Year-over-year change: +0.1 pp, trend up
5-year change: -0.2 pp, trend down
Georgia
Adult literacy (15+): 99.7%
View MorePercentage of population aged 15 and over who can read and write
Global89.0%
19802024
2024
Rankings at a glance
Highest 10 · Percentage of population aged 15 and over who can read and write (2024)
Among the 20 countries with 2024 data, Georgia has the highest percentage of population aged 15 and over who can read and write at 99.68% in 2024, followed by Uruguay (98.91%) and the United Arab Emirates (98.81%). The top 5 is rounded off by Palestine (97.94%) and Saudi Arabia (97.93%). Further down, Bahrain (97.82%) and Panama (96.26%) hold the next two spots. Mexico (95.77%), Colombia (95.34%), and Paraguay (94.86%) round out the top ten. Five of the top ten are in Western Asia.
Rank changes
How percentage of population aged 15 and over who can read and write changed between 2019 and 2024
2019and2024
Historical trends
Key terms
- Literacy rate
- — Percentage of population who can read and write a short, simple statement about everyday life.
- Gross enrollment ratio
- — Total enrollment in a level of education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the eligible school-age population.
- Completion rate
- — Percentage of a cohort of children who complete a given level of education.
- Out-of-school rate
- — Percentage of children of official school age who are not enrolled in school.
- Pupil-teacher ratio
- — Enrolled pupils per TRAINED teacher at a given level of education. It measures how thinly trained teachers are spread, not average class size: the ratio rises when fewer teachers meet the training requirement, whatever happens to the number of pupils in a room.
- Educational attainment
- — Highest level of education completed by the population aged 25 and over.
Frequently asked questions
- Which country has the highest percentage of population aged 15 and over who can read and write?
- Georgia has the highest percentage of population aged 15 and over who can read and write among the 20 countries with 2024 data at 99.7% as of 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- Which country has the lowest percentage of population aged 15 and over who can read and write?
- Nigeria has the lowest percentage of population aged 15 and over who can read and write among the 20 countries with 2024 data at 70.4% as of 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the global percentage of population aged 15 and over who can read and write?
- Weighted by the population aged 15 and over, the global percentage of population aged 15 and over who can read and write is 89.0% as of 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
