World - Literacy rate

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

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in World was 90.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 90.78 in 2020, while its lowest value was 69.98 in 1975.

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
1975 69.98
1976 70.03
1977 70.31
1978 71.15
1979 71.96
1980 72.74
1981 73.46
1982 74.30
1983 74.82
1984 75.53
1985 76.15
1986 76.71
1987 77.53
1988 77.90
1989 78.35
1990 78.84
1991 79.17
1992 79.55
1993 79.79
1994 80.22
1995 80.64
1996 81.07
1997 82.26
1998 82.78
1999 83.25
2000 83.28
2001 83.76
2002 84.35
2003 84.88
2004 85.52
2005 85.45
2006 86.09
2007 86.11
2008 86.88
2009 87.06
2010 87.29
2011 87.71
2012 88.35
2013 88.79
2014 89.26
2015 89.43
2016 89.99
2017 90.26
2018 90.27
2019 90.54
2020 90.78

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

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in World was 92.92 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 92.92 in 2020, while its lowest value was 84.35 in 1976.

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
1975 84.36
1976 84.35
1977 84.42
1978 84.64
1979 84.84
1980 84.97
1981 85.09
1982 85.24
1983 85.36
1984 85.51
1985 85.63
1986 85.72
1987 86.12
1988 86.96
1989 87.14
1990 87.29
1991 87.43
1992 87.63
1993 87.87
1994 87.99
1995 88.12
1996 88.23
1997 88.69
1998 89.62
1999 89.76
2000 89.75
2001 89.85
2002 90.32
2003 90.78
2004 91.06
2005 91.36
2006 91.55
2007 91.07
2008 91.88
2009 91.86
2010 91.73
2011 91.77
2012 92.22
2013 92.43
2014 92.64
2015 92.54
2016 92.83
2017 92.92
2018 92.74
2019 92.85
2020 92.92

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

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24) in World was 91.88 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 91.88 in 2020, while its lowest value was 77.33 in 1975.

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
1975 77.33
1976 77.34
1977 77.52
1978 78.04
1979 78.54
1980 78.98
1981 79.38
1982 79.87
1983 80.20
1984 80.62
1985 80.98
1986 81.31
1987 81.91
1988 82.52
1989 82.84
1990 83.16
1991 83.36
1992 83.67
1993 83.92
1994 84.19
1995 84.46
1996 84.72
1997 85.54
1998 86.26
1999 86.57
2000 86.57
2001 86.88
2002 87.39
2003 87.88
2004 88.34
2005 88.48
2006 88.76
2007 88.67
2008 89.45
2009 89.52
2010 89.57
2011 89.78
2012 90.34
2013 90.67
2014 90.99
2015 91.03
2016 91.45
2017 91.63
2018 91.55
2019 91.73
2020 91.88

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

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in World was 83.30 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 83.30 in 2020, while its lowest value was 58.42 in 1976.

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
1976 58.42
1977 58.62
1978 59.18
1979 59.73
1980 60.09
1981 60.81
1982 61.38
1983 62.05
1984 62.72
1985 63.31
1986 63.86
1987 64.54
1988 66.59
1989 67.13
1990 67.47
1991 68.19
1992 68.66
1993 69.14
1994 69.67
1995 70.20
1996 70.73
1997 73.56
1998 74.71
1999 75.16
2000 75.34
2001 75.79
2002 76.22
2003 76.81
2004 77.29
2005 77.15
2006 77.82
2007 78.11
2008 78.66
2009 79.07
2010 79.80
2011 80.25
2012 80.70
2013 80.94
2014 81.53
2015 81.77
2016 82.31
2017 82.64
2018 82.72
2019 83.02
2020 83.30

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

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) in World was 90.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 90.06 in 2020, while its lowest value was 75.50 in 1976.

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
1976 75.50
1977 75.68
1978 76.06
1979 76.41
1980 76.62
1981 77.01
1982 77.46
1983 77.85
1984 78.25
1985 78.60
1986 78.94
1987 79.43
1988 80.78
1989 81.10
1990 81.19
1991 81.58
1992 82.02
1993 82.40
1994 82.71
1995 83.00
1996 83.29
1997 84.52
1998 85.73
1999 85.97
2000 86.06
2001 86.24
2002 86.61
2003 87.07
2004 87.42
2005 87.40
2006 87.46
2007 87.55
2008 88.01
2009 88.19
2010 88.25
2011 88.37
2012 88.78
2013 88.93
2014 89.21
2015 89.33
2016 89.68
2017 89.80
2018 89.78
2019 89.93
2020 90.06

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

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in World was 86.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 86.68 in 2020, while its lowest value was 66.92 in 1976.

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
1976 66.92
1977 67.11
1978 67.58
1979 68.03
1980 68.32
1981 68.88
1982 69.38
1983 69.92
1984 70.46
1985 70.93
1986 71.38
1987 71.96
1988 73.66
1989 74.10
1990 74.32
1991 74.88
1992 75.32
1993 75.75
1994 76.17
1995 76.58
1996 77.00
1997 79.03
1998 80.21
1999 80.55
2000 80.68
2001 80.99
2002 81.40
2003 81.92
2004 82.34
2005 82.26
2006 82.53
2007 82.82
2008 83.34
2009 83.62
2010 84.02
2011 84.28
2012 84.73
2013 84.93
2014 85.36
2015 85.54
2016 85.99
2017 86.22
2018 86.25
2019 86.48
2020 86.68

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes