Romania

Adult literacy in Romania

Adult literacy in Romania: 96.7% in 1992 and 99.2% in 2021, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2021
99.2%
Since 1992
+2.5 percentage points
World, 2021
87.2%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in RomaniaAdult literacy in Romania: 96.7% in 1992 and 99.2% in 2021, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 87.2% in 2021.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearRomaniaWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
202199.287.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
201198.684.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
200297.381.7
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
199296.775.5
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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