Title:               Literacy Rate, Adult Total for the World
Series ID:           SEADTLITRZSWLD
Source:              World Bank
Release:             World Development Indicators (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Annual
Units:               Percent of People Ages 15 and Above
Date Range:          1976-01-01 to 2020-01-01
Last Updated:        2022-12-27 1:45 PM CST
Notes:               Adult (15+) literacy rate (%). Total is the percentage of the
                     population age 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and
                     write a short, simple statement on their everyday life. Generally,
                     ‘literacy’ also encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make
                     simple arithmetic calculations. This indicator is calculated by
                     dividing the number of literates aged 15 years and over by the
                     corresponding age group population and multiplying the result by 100.
                     
                     World Bank Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
                     
                     Source Indicator: SE.ADT.LITR.ZS

DATE                   VALUE
1976-01-01  67.4378585815430
1977-01-01  67.6161422729492
1978-01-01  68.0761871337891
1979-01-01  68.5138320922852
1980-01-01  68.7865982055664
1981-01-01  69.3285903930664
1982-01-01  69.8161773681641
1983-01-01  70.3428268432617
1984-01-01  70.8583526611328
1985-01-01  71.3215484619141
1986-01-01  71.7475433349609
1987-01-01  72.3200988769531
1988-01-01  73.9795837402344
1989-01-01  74.3994979858398
1990-01-01  74.6058731079102
1991-01-01  75.1521224975586
1992-01-01  75.6076507568359
1993-01-01  76.0201492309570
1994-01-01  76.4298171997070
1995-01-01  76.8263931274414
1996-01-01  77.2288894653320
1997-01-01  79.2502136230469
1998-01-01  80.4265136718750
1999-01-01  80.7525329589844
2000-01-01  80.8703536987305
2001-01-01  81.1759872436523
2002-01-01  81.5542526245117
2003-01-01  82.0690994262695
2004-01-01  82.4720611572266
2005-01-01  82.4229583740234
2006-01-01  82.6081695556641
2007-01-01  82.9448089599609
2008-01-01  83.4250793457031
2009-01-01  83.7162704467773
2010-01-01  84.1111526489258
2011-01-01  84.3171615600586
2012-01-01  84.7601699829102
2013-01-01  84.9526596069336
2014-01-01  85.4018478393555
2015-01-01  85.5592803955078
2016-01-01  86.0086364746094
2017-01-01  86.2482604980469
2018-01-01  86.2785034179688
2019-01-01  86.6567611694336
2020-01-01  86.8143692016602