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Literacy 1990 http://www.theodora.com/wfb/1990/rankings/literacy_1.html SOURCE: 1990 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK 1 Luxembourg 100 1 Liechtenstein 100 1 Andorra 100 1 Namibia 100 1 Vatican City 100 1 Norway 100 1 Iceland 100 2 Switzerland 99 2 Soviet Union 99 2 Turks and Caicos Islands 99 2 Germany, Federal Republic of 99 2 German Democratic Republic 99 2 Barbados 99 2 Denmark 99 2 Gibraltar 99 2 Sweden 99 2 Czechoslovakia 99 2 Canada 99 2 Cyprus 99 2 France 99 2 Ireland 99 2 United Kingdom 99 2 United States 99 2 Greenland 99 2 Monaco 99 2 American Samoa 99 2 Hungary 99 2 Faroe Islands 99 2 Nauru 99 2 Netherlands 99 2 Japan 99 2 New Zealand 99 3 Cuba 98.5 3 Australia 98.5 4 Cayman Islands 98 4 Austria 98 4 British Virgin Islands 98 4 Trinidad and Tobago 98 4 Bermuda 98 4 Poland 98 4 Belgium 98 4 Romania 98 5 San Marino 97 5 Spain 97 6 Korea, North 95 6 The Bahamas 95 6 Greece 95 6 Aruba 95 6 Netherlands Antilles 95 6 Bulgaria 95 7 Uruguay 94 7 Argentina 94 7 Chile 94 7 Taiwan 94 8 Belize 93 8 Italy 93 8 Costa Rica 93 9 Yugoslavia 90.5 10 Panama 90 10 Antigua and Barbuda 90 10 Kiribati 90 10 Virgin Islands 90 10 Guam 90 10 Western Samoa 90 10 Marshall Islands 90 10 Tonga 90 11 Puerto Rico 89 12 Colombia 88 12 Mexico 88 12 Israel 88 12 Nicaragua 88 12 Philippines 88 13 Sri Lanka 87 14 Singapore 86.8 15 Venezuela 85.6 16 Grenada 85 16 Laos 85 16 Ecuador 85 16 Guyana 85 17 Malta 83 17 Portugal 83 18 Mauritius 82.8 19 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 82 19 Thailand 82 20 Paraguay 81 21 Peru 80 21 Fiji 80 21 Dominica 80 21 Anguilla 80 21 St. Kitts and Nevis 80 21 Mongolia 80 22 Tanzania 79 23 Burma 78 23 St. Lucia 78 23 Vietnam 78 24 Montserrat 77 24 World 77 25 Brazil 76 26 Zambia 75.7 27 Albania 75 27 Lebanon 75 27 Hong Kong 75 28 Zimbabwe 74 28 Jamaica 74 28 Dominican Republic 74 29 French Guiana 73 30 Kuwait 71 30 Jordan 71 31 Turkey 70 32 United Arab Emirates 68 33 Swaziland 67.9 34 Madagascar 67.5 35 Suriname 65 35 El Salvador 65 35 Malaysia 65.0 36 Bolivia 63 37 Congo 62.9 38 Tunisia 62 38 Indonesia 62 39 Gabon 61.6 40 Solomon Islands 60 40 Botswana 60 40 Seychelles 60 41 Kenya 59.2 42 Lesotho 59 43 Uganda 57.3 44 Cameroon 56.2 45 Honduras 56 46 Ethiopia 55.2 47 Iraq 55 47 Zaire 55 48 Ghana 53.2 49 Saudi Arabia 52 49 Algeria 52 50 Libya 50 50 Sao Tome and Principe 50 50 Guatemala 50 51 Syria 49 52 Iran 48 52 Cambodia 48 52 Cape Verde 48 53 Rwanda 46.6 54 Brunei 45 54 Egypt 45 55 Ivory Coast 42.7 56 Nigeria 42.4 57 Malawi 41.2 58 Angola 41 59 Togo 40.7 60 Central African Republic 40.2 61 Equatorial Guinea 40 61 Qatar 40 61 Bahrain 40 62 Mozambique 38 63 India 36 63 Maldives 36 64 Liberia 35 65 Guinea-Bissau 34 66 Burundi 33.8 67 Papua New Guinea 32 68 Sudan 31 68 Sierra Leone 31 69 Bangladesh 29 70 Senegal 28.1 71 Morocco 28 72 Pakistan 26 73 Benin 25.9 74 Chad 25.3 75 The Gambia 25.1 76 Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of 25 77 Haiti 23 78 Nepal 20 78 Guinea 20 78 Western Sahara 20 78 Djibouti 20 78 Oman 20 79 Mali 18 80 Mauritania 17 81 Comoros 15 81 Yemen Arab Republic 15 82 Niger 13.9 83 Burkina 13.2 84 Afghanistan 12 85 Somalia 11.6 86 Vanuatu 10 87 Bhutan 5 88 Svalbard NA 88 Antarctica NA 88 West Bank NA 88 Arctic Ocean NA 88 Wallis and Futuna NA 88 Ashmore and Cartier Islands NA 88 China NA 88 Atlantic Ocean NA 88 Baker Island NA 88 British Indian Ocean Territory NA 88 Tokelau NA 88 Bouvet Island NA 88 Tuvalu NA 88 Bassas da India NA 88 Tromelin Island NA 88 Wake Island NA 88 Jersey NA 88 Heard Island and McDonald Islands NA 88 Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the NA 88 Howland Island NA 88 Northern Mariana Islands NA 88 Indian Ocean NA 88 Iraq - Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone NA 88 Norfolk Island NA 88 Niue NA 88 Jan Mayen NA 88 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA 88 Jarvis Island NA 88 Guadeloupe NA 88 Johnston Atoll NA 88 Juan de Nova Island NA 88 Kingman Reef NA 88 Navassa Island NA 88 Midway Islands NA 88 Micronesia, Federated States of NA 88 Mayotte NA 88 Macau NA 88 Martinique NA 88 New Caledonia NA 88 Finland NA 88 Clipperton Island NA 88 Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA 88 Spratly Islands NA 88 Cook Islands NA 88 Coral Sea Islands NA 88 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands NA 88 South Africa NA 88 Europa Island NA 88 Korea, South NA 88 Pacific Ocean NA 88 Man, Isle of NA 88 Guernsey NA 88 St. Helena NA 88 French Polynesia NA 88 French Southern and Antarctic Lands NA 88 Gaza Strip NA 88 Reunion NA 88 Pitcairn Islands NA 88 Glorioso Islands NA 88 Paracel Islands NA 88 Palmyra Atoll NA 88 Christmas Island NA 88 St. Pierre and Miquelon NA

This page of Literacy ranking of countries is based on figures from the 1990 CIA world factbook. As a rule the Literacy data used to rank the countries is as of January 1990.

NOTE: The information regarding Literacy on this page is re-published from the 1990 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of the Literacy Rankings for 1990 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Literacy Rankings for 1990 should be addressed to the CIA.



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