Haiti

Adult literacy in Haiti

Adult literacy in Haiti: 34.7% in 1982 and 68% in 2017, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2017
68%
Since 1982
+33.3 percentage points
World, 2017
86.5%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in HaitiAdult literacy in Haiti: 34.7% in 1982 and 68% in 2017, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 74% in 2012, the lowest 34.7% in 1982.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 74% in 2012, the lowest 34.7% in 1982.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearHaitiWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
20176886.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
20127484.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
200358.782.2
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
198234.768.9
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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