Bangladesh vs Rwanda: Literacy rates among adults

Bangladesh

79.0%

in 2022

Rwanda

78.8%

in 2022

Bangladesh rank

59th

Rwanda rank

60th

Literacy rates among adults over time

Bangladesh currently reports 79.0% against 78.8% in Rwanda, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 6 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Rwanda ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 59th and Rwanda ranks 60th of 89 countries.

Indicator: Literacy rates among adults
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 89 places, 916 data points, 1975–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the population aged 15 years and older who can read and write.