India vs Rwanda: Literacy rates among adults

India

78.2%

in 2024

Rwanda

78.8%

in 2022

India rank

62nd

Rwanda rank

60th

Literacy rates among adults over time

Rwanda currently reports 78.8% against 78.2% in India, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Rwanda ahead.

India ranks 62nd 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.