East Asia & Pacific Literacy Rate 1976-2024
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.
- East Asia & Pacific literacy rate for 2021 was 96.04%, a 0.04% increase from 2020.
- East Asia & Pacific literacy rate for 2020 was 96.00%, a 0.29% increase from 2019.
- East Asia & Pacific literacy rate for 2019 was 95.71%, a 0.4% increase from 2018.
- East Asia & Pacific literacy rate for 2018 was 95.31%, a 0.1% increase from 2017.
| East Asia & Pacific Literacy Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
Literacy Rate |
Annual Change |
| 2021 |
96.04% |
0.04% |
| 2020 |
96.00% |
0.29% |
| 2019 |
95.71% |
0.40% |
| 2018 |
95.31% |
0.10% |
| 2017 |
95.21% |
0.17% |
| 2016 |
95.03% |
0.16% |
| 2015 |
94.87% |
0.21% |
| 2014 |
94.66% |
0.53% |
| 2013 |
94.12% |
0.10% |
| 2012 |
94.02% |
0.19% |
| 2011 |
93.83% |
-0.29% |
| 2010 |
94.12% |
0.10% |
| 2009 |
94.03% |
0.30% |
| 2008 |
93.73% |
0.28% |
| 2007 |
93.44% |
1.02% |
| 2006 |
92.42% |
0.40% |
| 2005 |
92.01% |
0.32% |
| 2004 |
91.70% |
0.34% |
| 2003 |
91.35% |
0.36% |
| 2002 |
90.99% |
0.35% |
| 2001 |
90.64% |
0.39% |
| 2000 |
90.25% |
0.29% |
| 1999 |
89.96% |
0.32% |
| 1998 |
89.64% |
0.36% |
| 1997 |
89.28% |
4.99% |
| 1996 |
84.29% |
0.49% |
| 1995 |
83.80% |
0.55% |
| 1994 |
83.25% |
0.56% |
| 1993 |
82.69% |
0.47% |
| 1992 |
82.22% |
0.52% |
| 1991 |
81.71% |
1.24% |
| 1990 |
80.46% |
-0.15% |
| 1989 |
80.61% |
0.65% |
| 1988 |
79.96% |
3.79% |
| 1987 |
76.17% |
1.17% |
| 1986 |
75.00% |
0.83% |
| 1985 |
74.17% |
0.94% |
| 1984 |
73.23% |
0.98% |
| 1983 |
72.25% |
1.28% |
| 1982 |
70.97% |
0.59% |
| 1981 |
70.38% |
1.61% |
| 1980 |
68.76% |
0.58% |
| 1979 |
68.18% |
1.22% |
| 1978 |
66.97% |
1.09% |
| 1977 |
65.88% |
0.19% |
| 1976 |
65.69% |
0.19% |
