Islands	95.7% of males ages 15 and above
82	Paraguay	95.4% of males ages 15 and above
83	Colombia	95.0% of males ages 15 and above
84	Israel	95.0% of males ages 15 and above
85	Suriname	94.9% of males ages 15 and above
86	Equatorial Guinea	94.8% of males ages 15 and above
87	Lebanon	94.8% of males ages 15 and above
88	Myanmar	94.6% of males ages 15 and above
89	Ecuador	94.5% of males ages 15 and above
90	Brazil	94.4% of males ages 15 and above
91	Dominican Republic	93.6% of males ages 15 and above
92	Sri Lanka	93.5% of males ages 15 and above
93	Seychelles	93.5% of males ages 15 and above
94	Nauru	93.4% of males ages 15 and above
95	Zimbabwe	93.1% of males ages 15 and above
96	Cape Verde	92.9% of males ages 15 and above
97	Islamic Republic of Iran	92.8% of males ages 15 and above
98	Tunisia	92.7% of males ages 15 and above
99	Sao Tome and Principe	92.5% of males ages 15 and above
100	Puerto Rico	92.4% of males ages 15 and above
101	Malta	91.8% of males ages 15 and above
102	El Salvador	91.6% of males ages 15 and above
103	South Africa	91.5% of males ages 15 and above
104	Eswatini	91.1% of males ages 15 and above
105	Gabon	90.8% of males ages 15 and above
106	Thailand	90.7% of males ages 15 and above
107	Iraq	90.3% of males ages 15 and above
108	Cambodia	90.3% of males ages 15 and above
109	Papua New Guinea	90.2% of males ages 15 and above
110	Namibia	87.9% of males ages 15 and above
111	Belize	87.9% of males ages 15 and above
112	Vanuatu	87.7% of males ages 15 and above
113	Honduras	87.6% of males ages 15 and above
114	Kenya	87.5% of males ages 15 and above
115	Guatemala	86.9% of males ages 15 and above
116	Nicaragua	86.7% of males ages 15 and above
117	Republic of the Congo	86.1% of males ages 15 and above
118	India	85.7% of males ages 15 and above
119	Democratic Republic of the Congo	85.4% of males ages 15 and above
120	Egypt	85.3% of males ages 15 and above
121	Lao People's Democratic Republic	85.1% of males ages 15 and above
122	United Republic of Tanzania	84.3% of males ages 15 and above
123	Guyana	84.2% of males ages 15 and above
124	Angola	84.0% of males ages 15 and above
125	Solomon Islands	83.7% of males ages 15 and above
126	Lesotho	83.2% of males ages 15 and above
127	Togo	82.8% of males ages 15 and above
128	Algeria	82.6% of males ages 15 and above
129	Bangladesh	81.4% of males ages 15 and above
130	Ghana	81.3% of males ages 15 and above
131	Uganda	81.3% of males ages 15 and above
132	Rwanda	81.0% of males ages 15 and above
133	Zambia	80.6% of males ages 15 and above
134	Botswana	80.4% of males ages 15 and above
135	Nepal	79.8% of males ages 15 and above
136	Cameroon	79.7% of males ages 15 and above
137	Comoros	79.6% of males ages 15 and above
138	Malawi	78.6% of males ages 15 and above
139	Nigeria	78.4% of males ages 15 and above
140	Madagascar	77.9% of males ages 15 and above
141	Burundi	77.9% of males ages 15 and above
142	Guinea-Bissau	77.3% of males ages 15 and above
143	Libya	77.0% of males ages 15 and above
144	Morocco	75.4% of males ages 15 and above
145	Eritrea	75.1% of males ages 15 and above
146	Jamaica	74.1% of males ages 15 and above
147	Mozambique	74.0% of males ages 15 and above
148	Bhutan	73.4% of males ages 15 and above
149	Timor-Leste	73.1% of males ages 15 and above
150	Haiti	72.9% of males ages 15 and above
151	Liberia	72.4% of males ages 15 and above
152	Ethiopia	71.0% of males ages 15 and above
153	Mauritania	70.1% of males ages 15 and above
154	Pakistan	69.1% of males ages 15 and above
155	Cote d'Ivoire	68.0% of males ages 15 and above
156	Republic of The Gambia	65.3% of males ages 15 and above
157	Somalia	64.5% of males ages 15 and above
158	Benin	62.6% of males ages 15 and above
159	Senegal	61.5% of males ages 15 and above
160	Central African Republic	59.8% of males ages 15 and above
161	Sudan	59.8% of males ages 15 and above
162	Yemen	56.7% of males ages 15 and above
163	Sierra Leone	54.6% of males ages 15 and above
164	Guinea	54.4% of males ages 15 and above
165	Afghanistan	52.1% of males ages 15 and above
166	Burkina Faso	48.7% of males ages 15 and above
167	Niger	47.9% of males ages 15 and above
168	Mali	45.2% of males ages 15 and above
169	Chad	44.5% of males ages 15 and above
170	South Sudan	34.8% of males ages 15 and above

Showing 170 of 170 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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