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Historical Values
Year Value
2012 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.4% male: 99.4% female: 97.4% (2010 est.)
2013 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.5% male: 99.4% female: 97.6% (2011 est.)
2014 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.5% male: 99.4% female: 97.6% (2011 est.)
2015 definition: age 15 and over can read and write | total population: 98.7% | male: 99.5% | female: 98% (2015 est.)
2016 definition: age 15 and over can read and write | total population: 98.7% | male: 99.5% | female: 98% (2015 est.)
2017 definition: age 15 and over can read and write | total population: 98.7% | male: 99.5% | female: 98% (2015 est.)
2018 definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.) | total population: 98.7% (2015 est.) | male: 99.5% (2015 est.) | female: 98% (2015 est.)
2019 definition: age 15 and over can read and write | total population: 98.7% | male: 99.5% | female: 98% (2015)
2020 definition: age 15 and over can read and write | total population: 98.8% | male: 99.5% | female: 98.3% (2018)
2021 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.8% male: 99.5% female: 98.3% (2018)
2022 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.8% male: 99.5% female: 98.3% (2018)
2023 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99.4% female: 98.5% (2021)
2024 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99.4% female: 98.5% (2021)
2025 total population: 98.5% (2018 est.) male: 99.2% (2018 est.) female: 97.9% (2018 est.)