Literacy rate in New Caledonia in 1996 — 96.14%. Ranked 3 in the world out of 9. Since 1976, the indicator has risen by 4.84 pp.
1976–1996 · % of population aged 15+
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: New Caledonia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 96.14 | — |
| 1989 | 93.08 | — |
| 1976 | 91.3 | — |
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.
