China vs India: Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , China's Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) was 96.74, compared to India's 78.16. That makes China's value 23.8% higher than India's.
China
Not reported
- Latest (2020)
- 96.74
- Year-over-year
- +1.7%
- 10-year change
- +1.7%
- Peak
- 96.74 (2020)
- Trough
- 95.12 (2010)
India
Rank #25 of 29 globally
- Latest (2024)
- 78.16
- Year-over-year
- -4.3%
- Peak
- 81.70 (2023)
- Trough
- 62.75 (2006)
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SE.ADT.LITR.ZS), CC BY 4.0.