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Percentage of population aged 15 and over who can read and write (2025)

Percentage of population aged 15 and over who can read and write

Global (2025)

95.9

%

Year-over-Year

+0.14%

2024–2025

5-Year Change

+0.69%

2020–2025

Data source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics1 of 237 countries have data available for this metric
1970
2025
2025

Rankings at a glance

Highest · Percentage of population aged 15 and over who can read and write (2025)

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