Literacy Rate 1984-2025
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 85.84%, a 0.13% increase from 2021.
- literacy rate for 2021 was 85.71%, a 0.07% increase from 2020.
- literacy rate for 2020 was 85.64%, a 0.24% increase from 2019.
- literacy rate for 2019 was 85.39%, a 0.23% 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 | 85.84% | 0.13% |
| 2021 | 85.71% | 0.07% |
| 2020 | 85.64% | 0.24% |
| 2019 | 85.39% | 0.23% |
| 2018 | 85.16% | 0.22% |
| 2017 | 84.94% | 0.21% |
| 2016 | 84.73% | 0.48% |
| 2015 | 84.25% | 0.76% |
| 2014 | 83.49% | 0.40% |
| 2013 | 83.09% | 0.36% |
| 2012 | 82.73% | 0.47% |
| 2011 | 82.27% | 0.48% |
| 2010 | 81.79% | 0.68% |
| 2009 | 81.11% | -0.55% |
| 2008 | 81.66% | 1.04% |
| 2007 | 80.61% | -0.77% |
| 2006 | 81.38% | -0.45% |
| 2005 | 81.83% | 0.54% |
| 2004 | 81.29% | 0.47% |
| 2003 | 80.82% | 0.67% |
| 2002 | 80.15% | 0.83% |
| 2001 | 79.32% | 0.68% |
| 2000 | 78.64% | 0.04% |
| 1999 | 78.59% | 0.52% |
| 1998 | 78.07% | 0.78% |
| 1997 | 77.29% | 0.49% |
| 1996 | 76.80% | 0.57% |
| 1995 | 76.22% | 0.37% |
| 1994 | 75.85% | 0.22% |
| 1993 | 75.64% | 0.55% |
| 1992 | 75.09% | 0.47% |
| 1991 | 74.62% | 0.33% |
| 1990 | 74.29% | 0.53% |
| 1989 | 73.76% | 0.66% |
| 1988 | 73.09% | 0.67% |
| 1987 | 72.42% | 0.58% |
| 1986 | 71.84% | 0.33% |
| 1985 | 71.51% | 0.32% |
| 1984 | 71.19% | 0.32% |