Guatemala

Adult literacy in Guatemala

Adult literacy in Guatemala: 64.2% in 1994 and 82.1% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2024
82.1%
Since 1994
+17.9 percentage points
World, 2024
87.7%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in GuatemalaAdult literacy in Guatemala: 64.2% in 1994 and 82.1% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 83% in 2022, the lowest 64.2% in 1994.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 83% in 2022, the lowest 64.2% in 1994.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearGuatemalaWorld
202482.187.7
20238387.6
20228387.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
201880.886.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
201580.286
201481.385.6
20137785.2
201278.384.9
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
200269.181.7
2001–81.4
2000–81.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
199464.276.4
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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