Barbados Literacy Rate 1970-2025

Barbados literacy rate for 1980 was 99.50%, a 0.23% increase from 1970.
  • Barbados literacy rate for 1970 was 99.27%, a 99.27% increase from .
  • Barbados literacy rate for was 0.00%, a 0% increase from .
  • Barbados literacy rate for was 0.00%, a 0% increase from .
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
Country Rankings
Country Name Literacy Rate
Barbados 99.50%
Hungary 98.86%
Grenada 98.40%
American Samoa 97.34%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 96.90%
Guam 96.42%
Trinidad and Tobago 94.97%
Argentina 93.91%
Palau 91.92%
Panama 88.07%
Thailand 87.98%
Puerto Rico 86.75%
Philippines 83.32%
Mexico 82.99%
Singapore 82.91%
South Africa 76.20%
Brazil 74.59%
Malaysia 69.52%
Kuwait 67.52%
Indonesia 67.31%
Turkey 65.69%
Comoros 47.92%
Mozambique 27.00%