Literacy Rate

Europe Ranking

percentSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	Ukraine	99.97	2012	7	99.43
2	Estonia	99.89	2011	2	99.77
2 ↓	Latvia	99.89	2018	1	99.9
4 ↑	Belarus	99.87	2019	6	99.62
5	Lithuania	99.82	2011	5	99.65
6 ↓	Armenia	99.79	2020	3	99.74
7 ↓	Slovenia	99.7	2014	4	99.7
8	Georgia	99.56	2019	8	99.36
9 ↑	Serbia	99.48	2019	11	98.84
10 ↑	Moldova	99.36	2014	23	96.65
11 ↓	Italy	99.16	2018	10	98.85
12 ↑	Croatia	99.13	2011	16	98.15
13 ↓	Hungary	99.1	2014	9	98.86
14	Montenegro	98.85	2018	14	98.44
15 ↓	Romania	98.84	2018	13	98.6
16 ↓	Poland	98.74	2008	12	98.74
17 ↑	Cyprus	98.68	2011	22	96.8
18 ↑	Macedonia	98.36	2020	19	97.8
19 ↓	Bulgaria	98.35	2011	15	98.2
20 ↓	Spain	98.25	2016	17	98.14
21	Albania	98.14	2018	21	97.25
22 ↓	Greece	97.94	2018	20	97.37
23 ↓	Bosnia and Herzegovina	96.99	2013	17	98.14
24	Portugal	96.14	2018	24	94.48
25	Malta	94.5	2018	25	93.31
26	Angola	66.03	2014	26	67.41

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.