Literacy Rate
Percentage of adults aged 15 and above who can read and write a short, simple statement.
Coverage
169Countries
Latest Data
2024
Top Value
100 %
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. of
Source
World Bank World Development Indicators
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Country Directory169 datasets
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Bahrain
97.82 %2024
Bangladesh
79 %2022
Barbados
99.27 %1970
Belarus
99.87 %2019
Belize
87.88 %2022
Benin
51.38 %2022
Bhutan
64.91 %2022
Bolivia
96.73 %2024
Bosnia and Herzegovina
96.99 %2013
Botswana
81.19 %2003
Brazil
94.74 %2024
Brunei Darussalam
96.09 %2011
Bulgaria
98.35 %2011
Burkina Faso
41.567 %2023
Burundi
71.337 %2020
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Cabo Verde
88.47 %2024
Cambodia
71.93 %2021
Cameroon
72.55 %2018
Cayman Islands
98.87 %2017
Central African Republic
42.44 %2019
Chad
30.63 %2019
Chile
96.4 %2017
China
96.74 %2020
Colombia
95.34 %2024
Comoros
75.62 %2021
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the
68.5 %2023
Congo, Republic of
76.11 %2005
Costa Rica
97.41 %2011
Côte d'Ivoire
50 %2021
Croatia
98.15 %2001
Cuba
97.65 %2019
Cyprus
98.68 %2011
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Macao
96.54 %2016
Madagascar
74.69 %2021
Malawi
70.15 %2020
Malaysia
95.77 %2022
Maldives
98.21 %2019
Mali
35.63 %2024
Malta
93.31 %2011
Marshall Islands
95.763 %2021
Mauritania
59.53 %2020
Mauritius
94.288 %2023
Mexico
95.55 %2024
Moldova
99.36 %2014
Mongolia
98.64 %2024
Montenegro
98.53 %2018
Morocco
64.26 %2014
Mozambique
61.665 %2022
Myanmar
93.527 %2020
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
95.63 %1970
Samoa
97.99 %2019
San Marino
99.91 %2022
São Tomé and Príncipe
87.44 %2019
Saudi Arabia
97.93 %2024
Senegal
50.36 %2023
Serbia
99.34 %2022
Seychelles
93.95 %2010
Sierra Leone
43.58 %2019
Singapore
97.65 %2021
Slovenia
99.52 %1991
Solomon Islands
76.6 %1999
Somalia
54.12 %2022
South Africa
91.15 %2024
South Sudan, Republic of
26.83 %2008
Spain
99.7 %2021
Sri Lanka
92.74 %2024
Sudan
53.52 %2008
Suriname
92.87 %2012
Syria
94.42 %2021
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