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Literacy (M) 1992 /rankings/literacy_m_1.html SOURCE: 1992 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK 1 Australia 100 1 Luxembourg 100 1 Liechtenstein 100 1 Marshall Islands 100 1 Tonga 100 2 Turks and Caicos Islands 99 2 Soviet Union 99 2 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 99 2 Hungary 99 2 Korea, South 99 2 Barbados 99 2 Poland 99 3 Bermuda 98 3 British Virgin Islands 98 3 Cayman Islands 98 3 Grenada 98 3 Italy 98 3 Saint Kitts and Nevis 98 3 Guyana 98 3 French Polynesia 98 3 Jamaica 98 3 Greece 98 4 Trinidad and Tobago 97 4 Spain 97 4 Northern Mariana Islands 97 4 Montserrat 97 4 Uruguay 97 4 Western Samoa 97 4 American Samoa 97 4 Saint Helena 97 4 United States 97 5 Cyprus 96 5 Guam 96 5 San Marino 96 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 96 5 Yugoslavia 96 5 Argentina 96 5 Thailand 96 6 Cuba 95 6 Suriname 95 6 Anguilla 95 6 Israel 95 7 Dominica 94 7 Netherlands Antilles 94 7 Chile 94 8 Singapore 93 8 Macau 93 8 Costa Rica 93 8 Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the 93 9 Laos 92 9 Maldives 92 9 Vietnam 92 9 Paraguay 92 9 Peru 92 9 Martinique 92 10 New Caledonia 91 10 Sri Lanka 91 10 Belize 91 11 Puerto Rico 90 11 Philippines 90 11 Mexico 90 11 Micronesia, Federated States of 90 11 Turkey 90 11 Hong Kong 90 11 Guadeloupe 90 11 Fiji 90 11 Antigua and Barbuda 90 11 The Bahamas 90 12 Portugal 89 12 Jordan 89 12 Burma 89 13 Madagascar 88 13 Lebanon 88 13 Colombia 88 13 Ecuador 88 13 Panama 88 14 Venezuela 87 15 Malta 86 15 Malaysia 86 16 Brunei 85 16 Bolivia 85 16 Dominican Republic 85 17 Indonesia 84 17 China 84 17 Zaire 84 18 Bahrain 82 18 Brazil 82 19 French Guiana 81 19 World 81 19 Zambia 81 20 Kenya 80 20 Albania 80 21 Kuwait 78 21 Syria 78 21 South Africa 78 22 Qatar 77 23 Honduras 76 23 El Salvador 76 24 Libya 75 25 Zimbabwe 74 25 Gabon 74 25 Tunisia 74 26 Sao Tome and Principe 73 26 Saudi Arabia 73 27 Mauritius 72 28 Iraq 70 28 Ghana 70 28 Congo 70 28 United Arab Emirates 70 29 Reunion 67 29 Ivory Coast 67 30 Cameroon 66 31 Papua New Guinea 65 31 Saint Lucia 65 32 Rwanda 64 32 Iran 64 32 Equatorial Guinea 64 33 Djibouti 63 33 Egypt 63 33 Algeria 63 33 Guatemala 63 34 Uganda 62 34 Nigeria 62 34 Tanzania 62 34 India 62 35 Morocco 61 35 Burundi 61 36 Haiti 59 37 Vanuatu 57 37 Nicaragua 57 37 Swaziland 57 38 Seychelles 56 38 Angola 56 38 Togo 56 38 Comoros 56 39 Yemen 53 40 Senegal 52 41 Guinea-Bissau 50 41 Wallis and Futuna 50 41 Liberia 50 42 Cambodia 48 43 Mauritania 47 43 Bangladesh 47 43 Pakistan 47 44 Mozambique 45 44 Namibia 45 45 Lesotho 44 45 Afghanistan 44 46 Sudan 43 47 Chad 42 48 Mali 41 49 Niger 40 50 The Gambia 39 51 Nepal 38 52 Somalia 36 53 Guinea 35 54 Malawi 34 55 Central African Republic 33 56 Benin 32 56 Botswana 32 57 Sierra Leone 31 58 Burkina 28 59 Baker Island NA 59 Vatican City NA 59 Christmas Island NA 59 Arctic Ocean NA 59 Virgin Islands NA 59 Austria NA 59 West Bank NA 59 Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA 59 British Indian Ocean Territory NA 59 Switzerland NA 59 Wake Island NA 59 Tuvalu NA 59 Cook Islands NA 59 Clipperton Island NA 59 Belgium NA 59 Bhutan NA 59 Bouvet Island NA 59 Bulgaria NA 59 Aruba NA 59 Western Sahara NA 59 Ashmore and Cartier Islands NA 59 Tokelau NA 59 Andorra NA 59 Tromelin Island NA 59 Antarctica NA 59 Canada NA 59 Atlantic Ocean NA 59 Cape Verde NA 59 Bassas da India NA 59 United Kingdom NA 59 Norway NA 59 Jan Mayen NA 59 Japan NA 59 Jarvis Island NA 59 Jersey NA 59 Johnston Atoll NA 59 Paracel Islands NA 59 Juan de Nova Island NA 59 Kingman Reef NA 59 Kiribati NA 59 Palmyra Atoll NA 59 Taiwan NA 59 Solomon Islands NA 59 Oman NA 59 Iraq - Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone NA 59 Norfolk Island NA 59 Niue NA 59 Man, Isle of NA 59 New Zealand NA 59 Netherlands NA 59 Mayotte NA 59 Navassa Island NA 59 Midway Islands NA 59 Monaco NA 59 Mongolia NA 59 Nauru NA 59 Pacific Ocean NA 59 French Southern and Antarctic Lands NA 59 Sweden NA 59 Svalbard NA 59 Czechoslovakia NA 59 Denmark NA 59 Spratly Islands NA 59 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands NA 59 Ethiopia NA 59 Europa Island NA 59 Falkland Islands NA 59 Faroe Islands NA 59 Finland NA 59 Pitcairn Islands NA 59 Korea, North NA 59 Ireland NA 59 Gaza Strip NA 59 Germany NA 59 Gibraltar NA 59 Glorioso Islands NA 59 Greenland NA 59 Guernsey NA 59 Heard Island and McDonald Islands NA 59 Howland Island NA 59 Iceland NA 59 Indian Ocean NA 59 Romania NA 59 Coral Sea Islands NA 59 France NA

This page of Literacy (M) ranking of countries is based on figures from the 1992 CIA world factbook. As a rule the Literacy (M) data used to rank the countries is as of January 1992.

NOTE: The information regarding Literacy (M) on this page is re-published from the 1992 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of the Literacy (M) Rankings for 1992 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Literacy (M) Rankings for 1992 should be addressed to the CIA.



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