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Latin America & Caribbean
Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)

Within the “Latin America & Caribbean” group, Uruguay leads Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in 2024 at 99.17%, while Guatemala sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 78.46%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.024.849.674.499.2UruguayUruguay: 99.17%99.2PanamaPanama: 95.83%95.8ColombiaColombia: 95.69%95.7BrazilBrazil: 95.01%95.0MexicoMexico: 94.87%94.9BoliviaBolivia: 94.82%94.8Dominican RepublicDominican Republic: 94.43%94.4ParaguayParaguay: 94.34%94.3EcuadorEcuador: 92.58%92.6PeruPeru: 90.65%90.7HondurasHonduras: 88.78%88.8El SalvadorEl Salvador: 88.25%88.3

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Uruguay 99.17%
2 Panama 95.83%
3 Colombia 95.69%
4 Brazil 95.01%
5 Mexico 94.87%
6 Bolivia 94.82%
7 Dominican Republic 94.43%
8 Paraguay 94.34%
9 Ecuador 92.58%
10 Peru 90.65%
11 Honduras 88.78%
12 El Salvador 88.25%
13 Guatemala 78.46%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Latin America & Caribbean group for Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in 2024, Uruguay leads with a gap of 3.34% to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 13 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Guatemala at 78.46%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.