North America Literacy Rate 2003-2024
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.
- North America literacy rate for 2022 was 98.74%, a 0% increase from 2021.
- North America literacy rate for 2021 was 98.74%, a 0% increase from 2020.
- North America literacy rate for 2020 was 98.74%, a 0.01% increase from 2019.
- North America literacy rate for 2019 was 98.73%, a 0.01% increase from 2018.
| North America Literacy Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
Literacy Rate |
Annual Change |
| 2022 |
98.74% |
0.00% |
| 2021 |
98.74% |
0.00% |
| 2020 |
98.74% |
0.01% |
| 2019 |
98.73% |
0.01% |
| 2018 |
98.73% |
0.01% |
| 2017 |
98.72% |
0.07% |
| 2008 |
98.65% |
0.02% |
| 2007 |
98.63% |
0.01% |
| 2006 |
98.61% |
0.01% |
| 2005 |
98.60% |
0.02% |
| 2004 |
98.58% |
0.01% |
| 2003 |
98.57% |
0.01% |
