Brazil vs United Arab Emirates: Adult literacy

Adult literacy in 2024: 94.7% in Brazil and 98.8% in United Arab Emirates, by UNESCO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 4.1 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Brazil.

Watch it change on the map

% of adults · UNESCO

BrazilUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2019.
The world as a whole: 87.7% in 2024.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

Year	Brazil	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	94.7	98.8	87.7
2023	94.6	98.1	87.6
2022	94.4	98.3	87.4
2021	94.8	98.1	87.2
2020	94.7	–	87
2019	93.9	97.8	86.8
2018	93.2	–	86.8
2017	93.1	–	86.5
2016	92.8	–	86.3
2015	92.1	–	86
2014	91.7	–	85.6
2013	91.5	–	85.2
2012	91.3	–	84.9
2011	91.4	–	84.7
2010	90.4	–	84.4
2009	90.3	–	83.8
2008	90	–	83.5
2007	90	–	83.1
2006	89.6	–	82.5
2005	–	90	82.6
2004	88.6	–	82.6
2003	–	–	82.2
2002	–	–	81.7
2001	–	–	81.4
2000	86.4	–	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
1991	–	–	75.1
1990	–	–	74.6
1989	–	–	74.1
1988	–	–	73.6
1987	–	–	71.9
1986	–	–	71.3
1985	–	71.2	70.7
1984	–	–	70.2
1983	–	–	69.5
1982	–	–	68.9
1981	–	–	68.4
1980	74.6	–	67.8
1979	–	–	67.2
1978	–	–	66.5
1977	–	–	65.9
1976	–	–	65.6
1975	–	53.5	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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Brazil vs United Arab Emirates

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsBrazil: 1,480 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022