Colombia vs United Arab Emirates: Adult literacy

Adult literacy in 2024: 95.3% in Colombia and 98.8% in United Arab Emirates, by UNESCO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 3.5 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Colombia.

Watch it change on the map

% of adults · UNESCO

ColombiaUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Colombia.
The world as a whole: 87.7% in 2024.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

Year	Colombia	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	95.3	98.8	87.7
2023	95.5	98.1	87.6
2022	95.3	98.3	87.4
2021	95.7	98.1	87.2
2020	95.6	–	87
2019	95.3	97.8	86.8
2018	95.1	–	86.8
2017	94.9	–	86.5
2016	94.7	–	86.3
2015	94.3	–	86
2014	94.2	–	85.6
2013	–	–	85.2
2012	–	–	84.9
2011	93.6	–	84.7
2010	93.4	–	84.4
2009	93.2	–	83.8
2008	93.4	–	83.5
2007	92.7	–	83.1
2006	92.3	–	82.5
2005	92.9	90	82.6
2004	92.8	–	82.6
2003	–	–	82.2
2002	–	–	81.7
2001	–	–	81.4
2000	–	–	81.1
1999	–	–	80.9
1998	–	–	80.5
1997	–	–	79.3
1996	91.2	–	77.3
1995	–	–	76.9
1994	–	–	76.4
1993	91.1	–	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	–	–	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.

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Colombia vs United Arab Emirates

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Deaths in conflictsColombia: 109 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022