Literacy rate in American Samoa in 1980 — 97.34%. Ranked 2 in the world out of 20.
1980–1980 · % of population aged 15+
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: American Samoa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 97.34 | — |
The share of the population aged 15 and older able to read and write a short simple statement about their everyday life. The UNESCO definition is deliberately minimal — it is the threshold of functional literacy, not an assessment of the quality of education. In most countries the data come from censuses and surveys, so they are updated irregularly.
Important: The series is incomplete: values are published only for the years in which a census or a literacy survey was conducted.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.
