Ecuador vs Peru: Literacy rates among adults

Ecuador

93.5%

in 2024

Peru

93.7%

in 2024

Ecuador rank

43rd

Peru rank

41st

Literacy rates among adults over time

Peru currently reports 93.7% against 93.5% in Ecuador, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 43rd and Peru ranks 41st 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.