Central Europe and the Baltics - Literacy rate

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

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 99.52 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 35 years was 99.52 in 2016, while its lowest value was 99.10 in 2008.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
1981 99.43
1982 99.43
1983 99.43
1984 99.44
1985 99.44
1986 99.43
1987 99.43
1988 99.42
1989 99.42
1990 99.42
1991 99.42
1992 99.42
1993 99.42
1994 99.42
1995 99.42
1996 99.42
1997 99.41
1998 99.42
1999 99.20
2000 99.18
2001 99.18
2002 99.17
2003 99.15
2004 99.14
2005 99.12
2006 99.11
2007 99.10
2008 99.10
2009 99.36
2010 99.39
2011 99.41
2012 99.43
2013 99.46
2014 99.48
2015 99.50
2016 99.52

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

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 99.48 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 35 years was 99.53 in 1981, while its lowest value was 99.03 in 2007.

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
1981 99.53
1982 99.53
1983 99.52
1984 99.52
1985 99.51
1986 99.51
1987 99.50
1988 99.49
1989 99.49
1990 99.48
1991 99.47
1992 99.47
1993 99.46
1994 99.45
1995 99.44
1996 99.44
1997 99.43
1998 99.42
1999 99.20
2000 99.18
2001 99.16
2002 99.15
2003 99.12
2004 99.09
2005 99.07
2006 99.05
2007 99.03
2008 99.05
2009 99.37
2010 99.39
2011 99.40
2012 99.42
2013 99.43
2014 99.45
2015 99.47
2016 99.48

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

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 99.50 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 35 years was 99.50 in 2016, while its lowest value was 99.06 in 2007.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
1981 99.48
1982 99.48
1983 99.48
1984 99.48
1985 99.48
1986 99.47
1987 99.47
1988 99.46
1989 99.46
1990 99.45
1991 99.45
1992 99.44
1993 99.44
1994 99.43
1995 99.43
1996 99.43
1997 99.42
1998 99.42
1999 99.20
2000 99.18
2001 99.17
2002 99.15
2003 99.13
2004 99.11
2005 99.09
2006 99.08
2007 99.06
2008 99.07
2009 99.36
2010 99.38
2011 99.40
2012 99.42
2013 99.44
2014 99.46
2015 99.48
2016 99.50

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

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 98.70 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 35 years was 98.70 in 2016, while its lowest value was 97.05 in 1981.

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
1981 97.05
1982 97.08
1983 97.11
1984 97.15
1985 97.19
1986 97.23
1987 97.28
1988 97.15
1989 97.24
1990 97.33
1991 97.41
1992 97.48
1993 97.55
1994 97.62
1995 97.70
1996 97.76
1997 97.83
1998 97.96
1999 97.90
2000 97.95
2001 98.00
2002 98.05
2003 98.08
2004 98.12
2005 98.16
2006 98.18
2007 98.22
2008 98.27
2009 98.55
2010 98.58
2011 98.60
2012 98.62
2013 98.64
2014 98.66
2015 98.68
2016 98.70

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

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 99.31 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 34 years was 99.31 in 2016, while its lowest value was 99.00 in 1988.

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
1982 99.01
1983 99.02
1984 99.04
1985 99.05
1986 99.06
1987 99.08
1988 99.00
1989 99.02
1990 99.04
1991 99.06
1992 99.08
1993 99.09
1994 99.11
1995 99.13
1996 99.14
1997 99.15
1998 99.18
1999 99.10
2000 99.12
2001 99.13
2002 99.13
2003 99.13
2004 99.13
2005 99.13
2006 99.13
2007 99.13
2008 99.15
2009 99.28
2010 99.29
2011 99.29
2012 99.30
2013 99.30
2014 99.30
2015 99.30
2016 99.31

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

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 98.99 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 34 years was 98.99 in 2016, while its lowest value was 98.00 in 1982.

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
1982 98.00
1983 98.02
1984 98.06
1985 98.08
1986 98.11
1987 98.14
1988 98.04
1989 98.09
1990 98.15
1991 98.20
1992 98.25
1993 98.29
1994 98.33
1995 98.38
1996 98.42
1997 98.46
1998 98.54
1999 98.47
2000 98.51
2001 98.54
2002 98.57
2003 98.58
2004 98.61
2005 98.63
2006 98.64
2007 98.65
2008 98.69
2009 98.90
2010 98.92
2011 98.93
2012 98.95
2013 98.95
2014 98.97
2015 98.98
2016 98.99

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes