Adult (15+) literacy rate (%). Total is the percentage of the population age 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life. Generally, ‘literacy’ also encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of literates aged 15 years and over by the corresponding age group population and multiplying the result by 100.

Índice de alfabetización en adultos (mayores de 15 años) (%)

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Brunei Darussalam96,197,297,6
Camboya78,180,583,8
China77,890,995,197,2
República Popular Democrática de Corea100,0
Indonesia81,592,895,195,295,495,796,0
República de Corea98,8
República Democrática Popular Laos69,672,758,384,787,5
Macao95,696,597,1
Islas Marshall98,3
Mongolia97,898,399,2
Myanmar89,975,689,1
Palau99,596,6
Papúa Nueva Guinea57,361,6
Filipinas93,692,696,498,296,3
Samoa99,099,1
Singapur89,192,595,996,296,496,596,796,897,097,297,397,597,1
Tailandia92,693,596,493,792,993,894,1
Timor Oriental58,369,9
Tonga99,499,4
Vanuatu84,789,1
Vietnam90,295,8
Albania96,897,298,5
Armenia99,799,799,799,8
Azerbaiyán99,899,899,899,899,899,899,899,899,8
Belarús99,9
Bosnia y Herzegovina96,798,197,098,3
Bulgaria98,498,4
Croacia99,4
Chipre98,799,4
Estonia99,899,999,9
Georgia99,699,499,6
Hungría99,199,1
Italia98,899,3
Kazajstán99,899,8
Kirguistán99,6
Letonia99,799,999,9
Lituania99,899,8
North Macedonia97,6
República de Moldova96,799,499,6
Montenegro98,499,0
Polonia99,8
Portugal94,596,8
Rumania98,698,9
Federación de Rusia99,799,9
Serbia98,098,899,5
España97,897,797,897,998,198,198,198,398,498,6
Tayikistán99,599,7
Turquía79,288,292,794,194,995,395,495,696,296,296,7
Turkmenistán99,4
Ucrania100,0100,0
Uzbekistán98,6100,0100,0100,0100,0100,0100,0100,0100,0
Barbados99,3
Bolivia92,294,592,593,9
Brasil86,490,491,491,391,591,792,092,893,193,294,7
Chile96,796,396,996,497,2
Colombia92,893,493,694,294,294,795,195,295,6
Costa Rica94,997,498,0
Cuba99,799,7
República Dominicana89,590,190,290,991,892,093,895,5
Ecuador88,391,991,692,193,394,294,594,492,893,694,593,9
El Salvador84,585,586,888,088,188,589,089,190,0
Granada97,8
Guatemala78,377,081,380,884,3
Guyana85,690,0
Haití61,7
Honduras84,885,185,485,587,287,989,087,288,5
México87,690,591,693,193,594,294,094,694,594,995,095,495,2
Nicaragua78,082,6
Panamá88,891,994,195,495,7
Paraguay93,994,295,195,095,694,794,093,294,5
Perú87,993,893,794,294,294,194,494,5
Puerto Rico89,692,092,492,4
San Vicente y las Granadinas95,6
Suriname94,792,995,0
Trinidad y Tobago96,997,9
Uruguay98,198,398,498,498,498,598,698,698,798,8
República Bolivariana de Venezuela89,894,896,697,197,6
Argelia81,4
Bahrein92,3
Egipto67,372,073,972,471,274,5
Irán82,483,684,684,785,589,0
Iraq74,177,282,283,385,6
Jordania91,192,695,997,998,4
Kuwait93,394,595,595,695,796,096,196,5
Líbano95,3
Malta92,493,394,9
Marruecos67,169,475,677,3
Omán86,993,095,695,797,3
Qatar96,396,496,797,597,7
Arabia Saudita79,494,495,397,6
República Árabe Siria86,3
Túnez79,179,780,279,083,6
Emiratos Árabes Unidos90,097,898,198,3
Palestina94,795,095,796,096,296,596,796,997,297,4
Afganistán31,437,3
Bangladés58,857,961,061,165,172,872,973,974,774,9
Bhután52,855,366,672,1
India69,376,3
Maldivas96,096,398,697,797,9
Nepal59,671,2
Pakistán49,955,454,756,855,657,059,157,058,0
Sri Lanka91,292,491,991,792,392,492,4
Angola66,072,4
Benin32,947,1
Botswana86,8
Burkina Faso23,534,639,329,734,5
Burundi37,459,361,568,475,5
Cabo Verde62,876,185,386,891,0
Camerún68,471,377,178,2
República Centroafricana50,636,837,437,5
Chad25,726,022,327,3
Comoras68,549,261,7
Congo76,179,380,6
Costa de Marfil48,741,043,989,9
República Democrática del Congo75,077,080,5
Guinea Ecuatorial88,394,4
Eritrea76,6
Etiopía29,851,8
Gabón82,385,7
Ghana57,971,580,4
Guinea25,332,039,645,3
Guinea-Bissau41,445,653,9
Kenia82,278,782,9
Lesotho86,376,682,0
Liberia48,3
Madagascar70,758,971,676,777,5
Malawi61,365,162,168,1
Malí31,130,633,135,530,8
Mauritania51,262,167,0
Mauricio79,984,389,291,891,592,592,793,292,2
Mozambique56,060,759,8
Namibia88,392,3
Níger28,730,638,1
Nigeria62,0
Ruanda64,965,970,873,275,9
Santo Tomé y Príncipe90,193,8
Senegal51,843,551,957,7
Seychelles94,096,2
Sierra Leona32,448,6
Somalia41,0
Sudáfrica92,993,193,794,194,487,095,090,0
Sudán del Sur34,5
Sudán61,360,7
Eswatini81,783,189,3
República Unida de Tanzania67,878,177,982,0
Gambia36,842,050,858,7
Togo53,260,463,766,5
Uganda73,270,276,580,6
Zambia65,083,087,5
Zimbabwe83,688,789,8