Adult literacy in Armenia

Adult literacy in Armenia: 98.8% in 1989 and 99.8% in 2023, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2023: 99.8%
Since 1989: +1.1 percentage points
World, 2023: 87.6%

Watch it change on the map

% of adults · UNESCO

Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 100% in 2018, the lowest 98.8% in 1989.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

Year	Armenia	World
2024	–	87.7
2023	99.8	87.6
2022	99.8	87.4
2021	–	87.2
2020	99.8	87
2019	100	86.8
2018	100	86.8
2017	99.7	86.5
2016	99.7	86.3
2015	–	86
2014	–	85.6
2013	–	85.2
2012	–	84.9
2011	99.7	84.7
2010	–	84.4
2009	–	83.8
2008	–	83.5
2007	–	83.1
2006	–	82.5
2005	–	82.6
2004	–	82.6
2003	–	82.2
2002	–	81.7
2001	99.4	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
1991	–	75.1
1990	–	74.6
1989	98.8	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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