Turkmenistan Literacy Rate 1995-2023

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.
  • Turkmenistan literacy rate for 2014 was 99.70%, a 0.3% increase from 2005.
  • Turkmenistan literacy rate for 2005 was 99.40%, a 0.62% increase from 1995.
  • Turkmenistan literacy rate for 1995 was 98.78%, a 98.78% increase from .
  • Turkmenistan literacy rate for was 0.00%, a 0% increase from .
Data Source: World Bank

MLA Citation:
Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Literacy Rate
Azerbaijan 99.79%
Turkmenistan 99.70%
Maldives 98.61%
Grenada 98.60%
North Macedonia 97.80%
Turkey 95.44%
Paraguay 95.03%
Mexico 94.56%
Ecuador 94.22%
Colombia 94.19%
South Africa 94.14%
Peru 93.71%
Mauritius 92.47%
Dominican Republic 91.76%
Brazil 91.73%
Jamaica 88.10%
Guyana 85.64%
Iran 84.71%
Iraq 82.20%
Guatemala 81.29%
Turkmenistan Literacy Rate - Historical Data
Year Literacy Rate Annual Change
2014 99.70% 0.30%
2005 99.40% 0.62%
1995 98.78% 0.62%