Literacy Rate
Carribean Ranking
percentSource: IMF
Definition of Literacy Rate
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
| Current Rank | Country | Value | Latest Reading | Previous Rank | Previous Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbados | 99.6 | 2014 | 1 | 99.6 |
| 2 | Antigua and Barbuda | 98.95 | 2015 | 2 | 98.95 |
| 3 ↑ | Trinidad and Tobago | 98.7 | 2010 | 4 | 97.9 |
| 4 ↓ | Grenada | 98.6 | 2014 | 3 | 98.6 |
| 5 | Aruba | 97.81 | 2018 | 5 | 96.82 |
| 6 ↑ | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 95.63 | 1970 | 11 | |
| 7 ↓ | Dominican Republic | 93.78 | 2016 | 6 | 91.99 |
| 8 ↓ | Puerto Rico | 92.39 | 2017 | 7 | 91.97 |
| 9 ↓ | Jamaica | 88.1 | 2014 | 8 | 79.92 |
| 10 ↓ | Belize | 76.9 | 2000 | 9 | 70.3 |
| 11 ↓ | Haiti | 61.69 | 2016 | 10 | 48.69 |
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
