Based on a comparison of 91 countries in 2023, Georgia ranked the highest in literacy rate among adults with 100% followed by Russia and Ukraine. On the other end of the scale was Chad with 27.3%, Burkina Faso with 34.5% and Afghanistan with 37.0%.
Average literacy rate among adults reached 87.4% in 2023 in the World according to World Bank. This is 0.262 % less than in the previous year and 2.90 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average literacy rate among adults reached an all time high of 87.4% in 2023 and an all time low of 65.7% in 1976. The average annual growth amounted to 0.317 % since 1972.
Data for more countries are available at Literacy Rate (Adults) indicator page.
| Literacy Rate (Adults) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Azerbaijan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 100% | ... | 100% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Croatia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 99.4% | ... | ... | |||
| Cuba | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 97.7% | ... | 99.7% | ... | ... | ||
| Cyprus | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 99.4% | ... | ... | ||
| Estonia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 99.9% | ... | ... | |||
| Georgia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 99.0% | 99.7% | 99.6% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| Hungary | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 99.1% | ... | ... | ||||||
| Latvia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 99.9% | ... | ... | 99.9% | ... | ... | |||
| Lithuania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 99.8% | ... | ... | |||
| Moldova | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 99.6% | ... | ... | ||||||||
| Poland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 99.8% | ... | ... | |||||||
| Romania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 98.8% | ... | ... | 99.0% | ... | ... | |||
| Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 99.7% | ... | 99.7% | 100% | ... | ... | ||
| Ukraine | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 100% | ... | ... | |||||
| Uzbekistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 100% | 100% | ... | 100% | ... |
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