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Education : Illiterate population

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Time

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2000

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2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Country

Afghanistan

2 947 366

^(‡)

2 880 929

Åland Islands

Albania

2 994

6 535

6 547

4 302

^(‡)

5 145

Algeria

725 795

627 649

474 446

^(‡)

214 170

American Samoa

Andorra

Angola

799 809

^(‡)

1 269 701

^(‡)

1 319 441

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

71 431

^(‡)

49 344

^(‡)

47 962

Armenia

1 059

824

^(‡)

674

Aruba

109

107

^(‡)

Australia

Austria

20 407

Azerbaijan

1 614

⁽ⁿ⁾

918

⁽⁺⁾

931

⁽⁺⁾

1 036

⁽⁺⁾

1 144

⁽⁺⁾

832

⁽⁺⁾

724

^(‡)

711

Bahamas

Bahrain

3 557

3 466

^(‡)

479

Bangladesh

10 177 379

^(‡)

5 558 136

^(‡)

5 267 261

Barbados

Belarus

3 123

2 511

^(‡)

1 711

Belgium

Belize

^(‡)

8 442

Benin

772 909

^(‡)

944 639

^(‡)

1 031 604

Bermuda

Bhutan

38 441

19 307

^(‡)

12 035

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

45 296

10 163

16 204

11 566

19 326

19 891

^(‡)

19 843

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1 180

^(‡)

1 551

^(‡)

1 555

Botswana

25 872

^(‡)

10 226

^(‡)

9 637

Brazil

2 040 674

1 135 269

864 270

776 153

751 315

670 225

855 179

518 027

470 484

430 662

^(‡)

364 412

British Virgin Islands

Brunei Darussalam

686

460

^(‡)

280

Bulgaria

19 912

17 961

^(‡)

13 870

Burkina Faso

1 753 582

1 807 069

1 859 919

1 715 680

1 727 919

^(‡)

1 714 710

Burundi

356 308

215 019

^(‡)

266 280

Cambodia

515 495

396 349

395 795

^(‡)

271 706

Cameroon

532 925

653 585

812 358

^(‡)

766 861

Canada

Cabo Verde

^(‡)

3 085

2 146

^(‡)

1 855

Cayman Islands

Central African Republic

289 885

^(‡)

569 841

^(‡)

626 037

Chad

956 382

1 074 143

^(‡)

1 320 246

^(‡)

1 342 564

Channel Islands

Chile

25 628

23 403

31 362

16 618

27 275

^(‡)

23 358

China

2 263 967

843 209

^(‡)

501 792

China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

China, Macao Special Administrative Region

247

283

291

^(‡)

259

Colombia

167 130

171 306

178 818

172 420

169 930

174 410

160 666

148 507

122 840

^(‡)

111 152

Comoros

21 571

^(‡)

19 739

^(‡)

19 532

Congo

^(‡)

146 541

^(‡)

160 038

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

17 231

7 166

^(‡)

5 484

Côte d'Ivoire

1 233 839

^(‡)

2 150 130

^(‡)

2 291 180

Croatia

2 089

1 379

^(‡)

1 223

Cuba

656

1 905

^(‡)

1 561

Curaçao

Cyprus

371

318

^(‡)

245

Czechia

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

^(‡)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

2 737 770

^(‡)

3 886 509

2 194 623

^(‡)

2 095 931

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

100 195

77 466

59 774

55 514

56 232

47 605

44 029

^(‡)

40 304

Ecuador

88 712

125 001

88 702

37 986

37 320

33 645

40 514

^(‡)

34 550

Egypt

2 500 490

2 492 617

2 077 405

1 750 715

1 283 890

^(‡)

1 062 666

El Salvador

^(‡)

86 702

57 473

74 039

47 139

58 842

47 516

41 757

34 259

^(‡)

28 575

Equatorial Guinea

2 186

^(‡)

2 803

^(‡)

2 789

Eritrea

199 421

^(‡)

73 970

^(‡)

67 326

Estonia

462

^(‡)

Ethiopia

7 249 468

^(‡)

8 339 770

7 176 109

^(‡)

6 545 401

Faeroe Islands

Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Fiji

Finland

France

French Guiana

French Polynesia

Gabon

^(‡)

8 809

^(‡)

37 354

^(‡)

36 826

Gambia

120 998

^(‡)

105 359

^(‡)

104 448

Georgia

1 270

^(‡)

1 175

^(‡)

1 143

Germany

Ghana

1 114 318

698 587

^(‡)

501 240

Gibraltar

Greece

16 365

6 618

^(‡)

6 509

^(‡)

3 645

Greenland

Grenada

Guadeloupe

^(‡)

Guam

^(‡)

Guatemala

449 139

198 959

259 517

186 111

^(‡)

227 983

Guernsey

Guinea

942 420

1 523 693

^(‡)

1 370 874

Guinea-Bissau

102 568

^(‡)

85 441

^(‡)

83 590

Guyana

^(‡)

8 489

^(‡)

9 424

Haiti

353 576

^(‡)

561 070

^(‡)

388 179

Holy See

Honduras

146 292

93 046

78 306

67 176

84 031

84 069

74 853

^(‡)

49 125

Hungary

^(‡)

13 347

^(‡)

13 027

^(‡)

7 054

Iceland

India

49 444 110

41 384 350

32 619 767

^(‡)	24 965 451

Indonesia

557 077

1 444 108

229 897

221 432

511 143

138 667

^(‡)

125 703

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

^(‡)

573 362

473 578

615 576

374 969

295 478

310 780

^(‡)

247 890

Iraq

750 709

^(‡)

1 264 091

^(‡)

1 314 866

Ireland

Isle of Man

Israel

Italy

12 228

8 217

^(‡)

5 175

Jamaica

38 185

^(‡)

20 178

^(‡)

19 048

Japan

Jersey

Jordan

9 463

11 547

12 373

15 725

11 114

12 087

^(‡)

11 031

Kazakhstan

4 141

5 213

^(‡)

4 190

Kenya

504 479

^(‡)

1 429 753

^(‡)

1 263 827

Kiribati

Kuwait

974

6 086

6 881

6 357

6 484

4 617

^(‡)

2 652

Kyrgyzstan

2 878

2 980

^(‡)

2 754

Lao People's Democratic Republic

204 303

233 451

197 662

^(‡)

147 514

Latvia

844

446

^(‡)

352

Lebanon

10 089

^(‡)

10 298

Lesotho

35 990

^(‡)

78 945

^(‡)

72 640

Liberia

^(‡)

321 448

^(‡)

338 482

^(‡)

395 097

Libya

^(‡)

4 407

^(‡)

611

^(‡)

497

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

1 496

633

^(‡)

333

Luxembourg

Madagascar

883 836

^(‡)

1 418 862

^(‡)

1 739 097

Malawi

^(‡)

863 609

^(‡)

884 276

Malaysia

121 740

89 932

^(‡)

89 929

Maldives

1 111

542

^(‡)

169

Mali

^(‡)

1 680 738

1 591 484

1 599 785

1 565 163

1 687 759

Malta

977

600

^(‡)

444

Marshall Islands

106

^(‡)

121

Martinique

^(‡)

247

^(‡)

Mauritania

207 595

^(‡)

279 768

^(‡)

296 614

Mauritius

11 631

3 769

^(‡)

2 594

Mayotte

Mexico

700 643

496 132

507 222

494 359

443 424

393 715

349 924

322 733

347 805

⁽⁺⁾

345 568

255 900

329 182

231 237

^(‡)

293 759

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Monaco

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+	National Estimation
n	Magnitude nil or negligible
‡	UIS Estimation

Data extracted on 13 Jul 2017 10:45 UTC (GMT) from UIS.Stat

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