UIS · Education
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes (estimate using the Global Age-Specific Literacy Projections Model) (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator LR.GALP.AG15T99.
- Coverage
- 95 of 251 countries
- Latest data
- 2024
- Series
- 95
- Unit
- percent
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-07
- Indicator
- uis-lr-galp-ag15t99
- Interva ID
- uis-lr-galp-ag15t99
Recency
current
data to 2024; catalog to 2025
Provenance
1 step
as the publisher declares it
Versions
1
catalog snapshots
Citation
BibTeX + CSL
versioned permalink
Quality profile
This profile describes what Interva can measure in the data. It does not claim the dataset is accurate, complete, or suitable for a particular use.
Recency
100%Latest observation is 2024; the catalog broadly reports to 2025, so this data is 1 year(s) behind (current).
Method: Compares the dataset's latest non-projected period with the year most datasets in the catalog end in. Up to 2 years behind is current — annual data is routinely published a year or two late — and more than 5 is stale. Measured from the data, not from when Interva last crawled it.
Temporal completeness
100%28 of 95 series skip at least one year inside their own span; the median series reports 100% of its years.
Method: Per series, years present divided by years from its first to its last observation; the median across series is reported. Annual periods are assumed, which holds for every series in the catalog today.
Geographic coverage
MeasuredCovers 95 of the 251 countries in the catalog.
Method: Counts distinct geographies with at least one observation. Not scored: a regional dataset covering its region completely is not deficient for omitting the rest of the world.
History depth
MeasuredThe median series has 1 observations; the earliest begins in 2000.
Method: Counts non-projected observations per series. Not scored: a long history is useful for trend work and irrelevant for a cross-section.
Revisions
MeasuredNo observation has been restated in any vintage Interva has recorded.
Method: Counts values the publisher changed between Interva's publishes. Not scored: revising estimates is ordinary and often a sign of care, and the count is here so a reader citing a figure knows whether it moves.
Schema conformity
Not assessedNo declared schema or validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Validity
Not assessedNo field-level validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Consistency
Not assessedCross-series consistency rules are not defined yet. The obvious first one — whether two publishers measuring one concept agree within a stated tolerance — is a candidate.
2 scored from the data, 3 described without a score, 3 not assessed. Pipeline integrity: all 5 checks pass. Assessed 2026-11-08.
By country
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes for each of the 95 countries it covers, with the full history.
- Algeria 2018–2018
- Angola 2024–2024
- Aruba 2020–2020
- Bahrain 2011–2011
- Bangladesh 2007–2007
- Benin 2006–2023
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011–2023
- Botswana 2013–2013
- Brazil 2024–2024
- Brunei Darussalam 2021–2021
- Bulgaria 2021–2021
- Burundi 2024–2024
- Cabo Verde 2000–2000
- Cameroon 2020–2020
- Central African Republic 2010–2020
- Chad 2015–2024
- Chile 2024–2024
- Comoros 2012–2022
- Congo 2011–2021
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 2007–2024
- Costa Rica 2021–2021
- Côte d'Ivoire 2012–2012
- Croatia 2021–2021
- Cuba 2022–2022
- Cyprus 2021–2021
- Egypt 2024–2024
- Equatorial Guinea 2010–2010
- Eritrea 2018–2018
- Estonia 2021–2021
- Eswatini 2010–2020
- Ethiopia 2005–2017
- Gabon 2012–2022
- Gambia 2013–2024
- Ghana 2020–2020
- Guam 2000–2000
- Guinea 2024–2024
- Guinea-Bissau 2014–2024
- Guyana 2009–2024
- Haiti 2006–2016
- Hungary 2024–2024
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 2024–2024
- Kazakhstan 2010–2020
- Kenya 2007–2024
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 2018–2018
- Korea, Republic of 2018–2018
- Kyrgyzstan 2019–2019
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 2011–2024
- Latvia 2021–2021
- Lesotho 2009–2014
- Liberia 2007–2017
- Lithuania 2021–2021
- Macao 2024–2024
- Madagascar 2009–2024
- Malawi 2010–2024
- Maldives 2024–2024
- Mali 2024–2024
- Malta 2021–2021
- Mauritania 2007–2023
- Moldova, Republic of 2024–2024
- Montenegro 2021–2021
- Morocco 2024–2024
- Mozambique 2024–2024
- Namibia 2007–2007
- Nepal 2021–2021
- New Caledonia 2006–2006
- Nicaragua 2015–2015
- Nigeria 2008–2018
- North Macedonia 2012–2012
- Papua New Guinea 2010–2010
- Poland 2021–2021
- Portugal 2021–2021
- Puerto Rico 2024–2024
- Rwanda 2010–2010
- Sao Tome and Principe 2008–2022
- Senegal 2024–2024
- Seychelles 2020–2020
- Sierra Leone 2024–2024
- Slovenia 2001–2001
- South Sudan 2018–2018
- Sudan 2018–2018
- Suriname 2022–2022
- Syrian Arab Republic 2014–2014
- Tajikistan 2010–2010
- Tanzania, United Republic of 2010–2024
- Thailand 2024–2024
- Tonga 2024–2024
- Trinidad and Tobago 2000–2000
- Turkmenistan 2005–2005
- Uganda 2024–2024
- Ukraine 2012–2022
- Vanuatu 2004–2024
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2024–2024
- Yemen 2004–2004
- Zambia 2007–2007
- Zimbabwe 2011–2024
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 2024 | 73.62 | percent |
| Brazil | 2024 | 94.95 | percent |
| Burundi | 2024 | 77.76 | percent |
| Chad | 2024 | 28.78 | percent |
| Chile | 2024 | 97.30 | percent |
| Congo, The Democratic Republic of the | 2024 | 81.51 | percent |
| Egypt | 2024 | 76.16 | percent |
| Gambia | 2024 | 60.42 | percent |
| Guinea | 2024 | 47.95 | percent |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2024 | 55.45 | percent |
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as UIS declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
UIS Data API indicator LR.GALP.AG15T99; national ministries' survey returns, not named per figure by the publisher
declared by uis in indicator
Versions
A vintage is a dated publish of the catalog. The current entry is a catalog snapshot; checksums are not recorded yet and are shown as such.
- CurrentCurrent catalog snapshotchecksum not recorded
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Citation
Version: catalog snapshot 2026-11-07. The record labels this as a catalog snapshot because immutable dataset releases are not stored yet.
UIS (2026). Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-lr-galp-ag15t99 (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
@misc{interva-uis-lr-galp-ag15t99,
title = {Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes},
author = {UIS},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://interva.co/dataset/uis-lr-galp-ag15t99}},
note = {Interva dataset uis-lr-galp-ag15t99; catalog snapshot 2026-11-07},
urldate = {2026-11-08}
}DOI: not assigned (not assigned). The permalink is versioned by catalog snapshot; a stable dataset DOI is a later step.
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