Brazil vs Mauritius: Literacy rates among adults

Brazil

94.7%

in 2024

Mauritius

94.3%

in 2023

Brazil rank

37th

Mauritius rank

39th

Literacy rates among adults over time

Brazil currently reports 94.7% against 94.3% in Mauritius, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 37th and Mauritius ranks 39th 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.