Adult Literacy Rate - Source World Bank
This key economic indicator for the Education And Training sector has been recently updated.
- Spain Adult Literacy Rate increased 0points in 2019, from a year earlier.
- Since 2011 Serbia Adult Literacy Rate jumped by 0.2points year on year totalising 98.84 Percent of Persons Aged 15+.
- In 2019 Uruguay was ranked number 23 in Adult Literacy Rate.
- In 2014 Tajikistan was ranked number 3 in Adult Literacy Rate attaining 99.8 Percent of Persons Aged 15+, compared to 37 in 2013.
Top Countries in Adult Literacy Rate - Source World Bank
| # | 135 Countries | Percent of Persons Aged 15+ | Last | YoY | 5‑years CAGR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
#1
Uzbekistan
|
99.99 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 2 |
#2
Azerbaijan
|
99.81 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Tajikistan
|
99.80 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 4 |
#4
Belarus
|
99.76 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 5 |
#5
Armenia
|
99.74 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 6 |
#6
Russia
|
99.73 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 7 |
#7
Slovenia
|
99.70 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 7 |
#7
Turkmenistan
|
99.70 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 9 |
#9
Barbados
|
99.60 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 10 |
#10
Kyrgyzstan
|
99.59 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 11 |
#11
Tonga
|
99.41 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 12 |
#12
Georgia
|
99.36 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 13 |
#13
Moldova
|
99.36 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 14 |
#14
Italy
|
99.16 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 15 |
#15
Hungary
|
99.10 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 16 |
#16
Samoa
|
99.10 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 17 |
#17
Fiji
|
99.08 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 18 |
#18
Argentina
|
99.03 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 19 |
#19
Antigua and Barbuda
|
98.95 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 20 |
#20
Montenegro
|
98.85 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 21 |
#21
Romania
|
98.84 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 22 |
#22
Serbia
|
98.84 % | 2016 | NA | +0.2 % | View data |
| 23 |
#23
Uruguay
|
98.73 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 24 |
#24
Grenada
|
98.60 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 25 |
#25
Spain
|
98.48 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 26 |
#26
Mongolia
|
98.42 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Jordan
|
98.23 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 28 |
#28
Philippines
|
98.18 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 29 |
#29
Albania
|
98.14 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 30 |
#30
Costa Rica
|
97.86 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 31 |
#31
Aruba
|
97.81 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 32 |
#32
Macedonia
|
97.80 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 32 |
#32
New Caledonia
|
97.80 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 34 |
#34
Maldives
|
97.73 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 35 |
#35
Palestine
|
97.47 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 36 |
#36
Bahrain
|
97.46 % | 2018 | +0.1 % | NA | View data |
| 37 |
#37
Singapore
|
97.42 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 38 |
#38
Brunei
|
97.21 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 39 |
#39
Venezuela
|
97.13 % | 2016 | +0.5 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 40 |
#40
Turkey
|
97.11 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 41 |
#41
China
|
96.84 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 42 |
#42
Palau
|
96.59 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 43 |
#43
Chile
|
96.34 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | NA | View data |
| 44 |
#44
Kuwait
|
96.22 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | NA | View data |
| 45 |
#45
Portugal
|
96.14 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 46 |
#46
Oman
|
95.92 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.8 % | View data |
| 47 |
#47
Seychelles
|
95.87 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 48 |
#48
Indonesia
|
95.65 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 49 |
#49
Mexico
|
95.52 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 50 |
#50
Panama
|
95.41 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 51 |
#51
Saudi Arabia
|
95.33 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 52 |
#52
Colombia
|
95.09 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 53 |
#53
Lebanon
|
95.07 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 54 |
#54
Vietnam
|
95.00 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 55 |
#55
Equatorial Guinea
|
95.00 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 56 |
#56
Malaysia
|
94.85 % | 2018 | -0.2 % | NA | View data |
| 57 |
#57
Malta
|
94.50 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 58 |
#58
Peru
|
94.38 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 59 |
#59
Suriname
|
94.38 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 60 |
#60
Dominican Republic
|
94.20 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 61 |
#61
Paraguay
|
94.13 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 62 |
#62
Qatar
|
93.80 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 63 |
#63
Thailand
|
93.77 % | 2018 | NA | +0.0 % | View data |
| 64 |
#64
Brazil
|
93.47 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 65 |
#65
Ecuador
|
93.47 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 66 |
#66
Sao Tome and Principe
|
92.82 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 67 |
#67
Bolivia
|
92.46 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 68 |
#68
Puerto Rico
|
92.39 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 69 |
#69
Mauritius
|
91.85 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 70 |
#70
Sri Lanka
|
91.71 % | 2018 | -0.2 % | NA | View data |
| 71 |
#71
El Salvador
|
89.26 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | NA | View data |
| 72 |
#72
Zimbabwe
|
88.69 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 73 |
#73
Swaziland
|
88.42 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 74 |
#74
Jamaica
|
88.10 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 75 |
#75
South Africa
|
87.84 % | 2019 | -0.4 % | -1.4 % | View data |
| 76 |
#76
Honduras
|
87.78 % | 2019 | +0.7 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 77 |
#77
Botswana
|
87.70 % | 2014 | +1.0 % | NA | View data |
| 78 |
#78
Vanuatu
|
87.51 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 79 |
#79
Cape Verde
|
86.79 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 80 |
#80
Zambia
|
86.75 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 81 |
#81
Iraq
|
86.35 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 82 |
#82
Iran
|
85.86 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 83 |
#83
Guyana
|
85.64 % | 2014 | NA | +0.1 % | View data |
| 84 |
#84
Gabon
|
84.67 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 85 |
#85
Laos
|
84.66 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 86 |
#86
Nicaragua
|
82.61 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 87 |
#87
Kenya
|
81.53 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 88 |
#88
Algeria
|
81.41 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 89 |
#89
Guatemala
|
81.29 % | 2014 | +5.5 % | NA | View data |
| 90 |
#90
Cambodia
|
80.53 % | 2015 | +3.2 % | NA | View data |
| 91 |
#91
Republic of the Congo
|
80.30 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 92 |
#92
Ghana
|
79.04 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 93 |
#93
Tunisia
|
79.04 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 94 |
#94
Tanzania
|
77.89 % | 2015 | NA | +2.8 % | View data |
| 95 |
#95
Cameroon
|
77.07 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 96 |
#96
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
77.04 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 97 |
#97
Lesotho
|
76.64 % | 2014 | NA | +0.2 % | View data |
| 98 |
#98
Eritrea
|
76.57 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 99 |
#99
Uganda
|
76.53 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 100 |
#100
Myanmar
|
75.55 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 101 |
#101
Madagascar
|
74.80 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 102 |
#102
Bangladesh
|
74.68 % | 2019 | +1.0 % | +4.1 % | View data |
| 103 |
#103
India
|
74.37 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 104 |
#104
Morocco
|
73.75 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 105 |
#105
Rwanda
|
73.22 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 106 |
#106
Egypt
|
71.17 % | 2017 | NA | -0.7 % | View data |
| 107 |
#107
Burundi
|
68.38 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 108 |
#108
East Timor
|
68.07 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 109 |
#109
Nepal
|
67.91 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 110 |
#110
Bhutan
|
66.56 % | 2017 | NA | +3.8 % | View data |
| 111 |
#111
Angola
|
66.03 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 112 |
#112
Togo
|
63.75 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 113 |
#113
Malawi
|
62.14 % | 2015 | -4.6 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 114 |
#114
Nigeria
|
62.02 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 115 |
#115
Haiti
|
61.69 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 116 |
#116
Sudan
|
60.70 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 117 |
#117
Mozambique
|
60.66 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 118 |
#118
Pakistan
|
59.13 % | 2017 | NA | +0.8 % | View data |
| 119 |
#119
Comoros
|
58.82 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 120 |
#120
Mauritania
|
53.50 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 121 |
#121
Senegal
|
51.90 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 122 |
#122
Ethiopia
|
51.77 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 123 |
#123
Gambia
|
50.78 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 124 |
#124
Liberia
|
48.30 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 125 |
#125
Ivory Coast
|
47.17 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 126 |
#126
Guinea-Bissau
|
45.58 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 127 |
#127
Sierra Leone
|
43.21 % | 2018 | NA | +5.9 % | View data |
| 128 |
#128
Afghanistan
|
43.02 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 129 |
#129
Benin
|
42.36 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 130 |
#130
Burkina Faso
|
41.22 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 131 |
#131
Central African Republic
|
37.40 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 132 |
#132
Mali
|
35.47 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 133 |
#133
South Sudan
|
34.52 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 134 |
#134
Guinea
|
32.00 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 135 |
#135
Chad
|
22.31 % | 2016 | -14.2 % | NA | View data |
Source: World Bank