Uzbekistan

Adult literacy in Uzbekistan

Adult literacy in Uzbekistan: 98.6% in 2000 and 100% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2022
100%
Since 2000
+1.4 percentage points
World, 2022
87.4%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in UzbekistanAdult literacy in Uzbekistan: 98.6% in 2000 and 100% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 100% in 2019, the lowest 98.6% in 2000.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 100% in 2019, the lowest 98.6% in 2000.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearUzbekistanWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
202210087.4
202110087.2
2020–87
201910086.8
201810086.8
2017–86.5
201610086.3
201510086
201410085.6
201310085.2
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
200098.681.1
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
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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