Literacy
estimated adult literacy rates - percentage
|
Total |
Male |
Female |
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|
1980 |
1990 |
1995 |
2000 |
2010 |
1980 |
1990 |
1995 |
2000 |
2010 |
1980 |
1990 |
1995 |
2000 |
2010 |
|
|
Bahamas |
96.8 |
97.9 |
98.2 |
98.5 |
98.9 |
97.5 |
98.3 |
98.5 |
98.7 |
99.1 |
96.0 |
97.5 |
98.0 |
98.3 |
98.8 |
|
Barbados |
95.0 |
96.8 |
97.4 |
97.9 |
98.6 |
96.6 |
97.7 |
98.0 |
98.4 |
98.8 |
93.7 |
95.9 |
96.8 |
97.4 |
98.4 |
|
Cuba |
89.2 |
94.3 |
95.7 |
96.8 |
98.3 |
91.0 |
95.1 |
96.2 |
97.0 |
98.4 |
87.3 |
93.5 |
95.3 |
96.6 |
98.2 |
|
Dominican Republic |
74.4 |
79.8 |
82.1 |
84.0 |
87.2 |
75.3 |
79.9 |
82.0 |
83.6 |
86.5 |
73.5 |
79.6 |
82.2 |
84.4 |
88.0 |
|
Guyana |
94.8 |
97.2 |
98.1 |
98.6 |
99.3 |
96.4 |
98.1 |
98.6 |
99.0 |
99.4 |
93.1 |
96.3 |
97.5 |
98.2 |
99.2 |
|
Haiti |
32.4 |
41.0 |
45.0 |
49.4 |
57.7 |
36.2 |
44.2 |
48.0 |
52.1 |
59.7 |
28.9 |
37.9 |
42.2 |
46.9 |
55.7 |
|
Jamaica |
77.3 |
82.9 |
85.0 |
86.4 |
89.7 |
73.2 |
78.5 |
80.8 |
82.4 |
85.7 |
81.1 |
87.1 |
89.1 |
90.3 |
93.7 |
|
Suriname |
87.6 |
91.7 |
93.0 |
94.2 |
96.0 |
91.5 |
94.3 |
95.1 |
95.9 |
97.0 |
83.8 |
89.3 |
91.0 |
92.6 |
95.1 |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
95.1 |
97.1 |
97.9 |
98.6 |
99.3 |
96.9 |
98.3 |
98.8 |
99.1 |
99.4 |
93.3 |
95.9 |
97.0 |
98.1 |
99.1 |
|
Caribbean |
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|
Costa Rica |
91.5 |
93.9 |
94.8 |
95.6 |
97.1 |
91.6 |
93.9 |
94.7 |
95.5 |
96.9 |
91.4 |
94.0 |
95.0 |
95.8 |
97.4 |
|
El Salvador |
63.0 |
68.7 |
71.5 |
74.1 |
78.5 |
66.4 |
71.2 |
73.5 |
75.8 |
79.4 |
59.9 |
66.5 |
69.8 |
72.7 |
77.7 |
|
Guatemala |
48.7 |
53.3 |
55.6 |
57.9 |
62.1 |
56.3 |
60.5 |
62.5 |
64.5 |
68.1 |
41.0 |
46.0 |
48.6 |
51.2 |
56.2 |
|
Honduras |
62.3 |
69.4 |
72.7 |
75.6 |
80.7 |
64.0 |
69.9 |
72.6 |
75.1 |
79.4 |
60.6 |
68.9 |
72.7 |
76.0 |
82.0 |
|
Nicaragua |
60.9 |
64.0 |
65.7 |
67.2 |
69.9 |
61.0 |
63.1 |
64.6 |
65.9 |
68.2 |
60.8 |
64.8 |
66.6 |
68.4 |
71.6 |
|
Panama |
85.6 |
88.8 |
90.8 |
92.1 |
94.4 |
86.3 |
89.4 |
91.4 |
92.7 |
95.0 |
84.9 |
88.3 |
90.2 |
91.5 |
93.8 |
|
Central America |
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|
Argentina |
93.9 |
95.6 |
96.2 |
96.6 |
97.3 |
94.3 |
95.7 |
96.2 |
96.6 |
97.2 |
93.6 |
95.6 |
96.2 |
96.7 |
97.5 |
|
Bolivia |
69.5 |
79.1 |
83.1 |
86.6 |
91.7 |
80.9 |
87.7 |
90.5 |
92.8 |
95.9 |
58.8 |
70.8 |
76.0 |
80.6 |
87.6 |
|
Brazil |
74.5 |
81.0 |
83.3 |
85.4 |
88.8 |
76.3 |
81.5 |
83.3 |
85.1 |
87.9 |
72.8 |
80.1 |
83.2 |
85.7 |
89.6 |
|
Chile |
91.4 |
94.1 |
95.2 |
96.0 |
97.5 |
92.0 |
94.4 |
95.4 |
96.2 |
97.6 |
90.9 |
93.8 |
95.0 |
95.8 |
97.4 |
|
Colombia |
86.9 |
89.6 |
91.3 |
92.6 |
94.8 |
87.4 |
89.8 |
91.2 |
92.4 |
94.4 |
86.5 |
89.5 |
91.4 |
92.8 |
95.3 |
|
Ecuador |
82.1 |
87.3 |
90.1 |
91.9 |
94.8 |
85.5 |
90.4 |
92.0 |
93.5 |
95.8 |
78.7 |
86.5 |
88.2 |
90.3 |
93.7 |
|
Paraguay |
86.8 |
90.7 |
92.1 |
93.4 |
95.4 |
89.9 |
92.5 |
93.5 |
94.4 |
95.9 |
83.7 |
88.8 |
90.6 |
92.3 |
94.9 |
|
Peru |
79.9 |
86.3 |
88.7 |
90.7 |
94.1 |
88.8 |
93.0 |
94.5 |
95.7 |
97.7 |
71.0 |
79.5 |
83.0 |
85.7 |
90.5 |
|
Uruguay |
94.8 |
96.7 |
97.3 |
97.8 |
98.5 |
94.3 |
96.2 |
96.9 |
97.5 |
98.3 |
95.3 |
97.1 |
97.7 |
98.1 |
98.7 |
|
Venezuela |
84.2 |
90.0 |
91.1 |
92.8 |
95.4 |
86.2 |
90.9 |
91.8 |
93.2 |
95.4 |
82.1 |
89.2 |
90.3 |
92.3 |
95.5 |
|
South America |
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|
Mexico |
83.0 |
88.0 |
89.6 |
91.2 |
94.0 |
86.2 |
90.0 |
91.8 |
93.0 |
95.4 |
79.9 |
85.0 |
87.4 |
89.3 |
92.7 |
|
LAC |
Source: Compendium of Statistics on Illiteracy, UNESCO, United Nations, New York, NY, 1995.
Definition: Adult literacy rate reflects the percentage of people aged 15 and above who can, with understanding, both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life. [an error occurred while processing this directive]