Literacy Rate 1972-2025

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 77.40%, a 0.4% increase from 2021.
  • literacy rate for 2021 was 77.00%, a 0.37% increase from 2020.
  • literacy rate for 2020 was 76.64%, a 0.36% increase from 2019.
  • literacy rate for 2019 was 76.28%, a 0.38% increase from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Literacy Rate - Historical Data
Year Literacy Rate Annual Change
2022 77.40% 0.40%
2021 77.00% 0.37%
2020 76.64% 0.36%
2019 76.28% 0.38%
2018 75.90% -3.06%
2017 78.95% 1.06%
2016 77.89% 1.17%
2015 76.72% -2.54%
2014 79.26% 4.23%
2013 75.02% -2.35%
2012 77.38% 2.88%
2011 74.50% 0.19%
2010 74.31% 0.78%
2009 73.53% -0.19%
2008 73.72% 0.49%
2007 73.24% 0.60%
2006 72.64% -0.06%
2005 72.69% -0.42%
2004 73.11% 0.70%
2003 72.41% 3.49%
2002 68.92% 0.43%
2001 68.48% 1.16%
2000 67.33% 1.07%
1999 66.25% 1.12%
1998 65.13% 1.19%
1997 63.94% 0.92%
1996 63.03% 1.36%
1995 61.67% 1.70%
1994 59.97% 0.76%
1993 59.20% 0.85%
1992 58.35% 1.02%
1991 57.34% 1.43%
1990 55.91% 2.59%
1989 53.31% 1.02%
1988 52.29% 1.14%
1987 51.16% 0.92%
1986 50.24% 1.05%
1985 49.18% 1.15%
1984 48.03% 0.94%
1983 47.09% 0.87%
1982 46.22% 0.81%
1981 45.41% 0.85%
1980 44.56% 0.84%
1979 43.71% 0.71%
1978 43.00% 0.72%
1977 42.28% 0.58%
1976 41.70% 0.58%
1975 41.13% 0.54%
1974 40.59% 0.49%
1973 40.10% 0.48%
1972 39.62% 0.48%