Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Qatar: Literacy rate, adult female

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
94.4%
in 2024
Qatar
97.6%
in 2014
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
13th
Qatar rank
14th

Literacy rate, adult female over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Qatar
020406080100197419992024

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 97.6% against 94.4% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 3.2%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 11 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 13th and Qatar ranks 14th of 39 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) averaged higher in 2 and Qatar in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Qatar Difference Ahead
1980s 80.2% 72.5% 7.8% Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1990s 86.4% 80.9% 5.5% Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 90.2% 91.2% 1.0% Qatar
2010s 91.8% 96.3% 4.5% Qatar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher literacy rate, adult female, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Qatar?
Qatar, at 97.6% against 94.4% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2014.
What is the difference in literacy rate, adult female between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Qatar?
3.2%, with Qatar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Qatar?
11 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2014.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Qatar rank globally for literacy rate, adult female?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 13th and Qatar ranks 14th of 39 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)
Unit
% of females ages 15 and above
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
128 places, 2,600 data points, 1973–2024
Last refreshed

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.