Uruguay

Adult literacy in Uruguay

Adult literacy in Uruguay: 93.9% in 1975 and 98.9% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2024
98.9%
Since 1975
+5 percentage points
World, 2024
87.7%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in UruguayAdult literacy in Uruguay: 93.9% in 1975 and 98.9% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 99% in 2020, the lowest 93.9% in 1975.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 99% in 2020, the lowest 93.9% in 1975.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearUruguayWorld
202498.987.7
202398.887.6
202298.987.4
2021–87.2
20209987
201998.886.8
201898.786.8
201798.686.5
201698.686.3
201598.586
201498.485.6
201398.485.2
201298.484.9
201198.384.7
201098.184.4
200998.383.8
200898.283.5
200797.983.1
200697.882.5
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
199696.877.3
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
198595.470.7
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
197593.965.4

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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