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STATISTICS
Literacy - Global
Country
Year
Population aged 15 years and over
Illiteracy rate (%)
Illiterate population (000)
MF
M
F
MF
M
F
China
1980
33.9
21.4
47.3
218849
70984
147864
1985
27.5
16.6
39.0
205351
63778
141573
1990
22.1
13.0
31.9
185398
55785
129612
1995
18.5
10.1
27.3
166255
46578
119677
2000
15.0
7.7
22.6
144463
37798
106664
China, Hong Kong, SAR
1980
14.4
5.9
23.7
543
117
425
1985
12.1
5.2
19.4
507
113
394
1990
10.0
4.6
15.6
449
106
342
1995
8.2
4.0
12.6
405
103
302
2000
6.6
3.5
10.0
353
96
256
Cyprus
1980
10.3
4.1
16.4
47
9
38
1985
8.1
3.1
13.0
39
7
31
1990
6.2
2.4
10.0
31
6
25
1995
4.7
1.8
7.4
26
5
21
2000
3.1
1.3
5.0
19
3
15
India
1980
59.1
44.7
74.7
250592
97862
152730
1985
55.3
41.0
70.6
265774
101807
163967
1990
51.5
37.6
66.5
279006
105054
173952
1995
47.9
34.5
62.3
289513
107497
182016
2000
44.2
31.4
57.9
299327
109681
189645
Indonesia
1980
30.7
20.7
40.4
27379
9080
18298
1985
25.2
16.6
33.5
25885
8411
17473
1990
18.4
12.0
24.8
21728
6966
14761
1995
16.3
10.3
22.1
21598
6760
14838
2000
13.0
8.1
17.9
19241
5911
13329
Iran, Islamic, Republic of
1980
49.0
37.8
60.3
10604
4127
6477
1985
49.2
37.7
61.0
12776
4934
7842
1990
35.7
26.8
44.7
10973
4158
6814
1995
29.0
21.1
36.9
10473
3854
6618
2000
23.1
16.3
30.0
10000
3571
6429
Israel
1980
8.7
5.0
12.2
225
64
161
1985
7.3
4.1
10.4
209
58
151
1990
5.9
3.3
8.5
191
52
138
1995
4.9
2.6
7.0
194
52
142
2000
3.9
2.1
5.7
178
46
132
Jordan
1980
31.6
18.0
46.0
467
137
330
1985
25.0
14.4
36.6
547
164
382
1990
18.8
10.1
28.3
461
131
330
1995
14.4
9.5
19.9
471
161
310
2000
10.2
5.1
15.6
396
104
292
Korea, Republic of
1980
7.2
3.2
11.2
1824
403
1421
1985
5.5
2.2
8.8
1596
324
1271
1990
4.1
1.6
6.6
1328
261
1067
1995
3.1
1.2
5.0
1073
207
865
2000
2.2
0.8
3.6
843
162
680
Kuwait
1980
32.4
27.2
40.9
265
137
128
1985
25.5
21.8
31.2
276
142
134
1990
23.1
20.5
27.1
314
168
146
1995
20.7
17.7
24.0
214
95
119
2000
17.7
15.7
20.1
232
109
122
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
1980
58.2
44.3
72.3
1081
413
668
1985
53.2
39.5
67.0
1096
407
689
1990
48.4
34.9
61.4
1126
408
718
1995
43.3
30.5
55.6
1144
404
739
2000
38.2
26.4
49.5
1157
403
753
Lebanon
1980
27.6
17.4
37.0
441
134
306
1985
23.6
14.4
31.7
395
113
281
1990
19.6
11.5
26.8
327
91
235
1995
16.6
9.5
23.0
329
89
239
2000
13.9
7.7
19.6
308
82
225
Macau
1980
13.9
7.8
20.1
26
7
18
1985
11.4
6.4
16.3
26
7
18
1990
9.9
5.6
13.9
27
7
20
1995
8.3
4.4
11.8
26
6
19
2000
6.8
3.4
9.9
24
6
18
Malaysia
1980
30.3
20.4
40.3
2537
848
1688
1985
23.5
15.9
30.9
2260
765
1495
1990
19.1
13.0
25.4
2171
742
1428
1995
15.5
10.5
20.6
2004
686
1318
2000
12.5
8.5
16.4
1836
633
1202
Source
Towards equality – Report of the Committee on status of woman, New Delhi.
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