Literacy Rate by Country
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.
| Country Name |
2023 |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
| Armenia |
99.84% |
99.82% |
0.00% |
99.79% |
100.00% |
| Azerbaijan |
99.78% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
99.80% |
| Georgia |
99.56% |
99.57% |
99.92% |
99.89% |
99.88% |
| Tonga |
99.48% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
91.05% |
| Uruguay |
98.83% |
98.85% |
0.00% |
98.96% |
98.77% |
| Mongolia |
98.64% |
98.73% |
99.21% |
99.18% |
98.46% |
| UAE |
98.06% |
98.29% |
98.13% |
0.00% |
97.78% |
| Bahrain |
97.85% |
97.87% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Albania |
97.68% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Nauru |
96.59% |
0.00% |
94.63% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Panama |
96.09% |
0.00% |
96.21% |
0.00% |
95.74% |
| Mexico |
95.83% |
95.12% |
95.69% |
95.25% |
95.39% |
| Bolivia |
95.55% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
93.85% |
0.00% |
| Colombia |
95.46% |
95.31% |
95.66% |
95.64% |
95.25% |
| Jordan |
94.85% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Brazil |
94.57% |
94.38% |
94.77% |
94.74% |
93.89% |
| Dominican Republic |
94.31% |
93.70% |
93.73% |
93.69% |
93.67% |
| Mauritius |
94.29% |
0.00% |
92.98% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Sri Lanka |
92.66% |
92.49% |
92.43% |
92.38% |
92.25% |
| El Salvador |
89.85% |
89.35% |
89.06% |
89.98% |
89.14% |
| Iran |
88.92% |
88.59% |
88.46% |
87.90% |
87.38% |
| Vanuatu |
87.96% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
89.79% |
92.47% |
| Namibia |
87.64% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Honduras |
87.09% |
88.22% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
88.51% |
| Tunisia |
86.25% |
0.00% |
83.68% |
0.00% |
80.55% |
| Guatemala |
83.02% |
83.03% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| India |
81.70% |
76.32% |
76.06% |
75.53% |
74.89% |
| Uganda |
80.51% |
0.00% |
79.05% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Lao PDR |
75.64% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo |
68.50% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
65.68% |
0.00% |
| Angola |
68.18% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Senegal |
50.36% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
46.83% |
| Burkina Faso |
41.57% |
40.92% |
36.97% |
0.00% |
29.66% |
| Afghanistan |
0.00% |
0.00% |
37.27% |
36.02% |
0.00% |
| Argentina |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
99.14% |
0.00% |
| Burundi |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
71.34% |
0.00% |
| Benin |
0.00% |
51.38% |
43.83% |
0.00% |
49.00% |
| Bangladesh |
0.00% |
79.00% |
76.36% |
74.91% |
74.68% |
| Belarus |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
99.87% |
| Belize |
0.00% |
87.88% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Bhutan |
0.00% |
64.91% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Central African Republic |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
42.44% |
| China |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
96.74% |
0.00% |
| Comoros |
0.00% |
0.00% |
75.62% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Cuba |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
97.65% |
| Ecuador |
0.00% |
96.26% |
94.48% |
93.63% |
0.00% |
| Egypt |
0.00% |
79.45% |
82.08% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Spain |
0.00% |
0.00% |
99.70% |
98.59% |
0.00% |
| Ethiopia |
0.00% |
60.46% |
54.89% |
0.00% |
55.05% |
| Gabon |
0.00% |
0.00% |
88.86% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Ghana |
0.00% |
0.00% |
76.49% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Gambia |
0.00% |
0.00% |
51.64% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Guinea-Bissau |
0.00% |
63.93% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
54.88% |
| Guyana |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
85.64% |
0.00% |
| Indonesia |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
96.00% |
0.00% |
| Iraq |
0.00% |
0.00% |
84.06% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Italy |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
99.35% |
| Cambodia |
0.00% |
0.00% |
71.93% |
82.55% |
87.66% |
| Kiribati |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
98.61% |
0.00% |
| Kuwait |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
96.46% |
0.00% |
| Lebanon |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
92.01% |
| Lesotho |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
92.40% |
| Madagascar |
0.00% |
0.00% |
74.69% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Maldives |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
98.21% |
| Marshall Islands |
0.00% |
0.00% |
95.76% |
0.00% |
98.18% |
| Myanmar |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
93.53% |
89.07% |
| Mozambique |
0.00% |
61.67% |
0.00% |
59.78% |
0.00% |
| Mauritania |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
59.53% |
0.00% |
| Malawi |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
70.15% |
0.00% |
| Malaysia |
0.00% |
95.77% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
94.97% |
| Niger |
0.00% |
35.61% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Nigeria |
0.00% |
0.00% |
63.16% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Nepal |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
68.71% |
| Oman |
0.00% |
97.34% |
0.00% |
96.90% |
0.00% |
| Pakistan |
0.00% |
0.00% |
58.86% |
0.00% |
58.00% |
| Peru |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
94.50% |
0.00% |
| Philippines |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
98.47% |
96.28% |
| Palau |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
99.84% |
0.00% |
| Papua New Guinea |
0.00% |
87.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Paraguay |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
94.54% |
93.21% |
| West Bank And Gaza |
0.00% |
97.84% |
97.68% |
97.51% |
97.38% |
| Romania |
0.00% |
0.00% |
99.16% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Russia |
0.00% |
0.00% |
99.93% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Rwanda |
0.00% |
78.76% |
0.00% |
80.05% |
0.00% |
| Saudi Arabia |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
97.59% |
0.00% |
| Singapore |
0.00% |
0.00% |
97.65% |
97.13% |
97.48% |
| Sierra Leone |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
43.58% |
| San Marino |
0.00% |
99.91% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Somalia |
0.00% |
54.12% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
63.66% |
| Serbia |
0.00% |
99.34% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
99.48% |
| Sao Tome And Principe |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
87.44% |
| Eswatini |
0.00% |
90.75% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
0.00% |
0.00% |
94.42% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Chad |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
30.63% |
| Togo |
0.00% |
72.60% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
66.54% |
| Thailand |
0.00% |
91.10% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
91.27% |
| Turkmenistan |
0.00% |
99.90% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Timor-Leste |
0.00% |
69.40% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Turkey |
0.00% |
0.00% |
97.26% |
0.00% |
96.74% |
| Tuvalu |
0.00% |
100.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Tanzania |
0.00% |
78.21% |
0.00% |
82.24% |
0.00% |
| Uzbekistan |
0.00% |
100.00% |
100.00% |
0.00% |
100.00% |
| Vietnam |
0.00% |
96.13% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
95.75% |
| Samoa |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
97.99% |
| South Africa |
0.00% |
0.00% |
90.00% |
0.00% |
95.02% |
| Zambia |
0.00% |
79.98% |
79.95% |
81.75% |
0.00% |
| Zimbabwe |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
93.23% |
