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China vs United States: Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In 2024, China's Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) was 96.74. United States did not report a value.

China

Not reported

China trend
Latest (2020)
96.74
Year-over-year
+1.7%
10-year change
+1.7%
Peak
96.74 (2020)
Trough
95.12 (2010)

United States

Not reported

No data reported by the World Bank for United States on this indicator.

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SE.ADT.LITR.ZS), CC BY 4.0.