Trinidad & Tobago

Adult literacy in Trinidad & Tobago

Adult literacy in Trinidad & Tobago: 95% in 1980 and 96.9% in 1990, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 1990
96.9%
Since 1980
+2 percentage points
World, 1990
74.6%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in Trinidad & TobagoAdult literacy in Trinidad & Tobago: 95% in 1980 and 96.9% in 1990, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 74.6% in 1990.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearTrinidad & TobagoWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
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
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
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
199096.974.6
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
19809567.8
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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