Most Educated Countries 2026

Countries ranked by adult literacy rate.

#	Country	Countries	Population
1	Poland	99.8%	37,691,284
2	Ukraine	99.8%	37,162,127
3	Russia	99.7%	143,083,930
4	Italy	99.2%	58,670,797
5	United States	99.0%	346,702,840
6	Japan	99.0%	122,026,147
7	Germany	99.0%	83,883,666
8	Northern Ireland	99.0%	69,215,722
9	France	99.0%	66,569,584
10	Argentina	99.0%	46,277,132
11	Canada	99.0%	39,824,747
12	Australia	99.0%	26,958,131
13	New Zealand	99.0%	5,024,619
14	South Korea	98.8%	51,398,108
15	Spain	98.6%	47,650,185
16	Taiwan	98.5%	23,302,318
17	Jordan	98.4%	12,009,829
18	United Arab Emirates	98.1%	11,190,286
19	Israel	97.8%	9,679,326
20	Qatar	97.8%	3,050,620
21	Saudi Arabia	97.6%	34,827,127
22	Bahrain	97.5%	1,633,819
23	China	97.2%	1,414,854,074
24	Turkey	96.7%	88,623,539
25	Kuwait	96.5%	4,982,681
26	Indonesia	96.4%	288,585,289
27	Philippines	96.3%	118,792,949
28	Vietnam	95.8%	102,645,467
29	Oman	95.7%	5,456,349
30	Colombia	95.6%	53,702,678
31	Mexico	95.2%	132,913,999
32	Lebanon	95.1%	5,867,106
33	South Africa	95.0%	65,284,406
34	Malaysia	95.0%	36,268,904
35	Brazil	94.7%	214,396,566
36	Thailand	94.1%	71,730,002
37	Sri Lanka	92.4%	22,785,077
38	Libya	91.0%	7,583,326
39	Myanmar	89.1%	55,442,798
40	Iran	88.7%	93,243,079
41	Syria	86.3%	24,459,362
42	Iraq	85.6%	48,115,804
43	Tunisia	82.7%	12,418,835
44	Kenya	82.6%	58,981,821
45	Tanzania	81.8%	72,889,806
46	Algeria	81.4%	48,289,286
47	Ghana	80.4%	35,877,044
48	The Democratic Republic of Congo	80.0%	116,865,936
49	Uganda	79.0%	53,293,621
50	Eritrea	76.6%	3,658,688

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