Literacy rate — all countries

Literacy rate — Mercosur

Literacy rate in Mercosur in 2024 — 94.91%. Since 2007, the indicator has risen by 4.64 pp.

2024 94.91% +0.22 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 95.47%2020
Period minimum 90.27%2007

Trend over time

2007–2024 · % of population aged 15+

Literacy rate — Mercosur, 2007–20249092949620072009201120132015201720192021202320242007: 90.27%2008: 90.29%2009: 90.56%2010: 90.6%2011: 91.56%2012: 91.68%2013: 91.69%2014: 91.93%2015: 92.27%2016: 92.96%2018: 93.34%2019: 93.95%2020: 95.47%2023: 94.69%2024: 94.91%
Change over the period: +4.64 pp Annual average: 0.27 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Mercosur 94.91%
World 87.74%
Literacy rate — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 94.91 +0.22 pp
2023 94.69
2020 95.47 +1.53 pp
2019 93.95 +0.61 pp
2018 93.34
2016 92.96 +0.69 pp
2015 92.27 +0.33 pp
2014 91.93 +0.24 pp
2013 91.69 +0.02 pp
2012 91.68 +0.12 pp
2011 91.56 +0.96 pp
2010 90.6 +0.05 pp
2009 90.56 +0.27 pp
2008 90.29 +0.02 pp
2007 90.27

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.