The CIA World Factbook Edition 1992 People
Literacy In 36 editions of 36.
Literacy was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1992 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
entries in the 1992 edition 234
the first edition with it 1990
the latest edition with it 2025
Fields / People / Literacy
Published as “Literacy” (1990 to 2025).
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World 1 entry
74% (male 81%, female 67%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Africa 56 entries
50% (male 63%, female 36%) age 15 and over can read and write (1987)
42% (male 56%, female 28%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
23% (male 32%, female 16%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
23% (male 32%, female 16%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Burkina
now Burkina Faso
18% (male 28%, female 9%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
50% (male 61%, female 40%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
66% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1989 est.)
54% (male 66%, female 43%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
27% (male 33%, female 15%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
30% (male 42%, female 18%) age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic (1990 est.)
48% (male 56%, female 40%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
Zaire
now Democratic Republic of the Congo
72% (male 84%, female 61%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Congo
now Republic of the Congo
57% (male 70%, female 44%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
54% (male 67%, female 40%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
48% (male 63%, female 34%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
48% (male 63%, female 34%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
50% (male 64%, female 37%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
55% (male 57%, female 54%) age 15 and over can read and write (1976)
62% (male NA%, female NA%) age 10 and over can read and write (1983 est.)
61% (male 74%, female 48%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
27% (male 39%, female 16%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
60% (male 70%, female 51%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
24% (male 35%, female 13%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
36% (male 50%, female 24%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
69% (male 80%, female 58%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
59% (male 44%, female 68%) age 15 and over can read and write (1966)
40% (male 50%, female 29%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
64% (male 75%, female 50%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
80% (male 88%, female 73%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
22% (male 34%, female 12%) age 15 and over can read and write (1966)
32% (male 41%, female 24%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
34% (male 47%, female 21%) age 10 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
82.8 % (male 88.7%, female 77.1%) age 13 and over can read and write (1985 UNESCO estimate)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
50% (male 61%, female 38%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
33% (male 45%, female 21%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
38% (male 45%, female 31%) age 15 and over can read and write (1960)
28% (male 40%, female 17%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
51% (male 62%, female 40%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
69% (male 67%, female 74%) age 15 and over can read and write (1982)
50% (male 64%, female 37%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Saint Helena
now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
98% (male 97%, female 98%) age 15 and over can read and write (1987)
57% (male 73%, female 42%) age 15 and over can read and write (1981)
38% (male 52%, female 25%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
85% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
21% (male 31%, female 11%) age 15 and over can read and write English, Mende, Temne, or Arabic (1990 est.)
24% (male 36%, female 14%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
76% (male 78%, female 75%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
27% (male 43%, female 12%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
46% (male 62%, female 31%) age 15 and over can read and write (1978)
43% (male 56%, female 31%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
65% (male 74%, female 56%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
48% (male 62%, female 35%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
73% (male 81%, female 65%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
67% (male 74%, female 60%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Arctic Region 3 entries
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
100% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1976 est.)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
Asia 22 entries
29% (male 44%, female 14%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (NA)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1992 est.)
35% (male 47%, female 22%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
73% (male 84%, female 62%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write
48% (male 62%, female 34%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1970 est.)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write
99%, (male 99%, female 99%); note - presumed to be virtually universal among population under age 60
96% (male 99%, female 94%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write
92% (male 92%, female 92%) age 15 and over can read and write (1985)
90% (male NA%, female NA%) (1989 est.)
26% (male 38%, female 13%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
35% (male 47%, female 21%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write
86% (male 91%, female 81%) age 15 and over can read and write (1981)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write
NA% (male NA%, female NA) age 15 and over can read and write
Central America and the Caribbean 31 entries
95% (male 95%, female 95%) age 12 and over can read and write (1984)
89% (male 90%, female 88%) age 15 and over having completed 5 or more years of schooling (1960)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
90% (male 90%, female 89%) age 15 and over but definition of literacy not available (1963 est.)
99% (male 99%, female 99%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)
91% (male 91%, female 91%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)
98% (male 98%, female 98%) age 15 and over can read and write (1970)
98% (male 98%, female 98%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)
93% (male 93%, female 93%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
94% (male 95%, female 93%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
94% (male 94%, female 94%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)
83% (male 85%, female 82%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
73% (male 76%, female 70%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
98% (male 98%, female 98%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)
90% (male 90%, female 91%) age 15 and over can read and write (1982)
55% (male 63%, female 47%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
53% (male 59%, female 47%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
73% (male 76%, female 71%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
98% (male 98%, female 99%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1990 est.)
93% (male 92%, female 93%) age 15 and over can read and write (1982)
97% (male 97%, female 97%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)
94% (male 94%, female 93%) age 15 and over can read and write (1981)
57% (male 57%, female 57%) age 15 and over can read and write (1971)
88% (male 88%, female 88%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
89% (male 90%, female 88%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
98% (male 98%, female 98%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)
67% (male 65%, female 69%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1980)
96% (male 96%, female 96%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)
95% (male 97%, female 93%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
98% (male 99%, female 98%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
Europe 45 entries
72% (male 80%, female 63%) age 9 and over can read and write (1955)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1974 est.)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write
99% (male 99%, female 99%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)
85.5% (male 94.5%, female 76.7%) age 10 and over can read and write (1981 est.)
93% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1970 est.)
96.5% (male 98.6%, female 94.5%) age 10 and over can read and write (1991 census)
99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1970 est.)
99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
100% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)
99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)
99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1970 est.)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
93% (male 98%, female 89%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%) but compulsory education age 5 to 16
100% (male NA%, female NA%)
99% (male 99%, female 98%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
98% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1981)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%) but compulsory education ages 5 to 16
97% (male 98%, female 96%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%) but compulsory education age 5 to 16
NA% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write
100% (male 100%, female 100%) age 10 and over can read and write (1981)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write
100% (male 100%, female 100%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)
84% (male 86%, female 82%) age 15 and over can read and write (1985)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1979 est.)
Macedonia
now North Macedonia
89.1% (male 94.2%, female 83.8%) age 10 and over can read and write (1992 est.)
99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1976 est.)
98% (male 99%, female 98%) age 15 and over can read and write (1978)
85% (male 89%, female 82%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
96% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1970 est.)
96% (male 96%, female 95%) age 14 and over can read and write (1976)
89% (male 95%, female 83%) age 10 and over can read and write (1991 est.)
99.2% (male 99.3%, female 99.1%) age 10 and over can read and write
95% (male 97%, female 93%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1979 est.)
99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)
99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1978 est.)
Middle East 17 entries
77% (male 82%, female 69%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
90% (male 96%, female 85%) age 10 and over can read and write (1976)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
54% (male 64%, female 43%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
60% (male 70%, female 49%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
92% (male 95%, female 89%) age 15 and over can read and write (1983)
80% (male 89%, female 70%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
74% (male 78%, female 69%) age 15 and over can read and write (1985)
80% (male 88%, female 73%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
76% (male 77%, female 72%) age 15 and over can read and write (1986)
62% (male 73%, female 48%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
64% (male 78%, female 51%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
81% (male 90%, female 71%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
68% (male 70%, female 63%) age 10 and over but definition of literacy not available (1980)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
38% (male 53%, female 26%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
North America 5 entries
98% (male 98%, female 99%) age 15 and over can read and write (1970)
99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1981 est.)
87% (male 90%, female 85%) age 15 and over can read and write (1985 est.)
99% (male 99%, female 99%) age 15 and over can read and write (1982)
98% (male 97%, female 98%) age 25 and over having completed 5 or more years of schooling (1989)
Oceania 25 entries
97% (male 97%, female 97%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
100% (male 100%, female 100%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
86% (male 90%, female 81%) age 15 and over can read and write (1985 est.)
98% (male 98%, female 98%) age 14 and over but definition of literacy not available (1977)
96% (male 96%, female 96%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
93% (male 100%, female 88%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
90% (male 90%, female 85%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
91% (male 91%, female 90%) age 15 and over can read and write (1976)
99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1970)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%) but compulsory education age 5 to 14
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
96% (male 97%, female 96%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
92% (male 93%, female 91%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
52% (male 65%, female 38%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
97% (male 97%, female 97%) age 15 and over can read and write (1971)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
100% (male 100%, female 100%) age 15 and over can read and write a simple message in Tongan or English (1976)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
53% (male 57%, female 48%) age 15 and over can read and write (1979)
50% (male 50%, female 51%) at all ages can read and write (1969)
South America 14 entries
95% (male 96%, female 95%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
78% (male 85%, female 71%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
81% (male 82%, female 80%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
93% (male 94%, female 93%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
87% (male 88%, female 86%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
86% (male 88%, female 84%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%) but compulsory education age 5 to 15 (1988)
82% (male 81%, female 83%) age 15 and over can read and write (1982)
95% (male 98%, female 96%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1990 est.)
90% (male 92%, female 88%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
85% (male 92%, female 29%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
95% (male 95%, female 95%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
96% (male 97%, female 96%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
88% (male 87%, female 90%) age 15 and over can read and write (1981 est.)
Southeast Asia 15 entries
77% (male 85%, female 69%) age 15 and over can read and write (1981)
Burma
now Burma (Myanmar)
81% (male 89%, female 72%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
35% (male 48%, female 22%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
Cocos Islands
now Cocos (Keeling) Islands
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
77% (male 90%, female 64%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1971)
77% (male 84%, female 68%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
84% (male 92%, female 76%) age 15 to 45 can read and write (1985 est.)
90% (male 93%, female 86%) age 15 and over can read and write (1981)
78% (male 86%, female 70%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
90% (male 90%, female 90%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
88% (male 93%, female 84%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
91.2% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
93% (male 96%, female 90%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
88% (male 92%, female 84%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1992, “Literacy”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/literacy/1992.