Paraguay

Adult literacy in Paraguay

Adult literacy in Paraguay: 78.5% in 1982 and 94.9% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2024
94.9%
Since 1982
+16.4 percentage points
World, 2024
87.7%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in ParaguayAdult literacy in Paraguay: 78.5% in 1982 and 94.9% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 95.6% in 2015, the lowest 78.5% in 1982.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 95.6% in 2015, the lowest 78.5% in 1982.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearParaguayWorld
202494.987.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
202094.587
201993.286.8
20189486.8
2017–86.5
201694.786.3
201595.686
20149585.6
201395.185.2
201294.284.9
2011–84.7
201093.984.4
200993.883.8
200893.383.5
200794.683.1
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
199290.375.5
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
198278.568.9
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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