Literacy Rate 1960-2024
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
- literacy rate for 2022 was 75.17%, a 0.06% decline from 2021.
- literacy rate for 2021 was 75.23%, a 0.21% increase from 2020.
- literacy rate for 2020 was 75.02%, a 0.42% increase from 2019.
- literacy rate for 2019 was 74.60%, a 0.32% increase from 2018.
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| Country Name | Literacy Rate |
| Literacy Rate - Historical Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Literacy Rate | Annual Change |
| 2022 | 75.17% | -0.06% |
| 2021 | 75.23% | 0.21% |
| 2020 | 75.02% | 0.42% |
| 2019 | 74.60% | 0.32% |
| 2018 | 74.29% | -2.88% |
| 2017 | 77.17% | 0.78% |
| 2016 | 76.39% | 1.41% |
| 2015 | 74.98% | -2.60% |
| 2014 | 77.58% | 4.30% |
| 2013 | 73.28% | -2.43% |
| 2012 | 75.70% | 3.42% |
| 2011 | 72.28% | 1.76% |
| 2010 | 70.52% | 0.94% |
| 2009 | 69.58% | -1.10% |
| 2008 | 70.68% | 0.80% |
| 2007 | 69.88% | 0.75% |
| 2006 | 69.13% | -1.11% |
| 2005 | 70.23% | -0.34% |
| 2004 | 70.57% | 0.58% |
| 2003 | 69.99% | 2.63% |
| 2002 | 67.36% | 1.12% |
| 2001 | 66.24% | 1.44% |
| 2000 | 64.81% | 0.70% |
| 1999 | 64.11% | 1.07% |
| 1998 | 63.04% | 1.21% |
| 1997 | 61.83% | 0.95% |
| 1996 | 60.88% | 1.29% |
| 1995 | 59.59% | 1.15% |
| 1994 | 58.45% | 0.77% |
| 1993 | 57.68% | 0.82% |
| 1992 | 56.86% | 1.05% |
| 1991 | 55.81% | 1.02% |
| 1990 | 54.80% | 0.94% |
| 1989 | 53.85% | 0.88% |
| 1988 | 52.98% | 1.00% |
| 1987 | 51.98% | 0.68% |
| 1986 | 51.31% | 0.80% |
| 1985 | 50.50% | 0.89% |
| 1984 | 49.62% | 0.72% |
| 1983 | 48.90% | 0.22% |
| 1982 | 48.68% | 0.57% |
| 1981 | 48.11% | 0.58% |
| 1980 | 47.53% | 0.58% |
| 1979 | 46.95% | 0.47% |
| 1978 | 46.48% | 46.48% |
| 1977 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1976 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1975 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1974 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1973 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1972 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1971 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1970 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1969 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1968 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1967 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1966 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1965 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1964 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1963 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1962 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1961 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1960 | 0.00% | 0.00% |