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.
Data Source: World Bank

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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%