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.

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