Literacy Rate 1975-2025
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 for 2022 was 80.83%, a 0.47% increase from 2021.
- literacy rate for 2021 was 80.36%, a 0.4% increase from 2020.
- literacy rate for 2020 was 79.96%, a 0.47% increase from 2019.
- literacy rate for 2019 was 79.49%, a 0.3% increase from 2018.
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| Country Name | Literacy Rate |
| Literacy Rate - Historical Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Literacy Rate | Annual Change |
| 2022 | 80.83% | 0.47% |
| 2021 | 80.36% | 0.40% |
| 2020 | 79.96% | 0.47% |
| 2019 | 79.49% | 0.30% |
| 2018 | 79.19% | 0.22% |
| 2017 | 78.97% | 0.37% |
| 2016 | 78.61% | 0.62% |
| 2015 | 77.99% | 0.74% |
| 2014 | 77.25% | 0.89% |
| 2013 | 76.37% | 0.48% |
| 2012 | 75.88% | 0.60% |
| 2011 | 75.28% | 0.02% |
| 2010 | 75.26% | 1.58% |
| 2009 | 73.68% | 0.83% |
| 2008 | 72.85% | 0.80% |
| 2007 | 72.05% | 1.23% |
| 2006 | 70.81% | -0.11% |
| 2005 | 70.93% | -0.25% |
| 2004 | 71.18% | 0.77% |
| 2003 | 70.41% | 1.03% |
| 2002 | 69.38% | 0.71% |
| 2001 | 68.67% | 0.46% |
| 2000 | 68.21% | 0.66% |
| 1999 | 67.55% | 0.64% |
| 1998 | 66.91% | 2.98% |
| 1997 | 63.93% | 0.67% |
| 1996 | 63.25% | 0.73% |
| 1995 | 62.52% | 0.81% |
| 1994 | 61.71% | 0.78% |
| 1993 | 60.93% | 0.81% |
| 1992 | 60.12% | 1.00% |
| 1991 | 59.12% | 0.49% |
| 1990 | 58.64% | 0.89% |
| 1989 | 57.75% | 0.68% |
| 1988 | 57.06% | 0.74% |
| 1987 | 56.33% | 0.89% |
| 1986 | 55.44% | 0.63% |
| 1985 | 54.81% | 0.64% |
| 1984 | 54.17% | 0.78% |
| 1983 | 53.39% | 0.62% |
| 1982 | 52.77% | 0.94% |
| 1981 | 51.83% | 0.79% |
| 1980 | 51.04% | 0.08% |
| 1979 | 50.96% | 0.59% |
| 1978 | 50.37% | 0.61% |
| 1977 | 49.76% | 0.61% |
| 1976 | 49.15% | 0.22% |
| 1975 | 48.93% | 0.22% |