Latin American Country Literacy Rates
Notice the disparity among countries. This information comes from the CIA. Countries conduct a census at different times, hence the difference in dates.
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Country
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Literacy (%)
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| Argentina |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 98.9%
female: 99.1% (2018)
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| Belize | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.1% male: 94.1% female: 94.1% (2003 est.) |
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| Bolivia |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.5%
male: 96.5%
female: 88.6% (2015)
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| Brazil |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.2%
male: 93%
female: 93.4% (2018)
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| Chile |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.4%
male: 96.3%
female: 96.3% (2017)
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| Colombia |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.1%
male: 94.9%
female: 95.3% (2018)
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| Costa Rica |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 97.8%
female: 97.9% (2018)
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| Cuba |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.9%
female: 99.8% (2015)
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| Dominican Republic |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.8%
male: 93.8%
female: 93.8% (2016)
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| Ecuador |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.8%
male: 93.8%
female: 92.1% (2017)
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| El Salvador |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88.5%
male: 90.6%
female: 86.7% (2017)
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| Guatemala |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 81.5%
male: 87.4%
female: 76.3% (2015)
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| Honduras |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.2%
male: 87.1%
female: 87.3% (2016)
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| Mexico |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.4%
male: 95.8%
female: 94.6% (2018)
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| Nicaragua |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 82.6%
male: 82.4%
female: 82.8% (2015)
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| Panama |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.4%
male: 96%
female: 94.9% (2018)
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| Paraguay |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94%
male: 94.5%
female: 93.5% (2018)
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| Peru |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94.4%
male: 97.1%
female: 91.7% (2018)
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| Puerto Rico |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.4%
male: 92.4%
female: 92.4% (2017)
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| United States | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
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| Uruguay |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.7%
male: 98.4%
female: 99% (2018)
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| Venezuela |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.1%
male: 97%
female: 97.2% (2016)
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| World |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.3%
male: 89.8%
female: 82.8% (2016 est.) (2018)
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