Mexico Literacy Rate 1980-2024
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.
- Mexico literacy rate for 2020 was 95.25%, a 0.13% decline from 2018.
- Mexico literacy rate for 2018 was 95.38%, a 0.41% increase from 2017.
- Mexico literacy rate for 2017 was 94.97%, a 0.11% increase from 2016.
- Mexico literacy rate for 2016 was 94.86%, a 0.39% increase from 2015.
| Mexico Literacy Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
Literacy Rate |
Annual Change |
| 2020 |
95.25% |
-0.13% |
| 2018 |
95.38% |
0.41% |
| 2017 |
94.97% |
0.11% |
| 2016 |
94.86% |
0.39% |
| 2015 |
94.47% |
-0.08% |
| 2014 |
94.56% |
0.59% |
| 2013 |
93.96% |
-0.27% |
| 2012 |
94.23% |
0.71% |
| 2011 |
93.52% |
0.45% |
| 2010 |
93.07% |
-0.37% |
| 2009 |
93.44% |
0.52% |
| 2008 |
92.93% |
0.13% |
| 2007 |
92.80% |
1.06% |
| 2006 |
91.73% |
0.10% |
| 2005 |
91.63% |
0.68% |
| 2004 |
90.95% |
0.68% |
| 2002 |
90.27% |
-0.26% |
| 2000 |
90.54% |
2.98% |
| 1990 |
87.56% |
4.57% |
| 1980 |
82.99% |
4.57% |
