Bangladesh vs Russia

Bangladesh vs Russia: Adult literacy

Adult literacy: 79% in Bangladesh in 2022 and 99.9% in Russia in 2021, by UNESCO estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Russia, by 23.6 percentage points, or 1.31 times that in Bangladesh.

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% of adults · UNESCO

Bangladesh vs Russia: Adult literacyAdult literacy: 79% in Bangladesh in 2022 and 99.9% in Russia in 2021, by UNESCO estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Russia, by 23.6 percentage points, or 1.31 times that in Bangladesh.
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What the numbers say

  • Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2021.
  • The world as a whole: 87.2% in 2021.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearBangladeshRussiaWorld
2024––87.7
2023––87.6
202279–87.4
202176.499.987.2
202074.9–87
201974.7–86.8
201873.9–86.8
201772.9–86.5
201672.8–86.3
201565.1–86
201461.1–85.6
201361–85.2
201257.9–84.9
201158.8–84.7
2010–99.784.4
2009––83.8
2008––83.5
2007––83.1
2006––82.5
2005––82.6
2004––82.6
2003––82.2
2002–99.481.7
200147.5–81.4
2000––81.1
1999––80.9
1998––80.5
1997––79.3
1996––77.3
1995––76.9
1994––76.4
1993––76
1992––75.5
199135.3–75.1
1990––74.6
1989–9874.1
1988––73.6
1987––71.9
1986––71.3
1985––70.7
1984––70.2
1983––69.5
1982––68.9
198129.2–68.4
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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