El Salvador

Literacy Rate

89.14

percent

Global Ranking

85

86

87

88

89

Ivory Coast89.89

90

El Salvador89.14

91

Burma (Myanmar)89.07

92

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95

North America Ranking

1

Costa Rica97.86

2

3

4

5

El Salvador89.14

6

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8

News

More Than 1,000 Adults Graduate From ADRA’s Literacy Program in El Salvador
Adventist ReviewThursday, February 27, 2025
Guatemala
BritannicaWednesday, May 28, 2025
More than half a million people are illiterate in El Salvador
Prensa Latina - Latin American News AgencyWednesday, July 10, 2024
El Salvador’s wild crypto experiment ends in failure
The EconomistSunday, March 2, 2025
Latin Americans who best speak English 2023
StatistaTuesday, December 3, 2024
El Salvador Is Making Little Effort to Eradicate Illiteracy
Sri Lanka GuardianFriday, September 15, 2023
📐 El Salvador aims high but scores low on the right to education
European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)Monday, August 22, 2022
Digital transformation to reignite growth and equitability in El Salvador
World BankWednesday, October 5, 2022
Top 10 Facts About Girls’ Education in El Salvador
The Borgen ProjectWednesday, December 5, 2018
Illiteracy Affects Almost 38 Million People in Latin America and the Caribbean
Comisión Económica para América Latina y el CaribeTuesday, July 21, 2020

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.

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