Georgia

Adult literacy in Georgia

Adult literacy in Georgia: 99.7% in 2002 and 99.7% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2024
99.7%
Since 2002
+0 percentage points
World, 2024
87.7%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in GeorgiaAdult literacy in Georgia: 99.7% in 2002 and 99.7% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 99.9% in 2021, the lowest 99.4% in 2017.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 99.9% in 2021, the lowest 99.4% in 2017.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearGeorgiaWorld
202499.787.7
202399.687.6
202299.687.4
202199.987.2
202099.987
201999.986.8
201899.786.8
201799.486.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
201499.685.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
200299.781.7
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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