Puerto Rico

Adult literacy in Puerto Rico

Adult literacy in Puerto Rico: 86.8% in 1980 and 92.4% in 2017, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2017
92.4%
Since 1980
+5.6 percentage points
World, 2017
86.5%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in Puerto RicoAdult literacy in Puerto Rico: 86.8% in 1980 and 92.4% in 2017, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 86.5% in 2017.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearPuerto RicoWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
201792.486.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
20109284.4
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
199089.674.6
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
198086.867.8
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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