Adult Literacy Rate by country
Gender-disaggregated data on educational outcomes.
Countries reporting
110
Highest
100
Uzbekistan
Lowest
27.28
Chad
Median
90.92
Years covered
50
1975–2024
Data points
1,086
What the numbers show
Adult Literacy Rate is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 100 in Uzbekistan; the lowest is 27.28 in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 90.92, and the mean is 83.27.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 79.1%), and the largest decrease in Zambia (down 13.7%).
Adult Literacy Rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100 | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 2 | Armenia | 99.84 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 99.8 | 2020 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 99.78 | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 5 | Spain | 99.7 | 2021 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 5 | Tajikistan | 99.7 | 2010 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 7 | Georgia | 99.68 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Tonga | 99.48 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 9 | Serbia | 99.34 | 2022 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 10 | Samoa | 99.1 | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 11 | Montenegro | 98.98 | 2021 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 12 | Uruguay | 98.91 | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 98.81 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 14 | Mongolia | 98.64 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 15 | Philippines | 98.47 | 2020 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 16 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 98.3 | 2022 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 17 | West Bank and Gaza | 98 | 2022 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 97.93 | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 19 | Maldives | 97.86 | 2021 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 20 | Bahrain | 97.82 | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 21 | Qatar | 97.75 | 2014 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 22 | Albania | 97.68 | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 23 | Singapore | 97.65 | 2021 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 24 | Venezuela | 97.6 | 2022 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 25 | Brunei | 97.59 | 2021 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 26 | Oman | 97.34 | 2022 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 27 | Turkey | 97.26 | 2021 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 28 | Chile | 97.16 | 2022 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 29 | Macao | 97.11 | 2021 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 30 | China | 96.74 | 2020 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 31 | Bolivia | 96.73 | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 32 | Kuwait | 96.46 | 2020 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 33 | Panama | 96.23 | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 34 | Seychelles | 96.2 | 2020 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 35 | Vietnam | 96.13 | 2022 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 36 | Indonesia | 96 | 2020 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 37 | Malaysia | 95.77 | 2022 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 38 | Mexico | 95.55 | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 39 | Colombia | 95.34 | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 40 | Suriname | 95 | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 41 | Malta | 94.94 | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 42 | Paraguay | 94.86 | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 43 | Brazil | 94.74 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 44 | Jordan | 94.44 | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 45 | Syria | 94.42 | 2021 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 46 | Mauritius | 94.29 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 94.03 | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 48 | Sao Tome and Principe | 93.75 | 2022 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 49 | Peru | 93.66 | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 50 | Myanmar | 93.53 | 2020 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 51 | Ecuador | 93.49 | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 52 | Sri Lanka | 92.74 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 53 | Puerto Rico | 92.4 | 2021 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 54 | South Africa | 91.15 | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 55 | Thailand | 91.1 | 2022 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 56 | Eswatini | 90.75 | 2022 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 57 | Lesotho | 90.45 | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 58 | Zimbabwe | 89.85 | 2022 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 59 | El Salvador | 89.77 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 60 | Iran | 88.92 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 61 | Cape Verde | 88.47 | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 62 | Honduras | 88.25 | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 63 | Vanuatu | 87.96 | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 64 | Belize | 87.88 | 2022 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 65 | Namibia | 87.64 | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 66 | Tunisia | 86.25 | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 67 | Iraq | 84.06 | 2021 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 68 | Cambodia | 83.78 | 2022 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 69 | Nicaragua | 82.61 | 2015 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 70 | Guatemala | 82.11 | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 71 | Algeria | 81.41 | 2018 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 72 | Egypt | 79.45 | 2022 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 73 | Bangladesh | 79 | 2022 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 74 | Rwanda | 78.76 | 2022 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 75 | Cameroon | 78.23 | 2020 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 76 | Tanzania | 78.21 | 2022 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 77 | India | 78.16 | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 78 | Madagascar | 77.48 | 2022 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 79 | Morocco | 77.35 | 2022 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 80 | Uganda | 77.04 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 81 | Ghana | 76.49 | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 82 | Laos | 75.64 | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 83 | Burundi | 75.54 | 2022 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 84 | Togo | 72.6 | 2022 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 85 | Zambia | 71.77 | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 86 | Nepal | 71.15 | 2021 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 87 | Nigeria | 70.41 | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 88 | East Timor | 69.4 | 2022 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 89 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 68.5 | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 90 | Angola | 68.18 | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 91 | Malawi | 68.08 | 2022 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 92 | Haiti | 68.01 | 2017 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 93 | Mauritania | 66.96 | 2021 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 94 | Guinea-Bissau | 63.93 | 2022 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 95 | Comoros | 61.71 | 2022 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 96 | Mozambique | 61.67 | 2022 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 97 | Ethiopia | 60.46 | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 98 | Pakistan | 58.86 | 2021 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 99 | Gambia | 58.67 | 2022 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 100 | Benin | 51.38 | 2022 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 101 | Senegal | 50.36 | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 102 | Cote d'Ivoire | 50 | 2021 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 103 | Sierra Leone | 48.64 | 2022 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 104 | Guinea | 45.33 | 2021 | up 79.1% | rising |
| 105 | Burkina Faso | 41.57 | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 106 | Central African Republic | 37.49 | 2020 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 107 | Afghanistan | 37.27 | 2021 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 108 | Mali | 35.63 | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 109 | Niger | 35.61 | 2022 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 110 | Chad | 27.28 | 2022 | up 4.9% | rising |
About this data
Gender-disaggregated data on educational outcomes.