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WORLD STATISTICS

Education

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15+)

percent of people aged 15+. Produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Indicator code
SE.ADT.LITR.ZS
Unit
percent of people aged 15+
Frequency
annual
Default classification
Latest available
Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank — World Development Indicators
License
CC BY 4.0

World trend

1990 – 2024

Highest

Most recent year per country (within 5 years of the latest).

  1. 1Tuvalu100%2022
  2. 2Uzbekistan100%2022
  3. 4San Marino100%2022
  4. 5Turkmenistan100%2022
  5. 6Belarus100%2019
  6. 7Palau100%2020
  7. 8Armenia100%2023
  8. 9Azerbaijan100%2023
  9. 10Spain100%2021

Lowest

Most recent year per country (within 5 years of the latest).

  1. 110Chad31%2019
  2. 109Niger36%2022
  3. 108Mali36%2024
  4. 107Afghanistan37%2021
  5. 106Burkina Faso42%2023
  6. 104Sierra Leone44%2019
  7. 103Cote d'Ivoire50%2021
  8. 102Senegal50%2023
  9. 101Benin51%2022

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