Education is one of the main factors through which countries develop into advanced and progressive nations. Of the top ten educated countries in the world the majority are Christian nations which provide and retain thousands of the top performing schools and universities that appeal to a multitude of foreign students from around the globe who require a more pioneering, sophisticated, technological, and cutting-edge level of education.

The following is a list of top performing countries by rate of literacy. The figures represent a mixture of data collected by the CIA World Factbook organisation.

TOP 10 MOST LITERATE COUNTRIES

Canada

Israel

Japan

United States of America

New Zealand

South Korea

United Kingdom

Finland

Australia

Ireland

* The majority of the world’s 775 million illiterate adults are concentrated in the following ten countries:

India

China

Pakistan

Bangladesh

Nigeria

Ethiopia

Egypt

Brazil

Indonesia

The Democratic Republic of Congo