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.
Data Source: World Bank

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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%