Belarus

Adult literacy in Belarus

Adult literacy in Belarus: 97.9% in 1989 and 99.9% in 2019, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2019
99.9%
Since 1989
+2 percentage points
World, 2019
86.8%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in BelarusAdult literacy in Belarus: 97.9% in 1989 and 99.9% in 2019, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 86.8% in 2019.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearBelarusWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
201999.986.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
200999.683.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
2000–81.1
199999.680.9
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
198997.974.1
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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