India vs WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes

India
76.0%
in 2024
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
95.3%
in 2024
India rank
61st
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank
64th

Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes over time

  • India
  • WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
020406080100197419992024

How they compare

WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) currently reports 95.3% against 76.0% in India, a difference of 19.3%.

That makes WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)'s figure about 1.3 times India's.

Across all 14 years both countries report, WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) has been ahead every year.

India ranks 61st and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 64th of 87 countries.

WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade India WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) Difference Ahead
1980s 37.1% 77.4% 40.3% WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
1990s 44.1% 82.8% 38.7% WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
2000s 57.7% 88.9% 31.2% WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
2010s 67.0% 93.1% 26.1% WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
2020s 74.8% 95.0% 20.2% WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes, India or WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), at 95.3% against 76.0% in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes between India and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
19.3%, with WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
14 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do India and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank globally for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes?
India ranks 61st and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 64th of 87 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

India vs WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/literacy-rate-population-25-64-years-both-sexes-percent-2/india/wb-latin-america-and-caribbean-excluding-high-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/literacy-rate-population-25-64-years-both-sexes-percent-2/india/wb-latin-america-and-caribbean-excluding-high-income/">India vs WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
290 places, 9,602 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release