Literacy rate in Europe & Central Asia in 2023 — 98.77%. Since 1994, the indicator has risen by 2.97 pp.
1994–2023 · % of population aged 15+
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 98.77 | +0.02 pp |
| 2022 | 98.75 | +0.01 pp |
| 2021 | 98.74 | +0.13 pp |
| 2020 | 98.61 | +0.04 pp |
| 2019 | 98.57 | +0.07 pp |
| 2018 | 98.5 | +0.09 pp |
| 2017 | 98.41 | +0.08 pp |
| 2016 | 98.33 | +0.06 pp |
| 2015 | 98.27 | +0.05 pp |
| 2014 | 98.22 | +0.04 pp |
| 2013 | 98.18 | +0.06 pp |
| 2012 | 98.12 | +0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 98.02 | +0.15 pp |
| 2010 | 97.87 | +0.16 pp |
| 2009 | 97.71 | +0.26 pp |
| 2008 | 97.45 | +0.12 pp |
| 2007 | 97.33 | +0.08 pp |
| 2006 | 97.25 | +0.06 pp |
| 2005 | 97.19 | +0.12 pp |
| 2004 | 97.07 | +0.08 pp |
| 2003 | 96.99 | +0.09 pp |
| 2002 | 96.9 | — |
| 2000 | 96.64 | +0.1 pp |
| 1999 | 96.54 | +0.12 pp |
| 1998 | 96.42 | +0.16 pp |
| 1997 | 96.26 | +0.13 pp |
| 1996 | 96.13 | +0.18 pp |
| 1995 | 95.95 | +0.15 pp |
| 1994 | 95.8 | — |
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.
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