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Papua New Guinea Literacy Rate 2020s

Adult literacy rate · World Bank
86.61% decade average (2020-2029)

Papua New Guinea's literacy rate during the 2020s ranged from 86.08% (2025) to 87.14% (2022), averaging 86.61% over 2 years of data.

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2020s Data▾
YearValueChangeRank
2022 87.14% +17.08pp 28th
2025 86.08% −1.06pp 41st
Source: World Bank (SE.ADT.LITR.ZS)
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