Eritrea Literacy Rate 2002-2025

Eritrea literacy rate for 2018 was 76.57%, a 11.91% increase from 2008.
  • Eritrea literacy rate for 2008 was 64.66%, a 12.15% increase from 2002.
  • Eritrea literacy rate for 2002 was 52.51%, a 52.51% increase from .
  • Eritrea 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.

Literacy Rate

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Annual Change

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Country Rankings
Country Name Literacy Rate
North Korea 100.00%
Uzbekistan 99.99%
South Korea 98.80%
Uruguay 98.70%
Spain 98.44%
Singapore 97.34%
West Bank and Gaza 97.22%
Brunei 97.21%
Kuwait 96.06%
Indonesia 95.66%
Oman 95.65%
Panama 95.41%
Mexico 95.38%
Colombia 95.09%
Peru 94.41%
Paraguay 94.02%
Thailand 93.77%
Brazil 93.23%
Sri Lanka 91.71%
El Salvador 89.01%
Lebanon 87.27%
Honduras 87.21%
Algeria 81.41%
Guatemala 80.81%
Cameroon 77.07%
Madagascar 76.68%
Eritrea 76.57%
Uganda 76.53%
Bangladesh 73.91%
Rwanda 73.22%
Nigeria 62.02%
Sudan 60.70%
Pakistan 57.01%
Guinea 39.62%
Burkina Faso 39.35%
Central African Republic 37.40%
Mali 35.47%
South Sudan 34.52%