Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, urban, female (number) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
40
Highest
9.18 million
Pakistan
Lowest
1
Uzbekistan
Median
275,487
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
374

What the numbers show

Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, urban, female (number) is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 9.18 million in Pakistan; the lowest is 1 in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 275,487, and the mean is 1.03 million.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Jordan (up 488.1%), and the largest decrease in Uzbekistan (down 99.9%).

Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, urban, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Pakistan 9.18 million 2019 up 23.0% rising
2 Bangladesh 7.26 million 2022 up 7.5% rising
3 Brazil 3.87 million 2018 down 15.4% falling
4 Iran, Islamic Republic of 3.30 million 2016 up 8.5% rising
5 Morocco 2.61 million 2014 up 0.8% flat
6 Indonesia 1.78 million 2020 down 22.9% falling
7 Türkiye 1.66 million 2015 down 27.3% falling
8 Mexico 1.40 million 2020 down 17.4% falling
9 Senegal 1.13 million 2017 up 53.6% rising
10 South Africa 935,508 2024 up 105.0% rising
11 Mozambique 912,818 2020 up 20.8% rising
12 Burkina Faso 842,644 2019 up 129.5% rising
13 Mali 731,041 2018 down 5.2% flat
14 Thailand 671,030 2018 up 67.3% rising
15 Peru 521,794 2020 up 26.1% falling
16 Uganda 518,685 2014 up 241.8% volatile
17 Guatemala 493,985 2018 up 8.6% rising
18 Colombia 486,753 2020 down 22.0% falling
19 Malaysia 441,303 2022 down 0.4% flat
20 Spain 279,842 2020 down 32.4% falling
21 Togo 271,132 2019 down 20.0% falling
22 Jordan 263,620 2024 up 488.1% rising
23 Cambodia 206,527 2019 up 27.7% rising
24 Chile 202,907 2017 up 21.9% rising
25 Philippines 169,762 2020 down 35.7% falling
26 El Salvador 162,920 2024 up 2.4% falling
27 Dominican Republic 154,220 2024 up 20.7% falling
28 Honduras 125,513 2019 up 12.8% rising
29 Ecuador 97,582 2022 down 39.9% falling
30 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 86,767 2023 down 9.3% falling
31 Sri Lanka 81,590 2024 down 9.8% rising
32 Paraguay 62,852 2020 up 26.6% rising
33 Oman 43,361 2022 down 53.7% falling
34 Palestine, State of 42,052 2022 down 35.8% falling
35 Kuwait 22,421 2018 down 14.9% falling
36 Uruguay 12,752 2022 down 27.3% falling
37 Azerbaijan 4,020 2023 down 33.3% falling
38 Georgia 1,341 2024 down 25.7% flat
39 Armenia 1,190 2020 down 11.9% volatile
40 Uzbekistan 1 2022 down 99.9% volatile

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Indicator
Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, urban, female (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
40 places, 374 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release