Azerbaijan vs Portugal

Azerbaijan vs Portugal: Adult literacy

Adult literacy: 99.8% in Azerbaijan in 2023 and 94.5% in Portugal in 2011, by UNESCO estimates. In 2011 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 5.3 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Portugal.

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% of adults · UNESCO

Azerbaijan vs Portugal: Adult literacyAdult literacy: 99.8% in Azerbaijan in 2023 and 94.5% in Portugal in 2011, by UNESCO estimates. In 2011 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 5.3 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Portugal.
AzerbaijanPortugalWorld

What the numbers say

  • Azerbaijan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2011.
  • The world as a whole: 84.7% in 2011.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearAzerbaijanPortugalWorld
2024––87.7
202399.8–87.6
2022––87.4
2021––87.2
2020––87
201999.8–86.8
2018––86.8
201799.8–86.5
201699.8–86.3
201599.8–86
201499.8–85.6
201399.8–85.2
201299.8–84.9
201199.894.584.7
201099.8–84.4
200999.8–83.8
2008––83.5
200799.6–83.1
2006––82.5
2005––82.6
2004––82.6
2003––82.2
2002––81.7
2001––81.4
2000––81.1
199998.8–80.9
1998––80.5
1997––79.3
1996––77.3
1995––76.9
1994––76.4
1993––76
1992––75.5
1991–8875.1
1990––74.6
1989––74.1
1988––73.6
1987––71.9
1986––71.3
1985––70.7
1984––70.2
1983––69.5
1982––68.9
1981–79.468.4
1980––67.8
1979––67.2
1978––66.5
1977––65.9
1976––65.6
1975––65.4

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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