Literacy rate — all countries

Literacy rate — Croatia

Literacy rate in Croatia in 2001 — 98.15%. Ranked 8 in the world out of 30. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 1.45 pp.

2001 98.15% +1.45 pp vs 1991
World rank 8of 30
Period maximum 98.15%2001
Period minimum 96.7%1991

Trend over time

1991–2001 · % of population aged 15+

Literacy rate — Croatia, 1991–200196.59797.59898.5199119921993199419951996199719981999200020011991: 96.7%2001: 98.15%
Change over the period: +1.45 pp Annual average: 0.15 pp

Comparison, 2001

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Croatia

Croatia 98.15%
World 81.37%
Literacy rate — Croatia, by year Croatia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2001 98.15
1991 96.7

Southern Europe, 2001

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

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.