Literacy Rate 1978-2025

literacy rate for 2022 was 75.17%, a 0.06% decline from 2021.
  • literacy rate for 2021 was 75.23%, a 0.21% increase from 2020.
  • literacy rate for 2020 was 75.02%, a 0.42% increase from 2019.
  • literacy rate for 2019 was 74.60%, a 0.32% increase from 2018.
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.