Bangladesh vs Ethiopia: Adult literacy

Adult literacy in 2022: 79% in Bangladesh and 60.5% in Ethiopia, by UNESCO estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 18.5 percentage points, or 1.31 times that in Ethiopia.

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% of adults · UNESCO

BangladeshEthiopiaWorld

What the numbers say

Bangladesh has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2013.
The world as a whole: 87.4% in 2022.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

Year	Bangladesh	Ethiopia	World
2024	–	–	87.7
2023	–	–	87.6
2022	79	60.5	87.4
2021	76.4	54.9	87.2
2020	74.9	–	87
2019	74.7	55.1	86.8
2018	73.9	–	86.8
2017	72.9	–	86.5
2016	72.8	47.5	86.3
2015	65.1	–	86
2014	61.1	–	85.6
2013	61	48.4	85.2
2012	57.9	–	84.9
2011	58.8	–	84.7
2010	–	–	84.4
2009	–	–	83.8
2008	–	–	83.5
2007	–	39	83.1
2006	–	–	82.5
2005	–	–	82.6
2004	–	35.9	82.6
2003	–	–	82.2
2002	–	–	81.7
2001	47.5	–	81.4
2000	–	–	81.1
1999	–	–	80.9
1998	–	–	80.5
1997	–	–	79.3
1996	–	–	77.3
1995	–	–	76.9
1994	–	27	76.4
1993	–	–	76
1992	–	–	75.5
1991	35.3	–	75.1
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	29.2	–	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

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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