Most Educated Countries 2026

Countries ranked by adult literacy rate.

#	Country	Countries	Population
1	Poland	99.8%	37,675,027
2	Ukraine	99.8%	37,123,502
3	Russia	99.7%	142,993,730
4	Italy	99.2%	58,637,707
5	United States	99.0%	346,771,881
6	Japan	99.0%	121,933,036
7	Germany	99.0%	83,851,198
8	United Kingdom	99.0%	69,221,847
9	France	99.0%	66,573,265
10	Argentina	99.0%	46,307,857
11	Canada	99.0%	39,831,361
12	Australia	99.0%	26,971,850
13	New Zealand	99.0%	5,027,175
14	South Korea	98.8%	51,382,186
15	Spain	98.6%	47,637,007
16	Taiwan	98.5%	23,297,163
17	Jordan	98.4%	12,031,904
18	United Arab Emirates	98.1%	11,200,448
19	Israel	97.8%	9,694,326
20	Qatar	97.8%	3,053,324
21	Saudi Arabia	97.6%	34,876,863
22	Bahrain	97.5%	1,635,628
23	China	97.2%	1,414,619,306
24	Turkey	96.7%	88,683,369
25	Kuwait	96.5%	4,987,089
26	Indonesia	96.4%	288,856,789
27	Philippines	96.3%	118,953,387
28	Vietnam	95.8%	102,738,627
29	Oman	95.7%	5,464,743
30	Colombia	95.6%	53,745,465
31	Mexico	95.2%	133,021,384
32	Lebanon	95.1%	5,870,675
33	South Africa	95.0%	65,353,054
34	Malaysia	95.0%	36,304,635
35	Brazil	94.7%	214,529,425
36	Thailand	94.1%	71,731,589
37	Sri Lanka	92.4%	22,800,711
38	Libya	91.0%	7,593,145
39	Myanmar	89.1%	55,493,113
40	Iran	88.7%	93,330,802
41	Syria	86.3%	24,505,678
42	Iraq	85.6%	48,230,383
43	Tunisia	82.7%	12,430,523
44	Kenya	82.6%	59,121,622
45	Tanzania	81.8%	73,124,034
46	Algeria	81.4%	48,374,839
47	Ghana	80.4%	35,956,912
48	The Democratic Republic of Congo	80.0%	117,280,394
49	Uganda	79.0%	53,473,746
50	Eritrea	76.6%	3,667,277

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