140		Afghanistan	12.60
141		Akrotiri	NA
12		Albania	98.30
100		Algeria	60.10
20		American Samoa	97.00
1		Andorra	100.00
106		Angola	54.20
31		Anguilla	95.00
141		Antarctica	NA
141		Antigua and Barbuda	NA
18		Argentina	97.20
7		Armenia	99.20
19		Aruba	97.10
141		Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA
8		Australia	99.00
141		Austria	NA
13		Azerbaijan	98.20
23		Bahamas, The	96.50
66		Bahrain	83.60
130		Bangladesh	31.80
3		Barbados	99.70
5		Belarus	99.40
8		Belgium	99.00
81		Belize	77.10
136		Benin	23.30
8		Bermuda	99.00
127		Bhutan	34.00
73		Bolivia	80.70
33		Bosnia and Herzegovina	94.40
70		Botswana	81.80
141		Bouvet Island	NA
54		Brazil	88.80
141		British Indian Ocean Territory	NA
141		British Virgin Islands	NA
49		Brunei	90.20
16		Bulgaria	97.70
138		Burkina Faso	15.20
62		Burma	86.40
108		Burundi	52.20
94		Cambodia	64.10
101		Cameroon	59.80
8		Canada	99.00
89		Cape Verde	69.20
15		Cayman Islands	98.00
121		Central African Republic	39.90
123		Chad	39.30
29		Chile	95.60
61		China	86.50
141		Christmas Island	NA
141		Clipperton Island	NA
141		Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA
40		Colombia	92.70
114		Comoros	49.30
105		Congo, Democratic Republic of the	55.10
78		Congo, Republic of the	78.40
141		Cook Islands	NA
141		Coral Sea Islands	NA
26		Costa Rica	96.10
118		Cote d'Ivoire	43.60
19		Croatia	97.10
2		Cuba	99.80
25		Cyprus	96.30
8		Czech Republic	99.00
8		Denmark	99.00
141		Dhekelia	NA
103		Djibouti	58.40
36		Dominica	94.00
58		Dominican Republic	87.20
51		Ecuador	89.70
102		Egypt	59.40
80		El Salvador	77.70
78		Equatorial Guinea	78.40
116		Eritrea	47.60
2		Estonia	99.80
125		Ethiopia	35.10
141		European Union	NA
141		Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA
141		Faroe Islands	NA
42		Fiji	91.90
1		Finland	100.00
8		France	99.00
15		French Polynesia	98.00
141		French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA
107		Gabon	53.30
128		Gambia, The	32.80
56		Gaza Strip	88.00
1		Georgia	100.00
8		Germany	99.00
113		Ghana	49.80
141		Gibraltar	NA
34		Greece	94.20
1		Greenland	100.00
141		Grenada	NA
8		Guam	99.00
95		Guatemala	63.30
141		Guernsey	NA
137		Guinea	18.10
133		Guinea-Bissau	27.40
10		Guyana	98.50
109		Haiti	51.20
141		Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA
1		Holy See (Vatican City)	100.00
75		Honduras	80.20
52		Hong Kong	89.60
6		Hungary	99.30
8		Iceland	99.00
115		India	47.80
60		Indonesia	86.80
88		Iran	70.40
93		Iraq	64.20
8		Ireland	99.00
141		Isle of Man	NA
28		Israel	95.90
15		Italy	98.00
43		Jamaica	91.60
141		Jan Mayen	NA
8		Japan	99.00
141		Jersey	NA
65		Jordan	84.70
6		Kazakhstan	99.30
76		Kenya	79.70
141		Kiribati	NA
8		Korea, North	99.00
22		Korea, South	96.60
46		Kuwait	91.00
14		Kyrgyzstan	98.10
98		Laos	60.90
3		Latvia	99.70
68		Lebanon	82.20
32		Lesotho	94.50
120		Liberia	41.60
86		Libya	72.00
1		Liechtenstein	100.00
4		Lithuania	99.60
1		Luxembourg	100.00
57		Macau	87.80
35		Macedonia	94.10
96		Madagascar	62.50
113		Malawi	49.80
64		Malaysia	85.40
24		Maldives	96.40
122		Mali	39.60
38		Malta	93.60
37		Marshall Islands	93.70
119		Mauritania	43.40
74		Mauritius	80.50
141		Mayotte	NA
52		Mexico	89.60
56		Micronesia, Federated States of	88.00
9		Moldova	98.60
8		Monaco	99.00
17		Mongolia	97.50
141		Montenegro	NA
20		Montserrat	97.00
122		Morocco	39.60
129		Mozambique	32.70
67		Namibia	83.50
141		Nauru	NA
141		Navassa Island	NA
126		Nepal	34.90
8		Netherlands	99.00
21		Netherlands Antilles	96.80
30		New Caledonia	95.50
8		New Zealand	99.00
90		Nicaragua	67.80
139		Niger	15.10
99		Nigeria	60.60
141		Niue	NA
141		Norfolk Island	NA
27		Northern Mariana Islands	96.00
1		Norway	100.00
85		Oman	73.50
124		Pakistan	36.00
50		Palau	90.00
45		Panama	91.20
110		Papua New Guinea	50.90
141		Paracel Islands	NA
39		Paraguay	93.00
69		Peru	82.10
40		Philippines	92.70
141		Pitcairn Islands	NA
3		Poland	99.70
44		Portugal	91.30
33		Puerto Rico	94.40
55		Qatar	88.60
25		Romania	96.30
7		Russia	99.20
92		Rwanda	64.70
141		Saint Barthelemy	NA
15		Saint Helena	98.00
141		Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA
47		Saint Lucia	90.60
141		Saint Martin	NA
8		Saint Pierre and Miquelon	99.00
27		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	96.00
3		Samoa	99.70
31		San Marino	95.00
79		Sao Tome and Principe	77.90
87		Saudi Arabia	70.80
132		Senegal	29.20
35		Serbia	94.10
41		Seychelles	92.30
135		Sierra Leone	24.40
55		Singapore	88.60
4		Slovakia	99.60
4		Slovenia	99.60
141		Solomon Islands	NA
134		Somalia	25.80
63		South Africa	85.70
141		South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	NA
18		Spain	97.20
141		Spratly Islands	NA
53		Sri Lanka	89.10
111		Sudan	50.50
58		Suriname	87.20
141		Svalbard	NA
72		Swaziland	80.80
8		Sweden	99.00
8		Switzerland	99.00
84		Syria	73.60
141		Taiwan	NA
7		Tajikistan	99.20
97		Tanzania	62.20
48		Thailand	90.50
141		Timor-Leste	NA
117		Togo	46.90
141		Tokelau	NA
8		Tonga	99.00
15		Trinidad and Tobago	98.00
91		Tunisia	65.30
77		Turkey	79.60
12		Turkmenistan	98.30
15		Turks and Caicos Islands	98.00
141		Tuvalu	NA
104		Uganda	57.70
7		Ukraine	99.20
71		United Arab Emirates	81.70
8		United Kingdom	99.00
8		United States	99.00
141		United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA
11		Uruguay	98.40
8		Uzbekistan	99.00
141		Vanuatu	NA
40		Venezuela	92.70
59		Vietnam	86.90
141		Virgin Islands	NA
141		Wake Island	NA
112		Wallis and Futuna	50.00
56		West Bank	88.00
141		Western Sahara	NA
82		World	77.00
131		Yemen	30.00
83		Zambia	74.80
58		Zimbabwe	87.20

NOTE: The information regarding Literacy - female 2009 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2009. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Literacy - female 2009 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Literacy - female 2009 should be addressed to the CIA.