Literacy Rate 1976-2025

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 95.96%, a 0.04% increase from 2021.
  • literacy rate for 2021 was 95.91%, a 0.05% decline from 2020.
  • literacy rate for 2020 was 95.96%, a 0.22% increase from 2019.
  • literacy rate for 2019 was 95.74%, a 0.31% increase from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Literacy Rate - Historical Data
Year Literacy Rate Annual Change
2022 95.96% 0.04%
2021 95.91% -0.05%
2020 95.96% 0.22%
2019 95.74% 0.31%
2018 95.42% -0.21%
2017 95.63% -0.02%
2016 95.65% 0.58%
2015 95.07% -0.23%
2014 95.30% 0.70%
2013 94.61% -0.23%
2012 94.83% 0.45%
2011 94.39% 0.25%
2010 94.14% 0.20%
2009 93.93% 0.08%
2008 93.85% 0.28%
2007 93.57% 0.84%
2006 92.73% 0.29%
2005 92.44% 0.32%
2004 92.12% 0.25%
2003 91.87% 0.41%
2002 91.46% 0.28%
2001 91.18% 0.34%
2000 90.84% 0.32%
1999 90.52% 0.32%
1998 90.20% 0.39%
1997 89.81% 4.31%
1996 85.50% 0.45%
1995 85.05% 0.48%
1994 84.56% 0.48%
1993 84.08% 0.50%
1992 83.58% 0.53%
1991 83.06% 1.11%
1990 81.95% -0.06%
1989 82.00% 0.59%
1988 81.41% 3.29%
1987 78.11% 0.85%
1986 77.27% 0.83%
1985 76.44% 0.85%
1984 75.58% 1.01%
1983 74.58% 1.13%
1982 73.45% 0.57%
1981 72.88% 1.37%
1980 71.50% 0.53%
1979 70.97% 1.07%
1978 69.90% 0.97%
1977 68.93% 0.19%
1976 68.74% 0.19%