| País | Data | Taxa de alfabetização de adultos - Mulheres | Taxa de alfabetização de adultos - Homens | Taxa de alfabetização de adultos. | Taxa de alfabetização de 15-24 | Var. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal [+] | 1991 | 84,66% | 91,59% | 87,95% | 99,20% | 1,26 | |
| Brasil [+] | 2000 | 86,50% | 86,23% | 86,37% | 94,18% | 10,27 | |
| Espanha [+] | 1991 | 95,05% | 98,04% | 96,49% | 99,55% | 0,91 | |
| Itália [+] | 1981 | 95,54% | 97,46% | 96,46% | 99,64% | ||
| China [+] | 2000 | 86,53% | 95,14% | 90,92% | 98,86% | 4,58 | |
| Emirados Árabes Unidos [+] | 1985 | 68,66% | 72,27% | 71,24% | 82,47% | 19,43 | |
| Afeganistão [+] | 1979 | 4,99% | 30,31% | 18,16% | 30,07% | ||
| Arménia [+] | 2000 | 98,15% | 99,40% | 98,75% | 100,00% | 0,09 | |
| Argentina [+] | 1991 | 95,92% | 96,17% | 96,04% | 98,30% | 1,42 | |
| Azerbaijão [+] | 1999 | 98,17% | 99,47% | 98,79% | 99,89% | ||
| Bósnia-Herzegovina [+] | 2000 | 94,36% | 99,03% | 96,66% | 99,79% | 0,77 | |
| Barbados [+] | 1994 | 99,60% | 99,60% | 99,60% | 99,90% | 0 | |
| Bangladeche [+] | 2000 | 25,84% | 44,31% | 35,32% | 100,00% | 55,32 | |
| Burquina Faso [+] | 1996 | 8,06% | 18,52% | 12,85% | 19,41% | -0,77 | |
| Barém [+] | 1991 | 76,93% | 88,54% | 84,01% | 96,94% | 10,65 | |
| Burundi [+] | 2000 | 52,24% | 67,31% | 59,30% | 73,33% | 19,77 | |
| Benim [+] | 1992 | 16,57% | 39,90% | 27,25% | 39,88% | 10,09 | |
| Brunei [+] | 1991 | 82,46% | 92,45% | 87,80% | 98,10% | 4,41 | |
| Bolívia [+] | 2000 | 72,31% | 88,16% | 79,99% | 97,31% | 3,41 | |
| Botsuana [+] | 1991 | 71,30% | 65,39% | 68,58% | 89,26% | ||
| Bielorrússia [+] | 1999 | 99,42% | 99,79% | 99,59% | 99,79% | 0,03 | |
| Belize [+] | 2000 | 77,12% | 76,68% | 76,90% | 84,22% | 6,58 | |
| República Centro-Africana [+] | 2000 | 35,29% | 66,79% | 50,65% | 60,81% | 12,60 | |
| Congo [+] | 1984 | 49,00% | 71,33% | 59,62% | 87,50% | ||
| Costa do Marfim [+] | 2000 | 38,61% | 60,86% | 48,74% | 60,72% | 13,66 | |
| Chile [+] | 2000 | 94,04% | 94,56% | 94,29% | 99,10% | 0,67 | |
| Camarões [+] | 2000 | 58,72% | 79,19% | 68,41% | 83,10% | 14,28 | |
| Colômbia [+] | 1996 | 91,31% | 91,09% | 91,21% | 97,00% | 1,51 | |
| Costa Rica [+] | 2000 | 95,08% | 94,65% | 94,87% | 97,61% | 0,47 | |
| Cuba [+] | 1981 | 97,85% | 99,57% | ||||
| Cabo Verde [+] | 2000 | 69,44% | 83,84% | 76,11% | 95,87% | 7,70 | |
| Chipre [+] | 1992 | 91,00% | 97,83% | 94,36% | 99,62% | ||
| República Dominicana [+] | 2000 | 72,54% | 73,59% | 73,06% | 94,87% | 12,25 | |
| Argélia [+] | 1987 | 35,84% | 63,38% | 49,63% | 74,33% | ||
| Equador [+] | 1990 | 86,19% | 90,50% | 88,30% | 96,19% | 2,79 | |
| Estónia [+] | 2000 | 99,76% | 99,78% | 99,77% | 99,77% | -0,10 | |
| Egito [+] | 1996 | 43,60% | 67,15% | 55,59% | 73,22% | 9,89 | |
| Etiópia [+] | 2000 | 18,51% | 35,98% | 27,01% | 38,61% | 5,02 | |
| Fiji [+] | 1996 | 91,39% | 94,47% | 92,94% | 99,26% | ||
| Gabão [+] | 1993 | 65,33% | 79,44% | 72,23% | 93,21% | ||
| Granada [+] | 1994 | 98,60% | 98,58% | 98,60% | 99,20% | 0 | |
| Gana [+] | 2000 | 49,79% | 66,35% | 57,90% | 70,66% | ||
| Gâmbia [+] | 2000 | 25,06% | 48,98% | 36,82% | 52,56% | ||
| Guiné [+] | 1996 | 9,74% | 32,90% | 20,55% | 27,72% | ||
| Guiné Equatorial [+] | 2000 | 81,62% | 94,84% | 88,31% | 97,13% | ||
| Grécia [+] | 1991 | 89,35% | 96,04% | 92,61% | 98,98% | 0,02 | |
| Guatemala [+] | 2000 | 57,29% | 71,71% | 64,21% | 81,72% | 5,73 | |
| Guiné-Bissau [+] | 2000 | 27,49% | 57,61% | 41,36% | 59,49% | 23,09 | |
| Croácia [+] | 1991 | 94,82% | 98,76% | 96,70% | 99,64% | ||
| Haiti [+] | 1982 | 32,52% | 37,13% | 34,73% | 51,15% | ||
| Hungria [+] | 1990 | 98,80% | 99,30% | 99,10% | 99,20% | -0,17 | |
| Indonésia [+] | 1990 | 75,27% | 88,02% | 81,52% | 96,21% | 10,77 | |
| Israel [+] | 1983 | 88,67% | 94,96% | 91,75% | 98,56% | ||
| Índia [+] | 1991 | 33,73% | 61,64% | 48,22% | 61,90% | 8,12 | |
| Iraque [+] | 2000 | 64,17% | 84,09% | 74,05% | 84,80% | ||
| Irão [+] | 1996 | 66,07% | 79,87% | 73,06% | 93,03% | 6,05 | |
| Jamaica [+] | 1999 | 85,87% | 74,08% | 79,92% | 91,60% | ||
| Jordânia [+] | 1979 | 52,11% | 80,48% | 66,80% | 90,51% | ||
| Quénia [+] | 2000 | 77,89% | 87,49% | 82,23% | 92,53% | ||
| Quirguistão [+] | 1999 | 98,13% | 99,31% | 98,70% | 99,70% | ||
| Camboja [+] | 1998 | 56,99% | 79,48% | 67,34% | 76,32% | ||
| Comores [+] | 2000 | 63,46% | 74,51% | 68,49% | 80,19% | 18,47 | |
| Koweit [+] | 1995 | 74,15% | 81,12% | 78,40% | 92,04% | 4,59 | |
| Cazaquistão [+] | 1999 | 99,29% | 99,76% | 99,51% | 99,85% | 0,12 | |
| Laos [+] | 2000 | 58,46% | 81,36% | 69,58% | 80,60% | 9,46 | |
| Sri Lanca [+] | 1981 | 82,02% | 91,35% | 86,78% | 91,04% | ||
| Libéria [+] | 1984 | 19,30% | 44,88% | 32,11% | 47,63% | ||
| Lesoto [+] | 2000 | 92,05% | 80,00% | 86,25% | 90,93% | ||
| Lituânia [+] | 1989 | 97,78% | 99,21% | 98,44% | 99,67% | ||
| Letónia [+] | 2000 | 99,71% | 99,79% | 99,75% | 99,75% | -0,03 | |
| Líbia [+] | 1994 | 63,70% | 87,72% | 76,50% | 97,90% | 8,56 | |
| Marrocos [+] | 1994 | 28,73% | 55,16% | 41,59% | 58,43% | 14,30 | |
| Moldávia [+] | 2000 | 95,49% | 97,98% | 96,65% | 99,53% | -0,20 | |
| Montenegro [+] | 1991 | 97,78% | 89,28% | 93,46% | 99,15% | 0,42 | |
| Madagáscar [+] | 2000 | 65,28% | 76,54% | 70,69% | 70,24% | ||
| Macedónia do Norte [+] | 1994 | 90,93% | 97,23% | 94,06% | 98,86% | ||
| Mali [+] | 1998 | 11,89% | 26,73% | 19,04% | 24,19% | 4,54 | |
| Mianmar/Birmânia [+] | 2000 | 86,42% | 93,92% | 89,94% | 94,59% | 9,69 | |
| Mongólia [+] | 2000 | 97,53% | 98,02% | 97,77% | 97,71% | ||
| Mauritânia [+] | 2000 | 43,42% | 59,54% | 51,21% | 61,34% | ||
| Malta [+] | 1995 | 89,24% | 86,43% | 87,87% | 96,03% | -1,83 | |
| Maurícia [+] | 2000 | 80,50% | 88,23% | 84,30% | 94,54% | 3,35 | |
| Maldivas [+] | 2000 | 96,44% | 96,21% | 96,33% | 98,17% | 0 | |
| Maláui [+] | 1998 | 54,00% | 74,93% | 64,13% | 76,01% | 16,99 | |
| México [+] | 2000 | 88,68% | 92,56% | 90,54% | 97,33% | 1,91 | |
| Malásia [+] | 2000 | 85,35% | 91,97% | 88,69% | 97,24% | 1,67 | |
| Moçambique [+] | 1997 | 24,96% | 54,82% | 38,71% | 46,97% | 3,33 | |
| Namíbia [+] | 2000 | 73,99% | 77,81% | 75,82% | 89,43% | 1,32 | |
| Nigéria [+] | 1991 | 43,73% | 67,65% | 55,45% | 71,19% | ||
| Nepal [+] | 1991 | 17,38% | 49,22% | 32,98% | 49,60% | 19,57 | |
| Panamá [+] | 2000 | 91,25% | 92,55% | 91,90% | 96,08% | 0,99 | |
| Peru [+] | 2000 | 81,66% | 92,85% | 87,15% | 97,58% | 2,21 | |
| Papua-Nova Guiné [+] | 2000 | 50,92% | 63,45% | 57,34% | 66,68% | ||
| Filipinas [+] | 2000 | 92,65% | 92,54% | 92,60% | 95,09% | -0,95 | |
| Paquistão [+] | 1998 | 29,04% | 55,30% | 42,70% | 55,33% | 20,55 | |
| Polónia [+] | 1998 | 98,25% | 99,28% | 98,74% | 99,80% | 0,00 | |
| Estado de Palestina [+] | 1997 | 79,76% | 92,25% | 86,08% | 97,05% | ||
| Palau [+] | 1980 | 90,50% | 93,29% | 91,92% | 94,28% | ||
| Paraguai [+] | 1992 | 88,56% | 92,00% | 90,27% | 95,61% | 6,02 | |
| Catar [+] | 1997 | 80,89% | 84,24% | 83,26% | 94,79% | 5,25 | |
| Roménia [+] | 1992 | 94,98% | 98,53% | 96,71% | 99,11% | ||
| Rússia [+] | 1989 | 96,76% | 99,46% | 97,99% | 99,72% | ||
| Ruanda [+] | 2000 | 59,75% | 71,42% | 64,89% | 77,62% | 2,72 | |
| Arábia Saudita [+] | 2000 | 69,29% | 87,06% | 79,35% | 95,91% | 8,06 | |
| Ilhas Salomão [+] | 1999 | 69,00% | 83,70% | 76,60% | |||
| Seicheles [+] | 1994 | 88,59% | 87,02% | 87,81% | 98,81% | 1,16 | |
| Sudão [+] | 2000 | 52,15% | 71,58% | 61,35% | 78,16% | ||
| Singapura [+] | 2000 | 88,65% | 96,57% | 92,55% | 99,50% | 0,54 | |
| Eslovénia [+] | 1991 | 99,45% | 99,60% | 99,52% | 99,76% | ||
| Senegal [+] | 1988 | 17,86% | 36,90% | 26,87% | 37,87% | ||
| Somália [+] | 1972 | 3,69% | 7,20% | 5,40% | 13,14% | ||
| São Tomé e Príncipe [+] | 1991 | 61,92% | 85,25% | 73,24% | 93,85% | 11,45 | |
| Salvador [+] | 2000 | 71,28% | 77,37% | 74,14% | 92,41% | 7,46 | |
| Síria [+] | 1981 | 37,06% | 73,58% | 55,65% | 74,28% | ||
| Suazilândia [+] | 2000 | 80,33% | 83,15% | 81,66% | 91,86% | 8,12 | |
| Chade [+] | 2000 | 12,80% | 40,83% | 25,65% | 37,56% | 20,21 | |
| Togo [+] | 2000 | 38,45% | 68,73% | 53,18% | 74,44% | ||
| Tailândia [+] | 2000 | 90,52% | 94,90% | 92,65% | 97,98% | 1,11 | |
| Tajiquistão [+] | 2000 | 99,22% | 99,68% | 99,45% | 99,85% | 0,14 | |
| Turquemenistão [+] | 1995 | 98,26% | 99,32% | 98,78% | 99,81% | ||
| Tunísia [+] | 1984 | 35,77% | 60,41% | 48,19% | 74,28% | ||
| Tonga [+] | 1996 | 98,98% | 98,83% | 98,91% | 99,31% | -0,51 | |
| Türkiye [+] | 1990 | 68,52% | 89,85% | 79,23% | 92,54% | 1,64 | |
| Trindade e Tobago [+] | 2000 | 97,10% | 98,75% | 97,90% | 99,40% | 0,10 | |
| Tanzânia [+] | 1988 | 48,09% | 71,37% | 59,11% | 81,75% | ||
| Uganda [+] | 1991 | 44,83% | 68,20% | 56,11% | 69,80% | ||
| Uruguai [+] | 1996 | 97,27% | 96,24% | 96,78% | 98,58% | -0,05 | |
| Usbequistão [+] | 2000 | 98,14% | 99,16% | 98,64% | 99,87% | ||
| São Vicente e Granadinas [+] | 1980 | 96,90% | 96,90% | 96,90% | 98,70% | 0,74 | |
| Venezuela [+] | 2000 | 89,00% | 90,67% | 89,83% | 97,56% | 2,12 | |
| Vietname [+] | 2000 | 86,61% | 93,93% | 90,16% | 94,84% | 0,31 | |
| Vanuatu [+] | 1999 | 65,60% | 71,77% | 74,00% | 86,10% | 8,90 | |
| Samoa [+] | 1991 | 97,42% | 98,42% | 97,94% | 99,04% | ||
| Iémen [+] | 1994 | 17,06% | 56,72% | 37,09% | 60,22% | ||
| África do Sul [+] | 1996 | 80,93% | 84,07% | 82,40% | 93,91% | 8,74 | |
| Zâmbia [+] | 1999 | 59,80% | 76,25% | 68,00% | 69,46% | 3,08 | |
| Zimbabué [+] | 1992 | 78,52% | 88,89% | 83,51% | 95,41% | 6,39 | |
Taxa de alfabetização
