Armenia vs Azerbaijan: Adult literacy

Adult literacy in 2023: 99.8% in Armenia and 99.8% in Azerbaijan, by UNESCO estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Armenia, by 0.1 percentage points, or 1 times that in Azerbaijan.

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% of adults · UNESCO

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What the numbers say

Armenia has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Azerbaijan.
The world as a whole: 87.6% in 2023.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

Year	Armenia	Azerbaijan	World
2024	–	–	87.7
2023	99.8	99.8	87.6
2022	99.8	–	87.4
2021	–	–	87.2
2020	99.8	–	87
2019	100	99.8	86.8
2018	100	–	86.8
2017	99.7	99.8	86.5
2016	99.7	99.8	86.3
2015	–	99.8	86
2014	–	99.8	85.6
2013	–	99.8	85.2
2012	–	99.8	84.9
2011	99.7	99.8	84.7
2010	–	99.8	84.4
2009	–	99.8	83.8
2008	–	–	83.5
2007	–	99.6	83.1
2006	–	–	82.5
2005	–	–	82.6
2004	–	–	82.6
2003	–	–	82.2
2002	–	–	81.7
2001	99.4	–	81.4
2000	–	–	81.1
1999	–	98.8	80.9
1998	–	–	80.5
1997	–	–	79.3
1996	–	–	77.3
1995	–	–	76.9
1994	–	–	76.4
1993	–	–	76
1992	–	–	75.5
1991	–	–	75.1
1990	–	–	74.6
1989	98.8	–	74.1
1988	–	–	73.6
1987	–	–	71.9
1986	–	–	71.3
1985	–	–	70.7
1984	–	–	70.2
1983	–	–	69.5
1982	–	–	68.9
1981	–	–	68.4
1980	–	–	67.8
1979	–	–	67.2
1978	–	–	66.5
1977	–	–	65.9
1976	–	–	65.6
1975	–	–	65.4

Each country on its own

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The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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