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India vs Pakistan: Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

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

In , India's Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) was 78.16, compared to Pakistan's 58.86. That makes India's value 32.8% higher than Pakistan's.

India

Rank #25 of 29 globally

India trend
Latest (2024)
78.16
Year-over-year
-4.3%
Peak
81.70 (2023)
Trough
62.75 (2006)

Pakistan

Not reported

Pakistan trend
Latest (2021)
58.86
Year-over-year
+1.5%
10-year change
+7.5%
Peak
59.13 (2017)
Trough
49.87 (2005)

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