Greece Literacy Rate 1981-2025

Greece literacy rate for 2009 was 93.91%, a 2.09% decline from 2001.
  • Greece literacy rate for 2001 was 95.99%, a 3.38% increase from 1991.
  • Greece literacy rate for 1991 was 92.61%, a 2.1% increase from 1981.
  • Greece literacy rate for 1981 was 90.51%, a 90.51% 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
Azerbaijan 99.76%
Kazakhstan 99.73%
Belarus 99.62%
Kyrgyz Republic 99.24%
Uruguay 98.27%
Spain 97.68%
Venezuela 95.51%
Qatar 94.72%
West Bank and Gaza 94.43%
Greece 93.91%
Paraguay 93.75%
Vietnam 93.52%
Mexico 93.44%
Colombia 93.24%
South Africa 92.89%
Indonesia 92.58%
Ecuador 92.25%
Lebanon 91.18%
Bolivia 91.17%
Turkey 90.82%
Brazil 90.30%
Guyana 84.99%
El Salvador 84.10%
Cambodia 76.14%
Lesotho 75.80%
Madagascar 64.48%
Togo 57.09%
Morocco 56.08%
Pakistan 54.89%
Mozambique 50.58%
Senegal 48.04%