Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 78.00 | 91.00 | 95.00 | 97.00 | |||||||||||||
| Indonesia | 82.00 | 93.00 | 95.00 | 95.00 | 95.00 | 96.00 | 96.00 | ||||||||||
| Korea, Rep. | 98.80 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 99.00 | 99.00 | |||||||||||||||
| Russian Federation | 100.00 | 100.00 | |||||||||||||||
| Turkiye | 79.00 | 88.00 | 93.00 | 94.00 | 95.00 | 95.00 | 95.00 | 96.00 | 96.00 | 96.00 | 97.00 | ||||||
| Brazil | 86.00 | 90.00 | 91.00 | 91.00 | 91.00 | 92.00 | 92.00 | 93.00 | 93.00 | 93.00 | 94.69 | ||||||
| Mexico | 88.00 | 91.00 | 92.00 | 93.00 | 94.00 | 94.00 | 94.00 | 95.00 | 94.00 | 95.00 | 95.00 | 95.00 | 95.00 | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | 79.00 | 94.00 | 95.00 | 98.00 | |||||||||||||
| India | 69.00 | 76.00 | 77.00 | ||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 93.00 | 93.00 | 94.00 | 94.00 | 94.00 | 91.74 | 87.00 | 95.00 | 90.00 |