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 80.36%, a 0.35% increase from 2021.
- literacy rate for 2021 was 80.01%, a 0.25% increase from 2020.
- literacy rate for 2020 was 79.76%, a 0.42% increase from 2019.
- literacy rate for 2019 was 79.34%, a 0.33% increase from 2018.
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| Country Name | Literacy Rate |
| Literacy Rate - Historical Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Literacy Rate | Annual Change |
| 2022 | 80.36% | 0.35% |
| 2021 | 80.01% | 0.25% |
| 2020 | 79.76% | 0.42% |
| 2019 | 79.34% | 0.33% |
| 2018 | 79.01% | -2.50% |
| 2017 | 81.51% | 0.92% |
| 2016 | 80.59% | 1.03% |
| 2015 | 79.56% | -2.01% |
| 2014 | 81.57% | 3.71% |
| 2013 | 77.86% | -1.99% |
| 2012 | 79.85% | 2.50% |
| 2011 | 77.36% | 0.69% |
| 2010 | 76.67% | 0.80% |
| 2009 | 75.86% | 0.02% |
| 2008 | 75.84% | 0.61% |
| 2007 | 75.23% | 0.69% |
| 2006 | 74.54% | 0.08% |
| 2005 | 74.47% | -0.24% |
| 2004 | 74.70% | 0.61% |
| 2003 | 74.09% | 3.06% |
| 2002 | 71.03% | 0.52% |
| 2001 | 70.51% | 1.27% |
| 2000 | 69.24% | 0.88% |
| 1999 | 68.36% | 1.10% |
| 1998 | 67.26% | 1.22% |
| 1997 | 66.04% | 0.92% |
| 1996 | 65.12% | 1.31% |
| 1995 | 63.81% | 1.62% |
| 1994 | 62.20% | 0.81% |
| 1993 | 61.39% | 0.89% |
| 1992 | 60.50% | 0.98% |
| 1991 | 59.52% | 1.28% |
| 1990 | 58.24% | 2.39% |
| 1989 | 55.85% | 1.01% |
| 1988 | 54.84% | 1.11% |
| 1987 | 53.73% | 0.83% |
| 1986 | 52.89% | 0.96% |
| 1985 | 51.94% | 1.03% |
| 1984 | 50.91% | 0.88% |
| 1983 | 50.03% | 0.79% |
| 1982 | 49.25% | 0.82% |
| 1981 | 48.42% | 0.77% |
| 1980 | 47.66% | 0.77% |
| 1979 | 46.89% | 0.67% |
| 1978 | 46.22% | 0.66% |
| 1977 | 45.56% | 0.54% |
| 1976 | 45.02% | 0.53% |
| 1975 | 44.49% | 0.49% |
| 1974 | 44.00% | 44.00% |
| 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% |