Adult Literacy Rate — World Ranking

The share of people aged 15 and above who can read and write a short, simple statement with understanding.

The top 50 — Adult Literacy Rate

Sorted with the highest value first (a higher value counts as better), data year 2023. Flags: flagcdn; every country name links to its full profile.

#	Country	Value
1	Armenia	99.8%
2	Azerbaijan	99.8%
3	Georgia	99.6%
4	Tonga	99.5%
5	Uruguay	98.8%
6	Mongolia	98.6%
7	United Arab Emirates	98.1%
8	Bahrain	97.8%
9	Albania	97.7%
10	Nauru	96.6%
11	Panama	96.1%
12	Mexico	95.8%
13	Bolivia	95.6%
14	Colombia	95.5%
15	Jordan	94.8%
16	Brazil	94.6%
17	Dominican Republic	94.3%
18	Mauritius	94.3%
19	Sri Lanka	92.7%
20	El Salvador	89.8%
21	Iran	88.9%
22	Vanuatu	88%
23	Namibia	87.6%
24	Honduras	87.1%
25	Tunisia	86.3%
26	Guatemala	83%
27	India	81.7%
28	Uganda	80.5%
29	Laos	75.6%
30	DR Congo	68.5%
31	Angola	68.2%
32	Senegal	50.4%
33	Burkina Faso	41.6%

Global distribution

Source: World Bank Open Data (indicator SE.ADT.LITR.ZS, year 2023) — public data with no API key, licensed CC BY 4.0. The full profile of every country: Country Complex · live natural events: Disaster Complex.