Lesotho vs Sri Lanka: Literacy rates among adults

Lesotho

90.5%

in 2024

Sri Lanka

92.7%

in 2024

Lesotho rank

47th

Sri Lanka rank

44th

Literacy rates among adults over time

Sri Lanka currently reports 92.7% against 90.5% in Lesotho, a difference of 2.3%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2006 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Lesotho ranks 47th and Sri Lanka ranks 44th 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.