Vietnam Literacy Rate 1979-2024
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.
- Vietnam literacy rate for 2019 was 95.75%, a 2.23% increase from 2009.
- Vietnam literacy rate for 2009 was 93.52%, a 3.36% increase from 2000.
- Vietnam literacy rate for 2000 was 90.16%, a 0.12% decline from 1999.
- Vietnam literacy rate for 1999 was 90.28%, a 2.68% increase from 1989.
| Vietnam Literacy Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
Literacy Rate |
Annual Change |
| 2019 |
95.75% |
2.23% |
| 2009 |
93.52% |
3.36% |
| 2000 |
90.16% |
-0.12% |
| 1999 |
90.28% |
2.68% |
| 1989 |
87.60% |
3.77% |
| 1979 |
83.83% |
3.77% |
