Malaysia Literacy Rate 1980-2025

Malaysia literacy rate for 1991 was 82.92%, a 13.4% increase from 1980.
  • Malaysia literacy rate for 1980 was 69.52%, a 69.52% increase from .
  • Malaysia literacy rate for was 0.00%, a 0% increase from .
  • Malaysia literacy rate for was 0.00%, a 0% increase from .
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.

Literacy Rate

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Annual Change

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Country Rankings
Country Name Literacy Rate
Slovenia 99.52%
Samoa 97.94%
Croatia 96.70%
Spain 96.50%
Argentina 96.04%
Montenegro 93.46%
Greece 92.61%
Bosnia 89.06%
Portugal 87.95%
Brunei 87.80%
Bahrain 84.01%
Malaysia 82.92%
Namibia 75.82%
Sao Tome and Principe 73.24%
Belize 70.30%
Botswana 68.58%
Iran 65.53%
Rwanda 57.85%
Uganda 56.11%
Nigeria 55.45%
India 48.22%
Bangladesh 35.32%
Nepal 32.98%
Burkina Faso 13.57%