Cyprus

Adult literacy in Cyprus

Adult literacy in Cyprus: 94.4% in 1992 and 98.7% in 2011, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2011
98.7%
Since 1992
+4.3 percentage points
World, 2011
84.7%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in CyprusAdult literacy in Cyprus: 94.4% in 1992 and 98.7% in 2011, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 84.7% in 2011.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearCyprusWorld
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
201198.784.7
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
200196.881.4
2000–81.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
199294.475.5
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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