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.
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| Country Name | Literacy Rate |
| 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% |