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India – Literacy Rate

Name: India Literacy Rate
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Percentage of people aged 15 and above who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life. · World Bank

81.70% +5.38pp from 2022 G20 rank: 27th · all-time high: 81.70% (2023)

APA

India Literacy Rate. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/india/literacy-rate

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_india_literacy-rate,
  title = {India Literacy Rate},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/india/literacy-rate},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2026* trend	84.09%	–	–
2025* trend	82.65%	–	–
2023	81.70%	+5.38pp	27th
2022	76.32%	+0.25pp	35th
2021	76.07%	+0.53pp	33rd
2020	75.54%	+0.64pp	35th
2019	74.91%	+1.21pp	41st
2018	73.70%	+3.86pp	36th
2012	69.84%	+0.54pp	37th
2011	69.30%	+0.96pp	43rd
2010	68.34%	+5.59pp	41st
2006	62.75%	+1.74pp	22nd
2001	61.01%	+12.79pp	25th
1991	48.22%	+7.46pp	21st
1981	40.76%	–	15th

Show all years (1981–2023)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Fiscal Dominance Trap

Government debt exceeding 80% of GDP with real interest rates negative and inflation above 10%. Monetary policy effectiveness impaired by fiscal pressures.

Inflation 12.0% Real rate -2.0%

This pattern occurred 329 times in G20 history, 239 successful

Angola 2024

Inflation

28.2%

Real rate

-4.2%

Argentina 2024

Inflation

219.9%

Real rate

-47.4%

Egypt, Arab Republic of 2024

Inflation

28.3%

Real rate

-7.0%

South Sudan 2024

Inflation

91.4%

Real rate

-26.9%

Angola 2023

Inflation

13.6%

Real rate

-0.9%

Argentina 2023

Inflation

133.5%

Real rate

-17.3%

HistorySaid

India's literacy rate peaked at 81.70% in 2023. The 2023 reading of 81.70% is 0% above that level. Based on recent trends, HistorySaid estimates 82.65% by 2025.