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 99.43%, a 0% increase from 2021.
- literacy rate for 2021 was 99.43%, a 0.01% increase from 2020.
- literacy rate for 2020 was 99.42%, a 0.02% increase from 2019.
- literacy rate for 2019 was 99.40%, a 0.01% increase from 2018.
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| Country Name | Literacy Rate |
| Literacy Rate - Historical Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Literacy Rate | Annual Change |
| 2022 | 99.43% | 0.00% |
| 2021 | 99.43% | 0.01% |
| 2020 | 99.42% | 0.02% |
| 2019 | 99.40% | 0.01% |
| 2018 | 99.39% | 0.02% |
| 2017 | 99.37% | 0.02% |
| 2016 | 99.35% | 0.02% |
| 2015 | 99.33% | 0.02% |
| 2014 | 99.32% | 0.02% |
| 2013 | 99.30% | 99.30% |
| 2012 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 2011 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 2010 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 2009 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 2008 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 2007 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 2006 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 2005 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 2004 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 2003 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 2002 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 2001 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 2000 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1999 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1998 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1997 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1996 | 0.00% | -98.61% |
| 1995 | 98.61% | 0.05% |
| 1994 | 98.56% | 0.05% |
| 1993 | 98.51% | 0.05% |
| 1992 | 98.46% | 0.06% |
| 1991 | 98.41% | 0.06% |
| 1990 | 98.35% | 0.07% |
| 1989 | 98.28% | 0.06% |
| 1988 | 98.21% | 0.08% |
| 1987 | 98.13% | 0.04% |
| 1986 | 98.09% | 0.03% |
| 1985 | 98.06% | 0.03% |
| 1984 | 98.04% | 0.04% |
| 1983 | 98.00% | 0.02% |
| 1982 | 97.98% | 97.98% |
| 1981 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 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% |