| | Land | landesspezifische Definition | insgesant | Männer | Frauen | Bezugsjahr |
 | Afghanistan | age 15 and over can read and write | 36.0% | 51.0% | 21.0% | 1999 |
 | Ägypten | age 15 and over can read and write | 57.7% | 68.3% | 46.9% | 2005 |
 | Albanien | age 9 and over can read and write | 86.5% | 93.3% | 79.5% | 2003 |
 | Algerien | age 15 and over can read and write | 70.0% | 78.8% | 61.0% | 2003 |
 | Amerikanische Jungferninseln | | 90.0% | | | 2005 |
 | Amerikanisch-Samoa | age 15 and over can read and write | 97.0% | 98.0% | 97.0% | 1980 |
 | Andorra | | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
 | Angola | age 15 and over can read and write | 42.0% | 56.0% | 28.0% | 1998 |
 | Anguilla | age 12 and over can read and write | 95.0% | 95.0% | 95.0% | 1984 |
 | Antigua und Barbuda | age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling | 89.0% | 90.0% | 88.0% | 1960 |
 | Äquatorialguinea | age 15 and over can read and write | 85.7% | 93.3% | 78.4% | 2003 |
 | Argentinien | age 15 and over can read and write | 97.1% | 971.0% | 97.1% | 2003 |
 | Armenien | age 15 and over can read and write | 98.6% | 99.4% | 98.0% | 2003 |
 | Aruba | | 97.3% | 97.5% | 97.1% | 2000 |
 | Aserbaidschan | age 15 and over can read and write | 97.0% | 99.0% | 96.0% | 1989 |
 | Äthiopien | age 15 and over can read and write | 42.7% | 50.3% | 35.1% | 2003 |
 | Australien | age 15 and over can read and write | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1980 |
 | Bahamas | age 15 and over can read and write | 95.6% | 94.7% | 96.5% | 2003 |
 | Bahrain | age 15 and over can read and write | 89.1% | 91.9% | 85.0% | 2003 |
 | Bangladesch | age 15 and over can read and write | 43.1% | 53.9% | 31.8% | 2003 |
 | Barbados | age 15 and over has ever attended school | 97.4% | 98.0% | 96.8% | 1995 |
 | Belarus | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.6% | 99.8% | 99.5% | 2003 |
 | Belgien | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 2000 |
 | Belize | age 15 and over can read and write | 94.1% | 94.1% | 94.1% | 2003 |
 | Benin | age 15 and over can read and write | 40.9% | 56.2% | 26.5% | 2000 |
 | Bermuda | age 15 and over can read and write | 98.0% | 98.0% | 99.0% | 1970 |
 | Bhutan | age 15 and over can read and write | 42.2% | 56.2% | 28.1% | 1995 |
 | Bolivien | age 15 and over can read and write | 87.2% | 93.1% | 81.6% | 2003 |
 | Bosnien und Herzegowina | | 96.7% | 99.0% | 94.4% | 2000 |
 | Botsuana | age 15 and over can read and write | 79.8% | 76.9% | 82.4% | 2003 |
 | Brasilien | age 15 and over can read and write | 86.4% | 86.1% | 86.6% | 2003 |
 | Britische Jungferninseln | age 15 and over can read and write | 97.8% | | | 1991 |
 | Brunei Darussalam | age 15 and over can read and write | 91.8% | 94.8% | 88.5% | 2003 |
 | Bulgarien | age 15 and over can read and write | 98.6% | 99.1% | 98.2% | 2003 |
 | Burkina Faso | age 15 and over can read and write | 22.6% | 36.9% | 16.6% | 2003 |
 | Burundi | age 15 and over can read and write | 51.6% | 58.5% | 45.2% | 2003 |
 | Chile | age 15 and over can read and write | 96.2% | 96.4% | 96.1% | 2003 |
 | China | age 15 and over can read and write | 91.6% | 95.7% | 87.6% | 2007 |
 | Cookinseln | | 95.0% | | | |
 | Costa Rica | age 15 and over can read and write | 96.0% | 95.9% | 96.1% | 2003 |
 | Dänemark | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 2003 |
 | Deutschland | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 2003 |
 | Dominica | age 15 and over has ever attended school | 94.0% | 94.0% | 94.0% | 2003 |
 | Dominikanische Republik | age 15 and over can read and write | 84.7% | 84.6% | 84.8% | 2003 |
 | Dschibuti | age 15 and over can read and write | 67.9% | 78.0% | 58.4% | 2003 |
 | Ecuador | age 15 and over can read and write | 92.5% | 94.0% | 91.0% | 2003 |
 | El Salvador | age 10 and over can read and write | 80.2% | 82.8% | 77.7% | 2003 |
 | Eritrea | NA | 58.6% | 69.9% | 47.6% | 2003 |
 | Estland | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.8% | 2003 |
 | Eswatini | age 15 and over can read and write | 81.6% | 82.6% | 80.8% | 2003 |
 | Färöer | | 99.0% | | | wie Dänemark |
 | Fidschi | age 15 and over can read and write | 93.7% | 95.5% | 91.9% | 2003 |
 | Finnland | age 15 and over can read and write | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2000 |
 | Frankreich | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 2003 |
 | Französisch-Guayana | age 15 and over can read and write | 83.0% | 84.0% | 82.0% | 1982 |
 | Französisch-Polynesien | age 14 and over can read and write | 98.0% | 98.0% | 98.0% | 1977 |
 | Gabun | age 15 and over can read and write | 63.2% | 73.7% | 53.3% | 1995 |
 | Gambia | age 15 and over can read and write | 40.1% | 47.8% | 32.8% | 2003 |
 | Gazastreifen | | 92.4% | 96.7% | 88.0% | 2004 |
 | Georgien | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.0% | 100.0% | 99.0% | 1999 |
 | Ghana | age 15 and over can read and write | 74.8% | 82.7% | 67.1% | 2003 |
 | Gibraltar | | 80.0% | | | |
 | Grenada | age 15 and over can read and write | 98.0% | 98.0% | 98.0% | 1970 |
 | Griechenland | age 15 and over can read and write | 97.5% | 98.6% | 96.5% | 2003 |
 | Grönland | note: similar to Denmark proper | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2001 |
 | Großbritannien | age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling | 99.0% | | | 2000 |
 | Guadeloupe | age 15 and over can read and write | 90.0% | 90.0% | 90.0% | 1982 |
 | Guam | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 1990 |
 | Guatemala | age 15 and over can read and write | 70.6% | 78.0% | 63.3% | 2003 |
 | Guinea | age 15 and over can read and write | 35.9% | 49.9% | 21.9% | 1995 |
 | Guinea-Bissau | age 15 and over can read and write | 42.4% | 58.1% | 27.4% | 2003 |
 | Guyana | age 15 and over has ever attended school | 98.8% | 99.1% | 98.5% | 2003 |
 | Haiti | age 15 and over can read and write | 52.9% | 54.8% | 51.2% | 2003 |
 | Honduras | age 15 and over can read and write | 76.2% | 76.1% | 76.3% | 2003 |
 | Hongkong | age 15 and over has ever attended school | 94.0% | 97.1% | 90.5% | 2003 |
 | Indien | age 15 and over can read and write | 61.0% | 73.4% | 47.8% | 2001 |
 | Indonesien | age 15 and over can read and write | 88.5% | 92.5% | 84.1% | 2003 |
 | Irak | age 15 and over can read and write | 40.4% | 55.9% | 24.4% | 2003 |
 | Iran | age 15 and over can read and write | 79.4% | 85.6% | 73.0% | 2003 |
 | Irland | age 15 and over can read and write | 98.0% | | | 1981 |
 | Island | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 1997 |
 | Israel | age 15 and over can read and write | 95.4% | 97.3% | 93.6% | 2003 |
 | Italien | age 15 and over can read and write | 98.6% | 99.0% | 98.3% | 2003 |
 | Jamaika | age 15 and over has ever attended school | 87.9% | 84.1% | 91.6% | 2003 |
 | Japan | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.0% | | | 1995 |
 | Jemen | age 15 and over can read and write | 50.2% | 70.5% | 30.0% | 2003 |
 | Jordanien | age 15 and over can read and write | 91.3% | 95.9% | 86.3% | 2003 |
 | Kaimaninseln | age 15 and over has ever attended school | 98.0% | 98.0% | 98.0% | 1970 |
 | Kambodscha | age 15 and over can read and write | 69.9% | 80.5% | 60.3% | 2003 |
 | Kamerun | age 15 and over can read and write | 79.0% | 84.7% | 73.4% | 2003 |
 | Kanada | age 15 and over can read and write | 97.0% | | | 1986 |
 | Kasachstan | age 15 and over can read and write | 98.4% | 99.1% | 97.7% | 1999 |
 | Katar | age 15 and over can read and write | 82.5% | 81.4% | 85.0% | 2003 |
 | Kenia | age 15 and over can read and write | 85.1% | 90.6% | 79.7% | 2003 |
 | Kirgisistan | age 15 and over can read and write | 97.0% | 99.0% | 96.0% | 1989 |
 | Kolumbien | age 15 and over can read and write | 92.5% | 92.4% | 92.6% | 2003 |
 | Komoren | age 15 and over can read and write | 56.5% | 63.6% | 49.3% | 2003 |
 | Kongo | age 15 and over can read and write | 83.8% | 89.6% | 78.4% | 2003 |
 | Kongo, Demokratische Republik | age 15 and over can read and write French, Lingala, Kingwana, or Tshiluba | 65.5% | 76.2% | 55.1% | 2003 |
 | Korea, Demokratische Volksrepublik | age 15 and over can read and write Korean | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | |
 | Korea, Republik | age 15 and over can read and write | 98.1% | 99.3% | 97.0% | 2003 |
 | Kosovo | | 91.9% | 96.6% | 87.5% | 2007 |
 | Kroatien | age 15 and over can read and write | 98.5% | 99.4% | 97.8% | 2003 |
 | Kuba | age 15 and over can read and write | 97.0% | 97.2% | 96.9% | 2003 |
 | Kuwait | age 15 and over can read and write | 83.5% | 85.1% | 81.7% | 2003 |
 | Laos | age 15 and over can read and write | 52.8% | 67.5% | 38.1% | 2003 |
 | Lesotho | age 15 and over can read and write | 84.4% | 74.5% | 94.5% | 2003 |
 | Lettland | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.8% | 2003 |
 | Libanon | age 15 and over can read and write | 87.4% | 93.1% | 82.2% | 2003 |
 | Liberia | age 15 and over can read and write | 57.5% | 73.3% | 41.6% | 2003 |
 | Libyen | age 15 and over can read and write | 82.6% | 92.4% | 72.0% | 2003 |
 | Liechtenstein | age 10 and over can read and write | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
 | Litauen | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.6% | 99.7% | 99.6% | 2003 |
 | Luxemburg | age 15 and over can read and write | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2000 |
 | Macau | age 15 and over can read and write | 94.5% | 97.2% | 92.0% | 2003 |
 | Madagaskar | age 15 and over can read and write | 68.9% | 75.5% | 62.5% | 2003 |
 | Malawi | age 15 and over can read and write | 62.7% | 76.1% | 49.8% | 2003 |
 | Malaysia | age 15 and over can read and write | 88.9% | 92.4% | 85.4% | 2003 |
 | Malediven | age 15 and over can read and write | 97.2% | 97.1% | 97.3% | 2003 |
 | Mali | age 15 and over can read and write | 46.4% | 53.5% | 39.6% | 2003 |
 | Malta | age 10 and over can read and write | 92.8% | 92.0% | 93.6% | 2003 |
 | Marokko | age 15 and over can read and write | 51.7% | 64.1% | 39.4% | 2003 |
 | Marshallinseln | age 15 and over can read and writ | 93.7% | 93.6% | 93.7% | 1999 |
 | Martinique | age 15 and over can read and write | 97.7% | 97.4% | 98.1% | 2003 |
 | Mauretanien | age 15 and over can read and write | 41.7% | 51.8% | 31.9% | 2003 |
 | Mauritius | age 15 and over can read and write | 85.6% | 88.6% | 82.7% | 2003 |
 | Mayotte | | 86.0% | | | |
 | Mexiko | age 15 and over can read and write | 92.2% | 94.0% | 90.5% | 2003 |
 | Mikronesien | age 15 and over can read and write | 89.0% | 91.0% | 88.0% | 1980 |
 | Moldau | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.1% | 99.6% | 98.7% | 2003 |
 | Monaco | | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 2003 |
 | Mongolei | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.1% | 99.2% | 99.0% | 2003 |
 | Montenegro | | 96.4% | 98.9% | 94.1% | 2003 |
 | Montserrat | age 15 and over has ever attended school | 97.0% | 97.0% | 97.0% | 1970 |
 | Mosambik | age 15 and over can read and write | 47.8% | 63.5% | 32.7% | 2003 |
 | Myanmar | age 15 and over can read and write | 83.1% | 88.7% | 77.7% | 1995; note: these are official statistics; estimates of functional literacy are likely closer to 30% (1999 est.) |
 | Namibia | age 15 and over can read and write | 84.0% | 84.4% | 83.7% | 2003 |
 | Nepal | age 15 and over can read and write | 45.2% | 62.7% | 27.6% | 2003 |
 | Neukaledonien | age 15 and over can read and write | 91.0% | 92.0% | 90.0% | 1976 |
 | Neuseeland | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.0% | | | 1980 |
 | Nicaragua | age 15 and over can read and write | 67.5% | 67.2% | 67.8% | 2003 |
 | Niederlande | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.0% | | | 2000 |
 | Niederländische Antillen | age 15 and over can read and write | 96.7% | 96.7% | 96.8% | 2003 |
 | Niger | age 15 and over can read and write | 17.6% | 25.8% | 9.7% | 2003 |
 | Nigeria | age 15 and over can read and write | 68.0% | 75.7% | 60.6% | 2003 |
 | Niue | | 95.0% | | | |
 | Nördliche Marianen | age 15 and over can read and write | 97.0% | 97.0% | 96.0% | 1980 |
 | Nordmazedonien | | 96.1% | 98.2% | 94.1% | 2002 |
 | Norwegen | age 15 and over can read and write | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
 | Oman | | 75.8% | 83.1% | 67.2% | 2003 |
 | Österreich | age 15 and over can read and write | 98.0% | | | |
 | Pakistan | age 15 and over can read and write | 45.7% | 59.8% | 30.6% | 2003 |
 | Palau | age 15 and over can read and write | 92.0% | 93.0% | 90.0% | 1980 |
 | Panama | age 15 and over can read and write | 92.6% | 93.2% | 91.9% | 2003 |
 | Papua-Neuguinea | age 15 and over can read and write | 66.0% | 72.3% | 59.3% | 2003 |
 | Paraguay | age 15 and over can read and write | 94.0% | 94.9% | 93.0% | 2003 |
 | Peru | age 15 and over can read and write | 90.9% | 95.2% | 86.8% | 2003 |
 | Philippinen | age 15 and over can read and write | 95.9% | 96.0% | 95.8% | 2003 |
 | Polen | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.7% | 2003 |
 | Portugal | age 15 and over can read and write | 93.3% | 95.5% | 91.3% | 2003 |
 | Puerto Rico | age 15 and over can read and write | 94.1% | 93.7% | 94.4% | 2002 |
 | Réunion | age 15 and over can read and write | 88.9% | 87.0% | 90.8% | 2004 |
 | Ruanda | age 15 and over can read and write | 70.4% | 76.3% | 64.7% | 2003 |
 | Rumänien | age 15 and over can read and write | 98.4% | 99.1% | 97.7% | 2003 |
 | Russische Föderation | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.6% | 99.7% | 99.5% | 2003 |
 | Sambia | age 15 and over can read and write English | 80.6% | 86.8% | 74.8% | 2003 |
 | Samoa | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.7% | 99.6% | 99.7% | 2003 |
 | San Marino | age 10 and over can read and write | 96.0% | 97.0% | 95.0% | 1976 |
 | São Tomé und Príncipe | age 15 and over can read and write | 79.3% | 85.0% | 62.0% | 1991 |
 | Saudi-Arabien | age 15 and over can read and write | 78.8% | 84.7% | 70.8% | 2003 |
 | Schweden | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.0% | | | 1997 |
 | Schweiz | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.0% | | | 1980 |
 | Senegal | age 15 and over can read and write | 40.2% | 50.0% | 30.7% | 2003 |
 | Serbien | | 96.4% | 98.9% | 94.1% | 2003 |
 | Seychellen | age 15 and over can read and write | 58.0% | 56.0% | 60.0% | 1971 |
 | Sierra Leone | age 15 and over can read and write English, Mende, Temne, or Arabic | 31.4% | 45.4% | 18.2% | 1995 |
 | Simbabwe | age 15 and over can read and write English | 90.7% | 94.2% | 87.2% | 2003 |
 | Singapur | age 15 and over can read and write | 93.2% | 96.7% | 89.7% | 2003 |
 | Slowakei | | 99.6% | 99.7% | 99.6% | 2004 |
 | Slowenien | | 99.7% | 99.7% | 99.6% | 2003 |
 | Somalia | age 15 and over can read and write | 37.8% | 49.7% | 25.8% | 2001 |
 | Spanien | age 15 and over can read and write | 97.9% | 98.7% | 97.2% | 2003 |
 | Sri Lanka | age 15 and over can read and write | 92.3% | 94.8% | 90.0% | 2003 |
 | St. Helena, Ascension und Tristan da Cunha | age 20 and over can read and write | 97.0% | 97.0% | 98.0% | 1987 |
 | St. Kitts und Nevis | age 15 and over has ever attended school | 97.0% | 97.0% | 98.0% | 1980 |
 | St. Lucia | age 15 and over has ever attended school | 67.0% | 65.0% | 69.0% | 1980 |
 | St. Pierre und Miquelon | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 1982 |
 | St. Vincent und die Grenadinen | age 15 and over has ever attended school | 96.0% | 96.0% | 96.0% | 1970 |
 | Südafrika | age 15 and over can read and write | 86.4% | 87.0% | 85.7% | 2003 |
 | Sudan | age 15 and over can read and write | 61.1% | 71.8% | 50.5% | 2003 |
 | Suriname | age 15 and over can read and write | 93.0% | 95.0% | 91.0% | 1995 |
 | Syrien | age 15 and over can read and write | 76.9% | 89.7% | 64.0% | 2003 |
 | Tadschikistan | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.4% | 99.6% | 99.1% | 2003 |
 | Taiwan | age 15 and over can read and write | 96.1% | | | 2003 |
 | Tansania | age 15 and over can read and write Kiswahili (Swahili), English, or Arabic | 78.2% | 85.9% | 70.7% | 2003 |
 | Thailand | age 15 and over can read and write | 96.0% | 97.5% | 94.6% | 2003 |
 | Timor-Leste | age 15 and over can read and write | 48.0% | | | 2001 |
 | Togo | age 15 and over can read and write | 60.9% | 75.4% | 46.9% | 2003 |
 | Tonga | can read and write Tongan and/or English | 98.5% | 98.4% | 98.7% | 1996 |
 | Trinidad und Tobago | age 15 and over can read and write | 98.6% | 99.1% | 98.0% | 2003 |
 | Tschad | age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic | 47.5% | 56.0% | 39.0% | 2003 |
 | Tschechische Republik | | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 2003 |
 | Tunesien | age 15 and over can read and write | 74.3% | 83.4% | 65.3% | 2004 |
 | Türkei | age 15 and over can read and write | 87.4% | 95.3% | 79.6% | 2004 |
 | Turkmenistan | age 15 and over can read and write | 98.8% | 99.3% | 98.3% | 1999 |
 | Turks- und Caicosinseln | age 15 and over has ever attended school | 98.0% | 99.0% | 98.0% | 1970 |
 | Uganda | age 15 and over can read and write | 69.9% | 79.5% | 60.4% | 2003 |
 | Ukraine | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.7% | 99.8% | 99.6% | 2003 |
 | Ungarn | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.4% | 99.5% | 99.3% | 2003 |
 | Uruguay | age 15 and over can read and write | 98.0% | 97.6% | 98.4% | 2003 |
 | Usbekistan | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.3% | 99.6% | 99.0% | 2003 |
 | Vanuatu | age 15 and over can read and write | 53.0% | 57.0% | 48.0% | 1979 |
 | Vatikanstadt | | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
 | Venezuela | age 15 and over can read and write | 93.4% | 93.8% | 93.1% | 2003 |
 | Vereinigte Arabische Emirate | age 15 and over can read and write | 77.9% | 76.1% | 81.7% | 2003 |
 | Vereinigte Staaten | age 15 and over can read and write | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 2003 |
 | Vietnam | age 15 and over can read and write | 94.0% | 95.8% | 92.3% | 2003 |
 | Wallis und Futuna | age 15 and over can read and write | 50.0% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 1969 |
 | Welt insgesamt | age 15 and over can read and write | 82.0% | 87.0% | 77.0% | 2005 |
| Westjordanland | | 92.4% | 96.7% | 88.0% | 2004 |
 | Zentralafrikanische Republik | age 15 and over can read and write | 51.0% | 63.3% | 39.9% | 2003 |
 | Zypern | age 15 and over can read and write | 97.6% | 98.9% | 96.3% | 2003 |