India 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.
  • India literacy rate for 2022 was 76.32%, a 76.32% increase from 2021.
  • India literacy rate for 2021 was 0.00%, a 0% increase from 2020.
  • India literacy rate for 2020 was 0.00%, a 0% increase from 2019.
  • India literacy rate for 2019 was 0.00%, a 0% increase from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Literacy Rate
Uzbekistan 100.00%
Georgia 99.58%
Sao Tome and Principe 93.75%
Cabo Verde 91.00%
Lao PDR 87.52%
Cambodia 83.78%
Tunisia 83.56%
Kenya 82.88%
Lesotho 82.01%
Morocco 77.35%
India 76.32%
Egypt 74.50%
Angola 72.40%
Bhutan 72.10%
Ghana 0.00%
Nigeria 0.00%
El Salvador 0.00%
Vanuatu 0.00%
Bolivia 0.00%
Kiribati 0.00%
Mauritania 0.00%
Solomon Islands 0.00%
Vietnam 0.00%
Bangladesh 0.00%
Micronesia 0.00%
Mongolia 0.00%
Sudan 0.00%
Kyrgyz Republic 0.00%
Myanmar 0.00%
West Bank and Gaza 0.00%
Ukraine 0.00%
Djibouti 0.00%
Moldova 0.00%
Papua New Guinea 0.00%
Philippines 0.00%
Timor-Leste 0.00%
Republic of Congo 0.00%
Indonesia 0.00%
Pakistan 0.00%
Eswatini 0.00%
Zambia 0.00%
Cameroon 0.00%
Honduras 0.00%
Sri Lanka 0.00%
Nicaragua 0.00%
Kosovo 0.00%
India Literacy Rate - Historical Data
Year Literacy Rate Annual Change
2022 76.32% 76.32%
2021 0.00% 0.00%
2020 0.00% 0.00%
2019 0.00% 0.00%
2018 0.00% 0.00%
2017 0.00% 0.00%
2016 0.00% 0.00%
2015 0.00% 0.00%
2014 0.00% 0.00%
2013 0.00% 0.00%
2012 0.00% -69.30%
2011 69.30% 69.30%
2010 0.00% 0.00%
2009 0.00% 0.00%
2008 0.00% 0.00%
2007 0.00% -62.75%
2006 62.75% 62.75%
2005 0.00% 0.00%
2004 0.00% 0.00%
2003 0.00% 0.00%
2002 0.00% -61.01%
2001 61.01% 61.01%
2000 0.00% 0.00%
1999 0.00% 0.00%
1998 0.00% 0.00%
1997 0.00% 0.00%
1996 0.00% 0.00%
1995 0.00% 0.00%
1994 0.00% 0.00%
1993 0.00% 0.00%
1992 0.00% -48.22%
1991 48.22% 48.22%
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% -40.76%
1981 40.76% 40.76%
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%