Latin America & the Caribbean: literacy rates 2013-2022, by age

Published by Statista Research Department, Jul 5, 2024
In 2022, the average adult literacy rates (15 years and older) in Latin America and the Caribbean amounted to 94.60 percent. With this number, the share of people aged 15 or older who could read and write in this region was around four percentage points higher than the regional average. Literacy rates in Latin America and the Caribbean have been slightly improving in all three age groups since 2014.

Average literacy rates in Latin America and the Caribbean from 2013 to 2022, by age group

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Release date

October 2023

Region

LAC

Survey time period

2013 to 2022

Age group

15 years and older

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