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Adult literacy in the World

87.01 % in 2022

Adult literacy of World increased from 82.07 % in 2003 to 87.01 % in 2022 growing at an average annual rate of 0.31%.

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World - Literacy - Age
Youth 0.97 % in 2022 WB
Macro Region
Africa 210 timeseries
Asia 78 timeseries
Central America and the Caribbean 65 timeseries
Europe 95 timeseries
Middle East 61 timeseries
North America 98.74 % in 2022 WB
Oceania 28 timeseries
South America 48 timeseries
Southeast Asia 47 timeseries
Country (%)
Ukraine 100 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Uzbekistan 100 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 100 in 2018 WB
Russian Federation 99.93 in 2021 WB + 1 other
San Marino 99.91 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Latvia 99.89 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Belarus 99.87 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Estonia 99.87 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Lithuania 99.83 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Kazakhstan 99.8 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Poland 99.8 in 2021 WB
Tajikistan 99.8 in 2014 UNDP + 1 other
Armenia 99.79 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Azerbaijan 99.78 in 2023 WB + 1 other
Slovenia 99.7 in 2014 UNDP + 1 other
Turkmenistan 99.7 in 2014 UNDP + 1 other
Cuba 99.67 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Barbados 99.6 in 2014 UNDP + 1 other
Kyrgyzstan 99.6 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Republic of Moldova 99.6 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Georgia 99.57 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Serbia 99.48 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Croatia 99.45 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Tonga 99.4 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Cyprus 99.36 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Italy 99.35 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Mongolia 99.18 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Romania 99.16 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Hungary 99.1 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Samoa 99.1 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Fiji 99.08 in 2017 UNDP
Argentina 99 in 2018 UNDP + 1 other
Montenegro 98.98 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Antigua and Barbuda 98.95 in 2015 UNDP + 1 other
Republic of Korea 98.8 in 2018 WB
Uruguay 98.77 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Trinidad and Tobago 98.7 in 2010 UNDP + 1 other
Grenada 98.6 in 2014 UNDP + 1 other
Spain 98.59 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Albania 98.5 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Philippines 98.47 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Bulgaria 98.42 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Jordan 98.42 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Bosnia and Herzegovina 98.3 in 2022 WB + 1 other
United Arab Emirates 98.29 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Marshall Islands 98.27 in 2011 UNDP + 1 other
Costa Rica 98.04 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Greece 97.94 in 2018 UNDP + 1 other
Bahrain 97.87 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Maldives 97.86 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Palestine 97.84 in 2022 WB + 1 other
North Macedonia 97.8 in 2014 UNDP + 1 other
Singapore 97.65 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 97.6 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Brunei Darussalam 97.59 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Saudi Arabia 97.59 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Oman 97.34 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Chile 97.16 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Macau 97.11 in 2021 WB
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 96.9 in 1980 WB
Portugal 96.78 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Turkey 96.74 in 2019 WB + 1 other
China 96.74 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Palau 96.59 in 2015 UNDP + 1 other
Kuwait 96.46 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Seychelles 96.2 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Viet Nam 96.13 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Indonesia 96 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Panama 95.74 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Colombia 95.64 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Dominican Republic 95.5 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Mexico 95.25 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Lebanon 95.07 in 2018 UNDP + 1 other
Suriname 95 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Malta 94.94 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Malaysia 94.85 in 2018 UNDP + 1 other
Brazil 94.69 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Paraguay 94.54 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Peru 94.5 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Syrian Arab Republic 94.42 in 2021 WB
Equatorial Guinea 94.37 in 2010 UNDP + 1 other
Thailand 94.1 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Ecuador 93.95 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Bolivia 93.85 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Sao Tome and Principe 93.75 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Qatar 93.46 in 2017 UNDP + 1 other
Sri Lanka 92.49 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Puerto Rico 92.4 in 2021 WB
Namibia 92.25 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Mauritius 92.15 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Israel 91.75 in 1983 WB
Cabo Verde 91 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Guyana 90.03 in 2022 WB + 1 other
South Africa 90 in 2021 WB + 1 other
El Salvador 89.98 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Côte d'Ivoire 89.89 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Zimbabwe 89.85 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Eswatini 89.28 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Vanuatu 89.1 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Myanmar 89.07 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Iran 88.96 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Honduras 88.51 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Jamaica 88.1 in 2014 UNDP + 1 other
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 87.52 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Zambia 87.5 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Botswana 86.82 in 2013 UNDP + 1 other
Gabon 85.69 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Iraq 85.6 in 2017 UNDP + 1 other
Guatemala 84.27 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Cambodia 83.78 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Kenya 82.88 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Nicaragua 82.61 in 2015 UNDP + 1 other
United Republic of Tanzania 82.02 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Lesotho 82.01 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Algeria 81.41 in 2018 UNDP + 1 other
Belize 80.9 in 2001 WB
Congo 80.61 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Uganda 80.59 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Tunisia 80.55 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Democratic Republic of the Congo 80.54 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Ghana 80.38 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Rwanda 78.76 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Cameroon 78.23 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Madagascar 77.48 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Morocco 77.35 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Solomon Islands 76.6 in 1999 WB
Eritrea 76.57 in 2018 UNDP + 1 other
Libya 76.5 in 1994 WB
Bangladesh 76.36 in 2021 WB + 1 other
India 76.32 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Burundi 75.54 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Egypt 74.5 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Angola 72.4 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Bhutan 72.1 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Nepal 71.15 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Timor-Leste 69.9 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Malawi 68.08 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Mauritania 66.96 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Togo 66.54 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Nigeria 62.02 in 2018 UNDP + 1 other
Comoros 61.71 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Haiti 61.69 in 2016 UNDP + 1 other
Papua New Guinea 61.6 in 2010 UNDP + 1 other
Sudan 60.7 in 2018 UNDP + 1 other
Mozambique 59.78 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Gambia 58.67 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Pakistan 58 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Senegal 57.67 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Yemen 54.1 in 2004 WB
Guinea Bissau 53.9 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Ethiopia 51.77 in 2017 UNDP + 1 other
Sierra Leone 48.64 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Liberia 48.3 in 2017 UNDP + 1 other
Benin 47.1 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Guinea 45.33 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Somalia 41.03 in 2022 WB
Niger 38.1 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Central African Republic 37.49 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Afghanistan 37.27 in 2021 WB + 1 other
South Sudan 34.52 in 2018 UNDP + 1 other
Burkina Faso 34.49 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Mali 30.76 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Chad 27.28 in 2022 WB + 1 other
United States of America 6 timeseries
Gender
Education Indicators
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