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Literacy

Macro Region
Africa 423 timeseries
Asia 158 timeseries
Central America and the Caribbean 133 timeseries
Europe 191 timeseries
Middle East 125 timeseries
North America 98.79 % in 2022 WB
Oceania 56 timeseries
South America 96 timeseries
Southeast Asia 95 timeseries
Country (%)
Afghanistan 52.06 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Albania 98.7 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Algeria 87.42 in 2018 WB + 1 other
Angola 82.8 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Antigua and Barbuda Adult 4 timeseries
Argentina 97.19 in 2001 WB + 1 other
Armenia 99.84 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Azerbaijan 99.84 in 2023 WB + 1 other
Bahrain 98.83 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Bangladesh 79.21 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Barbados 99.5 in 1980 WB + 1 other
Belarus 99.87 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Belize 80.4 in 2001 WB
Benin 57.9 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Bhutan 79.2 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Bolivia 97.44 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Bosnia and Herzegovina 99.4 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Botswana 86.12 in 2013 WB + 1 other
Brazil 94.45 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Brunei Darussalam 98.26 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Bulgaria 98.69 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Burkina Faso 40.07 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Burundi 81.84 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Cabo Verde 94.47 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Cambodia 88.13 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Cameroon 83.4 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Central African Republic 49.23 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Chad 35.78 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Chile 97.19 in 2022 WB + 1 other
China 98.38 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Colombia 95.38 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Comoros 66.55 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Congo 85.94 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Costa Rica 97.99 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Côte d'Ivoire 93.14 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Croatia 99.69 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Cuba 99.63 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Cyprus 99.58 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 100 in 2018 WB
Democratic Republic of the Congo 89.63 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Djibouti Female Youth 1 timeseries
Dominican Republic 95.4 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Ecuador 94.93 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Egypt 79.99 in 2022 WB + 1 other
El Salvador 91.73 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Equatorial Guinea 97.18 in 2010 WB + 1 other
Eritrea 84.37 in 2018 WB + 1 other
Estonia 99.87 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Eswatini 89.07 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Ethiopia 59.24 in 2017 WB + 1 other
Fiji 1.03 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Gabon 86.3 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Gambia 65.31 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Georgia 99.62 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Ghana 84.49 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Greece 96.07 in 2009 WB + 1 other
Grenada 98.4 in 1980 WB + 1 other
Guatemala 88.32 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Guinea 61.15 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Guinea Bissau 67.58 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Guyana 90.43 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Haiti 65.28 in 2016 WB + 1 other
Honduras 88.25 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Hungary 99.1 in 2021 WB + 1 other
India 83.45 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Indonesia 97.45 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Iran 93 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Iraq 91.2 in 2017 WB + 1 other
Israel 94.96 in 1983 WB
Italy 99.48 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Jamaica 74.08 in 1999 WB + 1 other
Jordan 98.71 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Kazakhstan 99.9 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Kenya 85.58 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Kuwait 97.05 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Kyrgyzstan 99.7 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 91.64 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Latvia 99.86 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Lebanon 91.76 in 2018 WB + 1 other
Lesotho 73.94 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Liberia 62.7 in 2017 WB + 1 other
Libya 87.72 in 1994 WB
Lithuania 99.81 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Macau 98.47 in 2021 WB
Madagascar 78.93 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Malawi 71.37 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Malaysia 88.56 in 1991 WB + 1 other
Maldives 97.57 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Mali 40.43 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Malta 93.44 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Marshall Islands 98.33 in 2011 WB + 1 other
Mauritania 71.78 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Mauritius 93.91 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Mexico 96.06 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Mongolia 99.12 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Montenegro 99.45 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Morocco 85.62 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Mozambique 72.47 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Myanmar 92.39 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Namibia 92.16 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Nepal 80.98 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Nicaragua 82.44 in 2015 WB + 1 other
Niger 46.3 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Nigeria 71.26 in 2018 WB + 1 other
North Macedonia 98.7 in 2012 WB + 1 other
Oman 98.62 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Pakistan 69.29 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Palau 96.81 in 2015 WB + 1 other
Palestine 98.94 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Panama 96.14 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Papua New Guinea 65.29 in 2010 WB + 1 other
Paraguay 94.92 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Peru 96.99 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Philippines 98.41 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Poland 99.8 in 2021 WB
Portugal 97.76 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Puerto Rico 92.4 in 2021 WB
Qatar 97.79 in 2014 WB + 1 other
Republic of Korea 99.2 in 2018 WB
Republic of Moldova 99.7 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Romania 99.02 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Russian Federation 99.92 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Rwanda 81.03 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Saint Lucia Youth 4 timeseries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 96.9 in 1980 WB
Samoa 99 in 2021 WB + 1 other
San Marino 99.9 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Sao Tome and Principe 96.47 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Saudi Arabia 98.62 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Senegal 69.06 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Serbia 99.88 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Seychelles 95.8 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Sierra Leone 56.03 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Singapore 98.94 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Slovenia 99.7 in 2001 WB + 1 other
Solomon Islands Adult 3 timeseries
Somalia 54.04 in 2022 WB
South Africa 90.68 in 2021 WB + 1 other
South Sudan 40.26 in 2018 WB + 1 other
Spain 99.03 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Sri Lanka 93.34 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Sudan 65.44 in 2018 WB + 1 other
Suriname 96.5 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Syrian Arab Republic 97.17 in 2021 WB
Tajikistan 99.8 in 2010 WB + 1 other
Thailand 95.5 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Timor-Leste 73.3 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Togo 79.99 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Tonga 99.4 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Trinidad and Tobago 98.75 in 2000 WB + 1 other
Tunisia 87.76 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Turkey 99.08 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Turkmenistan 99.6 in 2005 WB + 1 other
Uganda 84.85 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Ukraine 100 in 2021 WB + 1 other
United Arab Emirates 98.82 in 2022 WB + 1 other
United Republic of Tanzania 85.53 in 2022 WB + 1 other
United States of America 14 timeseries
Uruguay 98.48 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Uzbekistan 100 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Vanuatu 89.8 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 97.46 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Viet Nam 97.24 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Yemen 73.16 in 2004 WB
Zambia 91 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Zimbabwe 88.21 in 2022 WB + 1 other
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