Albania

Adult literacy in Albania

Adult literacy in Albania: 98.7% in 2001 and 97.7% in 2023, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2023
97.7%
Since 2001
−1 percentage points
World, 2023
87.6%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in AlbaniaAdult literacy in Albania: 98.7% in 2001 and 97.7% in 2023, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 98.8% in 2017, the lowest 95.9% in 2008.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 98.8% in 2017, the lowest 95.9% in 2008.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearAlbaniaWorld
2024–87.7
202397.787.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
201798.886.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
201297.384.9
201196.984.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
200895.983.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
200198.781.4
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
1991–75.1
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
1981–68.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

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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