Home → Sri Lanka → Literacy Rate → 2014

Sri Lanka - Literacy Rate 2014

Name: Sri Lanka Literacy Rate 2014
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Adult literacy rate · World Bank

92.55% +1.37pp from 2013 Global rank: 19th

Sri Lanka's literacy rate was 92.55% in 2014. This was the 19th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2014▾

Literacy Rate by Country - 2014
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Uzbekistan	99.98%	0.0%
2nd	Azerbaijan	99.79%	0.0%
3rd	Georgia	99.59%	-0.1%
4th	Moldova	99.36%	2.8%
5th	Maldives	98.61%	0.2%
6th	Uruguay	98.44%	0.1%
7th	Spain	98.09%	0.0%
8th	Qatar	97.75%	0.3%
9th	Singapore	96.72%	0.2%
10th	West Bank and Gaza	96.21%	0.2%
11th	Türkiye	95.44%	0.2%
12th	Indonesia	95.12%	2.5%
13th	Paraguay	95.03%	0.0%
14th	Mexico	94.56%	0.6%
15th	Ecuador	94.22%	1.0%
16th	Colombia	94.19%	0.7%
17th	South Africa	94.14%	0.4%
18th	Peru	93.71%	-0.1%
19th	Sri Lanka	92.55%	1.5%
20th	Mauritius	92.47%	1.1%
21st	Dominican Republic	91.76%	1.0%
22nd	Brazil	91.73%	0.3%
23rd	Myanmar	90.36%	0.5%
24th	El Salvador	87.41%	0.7%
25th	Nicaragua	87.35%	2.0%
26th	Honduras	87.20%	2.0%
27th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	84.71%	0.1%
28th	Iraq	82.20%	6.5%
29th	Guatemala	81.29%	5.5%
30th	Tanzania	79.90%	2.3%
31st	Tunisia	79.04%	-1.5%
32nd	Cambodia	78.06%	-2.0%
33rd	Comoros	73.80%	8.1%
34th	Rwanda	70.80%	3.6%
35th	Uganda	68.51%	-2.4%
36th	Angola	66.03%	-2.0%
37th	Morocco	64.26%	-7.1%
38th	Burundi	61.29%	27.5%
39th	Bangladesh	61.09%	0.1%
40th	Pakistan	56.98%	2.5%
41st	Sierra Leone	44.34%	27.3%
42nd	Côte d'Ivoire	43.91%	-9.9%
43rd	Burkina Faso	34.60%	24.1%
44th	Guinea	32.00%	26.4%
45th	Niger	28.97%	-5.2%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's literacy rate in 2014?▾

Sri Lanka's literacy rate in 2014 was 92.55%. This ranked 19th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's literacy rate change in 2014?▾

Sri Lanka's literacy rate increased by 1.5% in 2014 compared to 2013.

Which country had the highest literacy rate in 2014?▾

Uzbekistan had the highest literacy rate in 2014 at 99.98%.

What is the literacy rate of Sri Lanka in 2014?▾

The literacy rate of Sri Lanka in 2014 was 92.55%. This ranked 19th globally.

2015 →