Cayman Islands

Adult literacy in Cayman Islands

Adult literacy in Cayman Islands: 98.9% in 2007 and 98.9% in 2017, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2017
98.9%
Since 2007
0 percentage points
World, 2017
86.5%

% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in Cayman IslandsAdult literacy in Cayman Islands: 98.9% in 2007 and 98.9% in 2017, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 86.5% in 2017.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearCayman IslandsWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
201798.986.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
200798.983.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
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
1989–74.1
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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