Main Controls Primary Dataset Literacy rate, men aged 15 and above Secondary Dataset Select Dataset to Compare Format Calc Table Line Chart Bar Chart Map Scatterplot Connected Scatterplot Calc Table Table Clear All Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cape Verde Cambodia Cameroon Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo (Kinshasa) Congo (Brazzaville) Costa Rica Ivory Coast Croatia Cuba Cyprus Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Greece Grenada Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Italy Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Macau Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nepal New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Samoa Saint Thomas and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Saint Vincent and Grenadines Sudan Suriname Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam West Bank and Gaza Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Africa Americas Asia Australia & New Zealand Caribbean Central America Central Asia Eastern Africa Eastern Asia Eastern Europe Europe European Union High Income Countries Latin America & Caribbean Low 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Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Greece Grenada Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Italy Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Macau Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nepal New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Samoa Saint Thomas and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Saint Vincent and Grenadines Sudan Suriname Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam West Bank and Gaza Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Africa Americas Asia Australia & New Zealand Caribbean Central America Central Asia Eastern Africa Eastern Asia Eastern Europe Europe European Union High Income Countries Latin America & Caribbean Low Income Countries Lower Middle Income Countries Melanesia Micronesia Middle Africa Middle Income Countries Northern Africa Northern America Northern Europe Oceania Polynesia South America South-Eastern Asia Southern Africa Southern Asia Southern Europe Sub-Saharan Africa Upper Middle Income Countries Western Africa Western Asia Western Europe World Select Country/Region Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cape Verde Cambodia Cameroon Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo (Kinshasa) Congo (Brazzaville) Costa Rica Ivory Coast Croatia Cuba Cyprus Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Greece Grenada Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Italy Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Macau Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nepal New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Samoa Saint Thomas and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Saint Vincent and Grenadines Sudan Suriname Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam West Bank and Gaza Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Africa Americas Asia Australia & New Zealand Caribbean Central America Central Asia Eastern Africa Eastern Asia Eastern Europe Europe European Union High Income Countries Latin America & Caribbean Low Income Countries Lower Middle Income Countries Melanesia Micronesia Middle Africa Middle Income Countries Northern Africa Northern America Northern Europe Oceania Polynesia South America South-Eastern Asia Southern Africa Southern Asia Southern Europe Sub-Saharan Africa Upper Middle Income Countries Western Africa Western Asia Western Europe World 1970 -- Select Country -- Select Country -- Select Country -- Select Country 2020 -- Select Country -- Select Country -- Select Country -- Select Country 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