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.
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| Country Name | Literacy Rate |
| 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% |