International Literacy Day 2022

Countries with Highest Literacy Rate

By Team Aakash BYJU'S

Based on the adult literacy rate as per UNESCO Institute for Statistics (uis.unesco.org), the top countries with the highest literacy rate in 2020 are:

1

Armenia

99.79%

2

Mongolia

99.18%

3

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 

99.08%

4

Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)

99.04%

5

SPAIN

98.59%

International Literacy Day (ILD) celebrations take place around the world on 8th September. It serves to emphasise the importance of literacy.

The theme of this year’s International Literacy Day is "Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces” serving as an opportunity to improve literacy learning spaces.