South Asia Literacy Rate

South Asia literacy rate for 2023 was 75.01%, a 0.74% increase from 2022.
  • South Asia literacy rate for 2022 was 74.27%, a 0.79% increase from 2021.
  • South Asia literacy rate for 2021 was 73.48%, a 0.8% increase from 2020.
  • South Asia literacy rate for 2020 was 72.68%, a 0.72% 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.