Most Educated Countries 2026

Countries ranked by adult literacy rate.

#	Country	Countries	Population
1	Poland	99.8%	37,683,068
2	Ukraine	99.8%	37,142,603
3	Russia	99.7%	143,038,343
4	Italy	99.2%	58,654,074
5	United States	99.0%	346,737,731
6	Japan	99.0%	121,979,086
7	Germany	99.0%	83,867,254
8	United Kingdom	99.0%	69,218,813
9	France	99.0%	66,571,441
10	Argentina	99.0%	46,292,656
11	Canada	99.0%	39,828,092
12	Australia	99.0%	26,965,061
13	New Zealand	99.0%	5,025,912
14	South Korea	98.8%	51,390,057
15	Spain	98.6%	47,643,522
16	Taiwan	98.5%	23,299,710
17	Jordan	98.4%	12,020,980
18	United Arab Emirates	98.1%	11,195,423
19	Israel	97.8%	9,686,899
20	Qatar	97.8%	3,051,988
21	Saudi Arabia	97.6%	34,852,251
22	Bahrain	97.5%	1,634,732
23	China	97.2%	1,414,735,428
24	Turkey	96.7%	88,653,771
25	Kuwait	96.5%	4,984,912
26	Indonesia	96.4%	288,722,461
27	Philippines	96.3%	118,873,999
28	Vietnam	95.8%	102,692,537
29	Oman	95.7%	5,460,588
30	Colombia	95.6%	53,724,296
31	Mexico	95.2%	132,968,260
32	Lebanon	95.1%	5,868,910
33	South Africa	95.0%	65,319,093
34	Malaysia	95.0%	36,286,958
35	Brazil	94.7%	214,463,698
36	Thailand	94.1%	71,730,801
37	Sri Lanka	92.4%	22,792,978
38	Libya	91.0%	7,588,283
39	Myanmar	89.1%	55,468,216
40	Iran	88.7%	93,287,396
41	Syria	86.3%	24,482,752
42	Iraq	85.6%	48,173,673
43	Tunisia	82.7%	12,424,737
44	Kenya	82.6%	59,052,430
45	Tanzania	81.8%	73,008,081
46	Algeria	81.4%	48,332,498
47	Ghana	80.4%	35,917,384
48	The Democratic Republic of Congo	80.0%	117,075,205
49	Uganda	79.0%	53,384,575
50	Eritrea	76.6%	3,663,029

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