Cambodia

Adult literacy in Cambodia

Adult literacy in Cambodia: 67.3% in 1998 and 71.9% in 2021, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2021
71.9%
Since 1998
+4.6 percentage points
World, 2021
87.2%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in CambodiaAdult literacy in Cambodia: 67.3% in 1998 and 71.9% in 2021, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 87.7% in 2019, the lowest 67.3% in 1998.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 87.7% in 2019, the lowest 67.3% in 1998.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearCambodiaWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
202171.987.2
202082.687
201987.786.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
201580.586
201478.185.6
201379.785.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
200976.183.8
200876.983.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
200473.682.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
2000–81.1
1999–80.9
199867.380.5
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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