Argentina - Literacy rate

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in Argentina was 99.76 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 99.76 in 2018, while its lowest value was 97.30 in 1980.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1980 97.30
1991 98.54
2001 99.13
2006 99.50
2009 99.70
2010 99.59
2011 99.71
2012 99.61
2013 99.60
2014 99.40
2015 99.64
2016 99.63
2018 99.76

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in Argentina was 99.24 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 99.55 in 2011, while its lowest value was 96.46 in 1980.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1980 96.46
1991 98.07
2001 98.71
2006 99.39
2009 99.47
2010 99.01
2011 99.55
2012 99.14
2013 99.51
2014 99.20
2015 99.48
2016 99.38
2018 99.24

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24) in Argentina was 99.51 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 99.63 in 2011, while its lowest value was 96.88 in 1980.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1980 96.88
1991 98.30
2001 98.92
2006 99.45
2009 99.58
2010 99.30
2011 99.63
2012 99.38
2013 99.55
2014 99.30
2015 99.56
2016 99.50
2018 99.51

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in Argentina was 99.06 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 99.21 in 2015, while its lowest value was 93.58 in 1980.

Definition: 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.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1980 93.58
1991 95.92
2001 97.19
2006 98.51
2009 99.00
2010 98.93
2011 99.00
2012 99.10
2013 99.09
2014 98.93
2015 99.21
2016 99.14
2018 99.06

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) in Argentina was 98.94 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 99.23 in 2011, while its lowest value was 94.26 in 1980.

Definition: 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.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1980 94.26
1991 96.17
2001 97.19
2006 98.73
2009 98.96
2010 98.99
2011 99.23
2012 99.11
2013 99.16
2014 99.06
2015 99.15
2016 99.10
2018 98.94

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

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in Argentina was 99.00 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 99.18 in 2015, while its lowest value was 93.91 in 1980.

Definition: 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.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1980 93.91
1991 96.04
2001 97.19
2006 98.61
2009 98.98
2010 98.95
2011 99.11
2012 99.11
2013 99.12
2014 98.99
2015 99.18
2016 99.13
2018 99.00

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes