Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural, female (%) by country
Total number of females in rural areas over age 15 who cannot both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/
What the numbers show
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural, female (%) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 99.7% in Azerbaijan; the lowest is 15.9% in Burkina Faso.
The median across all reporting countries is 85.3%, and the mean is 74.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 133.4%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 9.5%).
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 99.7% | 2017 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 2 | Moldova | 99.0% | 2014 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 3 | Uruguay | 98.5% | 2018 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 4 | Spain | 97.3% | 2018 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 5 | Kuwait | 94.7% | 2018 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 6 | Palestine | 94.0% | 2018 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 7 | Greece | 92.5% | 2011 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 8 | Chile | 91.9% | 2017 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 9 | Indonesia | 90.9% | 2018 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 10 | Sri Lanka | 90.3% | 2018 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 11 | Thailand | 90.3% | 2018 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 12 | Paraguay | 89.7% | 2018 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 13 | Colombia | 89.4% | 2018 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 14 | Malaysia | 88.8% | 2018 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 15 | Dominican Republic | 88.4% | 2016 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 16 | Mexico | 88.0% | 2018 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 17 | Ecuador | 86.4% | 2017 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 18 | Turkey | 86.3% | 2015 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 19 | Brazil | 84.2% | 2018 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 20 | Honduras | 80.2% | 2018 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 21 | El Salvador | 79.2% | 2017 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 22 | Peru | 77.4% | 2018 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 23 | South Africa | 76.8% | 2017 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 24 | Bolivia | 75.0% | 2015 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 25 | Cambodia | 70.9% | 2015 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 26 | Iran | 66.5% | 2016 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 27 | Guatemala | 65.6% | 2014 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 65.5% | 2019 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 29 | Egypt | 56.3% | 2017 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 30 | Uganda | 55.6% | 2012 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 31 | Morocco | 41.1% | 2012 | up 133.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Mozambique | 37.1% | 2017 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 33 | Pakistan | 33.9% | 2017 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 34 | Senegal | 30.1% | 2017 | up 65.2% | rising |
| 35 | Mali | 16.0% | 2018 | up 81.6% | rising |
| 36 | Burkina Faso | 15.9% | 2014 | up 122.1% | volatile |
About this data
Total number of females in rural areas over age 15 who cannot both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/