World Bank Open Data · CC BY 4.0 Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.
RU EN

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

Within the “South Asia” group, Sri Lanka leads Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in 2024 at 93, while India sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 78. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.023.246.469.692.7Sri LankaSri Lanka: 9392.7IndiaIndia: 7878.2

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Sri Lanka 93
2 India 78

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the South Asia group for Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in 2024, Sri Lanka leads with a gap of 15 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 2 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with India at 78.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.