The CIA World Factbook Edition 1994 People

Literacy In 36 editions of 36.

Literacy was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1994 edition carries it in 197 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1994 edition
197
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Literacy” (1990 to 2025).

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World

1 entry

World

age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.);

Africa

54 entries

Algeria

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Angola

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Benin

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Botswana

  • age 15 and over able to read and write simple sentences (1990 est.)

Burkina now Burkina Faso

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Burundi

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1989)

Cameroon

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990)

Central African Republic

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Chad

  • age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic (1990 est.)

Comoros

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Congo now Republic of the Congo

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Djibouti

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Egypt

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1986)

Ethiopia

  • age 10 and over can read and write (1984)

Gabon

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

The Gambia

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Ghana

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Guinea

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Kenya

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Lesotho

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1966)

Liberia

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Libya

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Madagascar

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Malawi

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1966)

Mali

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990)

Mauritania

  • age 10 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Mauritius

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990)

Morocco

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Mozambique

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Namibia

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1960)

Niger

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Nigeria

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Reunion

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1982)

Rwanda

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1987)

Sao Tome and Principe

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1981)

Senegal

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Seychelles

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1971)

Sierra Leone

  • age 15 and over can read and write English, Merde, Temne, or Arabic (1990 est.)

Somalia

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

South Africa

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

Sudan

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Tanzania

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1978)

Togo

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Tunisia

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Uganda

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Zambia

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Zimbabwe

age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.);

Arctic Region

1 entry

Iceland

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1976 est.)

Asia

20 entries

Afghanistan

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Armenia

  • age 9-49 can read and write (1970)

Azerbaijan

  • age 9-49 can read and write (1970)

Bangladesh

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

China

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990)

Georgia

  • age 9-49 can read and write (1970)

India

  • age 7 and over can read and write (1991 est.)

Japan

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1970 est.)

Kazakhstan

  • age 9-49 can read and write (1970)

Korea, North now North Korea

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

  • age 9-49 can read and write (1970)

Maldives

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1985)

Nepal

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Pakistan

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Russia

  • age 9-49 can read and write (1970)

Sri Lanka

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Tajikistan

  • age 9-49 can read and write (1970)

Turkmenistan

  • age 9-49 can read and write (1970)

Uzbekistan

  • age 9-49 can read and write (1970)

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

Anguilla

  • age 12 and over can read and write (1984)

Antigua and Barbuda

  • age 15 and over having completed 5 or more years of schooling (1960)

The Bahamas

  • age 15 and over but definition of literacy not available (1963 est.)

Barbados

  • age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)

Belize

  • age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)

British Virgin Islands

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1970)

Cayman Islands

  • age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)

Costa Rica

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Cuba

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Dominica

  • age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)

Dominican Republic

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

El Salvador

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Grenada

  • age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)

Guadeloupe

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1982)

Guatemala

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Haiti

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Honduras

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Jamaica

  • age 15 and over having ever attended school (1990 est.)

Martinique

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1982)

Montserrat

  • age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)

Netherlands Antilles

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1981)

Nicaragua

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1971)

Panama

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Puerto Rico

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)

Saint Lucia

  • age 15 and over having ever attended school (1980)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)

Trinidad and Tobago

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

Turks and Caicos Islands

  • age 15 and over who have ever attended school (1970)

Europe

31 entries

Albania

  • age 9 and over can read and write (1955)

Austria

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1974 est.)

Belarus

  • age 9-49 can read and write (1979)

Belgium

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)

Bulgaria

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1970 est.)

Denmark

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)

Estonia

  • age 9-49 can read and write (1989)

Finland

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)

France

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)

Germany

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1977 est.)

Greece

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Hungary

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

Ireland

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1981 est.)

Italy

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Latvia

  • age 9-49 can read and write (1970)

Liechtenstein

  • age 10 and over can read and write (1981)

Lithuania

  • age 9-49 can read and write (1989)

Luxembourg

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)

Malta

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1985)

Moldova

  • age 9-49 can read and write (1970)

Netherlands

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1979 est.)

Norway

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1976 est.)

Poland

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1978)

Portugal

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Romania

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1978 est.)

San Marino

  • age 14 and over can read and write (1976)

Spain

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Sweden

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1979 est.)

Switzerland

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)

Ukraine

  • age 9-49 can read and write (1979)

United Kingdom

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1978 est.)

Middle East

14 entries

Bahrain

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Cyprus

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1987 est.)

Iran

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Iraq

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Israel

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1983)

Jordan

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Kuwait

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Lebanon

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Qatar

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1986)

Saudi Arabia

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Syria

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990)

Turkey now Turkiye

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

United Arab Emirates

  • age 10 and over but definition of literacy not available (1980)

Yemen

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1970)

Canada

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1986)

Mexico

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1982)

United States

  • age 15 and over having completed 5 or more years of schooling (1991)

Oceania

16 entries

American Samoa

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

Australia

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)

Fiji

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1985 est.)

French Polynesia

  • age 14 and over but definition of literacy not available (1977)

Guam

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

Marshall Islands

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

New Caledonia

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1976)

New Zealand

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

Pacific Islands (Palau), Trust Territory of the now Palau

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

Papua New Guinea

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Western Samoa now Samoa

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1971)

Tonga

  • age 15 and over can read and write simple message in Tongan or English (1976)

Vanuatu

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1979)

Wallis and Futuna

  • all ages can read and write (1969)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Bolivia

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Brazil

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Chile

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Colombia

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Ecuador

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990)

French Guiana

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1982)

Guyana

  • age 15 and over having ever attended school (1990 est.)

Paraguay

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Peru

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Suriname

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Uruguay

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Venezuela

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Southeast Asia

13 entries

Brunei

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1981)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Cambodia

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Hong Kong

  • age 15 and over having ever attended school (1971)

Indonesia

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Laos

  • age 15-45 can read and write (1993)

Macau

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1981)

Malaysia

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Philippines

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Singapore

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Taiwan

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

Thailand

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Vietnam

  • age 15 and over can read and write (1990)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1994, “Literacy”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/literacy/1994.

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