🇧🇷 Brazil Literacy rate, adult total
Brazil Literacy rate, adult total was 94.80 in 2024, up 0.2% from 2023, according to World Bank data. The 10-year average is 93.84. Historical data available from 1980 to 2024 (22 data points). The all-time high was 94.80 in 2024.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators • 1980–2024 • 22 data points • Education
Latest Value
94.80
2024
Year-on-Year
+0.2%
vs 2023
10-Year Average
93.84
2015–2024
Range
High: 94.80 (2024)
Low: 74.59 (1980)
Brazil Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) — 1980 to 2024
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About this Indicator
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
Historical Data Table
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 94.80 |
| 2023 | 94.58 |
| 2022 | 94.39 |
| 2021 | 94.78 |
| 2020 | 94.76 |
| 2019 | 93.90 |
| 2018 | 93.23 |
| 2017 | 93.08 |
| 2016 | 92.81 |
| 2015 | 92.05 |
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🇦🇼Aruba
96.822010
🇦🇫Afghanistan
37.272021
🇦🇴Angola
66.242015
🇦🇱Albania
97.682023
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
98.812024
🇦🇷Argentina
99.142020
🇦🇲Armenia
99.842023
🇦🇸American Samoa
97.341980
🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda
98.952001
🇦🇿Azerbaijan
99.782023
🇧🇮Burundi
71.412020
🇧🇯Benin
51.382022
🇧🇫Burkina Faso
41.442023
🇧🇩Bangladesh
79.002022
🇧🇬Bulgaria
98.352011
🇧🇭Bahrain
97.822024
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina
96.992013
🇧🇾Belarus
99.872019
🇧🇿Belize
87.882022
🇧🇴Bolivia
95.552023
🇧🇷Brazil
94.802024
🇧🇧Barbados
99.271970
🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam
96.092011
🇧🇹Bhutan
64.912022
🇧🇼Botswana
81.192003
🇨🇫Central African Republic
42.442019
🇨🇱Chile
96.402017
🇨🇳China
96.742020
🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire
50.002021
🇨🇲Cameroon
72.552018
🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.
65.692020
🇨🇬Congo, Rep.
76.112005
🇨🇴Colombia
95.342024
🇰🇲Comoros
75.832021
🇨🇻Cabo Verde
88.472024
🇨🇷Costa Rica
97.412011
🇨🇺Cuba
97.652019
🇰🇾Cayman Islands
98.872007
🇨🇾Cyprus
98.682011
🇩🇴Dominican Republic
94.032024
🇩🇿Algeria
75.142008
🇪🇨Ecuador
96.262022
🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep.
79.462022
🇪🇷Eritrea
64.662008
🇪🇸Spain
99.702021
🇪🇪Estonia
99.892011
🇪🇹Ethiopia
60.462022
🇬🇦Gabon
88.862021
🇬🇪Georgia
99.682024
🇬🇭Ghana
76.492021
🇬🇳Guinea
39.622018
🇬🇲Gambia, The
51.642021
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau
63.932022
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea
88.312000
🇬🇷Greece
93.912009
🇬🇩Grenada
97.791970
🇬🇹Guatemala
82.112024
🇬🇺Guam
99.371990
🇬🇾Guyana
85.642020
🇭🇳Honduras
88.252024
🇭🇷Croatia
98.152001
🇭🇹Haiti
68.012017
🇭🇺Hungary
98.861980
🇮🇩Indonesia
96.002020
🇮🇳India
81.702023
🇮🇷Iran, Islamic Rep.
88.922023
🇮🇶Iraq
84.062021
🇮🇱Israel
91.751983
🇮🇹Italy
99.352019
🇯🇲Jamaica
79.921999
🇯🇴Jordan
94.852023
🇰🇿Kazakhstan
99.732009
🇰🇪Kenya
82.232000
🇰🇬Kyrgyz Republic
99.242009
🇰🇭Cambodia
71.932021
🇰🇮Kiribati
98.632020
🇰🇷Korea, Rep.
97.972008
🇰🇼Kuwait
96.462020
🇱🇦Lao PDR
75.642023
🇱🇧Lebanon
92.012019
🇱🇷Liberia
59.402010
🇱🇾Libya
60.161984
🇱🇰Sri Lanka
92.662023
🇱🇸Lesotho
90.452024
🇱🇹Lithuania
99.822011
🇱🇻Latvia
99.902011
🇲🇴Macao SAR, China
96.542016
🇲🇦Morocco
64.262014
🇲🇩Moldova
99.362014
🇲🇬Madagascar
74.692021
🇲🇻Maldives
98.212019
🇲🇽Mexico
95.902025
🇲🇭Marshall Islands
95.832021
🇲🇰North Macedonia
96.132002
🇲🇱Mali
35.472018
🇲🇹Malta
93.312011
🇲🇲Myanmar
93.552020
🇲🇪Montenegro
98.532018
🇲🇳Mongolia
98.642023
🇲🇿Mozambique
61.682022
🇲🇷Mauritania
59.532020
🇲🇺Mauritius
94.332023
🇲🇼Malawi
70.152020
🇲🇾Malaysia
95.772022
🇳🇦Namibia
87.642023
🇳🇨New Caledonia
96.141996
🇳🇪Niger
35.612022
🇳🇬Nigeria
70.412024
🇳🇮Nicaragua
87.352014
🇳🇵Nepal
68.712019
🇳🇷Nauru
96.592023
🇴🇲Oman
97.342022
🇵🇰Pakistan
58.862021
🇵🇦Panama
96.262024
🇵🇪Peru
93.662024
🇵🇭Philippines
98.472020
🇵🇼Palau
1002020
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea
87.142022
🇵🇱Poland
98.741978
🇵🇷Puerto Rico (US)
92.392017
🇰🇵Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
1002008
🇵🇹Portugal
94.482011
🇵🇾Paraguay
94.862024
🌐West Bank and Gaza
97.942024
🇶🇦Qatar
97.752014
🇷🇴Romania
99.162021
🇷🇺Russian Federation
99.932021
🇷🇼Rwanda
78.762022
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
97.932024
🇸🇩Sudan
53.522008
🇸🇳Senegal
50.362023
🇸🇬Singapore
97.652021
🇸🇧Solomon Islands
76.601999
🇸🇱Sierra Leone
43.582019
🇸🇻El Salvador
89.772024
🇸🇲San Marino
99.912022
🇸🇴Somalia, Fed. Rep.
54.122022
🇷🇸Serbia
99.342022
🇸🇸South Sudan
26.832008
🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe
87.442019
🇸🇷Suriname
92.872012
🇸🇮Slovenia
99.521991
🇸🇿Eswatini
90.752022
🇸🇨Seychelles
93.952010
🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic
94.422021
🇹🇩Chad
30.632019
🇹🇬Togo
72.602022
🇹🇭Thailand
91.102022
🇹🇯Tajikistan
1002009
🇹🇲Turkmenistan
99.902022
🇹🇱Timor-Leste
72.472022
🇹🇴Tonga
91.052019
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago
96.941990
🇹🇳Tunisia
86.252023
🇹🇷Turkiye
97.262021
🇹🇻Tuvalu
1002022
🇹🇿Tanzania
78.212022
🇺🇬Uganda
79.062021
🇺🇦Ukraine
99.432001
🇺🇾Uruguay
98.912024
🇺🇿Uzbekistan
1002022
🇻🇨St. Vincent and the Grenadines
95.631970
🇻🇪Venezuela, RB
97.192017
🇻🇳Viet Nam
96.132022
🇻🇺Vanuatu
87.962023
🇼🇸Samoa
97.992019
🇾🇪Yemen, Rep.
37.091994
🇿🇦South Africa
91.152024
🇿🇲Zambia
82.042023
🇿🇼Zimbabwe
93.232019
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