Literacy rate: 🇹🇩 Chad: 27% 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso: 34% 🇲🇱 Mali: 31% 🇸🇸 South Sudan: 35% 🇦🇫 Afghanistan: 37% 🇨🇫 CAR: 37% 🇳🇪 Niger: 38% 🇬🇳 Guinea: 45% 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 52% 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 58% 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 62% 🇳🇵 Nepal: 71% 🇪🇬 Egypt: 75% 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 75% 🇮🇳 India: 76% 🇩🇿 Algeria: 81% 🇰🇪 Kenya: 83% 🇮🇶 Iraq: 86% 🇸🇾 Syria: 86% 🇮🇷 Iran: 89% 🇿🇦 South Africa: 90% 🇮🇱 Israel: 92% 🇧🇷 Brazil: 95% 🇲🇽 Mexico: 95% 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 96% 🇵🇭 Philippines: 96% 🇹🇷 Turkey: 97% 🇨🇳 China: 97% 🇦🇷 Argentina: 97% 🇴🇲 Oman: 97% 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia: 98% 🇦🇪 UAE: 98% 🇶🇦 Qatar: 98% 🇰🇷 South Korea: 99% 🇷🇸 Serbia: 99% 🇪🇸 Spain: 99% 🇮🇹 Italy: 99% 🇷🇺 Russia: 100% 🇺🇦 Ukraine: 100% 🇵🇱 Poland: 100% 🇰🇵 North Korea: 100% Note: The share of adults aged 15 and older who can both read and write. Figures are rounded. According to World Bank (2023)