Puerto Rico Literacy Rate 1980-2025

Puerto Rico literacy rate for 2021 was 92.40%, a 0.01% increase from 2017.
  • Puerto Rico literacy rate for 2017 was 92.39%, a 0.42% increase from 2010.
  • Puerto Rico literacy rate for 2010 was 91.97%, a 2.34% increase from 1990.
  • Puerto Rico literacy rate for 1990 was 89.62%, a 2.88% increase from 1980.
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.