1. Lebanon--(literacy rate 80 percent)

2. Kenya--(69 percent)3. Uganda--(48 percent)

4. Saudi Arabia--(62 percent)

5. Singapore--(91 percent)

6. China--(73 percent)*

* Compulsory education being established in selected regions yearly

Source: World Features Syndicate

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