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Literacy Rate (% of adults)
Literacy Rate (% of adults). Source: World Bank.
WLDTier 1 SourceVerified Apr 2026
Literacy Rate (% of adults)
Official value (2024): 87.74%
Literacy Rate (% of adults) growth (2015–2024)
+2.1%·in time period
2015: 85.957 % of adults 15+, 2016: 86.281 % of adults 15+, 2017: 86.468 % of adults 15+, 2018: 86.765 % of adults 15+, 2019: 86.787 % of adults 15+, 2020: 86.984 % of adults 15+, 2021: 87.166 % of adults 15+, 2022: 87.393 % of adults 15+, 2023: 87.577 % of adults 15+, 2024: 87.741 % of adults 15+
Top Countries by Literacy Rate (% of adults) (2023)
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