India literacy rate for 2024 was 78.16%, a 3.54% decline from 2023.
India literacy rate for 2023 was 81.70%, a 5.38% increase from 2022.
India literacy rate for 2022 was 76.32%, a 0.26% increase from 2021.
India literacy rate for 2021 was 76.06%, a 0.53% increase from 2020.
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: India Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 1981 - 2024.