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Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

For 2024, Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) is led by Georgia at 100. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Countries ranked 29
Snapshot year 2024
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0.024.949.874.899.7GeorgiaGeorgia: 10099.7UruguayUruguay: 9998.9United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 9998.8MongoliaMongolia: 9998.6West Bank and GazaWest Bank and Gaza: 9897.9Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 9897.9BahrainBahrain: 9897.8BoliviaBolivia: 9796.7PanamaPanama: 9696.2MexicoMexico: 9695.6ColombiaColombia: 9595.3ParaguayParaguay: 9594.9
Rank Country Value
1 Georgia 100
2 Uruguay 99
3 United Arab Emirates 99
4 Mongolia 99
5 West Bank and Gaza 98
6 Saudi Arabia 98
7 Bahrain 98
8 Bolivia 97
9 Panama 96
10 Mexico 96
11 Colombia 95
12 Paraguay 95
13 Brazil 95
14 Jordan 94
15 Dominican Republic 94
16 Peru 94
17 Ecuador 93
18 Sri Lanka 93
19 South Africa 91
20 Lesotho 90
21 El Salvador 90
22 Cabo Verde 88
23 Honduras 88
24 Guatemala 82
25 India 78
26 Uganda 77
27 Zambia 72
28 Nigeria 70
29 Mali 36
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Georgia sits at the top of the Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) distribution in 2024 at 100, with a lead of 1 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Dominican Republic at 94, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Mali (36), and the page currently covers 29 countries.