Literacy rate - Country rankings

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Literacy rate, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 4 countries was 99.01 percent. The highest value was in Russia: 99.93 percent and the lowest value was in Turkey: 97.26 percent. The indicator is available from 1970 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: UNESCO
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Countries Literacy rate, 2021 Global rank Available data
Russia 99.93 1 1989 - 2021
Spain 99.7 2 1981 - 2021
Romania 99.16 3 1992 - 2021
Turkey 97.26 4 1975 - 2021


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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.

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1. Russia
2. Spain
3. Romania
4. Turkey
99.93
99.70
99.16
97.26
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25
50
74.9
99.93


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