Latin America & Caribbean literacy rate for 2024 was 94.95%, a 0.12% increase from 2023.
Latin America & Caribbean literacy rate for 2023 was 94.83%, a 0.15% increase from 2022.
Latin America & Caribbean literacy rate for 2022 was 94.68%, a 0.18% increase from 2021.
Latin America & Caribbean literacy rate for 2021 was 94.50%, a 0.17% increase from 2020.
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Latin America & Caribbean Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 1974 - 2024.