Other small states - Literacy rate

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in Other small states was 90.84 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 90.84 in 2020, while its lowest value was 81.50 in 1984.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1984 81.50
1985 81.80
1986 82.04
1987 82.51
1988 83.04
1989 83.57
1990 83.82
1991 84.28
1992 84.50
1993 84.72
1994 84.89
1995 85.08
1996 85.48
1997 85.95
1998 86.25
1999 86.62
2000 86.86
2001 87.32
2002 87.62
2003 87.83
2004 88.03
2005 88.25
2006 87.96
2007 87.65
2008 87.93
2009 86.84
2010 86.03
2011 86.67
2012 87.17
2013 87.70
2014 88.10
2015 88.87
2016 89.24
2017 89.62
2018 89.95
2019 90.38
2020 90.84

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in Other small states was 90.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 90.13 in 2020, while its lowest value was 85.34 in 1984.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1984 85.34
1985 85.53
1986 85.71
1987 86.05
1988 86.43
1989 86.86
1990 87.05
1991 87.31
1992 87.36
1993 87.52
1994 87.48
1995 87.63
1996 88.02
1997 88.42
1998 89.08
1999 89.28
2000 89.29
2001 89.57
2002 89.66
2003 89.73
2004 89.68
2005 89.75
2006 89.12
2007 88.06
2008 88.22
2009 87.52
2010 87.47
2011 88.21
2012 88.44
2013 88.75
2014 89.17
2015 90.03
2016 89.81
2017 89.85
2018 89.92
2019 90.03
2020 90.13

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24) in Other small states was 90.47 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 90.47 in 2020, while its lowest value was 83.40 in 1984.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1984 83.40
1985 83.65
1986 83.86
1987 84.27
1988 84.73
1989 85.21
1990 85.44
1991 85.81
1992 85.94
1993 86.13
1994 86.20
1995 86.36
1996 86.76
1997 87.19
1998 87.67
1999 87.96
2000 87.96
2001 88.46
2002 88.65
2003 88.80
2004 88.87
2005 89.02
2006 88.55
2007 87.87
2008 88.08
2009 87.19
2010 86.77
2011 87.48
2012 87.87
2013 88.25
2014 88.67
2015 89.44
2016 89.55
2017 89.74
2018 89.93
2019 90.19
2020 90.47

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in Other small states was 82.92 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 82.92 in 2020, while its lowest value was 68.03 in 1983.

Definition: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1983 68.03
1984 68.20
1985 68.34
1986 68.56
1987 68.95
1988 69.84
1989 70.33
1990 70.65
1991 71.11
1992 71.56
1993 72.21
1994 72.34
1995 72.77
1996 73.45
1997 74.08
1998 74.88
1999 75.53
2000 75.61
2001 76.15
2002 77.01
2003 77.79
2004 78.21
2005 78.82
2006 78.59
2007 77.81
2008 78.91
2009 78.16
2010 78.35
2011 79.05
2012 79.49
2013 79.96
2014 80.40
2015 81.31
2016 81.57
2017 81.83
2018 82.16
2019 82.54
2020 82.92

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) in Other small states was 87.94 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 87.94 in 2020, while its lowest value was 76.01 in 1983.

Definition: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1983 76.01
1984 76.20
1985 76.38
1986 76.60
1987 76.95
1988 77.01
1989 77.46
1990 77.77
1991 78.15
1992 78.59
1993 79.05
1994 79.30
1995 79.66
1996 80.22
1997 80.71
1998 81.52
1999 81.95
2000 82.12
2001 82.87
2002 83.64
2003 84.23
2004 84.44
2005 85.04
2006 84.38
2007 83.13
2008 84.33
2009 83.73
2010 84.30
2011 84.98
2012 85.12
2013 85.48
2014 85.83
2015 87.69
2016 87.23
2017 87.40
2018 87.55
2019 87.76
2020 87.94

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

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in Other small states was 85.64 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 85.64 in 2020, while its lowest value was 71.82 in 1983.

Definition: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1983 71.82
1984 72.00
1985 72.17
1986 72.40
1987 72.78
1988 73.27
1989 73.75
1990 74.08
1991 74.52
1992 74.98
1993 75.57
1994 75.76
1995 76.17
1996 76.80
1997 77.36
1998 78.16
1999 78.71
2000 78.78
2001 79.48
2002 80.31
2003 81.01
2004 81.33
2005 81.96
2006 81.53
2007 80.55
2008 81.73
2009 81.09
2010 81.49
2011 82.19
2012 82.44
2013 82.89
2014 83.30
2015 84.69
2016 84.62
2017 84.83
2018 85.07
2019 85.36
2020 85.64

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes