East Asia & Pacific literacy rate for 2023 was 96.43%, a 0.13% increase from 2022.
East Asia & Pacific literacy rate for 2022 was 96.30%, a 0.14% increase from 2021.
East Asia & Pacific literacy rate for 2021 was 96.16%, a 0.14% increase from 2020.
East Asia & Pacific literacy rate for 2020 was 96.03%, a 0.22% increase from 2019.
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.