# Countries by adult literacy rate, women, 2019

All 58 values come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics for 2019, so the places are comparable. 113 countries have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `literacy_rate_adult_female`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Women aged 15 and over who can both read and write, with understanding, a short simple statement about their everyday life, as a percentage of women aged 15 and over. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Literacy rate, adult female, % of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Literacy rate, adult female, % of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
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| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Armenia | 100 |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100 |
| 3 | Georgia | 99.9 |
| 4 | Belarus | 99.9 |
| 5 | Azerbaijan | 99.7 |
| 6 | Turkmenistan | 99.7 |
| 7 | Italy | 99.2 |
| 8 | Serbia | 99.1 |
| 9 | Uruguay | 99 |
| 10 | Mongolia | 98.8 |
| 11 | Maldives | 98.3 |
| 12 | Samoa | 97.7 |
| 13 | Marshall Islands | 97.6 |
| 14 | Tonga | 97.6 |
| 15 | Lesotho | 97.5 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 97.1 |
| 17 | Philippines | 96.8 |
| 18 | Cuba | 96.3 |
| 19 | Singapore | 96.1 |
| 20 | Palestine | 95.9 |
| 21 | Colombia | 95.5 |
| 22 | Panama | 95.4 |
| 23 | Mexico | 94.6 |
| 24 | Vietnam | 94.6 |
| 25 | South Africa | 94.5 |
| 26 | Türkiye | 94.4 |
| 27 | Brazil | 94.1 |
| 28 | Malaysia | 93.7 |
| 29 | Zimbabwe | 93.4 |
| 30 | Paraguay | 92.7 |
| 31 | Vanuatu | 92 |
| 32 | Sri Lanka | 91.6 |
| 33 | Thailand | 90.2 |
| 34 | Lebanon | 89.5 |
| 35 | Honduras | 88.7 |
| 36 | Dominican Republic | 87.4 |
| 37 | El Salvador | 87.3 |
| 38 | Myanmar | 86.3 |
| 39 | Cambodia | 84.8 |
| 40 | Iran | 83.1 |
| 41 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 82.8 |
| 42 | Algeria | 74.2 |
| 43 | Tunisia | 73.7 |
| 44 | Bangladesh | 71.9 |
| 45 | India | 67 |
| 46 | Nepal | 59.4 |
| 47 | Togo | 55 |
| 48 | Somalia | 53.9 |
| 49 | Côte d’Ivoire | 47 |
| 50 | Pakistan | 46.5 |
| 51 | Ethiopia | 44.6 |
| 52 | Guinea-Bissau | 40.3 |
| 53 | Senegal | 38.5 |
| 54 | Benin | 38.1 |
| 55 | Sierra Leone | 33.9 |
| 56 | Central African Republic | 27.1 |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 24.7 |
| 58 | Chad | 18.6 |