East Asia & Pacific literacy rate for 2021 was 96.04%, a 0.04% increase from 2020.
East Asia & Pacific literacy rate for 2020 was 96.00%, a 0.29% increase from 2019.
East Asia & Pacific literacy rate for 2019 was 95.71%, a 0.4% increase from 2018.
East Asia & Pacific literacy rate for 2018 was 95.31%, a 0.1% increase from 2017.
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.