Sustainable Development Goals : 4.6.2 Youth/adult literacy rate

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Sustainable Development Goals : 4.6.2 Youth/adult literacy rate

Indicator

Time

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Country

Afghanistan

55.93

Albania

^(‡)

99.33

Algeria

^(‡)

97.43

American Samoa

Andorra

Angola

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

^(‡)

99.56

^(‡)

99.50

^(‡)

99.51

Armenia

99.85

99.87

Aruba

^(‡)

99.50

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

99.94

99.93

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

87.89

92.24

92.95

93.30

94.86

94.46

Barbados

Belarus

99.87

Belgium

Belize

Benin

^(‡)

60.95

Bermuda

Bhutan

93.09

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

99.40

99.56

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

98.96

99.11

99.16

99.20

British Virgin Islands

Brunei Darussalam

^(‡)

99.71

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

58.87

Burundi

88.22

Cambodia

92.21

Cameroon

^(‡)

85.08

Canada

Cabo Verde

98.11

Cayman Islands

Central African Republic

^(‡)

38.27

Chad

^(‡)

38.77

30.79

Chile

99.35

99.01

China

^(‡)

99.78

China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

China, Macao Special Administrative Region

99.80

Colombia

98.53

98.67

98.85

98.83

99.01

Comoros

^(‡)

78.27

Congo

^(‡)

82.05

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

^(‡)

99.43

Côte d'Ivoire

83.63

Croatia

Cuba

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czechia

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic Republic of the Congo

84.99

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

97.61

98.84

Ecuador

99.13

99.06

99.26

98.77

Egypt

88.19

El Salvador

97.95

98.01

97.98

97.97

98.35

98.52

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

^(‡)

93.27

Estonia

Eswatini

^(‡)

95.47

Ethiopia

^(‡)

72.75

Faeroe Islands

Fiji

Finland

France

French Guiana

French Polynesia

Gabon

^(‡)

89.78

Gambia

67.16

Georgia

99.64

99.70

Germany

Ghana

^(‡)

92.49

Gibraltar

Greece

^(‡)

99.16

Greenland

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Guam

Guatemala

94.60

Guinea

53.94

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

^(‡)

82.99

Holy See

Honduras

96.01

96.13

96.52

96.08

Hungary

Iceland

India

^(‡)

91.66

Indonesia

99.67

99.71

99.78

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

98.10

Iraq

90.90

93.50

Ireland

Israel

Italy

^(‡)

99.93

^(‡)

99.87

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

^(‡)

99.34

Kazakhstan

^(‡)

99.90

Kenya

^(‡)

87.83

Kiribati

Kuwait

99.26

99.24

99.08

99.30

Kyrgyzstan

^(‡)

99.75

Lao People's Democratic Republic

92.46

Latvia

^(‡)

99.82

Lebanon

^(‡)

99.75

Lesotho

Liberia

^(‡)

55.40

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Madagascar

79.85

Malawi

^(‡)

72.94

Malaysia

97.61

97.27

96.85

96.78

Maldives

98.75

Mali

49.37

50.13

46.16

Malta

^(‡)

99.30

Marshall Islands

Martinique

Mauritania

^(‡)

63.95

Mauritius

Mayotte

Mexico

98.94

99.12

99.32

99.08

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Monaco

Mongolia

99.07

Montenegro

^(‡)

99.11

Montserrat

Morocco

^(‡)

97.73

Mozambique

70.53

70.91

Myanmar

^(‡)

84.75

95.42

Namibia

^(‡)

95.16

Nauru

Nepal

^(‡)

92.39

Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia

New Zealand

Nicaragua

^(‡)

91.57

Niger

^(‡)

43.46

Nigeria

^(‡)

75.03

Niue

North Macedonia

Norway

Oman

99.15

98.70

98.66

98.62

Pakistan

74.53

71.99

72.70

Palau

98.66

Palestine

99.34

99.38

99.31

99.34

99.33

99.23

Panama

99.10

98.88

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

98.65

98.45

98.28

98.36

98.64

Peru

99.01

98.88

99.06

99.02

99.44

Philippines

99.08

98.38

Poland

Portugal

^(‡)

99.66

Puerto Rico

92.39

Qatar

^(‡)

95.46

^(‡)

94.64

Republic of Korea

Republic of Moldova

Réunion

Romania

^(‡)

99.43

Russian Federation

^(‡)

99.70

Rwanda

86.49

Saint Helena

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Samoa

^(‡)

99.12

San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe

^(‡)

97.78

Saudi Arabia

99.30

99.50

Senegal

69.48

Serbia

99.72

100.00

Seychelles

^(‡)

99.07

Sierra Leone

^(‡)

66.65

Singapore

99.78

99.93

99.73

Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

98.96

95.32

98.41

South Sudan

^(‡)

47.90

Spain

99.66

99.62

99.72

99.62

Sri Lanka

98.69

98.86

98.78

98.97

98.86

Sudan

^(‡)

73.00

Sudan (pre-secession)

Suriname

^(‡)

98.65

Sweden

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

Tajikistan

Thailand

98.15

98.14

Timor-Leste

^(‡)

83.54

Togo

84.29

87.89

Tokelau

Tonga

^(‡)

99.44

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

99.49

99.62

99.75

99.91

Turkmenistan

Turks and Caicos Islands

Tuvalu

Uganda

^(‡)

89.40

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

^(‡)

96.31

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Republic of Tanzania

85.76

United States of America

United States Virgin Islands

Uruguay

98.93

99.15

98.93

98.88

99.02

Uzbekistan

100.00

Vanuatu

^(‡)

96.28

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

99.01

98.76

Viet Nam

98.63

Yemen

Zambia

^(‡)

92.09

Zimbabwe

Sustainable Development Goal Regions

World

91.03

91.45

91.63

91.55

91.73

91.88

Landlocked Developing Countries

75.98

76.44

77.29

77.38

77.70

78.05

Least Developed Countries

75.27

76.40

77.25

77.63

78.26

78.71

Small Island Developing States

88.87

89.18

^(‡)

89.09

^(‡)

88.99

^(‡)

88.89

^(‡)

88.80

Africa (Sub-Saharan)

74.57

75.06

75.68

76.06

76.47

76.86

Western Asia and Northern Africa

89.49

91.51

92.05

88.93

89.09

89.23

Africa (Northern)

90.06

87.70

88.33

88.79

89.09

89.37

Asia (Western)

88.99

94.86

95.31

89.06

89.09

89.10

Asia (Central and Southern)

87.81

88.83

89.31

89.90

90.53

91.07

Asia (Central)

99.93

Asia (Southern)

87.37

88.44

88.95

89.56

90.23

90.79

Asia (Eastern and South-eastern)

98.80

98.83

98.87

98.88

98.92

98.96

Asia (Eastern)

99.52

99.55

99.57

99.58

99.60

99.63

Asia (South-eastern)

97.42

97.51

97.60

97.62

97.72

97.80

Latin America and the Caribbean

98.31

98.43

98.47

98.55

98.59

98.65

Oceania (excl. Australia/New Zealand)

Europe

UIS Regions

World

91.03

91.45

91.63

91.55

91.73

91.88

Arab States

86.73

89.20

89.84

85.98

86.16

^(‡)

86.32

Central and Eastern Europe

99.58

99.65

99.67

99.69

99.70

Central Asia

99.87

99.88

99.89

East Asia and the Pacific

98.60

98.62

98.65

98.69

98.72

Latin America and the Caribbean

98.31

98.43

98.47

98.55

98.59

98.65

South and West Asia

87.37

88.44

88.95

89.56

90.23

90.79

Sub-Saharan Africa

74.60

75.09

75.71

76.10

76.50

76.90

Small Island Developing States

88.73

89.06

^(‡)

88.97

^(‡)

88.88

^(‡)

88.79

^(‡)

88.70

World Bank Income Groups

Low income countries

70.72

71.29

72.22

72.59

^(‡)

73.06

^(‡)

73.53

Lower middle income countries

87.49

88.05

88.49

88.97

89.43

89.82

Middle income countries

92.43

92.98

93.16

93.08

93.33

93.54

Upper middle income countries

98.55

99.22

99.20

98.48

98.52

98.55

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