The Top 5 Countries with the Lowest Female Adult literacy Rates

  Country Female Adult Literacy Rate
1 Burkina Faso 8.1%
2 Niger 9.4%
3 Mali 11.9%
4 Chad 12.7%
5 Sierra Leone 20.5%
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Sources:  Human Development Report 2005 (HDR Statistics)

List Notes: Literacy rate is defined in this list as the percentage of women over 15 years old who can read or write. Data for this list reflects that 8% of women in Burkina Faso have the ability to read and write.
Countries with the Lowest Female Adult literacy Rates

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