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 77.18%, a 0.4% increase from 2021.
- literacy rate for 2021 was 76.78%, a 0.37% increase from 2020.
- literacy rate for 2020 was 76.41%, a 0.36% increase from 2019.
- literacy rate for 2019 was 76.05%, a 0.38% increase from 2018.
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| Country Name | Literacy Rate |
| Literacy Rate - Historical Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Literacy Rate | Annual Change |
| 2022 | 77.18% | 0.40% |
| 2021 | 76.78% | 0.37% |
| 2020 | 76.41% | 0.36% |
| 2019 | 76.05% | 0.38% |
| 2018 | 75.67% | -3.09% |
| 2017 | 78.76% | 1.07% |
| 2016 | 77.69% | 1.18% |
| 2015 | 76.52% | -2.57% |
| 2014 | 79.08% | 4.27% |
| 2013 | 74.81% | -2.38% |
| 2012 | 77.19% | 2.90% |
| 2011 | 74.30% | 0.19% |
| 2010 | 74.11% | 0.78% |
| 2009 | 73.33% | -0.20% |
| 2008 | 73.53% | 0.49% |
| 2007 | 73.04% | 0.60% |
| 2006 | 72.44% | -0.06% |
| 2005 | 72.50% | -0.43% |
| 2004 | 72.93% | 0.71% |
| 2003 | 72.22% | 3.52% |
| 2002 | 68.70% | 0.41% |
| 2001 | 68.29% | 1.16% |
| 2000 | 67.12% | 1.08% |
| 1999 | 66.05% | 1.13% |
| 1998 | 64.92% | 1.18% |
| 1997 | 63.74% | 0.93% |
| 1996 | 62.82% | 1.37% |
| 1995 | 61.45% | 1.71% |
| 1994 | 59.74% | 0.76% |
| 1993 | 58.99% | 0.85% |
| 1992 | 58.14% | 1.02% |
| 1991 | 57.12% | 1.44% |
| 1990 | 55.68% | 2.62% |
| 1989 | 53.06% | 1.03% |
| 1988 | 52.03% | 1.15% |
| 1987 | 50.88% | 0.93% |
| 1986 | 49.96% | 1.06% |
| 1985 | 48.90% | 1.16% |
| 1984 | 47.74% | 0.95% |
| 1983 | 46.79% | 0.88% |
| 1982 | 45.91% | 0.82% |
| 1981 | 45.09% | 0.86% |
| 1980 | 44.23% | 0.85% |
| 1979 | 43.38% | 0.72% |
| 1978 | 42.66% | 0.72% |
| 1977 | 41.94% | 0.59% |
| 1976 | 41.35% | 0.58% |
| 1975 | 40.77% | 0.54% |
| 1974 | 40.23% | 0.49% |
| 1973 | 39.74% | 0.48% |
| 1972 | 39.26% | 0.48% |