Portugal Adult Literacy Rate

Portugal's adult literacy rate rose to 96.8% in 2021, up from 94% in 2011, according to World Bank. This represents an increase of 2.8% from the previous year. Portugal has adult literacy rate higher than the global median (96.78% vs median 93.38%). Compared with the median in Europe, Portugal is lower (96.78% vs regional median 99.10%) and ranks 22nd out of 23 countries in Europe.