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Uruguay: Literacy rate, adult total (% of people 15+)

98.91percent · 2024+0.6% since 2013

Adult literacy rate. Annual figures for Uruguay from 1975 to 2024.

19752024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202498.91
202398.825
202298.85
202098.96
201998.77
201898.7
201798.62
201698.56
201598.52
201498.44
201398.36
201298.4
201198.34
201098.07
200998.26
200898.16
200797.86
200697.79
199696.78
198595.38
197593.86

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World Bank (2026). Literacy rate, adult total (% of people 15+). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-literacy-rate (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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