Small states - Literacy rate

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

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in Small states was 92.53 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 33 years was 92.53 in 2020, while its lowest value was 86.74 in 1987.

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
1987 86.74
1988 86.99
1989 87.28
1990 87.38
1991 87.66
1992 87.78
1993 87.91
1994 88.01
1995 88.15
1996 88.43
1997 88.75
1998 89.00
1999 89.29
2000 89.45
2001 89.79
2002 90.03
2003 90.20
2004 90.36
2005 90.52
2006 90.29
2007 90.14
2008 90.34
2009 89.53
2010 88.93
2011 89.41
2012 89.76
2013 90.23
2014 90.54
2015 91.10
2016 91.37
2017 91.65
2018 91.88
2019 92.19
2020 92.53

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

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in Small states was 91.47 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 33 years was 91.47 in 2020, while its lowest value was 87.79 in 1987.

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
1987 87.79
1988 88.01
1989 88.27
1990 88.39
1991 88.56
1992 88.60
1993 88.71
1994 88.70
1995 88.89
1996 89.23
1997 89.59
1998 90.18
1999 90.42
2000 90.45
2001 90.70
2002 90.80
2003 90.88
2004 90.88
2005 90.97
2006 90.48
2007 89.75
2008 89.88
2009 89.37
2010 89.35
2011 89.91
2012 90.08
2013 90.40
2014 90.75
2015 91.39
2016 91.22
2017 91.24
2018 91.29
2019 91.38
2020 91.47

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

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24) in Small states was 91.97 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 33 years was 91.97 in 2020, while its lowest value was 87.26 in 1987.

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
1987 87.26
1988 87.50
1989 87.77
1990 87.89
1991 88.12
1992 88.19
1993 88.32
1994 88.36
1995 88.52
1996 88.83
1997 89.17
1998 89.59
1999 89.84
2000 89.86
2001 90.25
2002 90.42
2003 90.55
2004 90.62
2005 90.75
2006 90.39
2007 89.94
2008 90.10
2009 89.45
2010 89.14
2011 89.67
2012 89.95
2013 90.32
2014 90.65
2015 91.23
2016 91.30
2017 91.44
2018 91.57
2019 91.77
2020 91.97

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

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in Small states was 85.44 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 34 years was 85.44 in 2020, while its lowest value was 74.64 in 1986.

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/)

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Year Value
1986 74.64
1987 74.85
1988 75.42
1989 75.72
1990 75.93
1991 76.24
1992 76.56
1993 77.02
1994 77.13
1995 77.48
1996 78.01
1997 78.49
1998 79.12
1999 79.51
2000 79.73
2001 80.16
2002 80.83
2003 81.43
2004 81.78
2005 82.26
2006 82.12
2007 81.71
2008 82.53
2009 82.03
2010 82.20
2011 82.72
2012 83.01
2013 83.29
2014 83.62
2015 84.29
2016 84.48
2017 84.68
2018 84.91
2019 85.18
2020 85.44

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

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) in Small states was 88.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 34 years was 88.59 in 2020, while its lowest value was 79.30 in 1986.

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
1986 79.30
1987 79.53
1988 79.57
1989 79.86
1990 80.07
1991 80.33
1992 80.64
1993 80.98
1994 81.16
1995 81.49
1996 81.94
1997 82.35
1998 83.00
1999 83.24
2000 83.55
2001 84.16
2002 84.77
2003 85.25
2004 85.46
2005 85.96
2006 85.52
2007 84.70
2008 85.61
2009 85.19
2010 85.66
2011 86.20
2012 86.33
2013 86.66
2014 86.97
2015 88.38
2016 88.04
2017 88.17
2018 88.29
2019 88.45
2020 88.59

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

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in Small states was 87.11 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 34 years was 87.11 in 2020, while its lowest value was 76.87 in 1986.

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
1986 76.87
1987 77.10
1988 77.41
1989 77.71
1990 77.93
1991 78.22
1992 78.55
1993 78.96
1994 79.11
1995 79.46
1996 79.95
1997 80.40
1998 81.05
1999 81.35
2000 81.58
2001 82.14
2002 82.79
2003 83.33
2004 83.62
2005 84.12
2006 83.84
2007 83.23
2008 84.11
2009 83.67
2010 83.99
2011 84.53
2012 84.71
2013 85.04
2014 85.37
2015 86.41
2016 86.35
2017 86.51
2018 86.69
2019 86.91
2020 87.11

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes