National Monitoring : Percentage of illiterates who are female

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  - Sustainable Development Goal 4
    - Target 4.1: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes
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National Monitoring : Percentage of illiterates who are female

Indicator

Time

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Country

Afghanistan

^(‡)

61.47

Åland Islands

Albania

^(‡)

26.45

Algeria

^(‡)

52.32

American Samoa

Andorra

Angola

66.49

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

^(‡)

41.99

^(‡)

40.16

^(‡)

36.94

23.68

Armenia

39.82

Aruba

^(‡)

59.80

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

⁽⁺⁾

71.79

67.34

67.29

66.90

Bahamas

Bahrain

95.12

98.50

95.60

Bangladesh

46.01

42.25

40.69

39.07

37.44

Barbados

^(‡)

55.21

Belarus

^(‡)

42.01

Belgium

Belize

Benin

^(‡)

60.87

Bermuda

Bhutan

49.13

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

48.67

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

31.94

31.12

30.23

30.30

35.19

British Virgin Islands

Brunei Darussalam

^(‡)

34.51

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

55.81

^(‡)

53.42

Burundi

63.19

61.75

Cambodia

47.71

46.59

Cameroon

^(‡)

58.69

Canada

Cabo Verde

33.71

Cayman Islands

Central African Republic

^(‡)

57.67

Chad

^(‡)

60.39

56.51

Channel Islands

Chile

42.52

49.05

China

^(‡)

46.89

China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

China, Macao Special Administrative Region

32.24

Colombia

34.42

36.23

35.81

39.66

Comoros

^(‡)

49.14

Congo

^(‡)

59.00

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

^(‡)

40.60

Côte d'Ivoire

56.63

^(‡)

56.64

Croatia

Cuba

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czechia

36.19

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic Republic of the Congo

69.06

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

42.00

40.94

48.17

Ecuador

44.26

61.30

44.94

39.33

Egypt

54.48

El Salvador

38.72

43.57

46.15

44.47

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

^(‡)

53.56

Estonia

Eswatini

^(‡)

35.65

Ethiopia

^(‡)

50.89

Faeroe Islands

Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Fiji

36.16

Finland

France

French Guiana

French Polynesia

Gabon

^(‡)

41.54

Gambia

55.04

Georgia

44.04

66.57

Germany

Ghana

^(‡)

50.72

Gibraltar

Greece

^(‡)

54.42

Greenland

Grenada

^(‡)

31.69

Guadeloupe

^(‡)

34.63

Guam

Guatemala

59.32

Guernsey

Guinea

59.18

64.63

Guinea-Bissau

^(‡)

64.34

Guyana

^(‡)

43.97

Haiti

^(‡)

51.04

Holy See

Honduras

42.06

36.72

34.52

25.54

Hungary

^(‡)

42.08

Iceland

India

^(‡)

55.50

Indonesia

49.27

53.84

51.09

50.49

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

56.03

54.20

Iraq

63.05

62.85

59.65

Ireland

Isle of Man

Israel

Italy

^(‡)

36.75

Jamaica

^(‡)

15.77

Japan

Jersey

Jordan

^(‡)

38.23

Kazakhstan

^(‡)

70.45

Kenya

^(‡)

51.56

^(‡)

48.91

Kiribati

Kuwait

37.77

30.53

24.98

Kyrgyzstan

^(‡)

37.09

Lao People's Democratic Republic

62.58

Latvia

^(‡)

37.50

Lebanon

^(‡)

32.79

Lesotho

^(‡)

22.64

Liberia

^(‡)

60.31

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Madagascar

^(‡)

51.44

Malawi

^(‡)

56.16

^(‡)

49.58

Malaysia

43.72

45.67

45.98

Maldives

29.15

24.48

Mali

60.18

56.80

Malta

^(‡)

30.38

Marshall Islands

Martinique

^(‡)

70.31

Mauritania

^(‡)

59.13

Mauritius

⁽⁺⁾

33.35

Mayotte

Mexico

45.86

46.37

44.53

47.11

44.42

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Monaco

Mongolia

^(‡)

33.37

Montenegro

^(‡)

55.11

Montserrat

Morocco

^(‡)

55.97

Mozambique

64.58

60.78

Myanmar

^(‡)

51.43

Namibia

^(‡)

39.73

Nauru

Nepal

^(‡)

62.40

Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia

^(‡)

44.22

New Zealand

Nicaragua

^(‡)

36.99

Niger

^(‡)

55.92

Nigeria

^(‡)

62.53

Niue

Norfolk Island

North Macedonia

^(‡)

53.43

Northern Mariana Islands

Norway

Oman

⁽⁺⁾

42.14

61.18

31.34

30.58

29.41

Pakistan

61.61

61.83

Palau

28.87

Palestine

52.58

54.19

54.73

44.90

45.73

51.92

Panama

61.40

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

58.63

37.44

40.86

32.31

Peru

57.56

60.54

58.82

60.95

54.00

Philippines

39.03

Pitcairn

Poland

Portugal

^(‡)

44.22

Puerto Rico

47.43

Qatar

^(‡)

12.71

^(‡)

13.70

^(‡)

16.71

Republic of Korea

Republic of Moldova

47.88

Réunion

Romania

^(‡)

47.42

Russian Federation

^(‡)

40.69

Rwanda

46.43

42.74

Saint Helena

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint-Barthélemy

Saint-Martin (French part)

Samoa

^(‡)

30.55

San Marino

31.59

Sao Tome and Principe

^(‡)

47.86

Saudi Arabia

49.58

Senegal

59.90

Serbia

47.52

Seychelles

^(‡)

20.79

Sierra Leone

^(‡)

55.77

Singapore

43.76

33.50

36.12

38.64

36.89

Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

Slovakia

Slovenia

^(‡)

30.90

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

40.57

36.56

33.01

South Sudan

^(‡)

50.15

Spain

55.22

43.37

50.91

43.91

Sri Lanka

40.25

37.23

39.33

Sudan

^(‡)

48.54

Sudan (pre-secession)

Suriname

^(‡)

57.11

Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands

Sweden

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

Tajikistan

^(‡)

40.75

Thailand

45.29

36.92

Timor-Leste

^(‡)

45.97

Togo

67.59

Tokelau

Tonga

^(‡)

39.82

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

54.30

Turkey

80.13

80.66

81.28

81.27

Turkmenistan

^(‡)

29.91

Turks and Caicos Islands

Tuvalu

Uganda

^(‡)

48.02

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

^(‡)

62.23

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Republic of Tanzania

53.96

United States of America

United States Virgin Islands

Uruguay

25.80

35.33

32.35

31.41

36.56

Uzbekistan

49.90

49.94

50.07

Vanuatu

^(‡)

48.17

^(‡)

45.11

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

34.07

36.25

Viet Nam

^(‡)

50.30

Wallis and Futuna Islands

Western Sahara

Yemen

Zambia

^(‡)

53.20

Zimbabwe

^(‡)

37.15

Sustainable Development Goal Regions

World

57.85

57.12

56.71

56.31

55.65

55.32

Landlocked Developing Countries

56.38

55.63

54.81

54.32

53.68

53.26

Least Developed Countries

56.96

56.43

56.09

55.54

54.92

54.65

Small Island Developing States

48.39

48.00

47.95

^(‡)

47.80

^(‡)

47.68

^(‡)

47.56

Africa (Sub-Saharan)

58.04

57.67

57.07

56.42

55.97

55.63

Western Asia and Northern Africa

62.00

58.41

59.85

59.16

56.70

56.60

Africa (Northern)

54.91

53.84

52.83

51.94

51.19

50.78

Asia (Western)

73.94

62.09

74.67

74.90

61.66

61.73

Asia (Central and Southern)

58.81

57.83

57.35

57.30

56.56

56.15

Asia (Central)

46.86

46.38

45.94

45.50

45.80

44.67

Asia (Southern)

58.81

57.84

57.35

57.30

56.57

56.15

Asia (Eastern and South-eastern)

48.82

49.89

49.29

48.82

48.12

47.73

Asia (Eastern)

50.04

49.42

48.63

47.91

47.14

46.47

Asia (South-eastern)

48.39

50.06

49.52

49.12

48.43

48.12

Latin America and the Caribbean

43.84

43.55

42.94

43.20

42.88

42.68

Oceania

Oceania (Australia/New Zealand)

Oceania (excl. Australia/New Zealand)

Northern America and Europe

Europe

Northern America

UIS Regions

World

57.85

57.12

56.71

56.31

55.65

55.32

Arab States

61.66

58.27

59.67

59.03

56.70

56.62

Central and Eastern Europe

58.12

56.56

54.93

52.03

50.20

48.55

Central Asia

42.40

42.22

42.00

44.08

42.97

42.17

East Asia and the Pacific

48.00

48.81

48.26

47.82

47.21

46.86

Latin America and the Caribbean

43.84

43.55

42.94

43.20

42.88

42.68

North America and Western Europe

South and West Asia

58.81

57.84

57.35

57.30

56.57

56.15

Sub-Saharan Africa

58.03

57.66

57.06

56.40

55.95

55.61

Small Island Developing States

48.38

47.99

47.95

^(‡)

47.81

^(‡)

47.70

^(‡)

47.59

World Bank Income Groups

Low income countries

58.13

57.64

56.90

56.36

55.77

^(‡)

55.33

Lower middle income countries

58.33

57.70

57.20

57.06

56.48

56.17

Middle income countries

57.91

57.04

56.79

56.46

55.74

55.46

Upper middle income countries

50.02

48.95

45.40

48.74

48.66

High income countries

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