Literacy rate in Russia in 2021 — 99.93%. Ranked 2 in the world out of 44. Since 1989, the indicator has risen by 1.94 pp.
1989–2021 · % of population aged 15+
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Russia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 99.93 | — |
| 2010 | 99.68 | — |
| 2002 | 99.44 | — |
| 1989 | 97.99 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Russia
99.93
Romania
99.16
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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