Literacy Rate 1983-2025
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 99.33%, a 0.02% increase from 2021.
- literacy rate for 2021 was 99.30%, a 0.03% increase from 2020.
- literacy rate for 2020 was 99.27%, a 0.09% increase from 2019.
- literacy rate for 2019 was 99.18%, a 0.02% increase from 2018.
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| Country Name | Literacy Rate |
| Literacy Rate - Historical Data | ||
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| Year | Literacy Rate | Annual Change |
| 2022 | 99.33% | 0.02% |
| 2021 | 99.30% | 0.03% |
| 2020 | 99.27% | 0.09% |
| 2019 | 99.18% | 0.02% |
| 2018 | 99.16% | 0.18% |
| 2017 | 98.98% | 0.00% |
| 2016 | 98.98% | 0.13% |
| 2015 | 98.86% | 0.02% |
| 2014 | 98.83% | 0.03% |
| 2013 | 98.81% | 0.05% |
| 2012 | 98.76% | 0.13% |
| 2011 | 98.63% | 0.27% |
| 2010 | 98.36% | 0.32% |
| 2009 | 98.05% | 0.39% |
| 2008 | 97.66% | 0.11% |
| 2007 | 97.55% | 0.09% |
| 2006 | 97.46% | -0.04% |
| 2005 | 97.50% | 0.15% |
| 2004 | 97.35% | 0.06% |
| 2003 | 97.29% | 0.08% |
| 2002 | 97.21% | 0.08% |
| 2001 | 97.13% | 0.08% |
| 2000 | 97.05% | 0.19% |
| 1999 | 96.86% | 0.10% |
| 1998 | 96.77% | 0.32% |
| 1997 | 96.44% | 0.11% |
| 1996 | 96.33% | 0.18% |
| 1995 | 96.16% | 0.11% |
| 1994 | 96.05% | 0.11% |
| 1993 | 95.93% | 0.12% |
| 1992 | 95.82% | 0.12% |
| 1991 | 95.70% | 0.14% |
| 1990 | 95.56% | 0.18% |
| 1989 | 95.38% | 0.09% |
| 1988 | 95.29% | 0.19% |
| 1987 | 95.10% | 0.19% |
| 1986 | 94.91% | 0.20% |
| 1985 | 94.71% | 0.19% |
| 1984 | 94.53% | 0.85% |
| 1983 | 93.67% | 0.85% |