Education

Adult literacy rate

Share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Year

Highest · 2022

100.0%

Coverage · 2022

countries

Method

Higher is better

Score: 0 = worst, 100 = best in 2022

Ranking 2022

#	Country	Value	Score
1	Tuvalu	100.0%	100.0
1	Uzbekistan	100.0%	100.0
3	San Marino	99.9%	99.9
4	Turkmenistan	99.9%	99.8
5	Armenia	99.8%	99.7
6	Georgia	99.6%	99.3
7	Serbia	99.3%	99.0
8	Uruguay	98.8%	98.2
9	Mongolia	98.7%	98.0
10	United Arab Emirates	98.3%	97.3
11	Bahrain	97.9%	96.7
12	West Bank and Gaza	97.8%	96.6
13	Oman	97.3%	95.9
14	Ecuador	96.3%	94.2
15	Vietnam	96.1%	94.0
16	Malaysia	95.8%	93.4
17	Colombia	95.3%	92.7
18	Mexico	95.1%	92.4
19	Brazil	94.4%	91.3
20	Dominican Republic	93.7%	90.2
21	Sri Lanka	92.5%	88.3
22	Thailand	91.1%	86.2
23	Eswatini	90.8%	85.6
24	El Salvador	89.4%	83.5
25	Iran	88.6%	82.3
26	Honduras	88.2%	81.7
27	Belize	87.9%	81.2
28	Papua New Guinea	87.0%	79.8
29	Guatemala	83.0%	73.6
30	Zambia	80.0%	68.9
31	Egypt	79.5%	68.1
32	Bangladesh	79.0%	67.4
33	Rwanda	78.8%	67.0
34	Tanzania	78.2%	66.2
35	India	76.3%	63.2
36	Togo	72.6%	57.4
37	Timor-Leste	69.4%	52.5
38	Bhutan	64.9%	45.5
39	Guinea-Bissau	63.9%	44.0
40	Mozambique	61.7%	40.5
41	Ethiopia	60.5%	38.6
42	Somalia	54.1%	28.7
43	Benin	51.4%	24.5
44	Burkina Faso	40.9%	8.2
45	Niger	35.6%	0.0

Source: World Bank — Adult literacy rate · Unit: % of population 15+ · Year: 2022 · 45 entries