Literacy World, in 28 editions.

77% men; 66% women (1980) 74% (male 81%, female 67%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

74% (male 81%, female 67%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
combined:
74%
male:
81%
female:
67%

age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
combined:
74%
male:
81%
female:
67% est.);

definition: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.);
total population: 77%
male: 83%
female: 71% (1995 est.)

definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
82%
male:
87%
female:
77%
note:
over two-thirds of the world's 785 million illiterate adults are found in only eight countries (India, (Bangladesh, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Egypt); Pakistan); of all the illiterate adults in the world, two-thirds are women; extremely low literacy rates are concentrated in three regions, the Arab states, South and West Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Arab states, where around one-third of the men and half of all women are illiterate (2005 est.)

definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
82% 83.7%
male:
87% 88.3%
female:
77% 79.2%
note:
over two-thirds of the world's 785 793 million illiterate adults are found in only eight countries (Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Pakistan); of all the illiterate adults in the world, two-thirds are women; extremely low literacy rates are concentrated in three regions, the Arab states, South and West Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa, where around one-third of the men and half of all women are illiterate (2005 (2005-09 est.)

definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
83.7%
male:
88.3%
female:
79.2%
note:
over two-thirds of the world's 793 million illiterate adults are found in only eight countries (Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Pakistan); of all the illiterate adults in the world, two-thirds are women; extremely low literacy rates are concentrated in three regions, the Arab states, South and West Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa, where around one-third of the men and half of all women are illiterate (2005-09 (2005 est.)

definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
83.7% 84.1%
male:
88.3% 88.6%
female:
79.2% 79.7%
note:
over two-thirds almost three-quarters of the world's 793 775 million illiterate adults are found in only eight ten countries (Bangladesh, (in descending order: India, China, Egypt, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Ethiopia, India, Egypt, Brazil, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Pakistan); the Democratic Republic of the Congo); of all the illiterate adults in the world, two-thirds are women; extremely low literacy rates are concentrated in three regions, the Arab states, South and West Asia, Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, where around one-third of the men and half of all women are illiterate (2005 Africa (2010 est.)

definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
84.1% 86.1%
male:
88.6% 89.9%
female:
79.7% 82.2% (2015 est.)
note:
almost more than three-quarters of the world's 775 781 million illiterate adults are found in only ten countries (in descending order: India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, Brazil, Indonesia, South and the Democratic Republic of the Congo); West Asia and sub-Saharan Africa; of all the illiterate adults in the world, almost two-thirds are women; extremely low literacy rates are concentrated in South and West Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa (2010 est.) women (2012)

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.1% 86.2%
male: 89.9% 89.8%
female: 82.2% (2015 82.6% (2016 est.)
note: more than three-quarters of the world's 781 758 million illiterate adults are found in South and West Asia and sub-Saharan Africa; of all the illiterate adults in the world, almost two-thirds are women (2012) (2014)

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.2%
male: 89.8%
female: 82.6% (2016 est.)
note: more than three-quarters of the world's 758 750 million illiterate adults are found in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa; of all the illiterate adults in the world, almost two-thirds are women (2014) (2016)

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.2% 86.3%
male: 89.8%
female: 82.6% 82.8% (2016 est.) (2018)
note: more than three-quarters of the world's 750 million illiterate adults are found in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa; of all the illiterate adults in the world, almost two-thirds are women (2016)

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.3% 86.7%
male: 89.8% 90.1%
female: 82.8% (2016 est.) (2018) 83.3% (2020)
note: more than three-quarters of the world's 750 million illiterate adults are found in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa; of all the illiterate adults in the world, almost two-thirds are women (2016)

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.7%
male: 90.1%
female: 83.3% (2020)
note: more than three-quarters three quarters of the world's 750 million illiterate adults are found in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa; of all the illiterate adults in the world, almost two-thirds two thirds are women (2016)