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
- Latest (2024)
- 78.16
- Year-over-year
- -4.3%
- Peak
- 81.70 (2023)
- Trough
- 62.75 (2006)
Pakistan
Not reported
- 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.