Papua New Guinea vs Philippines: Adult literacy
Adult literacy: 87% in Papua New Guinea in 2022 and 98.5% in Philippines in 2020, by UNESCO estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Philippines, by 28.1 percentage points, or 1.41 times that in Papua New Guinea.
Papua New GuineaPhilippines
Watch it change on the mapChange since 2000, percentage points · UNESCO
Latest figures
% of adults · UNESCO
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 87 2022 | — |
| Philippines | 98.5 2020 | 97.1 |
| World | 87.7 2024 | 85.6 |
What the numbers say
- Philippines has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
- The world as a whole: 84.4% in 2010.
Every year
% of adults · UNESCO
| Year | Papua New Guinea | Philippines | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | – | 87.7 |
| 2023 | – | – | 87.6 |
| 2022 | 87 | – | 87.4 |
| 2021 | – | – | 87.2 |
| 2020 | – | 98.5 | 87 |
| 2019 | – | 96.3 | 86.8 |
| 2018 | – | – | 86.8 |
| 2017 | 70.1 | – | 86.5 |
| 2016 | – | – | 86.3 |
| 2015 | – | 98.2 | 86 |
| 2014 | – | – | 85.6 |
| 2013 | – | 96.4 | 85.2 |
| 2012 | – | – | 84.9 |
| 2011 | – | – | 84.7 |
| 2010 | 69 | 97.1 | 84.4 |
| 2009 | – | – | 83.8 |
| 2008 | – | 95.4 | 83.5 |
| 2007 | – | – | 83.1 |
| 2006 | – | – | 82.5 |
| 2005 | – | – | 82.6 |
| 2004 | – | – | 82.6 |
| 2003 | – | 92.6 | 82.2 |
| 2002 | – | – | 81.7 |
| 2001 | – | – | 81.4 |
| 2000 | 57.3 | 92.6 | 81.1 |
| 1999 | – | – | 80.9 |
| 1998 | – | – | 80.5 |
| 1997 | – | – | 79.3 |
| 1996 | – | – | 77.3 |
| 1995 | – | – | 76.9 |
| 1994 | – | 93.9 | 76.4 |
| 1993 | – | – | 76 |
| 1992 | – | – | 75.5 |
| 1991 | – | – | 75.1 |
| 1990 | – | 93.6 | 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 | – | – | 68.4 |
| 1980 | – | 83.3 | 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time