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 98.54%, a 0.02% increase from 2021.
- literacy rate for 2021 was 98.52%, a 0.02% increase from 2020.
- literacy rate for 2020 was 98.50%, a 0.07% increase from 2019.
- literacy rate for 2019 was 98.43%, a 0.04% increase from 2018.
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| Country Name | Literacy Rate |
| Literacy Rate - Historical Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Literacy Rate | Annual Change |
| 2022 | 98.54% | 0.02% |
| 2021 | 98.52% | 0.02% |
| 2020 | 98.50% | 0.07% |
| 2019 | 98.43% | 0.04% |
| 2018 | 98.40% | 0.12% |
| 2017 | 98.28% | 0.05% |
| 2016 | 98.23% | 0.09% |
| 2015 | 98.14% | 0.04% |
| 2014 | 98.10% | 0.04% |
| 2013 | 98.05% | 0.07% |
| 2012 | 97.99% | 0.10% |
| 2011 | 97.88% | 0.14% |
| 2010 | 97.75% | 0.33% |
| 2009 | 97.41% | 0.06% |
| 2008 | 97.35% | 0.11% |
| 2007 | 97.24% | 0.10% |
| 2006 | 97.14% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 97.11% | 0.17% |
| 2004 | 96.95% | 0.08% |
| 2003 | 96.87% | 0.10% |
| 2002 | 96.77% | 0.18% |
| 2001 | 96.59% | 0.09% |
| 2000 | 96.49% | 0.09% |
| 1999 | 96.40% | 0.11% |
| 1998 | 96.29% | 0.15% |
| 1997 | 96.15% | 0.13% |
| 1996 | 96.02% | 0.16% |
| 1995 | 95.86% | 0.13% |
| 1994 | 95.72% | 95.72% |
| 1993 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1992 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1991 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1990 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1989 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1988 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1987 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1986 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1985 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1984 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1983 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1982 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1981 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1980 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1979 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1978 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 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% |