India vs Uganda: Literacy rates among adults

India

78.2%

in 2024

Uganda

77.0%

in 2024

India rank

62nd

Uganda rank

63rd

Literacy rates among adults over time

India currently reports 78.2% against 77.0% in Uganda, a difference of 1.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 7 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Uganda ahead.

India ranks 62nd and Uganda ranks 63rd 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.