Venezuela Literacy Rate 1981-2025

Venezuela literacy rate for 2022 was 97.60%, a 0.47% increase from 2016.
  • Venezuela literacy rate for 2016 was 97.13%, a 0.52% increase from 2015.
  • Venezuela literacy rate for 2015 was 96.61%, a 1.83% increase from 2011.
  • Venezuela literacy rate for 2011 was 94.77%, a 0.74% decline from 2009.
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
Uzbekistan 100.00%
San Marino 99.91%
Georgia 99.58%
Albania 98.50%
Bosnia 98.30%
UAE 98.29%
Bahrain 97.87%
West Bank and Gaza 97.84%
Venezuela 97.60%
Oman 97.34%
Chile 97.16%
Vietnam 96.13%
Dominican Republic 95.50%
Brazil 94.69%
Ecuador 93.95%
Sao Tome and Principe 93.75%
Sri Lanka 92.49%
Cabo Verde 91.00%
Guyana 90.03%
Zimbabwe 89.85%
Iran 88.96%
Lao PDR 87.52%
Gabon 85.69%
Guatemala 84.27%
Cambodia 83.78%
Kenya 82.88%
Tanzania 82.02%
Lesotho 82.01%
Uganda 80.59%
Democratic Republic of Congo 80.54%
Rwanda 78.76%
Madagascar 77.48%
Morocco 77.35%
India 76.32%
Burundi 75.54%
Egypt 74.50%
Angola 72.40%
Bhutan 72.10%
Malawi 68.08%
Comoros 61.71%
Gambia 58.67%
Senegal 57.67%
Guinea-Bissau 53.90%
Sierra Leone 48.64%
Benin 47.10%
Somalia 41.03%
Niger 38.10%
Burkina Faso 34.49%
Chad 27.28%