Adult Literacy Rate Ranking (2023)
In 2020, adult literacy rate was highest in Armenia at 100%, followed by Azerbaijan at 100% and Belarus at 100%. The average across countries was 84.65%, the median was 93.38%, and Chad recorded the lowest adult literacy rate at 27.28%, according to the World Bank.
Data is available for the period 1970 to 2023 across 142 countries.
Frequency : Yearly
| Rank | Country | Current Value ↓ | Previous Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100% | 100% | 2020 | |
| 2 | 100% | 100% | 2023 | |
| 3 | 100% | 100% | 2019 | |
| 4 | 100% | 99.7% | 2022 | |
| 5 | 100% | 100% | 2018 | |
| 6 | 100% | 100% | 2021 | |
| 7 | 100% | 2022 | ||
| 8 | 100% | 100% | 2021 | |
| 9 | 100% | 100% | 2022 | |
| 10 | 99.9% | 100% | 2021 | |
| 11 | 99.9% | 100% | 2021 | |
| 12 | 99.8% | 99.8% | 2020 | |
| 13 | 99.8% | 100% | 2021 | |
| 14 | 99.8% | 99.3% | 2021 | |
| 15 | 99.7% | 97.7% | 2021 | |
| 16 | 99.6% | 99% | 2019 | |
| 17 | 99.6% | 99% | 2021 | |
| 18 | 99.4% | 98% | 2021 | |
| 19 | 99.4% | 99% | 2021 | |
| 20 | 99.4% | 91.1% | 2021 | |
| 21 | 99.1% | 99.1% | 2021 | |
| 22 | 99.1% | 98% | 2021 | |
| 23 | 99% | 99% | 2017 | |
| 24 | 99% | 99% | 2019 | |
| 25 | 99% | 96.9% | 2020 | |
| 26 | 99% | 98.5% | 2021 | |
| 27 | 99% | 99% | 2021 | |
| 28 | 99% | 99% | 2019 | |
| 29 | 99% | 98% | 2020 | |
| 30 | 99% | 99% | 2022 | |
| 31 | 98.8% | 98% | 2018 | |
| 32 | 98.5% | 98.8% | 2022 | |
| 33 | 98.4% | 98% | 2021 | |
| 34 | 98.3% | 97% | 2022 | |
| 35 | 98% | 97% | 2020 | |
| 36 | 98% | 98% | 2023 | |
| 37 | 98% | 97% | 2021 | |
| 38 | 98% | 98% | 2022 | |
| 39 | 98% | 96% | 2020 | |
| 40 | 98% | 95% | 2020 | |
| 41 | 98% | 97% | 2021 | |
| 42 | 98% | 98% | 2022 | |
| 43 | 97.96% | 2018 | ||
| 44 | 97.9% | 98.2% | 2021 | |
| 45 | 97.6% | 96% | 2021 | |
| 46 | 97.6% | 97% | 2022 | |
| 47 | 97.2% | 96% | 2022 | |
| 48 | 97.1% | 97% | 2021 | |
| 49 | 97% | 95% | 2020 | |
| 50 | 97% | 96% | 2022 | |
| 51 | 97% | 96% | 2019 | |
| 52 | 96.8% | 94% | 2021 | |
| 53 | 96.2% | 94% | 2020 | |
| 54 | 96% | 95% | 2020 | |
| 55 | 96% | 96% | 2020 | |
| 56 | 96% | 96% | 2020 | |
| 57 | 96% | 95% | 2022 | |
| 58 | 96% | 95% | 2019 | |
| 59 | 96% | 96% | 2022 | |
| 60 | 95.5% | 94% | 2022 | |
| 61 | 95% | 95.4% | 2023 | |
| 62 | 95% | 95% | 2020 | |
| 63 | 95% | 93% | 2020 | |
| 64 | 95% | 93% | 2021 | |
| 65 | 94.9% | 93% | 2021 | |
| 66 | 94.7% | 93% | 2022 | |
| 67 | 94% | 92% | 2020 | |
| 68 | 94% | 94% | 2022 | |
| 69 | 94% | 94% | 2020 | |
| 70 | 94% | 86.3% | 2021 | |
| 71 | 93.8% | 87.4% | 2022 | |
| 72 | 93% | 91% | 2018 | |
| 73 | 92.4% | 92% | 2021 | |
| 74 | 92.2% | 93% | 2021 | |
| 75 | 92.2% | 88% | 2021 | |
| 76 | 92% | 92% | 2022 | |
| 77 | 91.1% | 94.1% | 2022 | |
| 78 | 91% | 87% | 2022 | |
| 79 | 90.7% | 89.3% | 2022 | |
| 80 | 90.03% | 85.64% | 2022 | |
| 81 | 90% | 90% | 2023 | |
| 82 | 90% | 95% | 2021 | |
| 83 | 89.85% | 93.23% | 2022 | |
| 84 | 89.1% | 84.7% | 2021 | |
| 85 | 89% | 87% | 2019 | |
| 86 | 89% | 86% | 2022 | |
| 87 | 89% | 75.6% | 2019 | |
| 88 | 87.5% | 85% | 2022 | |
| 89 | 87.5% | 71.1% | 2020 | |
| 90 | 86% | 83% | 2017 | |
| 91 | 85.69% | 88.86% | 2022 | |
| 92 | 85.2% | 81% | 2022 | |
| 93 | 83.8% | 71.9% | 2022 | |
| 94 | 83% | 81% | 2022 | |
| 95 | 82.88% | 78.73% | 2022 | |
| 96 | 82.01% | 86.24% | 2022 | |
| 97 | 82% | 78% | 2022 | |
| 98 | 81.4% | 75% | 2018 | |
| 99 | 80.6% | 79.3% | 2021 | |
| 100 | 80.6% | 69.1% | 2022 | |
| 101 | 80.5% | 73.6% | 2022 | |
| 102 | 80.4% | 64.5% | 2020 | |
| 103 | 79% | 80.1% | 2022 | |
| 104 | 78.2% | 72.5% | 2020 | |
| 105 | 77.5% | 74.7% | 2022 | |
| 106 | 77.3% | 76% | 2022 | |
| 107 | 77% | 76% | 2023 | |
| 108 | 76.6% | 65% | 2018 | |
| 109 | 76% | 75% | 2021 | |
| 110 | 75.5% | 68% | 2022 | |
| 111 | 74.5% | 71% | 2022 | |
| 112 | 72.4% | 66.2% | 2022 | |
| 113 | 72.1% | 67% | 2022 | |
| 114 | 71.2% | 68.7% | 2021 | |
| 115 | 70.06% | 61.6% | 2017 | |
| 116 | 69.9% | 65.8% | 2020 | |
| 117 | 68.08% | 70.15% | 2022 | |
| 118 | 68% | 61.7% | 2017 | |
| 119 | 67% | 64% | 2019 | |
| 120 | 66.96% | 59.53% | 2021 | |
| 121 | 63.16% | 62.02% | 2021 | |
| 122 | 61.7% | 49.2% | 2022 | |
| 123 | 60.7% | 54% | 2018 | |
| 124 | 60% | 61% | 2020 | |
| 125 | 58.67% | 51.64% | 2022 | |
| 126 | 58% | 57% | 2019 | |
| 127 | 57.7% | 46.8% | 2022 | |
| 128 | 54% | 5.4% | 2022 | |
| 129 | 53.9% | 54.88% | 2022 | |
| 130 | 51.77% | 47.49% | 2017 | |
| 131 | 50% | 90% | 2021 | |
| 132 | 48.64% | 43.58% | 2022 | |
| 133 | 48.3% | 42.94% | 2017 | |
| 134 | 47.1% | 43.8% | 2022 | |
| 135 | 45.3% | 40% | 2021 | |
| 136 | 38.1% | 31% | 2022 | |
| 137 | 37.5% | 42.4% | 2020 | |
| 138 | 37% | 33.8% | 2021 | |
| 139 | 34.5% | 37% | 2022 | |
| 140 | 34.5% | 27% | 2018 | |
| 141 | 31% | 35% | 2020 | |
| 142 | 27.3% | 30.6% | 2022 |
Adult Literacy Rate Ranking (2023) : Definition
Adult Literacy Rate measures the share of the population aged 15 and above that can read and write a short, simple statement, reported as a percentage for the reference year or survey period.