Guyana

Adult literacy in Guyana

Adult literacy in Guyana: 85.6% in 2020 and 85.6% in 2020, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2020
85.6%
World, 2020
87%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in GuyanaAdult literacy in Guyana: 85.6% in 2020 and 85.6% in 2020, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 87% in 2020.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearGuyanaWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
202085.687
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
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
2007–83.1
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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