Highest Literacy Rates
The countries with the highest literacy rate, defined as the ability to read and write by age 15. The figures given are from 2015, the last year in which UNESCO did a global analysis.
1. | Andorra | 100% |
2. | Finland | 100 |
3. | Greenland | 100 |
4. | Vatican (Holy See) | 100 |
5. | Liechtenstein | 100 |
6. | Luxembourg | 100 |
7. | Norway | 100 |
8. | North Korea | 100 |
9. | Azerbaijan | 99.8 |
10. | Latvia | 99.8 |
NOTE: Country rankings aren'tdefinitive; instead they provide an approximatecomparison. Country data vary enormously depending on the sources, and there is an absence of reliable data on some countries.Source:The World Factbookand UNESCO
General World Statistics |