South Asia literacy rate for 2022 was 74.19%, a 0.77% increase from 2021.
South Asia literacy rate for 2021 was 73.42%, a 0.76% increase from 2020.
South Asia literacy rate for 2020 was 72.66%, a 0.72% increase from 2019.
South Asia literacy rate for 2019 was 71.94%, a 0.14% decline 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.