Thailand

Adult literacy in Thailand

Adult literacy in Thailand: 88% in 1980 and 91.1% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2022
91.1%
Since 1980
+3.1 percentage points
World, 2022
87.4%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in ThailandAdult literacy in Thailand: 88% in 1980 and 91.1% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 96.4% in 2010, the lowest 88% in 1980.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 96.4% in 2010, the lowest 88% in 1980.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearThailandWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
202291.187.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
201991.386.8
201893.886.8
2017–86.5
20169286.3
201592.986
2014–85.6
201393.785.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
201096.484.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
200593.582.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
200092.781.1
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
19808867.8
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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