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Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural, male (%) by country

Total number of males 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/

Countries reporting
36
Highest
99.9%
Azerbaijan
Lowest
32.6%
Burkina Faso
Median
87.9%
Years covered
44
1976–2019
Data points
331

What the numbers show

Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural, male (%) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 99.9% in Azerbaijan; the lowest is 32.6% in Burkina Faso.

The median across all reporting countries is 87.9%, and the mean is 83.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 73.7%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 11.7%).

Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Azerbaijan 99.9% 2017 up 0.2% flat
2 Republic of Moldova 99.6% 2014 up 0.8% flat
3 Palestine, State of 98.6% 2018 up 1.8% flat
4 Spain 98.6% 2018 up 1.0% flat
5 Greece 97.2% 2011 up 0.7% flat
6 Uruguay 97.2% 2018 up 1.0% rising
7 Türkiye 97.1% 2015 up 3.5% rising
8 Kuwait 96.0% 2018 up 2.0% flat
9 Indonesia 95.7% 2018 up 2.7% flat
10 Thailand 93.9% 2018 down 2.7% flat
11 Malaysia 93.4% 2018 up 1.1% rising
12 Peru 92.5% 2018 up 4.0% rising
13 Sri Lanka 92.3% 2018 up 0.4% flat
14 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 92.2% 2015 up 2.1% rising
15 Paraguay 91.5% 2018 up 2.0% flat
16 Chile 91.4% 2017 down 2.8% flat
17 Mexico 90.7% 2018 up 4.8% rising
18 Colombia 87.9% 2018 up 3.7% rising
19 Dominican Republic 87.9% 2016 up 10.4% rising
20 Ecuador 86.2% 2017 down 0.2% rising
21 El Salvador 84.5% 2017 up 14.6% rising
22 Cambodia 83.6% 2015 up 0.4% flat
23 Iran 81.6% 2016 up 4.9% rising
24 Brazil 81.0% 2018 up 8.5% rising
25 Honduras 79.4% 2018 up 4.5% rising
26 Guatemala 79.1% 2014 up 23.4% rising
27 South Africa 78.5% 2017 down 11.7% rising
28 Uganda 75.8% 2012 down 0.2% rising
29 Bangladesh 71.4% 2019 up 28.7% rising
30 Egypt 71.2% 2017 down 7.5% rising
31 Morocco 70.0% 2012 up 45.7% rising
32 Pakistan 63.4% 2017 up 11.7% rising
33 Mozambique 63.0% 2017 up 7.6% rising
34 Senegal 56.4% 2017 up 55.1% rising
35 Mali 36.1% 2018 up 61.2% rising
36 Burkina Faso 32.6% 2014 up 73.7% rising

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Indicator
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 331 data points, 1976–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of males 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/