Spain - Literacy rate

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

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in Spain was 99.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 99.76 in 2020, while its lowest value was 98.64 in 1981.

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 98.64
1991 99.57
2004 99.53
2005 99.50
2006 99.48
2007 99.56
2008 99.60
2009 99.56
2010 99.69
2011 99.75
2012 99.71
2013 99.64
2014 99.69
2015 99.69
2016 99.61
2018 99.74
2020 99.76

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

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in Spain was 99.49 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 99.76 in 2014, while its lowest value was 98.64 in 1981.

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 98.64
1991 99.54
2004 99.58
2005 99.57
2006 99.71
2007 99.58
2008 99.53
2009 99.64
2010 99.51
2011 99.65
2012 99.64
2013 99.69
2014 99.76
2015 99.62
2016 99.64
2018 99.69
2020 99.49

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

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24) in Spain was 99.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 99.72 in 2014, while its lowest value was 98.64 in 1981.

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 98.64
1991 99.55
2004 99.56
2005 99.54
2006 99.60
2007 99.57
2008 99.56
2009 99.60
2010 99.59
2011 99.70
2012 99.67
2013 99.67
2014 99.72
2015 99.66
2016 99.62
2018 99.72
2020 99.62

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

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in Spain was 98.19 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 98.19 in 2020, while its lowest value was 89.94 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/)

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Year Value
1981 89.94
1991 95.05
2004 96.23
2005 96.93
2006 96.97
2007 97.26
2008 96.89
2009 96.93
2010 97.00
2011 97.07
2012 97.22
2013 97.44
2014 97.49
2015 97.55
2016 97.70
2018 97.97
2020 98.19

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

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) in Spain was 99.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 99.03 in 2020, while its lowest value was 95.90 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/)

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Year Value
1981 95.90
1991 98.04
2004 98.14
2005 98.62
2006 98.56
2007 98.63
2008 98.40
2009 98.46
2010 98.53
2011 98.54
2012 98.61
2013 98.75
2014 98.73
2015 98.77
2016 98.84
2018 98.93
2020 99.03

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

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in Spain was 98.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 98.59 in 2020, while its lowest value was 92.81 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 92.81
1991 96.49
2004 97.17
2005 97.75
2006 97.75
2007 97.94
2008 97.63
2009 97.68
2010 97.75
2011 97.78
2012 97.89
2013 98.08
2014 98.09
2015 98.14
2016 98.25
2018 98.44
2020 98.59

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes