Literacy rate — all countries

Literacy rate — Haiti

Literacy rate in Haiti in 2017 — 68.01%. Ranked 35 in the world out of 44. Since 1982, the indicator has risen by 33.28 pp.

2017 68.01% −5.94 pp vs 2012
World rank 35of 44
Period maximum 73.95%2012
Period minimum 34.73%1982

Trend over time

1982–2017 · % of population aged 15+

Literacy rate — Haiti, 1982–201730405060708019821986199019941998200220062010201420171982: 34.73%2003: 58.74%2012: 73.95%2017: 68.01%
Change over the period: +33.28 pp Annual average: 0.95 pp

Comparison, 2017

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

Haiti 68.01%
World 86.47%
Literacy rate — Haiti, by year Haiti All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2017 68.01
2012 73.95
2003 58.74
1982 34.73

Caribbean, 2017

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.