Cyprus Literacy Rate 1992-2025

Cyprus literacy rate for 2021 was 99.36%, a 0.68% increase from 2011.
  • Cyprus literacy rate for 2011 was 98.68%, a 1.87% increase from 2001.
  • Cyprus literacy rate for 2001 was 96.80%, a 2.44% increase from 1992.
  • Cyprus literacy rate for 1992 was 94.36%, a 94.36% increase from .
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.

Literacy Rate

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Annual Change

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Country Rankings
Country Name Literacy Rate
Ukraine 100.00%
Uzbekistan 100.00%
Russia 99.93%
Latvia 99.89%
Estonia 99.87%
Lithuania 99.83%
Poland 99.80%
Cuba 99.67%
Moldova 99.60%
Croatia 99.45%
Tonga 99.40%
Cyprus 99.36%
Romania 99.16%
Hungary 99.10%
Samoa 99.10%
Montenegro 98.98%
Jordan 98.42%
Bulgaria 98.42%
UAE 98.13%
Costa Rica 98.04%
Maldives 97.86%
Singapore 97.65%
Brunei 97.59%
Macao 97.11%
Portugal 96.78%
Suriname 95.00%
Malta 94.94%
Ecuador 94.48%
Syrian Arab Republic 94.42%
Thailand 94.10%
Sri Lanka 92.43%
Puerto Rico 92.40%
Namibia 92.25%
Mauritius 92.15%
South Africa 90.00%
Vanuatu 89.10%
Republic of Congo 80.61%
Bangladesh 76.36%
Nepal 71.15%
Mauritania 66.96%
Guinea 45.33%
Afghanistan 37.27%