Costa Rica

Adult literacy in Costa Rica

Adult literacy in Costa Rica: 92.6% in 1984 and 97.4% in 2011, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2011
97.4%
Since 1984
+4.8 percentage points
World, 2011
84.7%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in Costa RicaAdult literacy in Costa Rica: 92.6% in 1984 and 97.4% in 2011, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 84.7% in 2011.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearCosta RicaWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
201197.484.7
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
2001–81.4
200094.981.1
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
198492.670.2
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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