Literacy Rate 1976-2025
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 96.59%, a 0.04% increase from 2021.
- literacy rate for 2021 was 96.55%, a 0.05% increase from 2020.
- literacy rate for 2020 was 96.50%, a 0.26% increase from 2019.
- literacy rate for 2019 was 96.24%, a 0.19% 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 | 96.59% | 0.04% |
| 2021 | 96.55% | 0.05% |
| 2020 | 96.50% | 0.26% |
| 2019 | 96.24% | 0.19% |
| 2018 | 96.05% | 0.16% |
| 2017 | 95.89% | 0.15% |
| 2016 | 95.74% | 0.23% |
| 2015 | 95.51% | 0.10% |
| 2014 | 95.41% | 0.20% |
| 2013 | 95.21% | 0.07% |
| 2012 | 95.14% | 0.17% |
| 2011 | 94.97% | 0.36% |
| 2010 | 94.61% | 0.17% |
| 2009 | 94.44% | 0.27% |
| 2008 | 94.17% | 0.19% |
| 2007 | 93.98% | 0.97% |
| 2006 | 93.01% | 0.22% |
| 2005 | 92.78% | 0.32% |
| 2004 | 92.46% | 0.19% |
| 2003 | 92.27% | 0.37% |
| 2002 | 91.90% | 0.28% |
| 2001 | 91.62% | 0.37% |
| 2000 | 91.25% | 0.21% |
| 1999 | 91.04% | 0.28% |
| 1998 | 90.76% | 0.35% |
| 1997 | 90.41% | 4.80% |
| 1996 | 85.61% | 0.42% |
| 1995 | 85.19% | 0.46% |
| 1994 | 84.73% | 0.43% |
| 1993 | 84.30% | 0.46% |
| 1992 | 83.83% | 0.48% |
| 1991 | 83.35% | 1.22% |
| 1990 | 82.13% | -0.19% |
| 1989 | 82.33% | 0.59% |
| 1988 | 81.74% | 3.57% |
| 1987 | 78.17% | 0.77% |
| 1986 | 77.40% | 0.77% |
| 1985 | 76.63% | 0.86% |
| 1984 | 75.77% | 0.89% |
| 1983 | 74.88% | 1.17% |
| 1982 | 73.71% | 0.53% |
| 1981 | 73.18% | 0.96% |
| 1980 | 72.22% | 0.99% |
| 1979 | 71.23% | 1.10% |
| 1978 | 70.13% | 0.98% |
| 1977 | 69.14% | 0.10% |
| 1976 | 69.04% | 0.10% |