China Literacy Rate 1982-2025

China literacy rate for 2020 was 96.74%, a 1.62% increase from 2010.
  • China literacy rate for 2010 was 95.12%, a 4.2% increase from 2000.
  • China literacy rate for 2000 was 90.92%, a 13.14% increase from 1990.
  • China literacy rate for 1990 was 77.79%, a 12.28% increase from 1982.
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 Rankings
Country Name Literacy Rate
Kazakhstan 99.80%
Armenia 99.79%
Mongolia 99.18%
Spain 98.59%
Philippines 98.47%
Aruba 97.99%
Saudi Arabia 97.59%
West Bank and Gaza 97.51%
Singapore 97.13%
China 96.74%
Kuwait 96.46%
Seychelles 96.20%
Indonesia 96.00%
Colombia 95.64%
Mexico 95.25%
Paraguay 94.54%
Peru 94.50%
Bolivia 93.85%
Ecuador 93.63%
Sri Lanka 92.38%
El Salvador 89.98%
Eswatini 89.28%
Zambia 87.50%
Ghana 80.38%
Cameroon 78.23%
Bangladesh 74.91%
Timor-Leste 69.90%
Mozambique 59.78%
Central African Republic 37.49%
Mali 30.76%