What European country had the highest literacy rate by 1900?

Answer 1

By 1900 Great Britain surpassed most other European countries in literacy with the event of secularized school reform. The Netherlands, Germany, and France all maintained at least 85 % literacy rates except for Spain.

Answer 2

# Rank Country Literacy rate [b] 1 1 Andorra 100.0 [2] 2 1 Finland 100.0 [3] 3 1 Georgia 100.0 [4] 4 1 Greenland 100.0 [5] 5 1 Liechtenstein 100.0 [6] 6 1 Luxembourg 100.0 [7] 7 1 Norway 100.0 [8] 8 1 Template:Country data Vatican 100.0 [9] 9 2 Cuba 99.8 [10] 10 2 Estonia 99.8 [11] 11 2 Poland 99.8 [12] 12 3 Barbados 99.7 [13] 13 3 Latvia 99.7 [14] 14 3 Samoa 99.7 [15] 15 3 Slovenia 99.7 [16] 16 4 Belarus 99.6 [17] 17 4 Lithuania 99.6 [18] 18 4 Slovakia 99.6 [19] 19 4 Ukraine 99.7 20 4 Armenia 99.7 21 5 Kazakhstan 99.6 22 5 Tajikistan 99.6 23 6 Azerbaijan 99.5 24 6 Turkmenistan 99.5 25 6 Russia 99.5 26 7 Hungary 99.4 [j] 27 8 Kyrgyzstan 99.3 28 9 Tonga 99.2 29 10 Albania 99.1 30 11 Antigua and Barbuda 99.0 [q] 31 11 Australia 99.0 [d] 32 11 Austria 99.0 [d] 33 11 Belgium 99.0 [d] 34 11 Canada 99.0 [d] 35 11 Czech Republic 99.0 [d] 36 11 North Korea 99.0 [d] 37 11 Denmark 99.0 [d] 38 11 France 99.0 [d] 39 11 Germany 99.0 [d] 40 11 Guyana 99.0 [j] 41 11 Iceland 99.0 [d] 42 11 Ireland 99.0 [d] 43 11 Japan 99.0 [d] 44 11 South Korea 99.0 [d] 45 11 Netherlands 99.0 [d] 46 11 New Zealand 99.0 [d] 47 11 Norway 99.0 [d] 48 11 Sweden 99.0 [d] 49 11 Switzerland 99.0 [d] 50 11 United Kingdom 99.0 [d] 51 11 United States See also: Literacy in the United States 99.0 [d] 46 46 Italy 98.9 48 48 Croatia 98.8 49 49 Trinidad and Tobago 98.7 [l] 50 50 Uruguay 98.3 51 51 Bulgaria 98.3 52 52 Spain 97.9 [d] 53 53 Cyprus 97.9 54 54 Bosnia and Herzegovina 97.8 55 55 Serbia 97.8 56 56 Saint Kitts and Nevis 97.8 [k] 57 57 Romania 97.7 58 58 Argentina 97.7 59 59 Mongolia 97.5 60 60 Greece 97.2 61 61 Israel 97.1 [k] 62 62 Macedonia 97.1 63 63 Maldives 97.0 64 64 Uzbekistan 96.9 [j] 65 65 Chile 96.5 66 66 Costa Rica 96.1 67 67 Grenada 96.0 [q] 68 68 China 95.9 [k] 69 69 Bahamas 95.8 [j] 70 70 Venezuela 95.2 71 71 Brunei Darussalam 95.3 72 72 Portugal 94.9 [l] 73 73 Saint Lucia 94.8 [q] 74 74 Qatar 94.7 75 75 Singapore 94.7 76 76 Hong Kong 94.6 [j] 77 77 Palestinian Authority 94.6 [p] 78 78 Paraguay 94.6 [l] 79 79 Kuwait 94.5 80 80 Fiji 94.4 [j] 81 81 Sri Lanka 94.2 [w] 82 82 Thailand 94.1 83 83 Panama 93.6 84 84 Philippines 93.4 85 85 Mexico 93.4 86 86 Equatorial Guinea 93.3 87 87 Colombia 93.2 88 88 Vietnam 92.8 89 89 Malaysia 92.5 90 90 Malta 92.4 91 91 Indonesia 92.0 92 92 Myanmar 92.0 93 93 Zimbabwe 91.9 [l] 94 94 Seychelles 91.8 95 95 Bahrain 91.4 96 96 Jordan 91.1 97 97 Ecuador 91.0 98 98 Iran 91.0[20]99 99 Turkey 90.8 100 100 Bolivia 90.7 101 101 Suriname 90.4 102 102 United Arab Emirates 90.0 [l] 103 103 Brazil 90.0 104 104 Lesotho 89.7 105 105 Peru 89.6 106 106 Lebanon 89.6 [j] 107 107 Dominican Republic 89.1 108 108 Libya 88.9 109 109 Sao Tome and Principe 88.8 110 110 Namibia 88.5 111 111 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 88.1 [q] 112 112 Dominica 88.0 [q] 113 113 South Africa 88.0 114 114 Mauritius 87.9 115 115 Gabon 87.7 116 116 Kenya 87.0 117 117 Swaziland 86.9 118 118 Jamaica 86.4 119 119 Saudi Arabia 86.1 120 120 Cape Verde 84.8 [l] 121 121 Syria 84.2 122 122 Ecuador 84.2 123 123 Botswana 84.1 124 124 El Salvador 84.1 125 125 Honduras 83.6 126 126 Oman 81.4 127 127 Republic of the Congo 81.1 [l] 128 128 Vanuatu 80.2 129 129 Iraq 78.1 130 130 Nicaragua 78.0 131 131 Tunisia 77.7 132 132 Solomon Islands 76.6 [k] 133 133 Cambodia 76.3 134 134 Algeria 75.4 135 135 Belize 75.1 [q] 136 136 Guatemala 74.5 137 137 India 74.04[21]138 138 Comoros 74.2 139 139 Malawi 73.7 140 140 Uganda 73.3 141 141 Tanzania 72.9 142 142 Nigeria 72.0* [l] 143 143 Zambia 70.9 144 144 Madagascar 70.7 145 145 Rwanda 70.7 146 146 Djibouti 70.3 [j] 147 147 Sudan 70.2 [aa] 148 148 Angola 70.0 149 149 Laos 68.7 150 150 Nepal 68.2 151 151 Cameroon 67.9 152 152 Democratic Republic of the Congo 66.8 153 153 Eritrea 66.6 154 154 Ghana 66.6 155 155 Burundi 66.6 156 156 Egypt 66.4 157 157 Yemen 62.4 [l] 158 158 Haiti 62.1 [j] 159 159 Papua New Guinea 60.1 160 160 Pakistan 58.2 161 161 Mauritania 57.5 162 162 Morocco 56.1 163 163 Bangladesh 55.9 164 164 Côte d'Ivoire 55.3 165 165 Central African Republic 55.2 166 166 Mozambique 55.1 167 167 Togo 53.2 168 168 Bhutan 52.8 [v] 169 169 Guinea-Bissau 52.2 170 170 Timor-Leste 50.1 [ab] 171 171 Senegal 49.7 172 172 Gambia 46.5 [j] 173 173 Benin 41.7 174 174 Sierra Leone 40.9 175 175 Guinea 39.5 176 176 Somalia 37.8[22]177 177 Ethiopia 35.9 178 178 Chad 33.6 179 179 Burkina Faso 28.7 180 180 Niger 28.7 181 181 Afghanistan 28.0 182 182 South Sudan 27.0 183 183 Mali 26.2

Answer 3

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