Literacy Rate % — 2024

Top Country
Georgia
99.68 %
Countries Ranked
29
World Bank data
Data Year
2024
Latest available
Source
World Bank
Open Data API

Top 20 — Literacy Rate

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Rank Country Value Bar
1 Georgia 99.68 %
2 Uruguay 98.91 %
3 United Arab Emirates 98.81 %
4 Mongolia 98.64 %
5 Palestine, State of 97.94 %
6 Saudi Arabia 97.93 %
7 Bahrain 97.82 %
8 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 96.73 %
9 Panama 96.23 %
10 Mexico 95.55 %
11 Colombia 95.34 %
12 Paraguay 94.86 %
13 Brazil 94.74 %
14 Jordan 94.44 %
15 Dominican Republic 94.03 %
16 Peru 93.66 %
17 Ecuador 93.49 %
18 Sri Lanka 92.74 %
19 South Africa 91.15 %
20 Lesotho 90.45 %
21 El Salvador 89.77 %
22 Cabo Verde 88.47 %
23 Honduras 88.25 %
24 Guatemala 82.11 %
25 India 78.16 %
26 Uganda 77.04 %
27 Zambia 71.77 %
28 Nigeria 70.41 %
29 Mali 35.63 %
About This Indicator

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: World Bank Development Indicators
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