Literacy Rate 1986-2025
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 64.98%, a 0.3% increase from 2021.
- literacy rate for 2021 was 64.68%, a 0.49% increase from 2020.
- literacy rate for 2020 was 64.19%, a 0.24% increase from 2019.
- literacy rate for 2019 was 63.95%, a 0.31% increase from 2018.
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| Country Name | Literacy Rate |
| Literacy Rate - Historical Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Literacy Rate | Annual Change |
| 2022 | 64.98% | 0.30% |
| 2021 | 64.68% | 0.49% |
| 2020 | 64.19% | 0.24% |
| 2019 | 63.95% | 0.31% |
| 2018 | 63.64% | -0.18% |
| 2017 | 63.82% | 1.16% |
| 2016 | 62.67% | 2.38% |
| 2015 | 60.29% | -1.00% |
| 2014 | 61.28% | 2.28% |
| 2013 | 59.01% | -0.43% |
| 2012 | 59.44% | 2.63% |
| 2011 | 56.82% | 1.75% |
| 2010 | 55.07% | 0.64% |
| 2009 | 54.43% | -0.80% |
| 2008 | 55.23% | 0.03% |
| 2007 | 55.21% | -3.88% |
| 2006 | 59.09% | 1.44% |
| 2005 | 57.65% | -0.47% |
| 2004 | 58.11% | 0.88% |
| 2003 | 57.23% | 0.26% |
| 2002 | 56.97% | 0.62% |
| 2001 | 56.35% | 1.35% |
| 2000 | 55.00% | -1.79% |
| 1999 | 56.79% | 0.93% |
| 1998 | 55.86% | 0.67% |
| 1997 | 55.19% | 0.87% |
| 1996 | 54.32% | 0.64% |
| 1995 | 53.68% | 0.41% |
| 1994 | 53.27% | 0.61% |
| 1993 | 52.66% | 0.52% |
| 1992 | 52.14% | 0.29% |
| 1991 | 51.85% | 0.66% |
| 1990 | 51.19% | 0.61% |
| 1989 | 50.58% | 0.72% |
| 1988 | 49.86% | 0.53% |
| 1987 | 49.33% | 0.71% |
| 1986 | 48.62% | 0.71% |